MUSIC

Grand

Theatre Center for the Arts

Saturday:

Black Nativity; Sunday: The Messiah; Dec. 7: Hot Club of San Francisco; Dec. 8:

Tracy Community Choir; Dec. 15: The Nutcracker

715

Central Ave.

Tracy

Tickets:

831-6858

Kringle concerts

Saturday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Informal recital by local music

students; Sunday, 7 p.m.: Modesto Brass Choir

First Presbyterian Church

101 Berverdor Ave.

Tracy

Information: Ron Leachman, 835-1566; church, 835-3247

An Evening with the Yellowjackets

Saturday, 8 p.m.

Atherton Auditorium

San Joaquin Delta College

5151 Pacific Ave.

Stockton

Tickets: $25 to $35

Information: 954-5209

Main Street Inn

Tonight: Emerson Biggins; Saturday: Tongue & Groove; Dec. 7

and 8: Suicide Shift; Dec. 14 and 15: Slacken Loader; Dec. 21: Emerson Biggins;

Dec. 22: Stiff Kick; Dec. 28 and 29: Emerson Biggins

130 E. Main St.

Ripon

Information: 599-0095

Valley Concert Chorale

Dec. 9, 3 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church

Fourth and L streets

Livermore

Tickets: $18-$20

Information: 925-866-4003

Yoshi’s Jazz House and Restaurant

Tuesday through Dec. 16: Chick Corea; Dec. 26 to 31: Spanish

Harlem Orchestra

510 Embarcadero West

Oakland

Tickets: 510-238-1350

Manteca Kindred Arts concerts

Dec. 16: Opus handbell ensemble

St’ Paul’s Methodist Church

North Street and Powers Avenue

Manteca

Information: 823-2570

The Oak Ridge Boys

Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m.

Bob Hope Theatre

212 E. Main St.

Stockton

Tickets: $38-$48

Information: 337-4673, or www.bobhopetheatre.com

Jon Nokamatsu, piano concerto

Dec. 8

Bankhead Theater

2400 First St.

Livermore

Tickets: $19-$29

Information: 925-373-6800, or www.delvallefinearts.org.

THEATER

Gallo Center for the Arts

Tonight through Sunday: “Evita”; Dec. 7 and 8: “If You Ever

Leave Me, I’m Going With You!”

1000 I St.

Modesto

Tickets: 338-2100, www.galloarts.org

“Nunsensations! The Nunsense Vegas Revue”

Through Dec. 19

Stockton Civic Theatre

2312 Rose Marie Lane

Stockton

Information: 473-2424

Fallon House Theatre

Tonight to Dec. 22: “Plaid Tidings”

Columbia State Historic Park

Columbia

Tickets: $18 to $28

Information: 532-0502

“White Christmas”

Through Dec. 23

East Sonora Theatre

13891 Mono Way

Sonora

Tickets: $15 to $28

Information: 532-3120 or www.sierrarep.org

“The Black Nativity”

Saturday, 1:30 and 5:30 p.m.

Grand Theatre Center for the Arts

715 Central Ave.

Tracy

Tickets: $15

Information: www.atthegrand.org

“Treasure Island”

Saturday through Dec. 9

Tillie Lewis Theatre

San

Joaquin Delta College

5151

Pacific Ave.

Stockton

Tickets:

$8 to $10

Information: 954-5110 or dca.deltacollege.edu

“Feel the Spirit”

Dec. 11

Stockton Civic Auditorium

525 N. Center St.

Stockton

Tickets: $3

Information: 466-2448

ART/MUSEUMS

The

Figure in the Landscape

Tuesday

through Jan. 29

Knowlton

Gallery

115

School St.

Lodi

Information:

368-5123

Small

Paintings Show

Saturday

through Dec. 30

Upstairs

at the Vault

42 S.

Washington St.

Sonora

Information:

533-1384

The

Exploratorium

Through

Jan. 7: Virtual Unreality; Fractal Geometry, oil paintings by Spanish artist

Theo

3601

Lyon St.

San

Francisco

Information:

415-561-0377

River

of Life: the works of Shelley Gardner and Joashua Greenberg

Nov.

29 to Dec. 20

L.H.

Horton Jr. Gallery

San

Joaquin Delta College

5151

Pacific Ave.

Stockton

Information:

954-5507

LECTURES

Science

on Saturday

Feb.

9: Geothermal Energy; Feb. 16: Our Dark Messy Universe; Feb. 23: From the Sun

to the Sun; March 1: Greenhouse Reduction; March 8: Protecting the Nation’s

Livestock

The

Bankhead Theater

2400

First St.

Livermore

Information:

http//education.llnl.gov/sos

CONCERTS

Iron and Wine

Tonight

The Paramount Theatre, Oakland

Pepper

Saturday

The Warfield, San Francisco

Andrea Bocelli

Sunday

HP Pavilion, San Jose

Jimmy Dore

Thursday

The Fillmore, San Francisco

The Cult

Friday, Dec. 7

The Warfield, San Francisco

Modest Mouse, Jimmy Eat World, Angels and Airwaves, Spoon,

Paramore

Friday, Dec. 7

Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco

Tori Amos

Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7 and 8

The Paramount Theatre, Oakland

Etta James and The Roots Band

Saturday, Dec. 8

The Fillmore, San Francsico

Deborah Harry

Sunday, Dec. 9

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Avenged Sevenfold

Monday, Dec. 10

The Warfield, San Francisco

Tool

Tuesday, Dec. 11

Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco

Jaguars

Wednesday, Dec. 12

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Blues Traveler

Thursday, Dec. 13

The Fillmore, San Francisco

The Greyboy Allstars

Friday, Dec. 14

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Bob Weir and Ratdog

Saturday, Dec. 15

The Warfield, San Francisco

Van Halen

Sunday, Dec. 16

HP Pavilion, San Jose

Saturday, Dec. 22

Oracle Arena, Oakland

Hawthorne Heights

Sunday, Dec. 16

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Blackalicious

Saturday, Dec. 22

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Van Morrison

Thursday and Friday, Dec. 27 and 28

Nob Hill Masonic Center, San Francisco

Chris Brown, Bow Wow, Sean Kingston, Shop Boyz, Lil Mama

Saturday, Dec. 29

Oracle Arena, Oakland

The Mars Volta

Monday, Dec. 31

Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco

Greg Proops

Monday, Dec. 31

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco

Cake

Monday, Dec. 31

The Warfield, San Francisco

Social Distortion

Friday, Jan. 4 to 6

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Xavier Rudd

Wednesday, Jan. 9

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Aaron Neville, Linda Ronstadt, Jackie Green, Ramblin’ Jack

Elliott, Ray Manzerek, Roy Rogers, Tuck and Patti

Friday, Jan. 11

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Cornelius

Friday, Jan. 18

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Barry Manilow

Friday, Feb. 15

HP Pavilion, San Jose

Ryan Adams and The Cardinals

Wednesday, Jan. 23

Marin Center, San Rafael

Monday, Jan. 28

Zellerbach Hall

University of California, Berkeley

Matchbox 20, Alanis Morissette

Wednesday, March 12

HP Pavilion, San Jose

James Blunt

Wednesday, Feb. 6

The Warfield, San Francisco

Tesla

Friday, Feb. 8

The Fillmore, San Francisco

New Monsoon

Saturday, Feb. 9

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Siouxsie

Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 12 and 13

The Fillmore, San Francisco