Entertainment calendar: A look at what’s happening in the Modesto region

Through Jan. 2, “Making Your Mark: Prints and Drawings from the Hechinger Collection.” Through Jan. 23, “Elements of Renewal.” Gallery hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays. 250 N. Broadway, Turlock. www.carnegieartsturlock.org.

Through Dec. 23, “Home for the Holiday’s Member Show.” Gallery hours: 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, noon-4 p.m. Saturdays. 1015 J St. Modesto. ccaagallery.org.

Ongoing exhibits. Noon-4 p.m. Friday-Sunday. 1402 I St., Modesto.

Dec. 3, pop-up exhibit of works by Laura Stokes and Jim Abuan. Noon-4 p.m. Modesto Chamber of Commerce, 1114 J St.

Modesto Symphony Orchestra with the symphony’s chorus. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3, 2 p.m. Dec. 4. $19-$94.

Central West Ballet presents the holiday classic. Dec. 8 is a low sensory matinee performance at noon, $7. Regular shows 2 p.m. Dec. 11-12 and Dec. 18-19; 7 p.m. Dec. 10 and Dec. 17. $23 to $65.

Gallo Center Repertory Company presents real-life World War I story of how soldiers from France, England and Germany called a battlefield truce on Christmas Day. 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10-11, 3 p.m. Dec. 12. 15-$30.

Original and traditional acoustic music. 7:30 p.m. $29-$49.

Community handbell choir. 7 p.m. $12-$20.

75th presentation of the birth, life, death and resurrection of the Messiah. 3 p.m. Immanuel Christian Reformed Church, 517 Orange Ave., Ripon. Offering will be taken. 209-996-0468

Group presents “A Celtic Christmas” with champagne reception at 2 p.m., concert 3 p.m. Alhambra Music Room at Ironstone Vineyards, 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys. $50. 209-754-1774.

Opera Modesto presents. 2 p.m. Prospect Theater Project, 1214 K St., Modesto. $30. www.operamodesto.org

Christmas concert featuring 19-voice male chorus. 7 p.m. Zion URC, 1220 Canal Blvd., Ripon. Free-will offering to benefit Stockton Gospel Rescue Mission.

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Alejandro Aranda. 7:30 p.m. Turlock Community Theatre, 1574 E. Canal Drive. $31-$51. www.turlocktheatre.org.

Kickoff of the ongoing Rockin’ Holiday featuring lights, garland, retro decorations, snow machine flurries and music. Tree lighting 6:30 p.m. Tenth Street Plaza.

The city’s parade along Main Street beginning at Canal Drive with the theme “Christmas in Toyland.” 6:30 p.m. 209-668-5594.

This event displays 50-plus decorated Christmas trees for families to stroll through. Grand lighting 6:30 p.m.; trees remain up through Dec. 25. Court Plaza, Main Street. 209-394-8830.

Dec. 4, drive-through Donuts with Santa includes family photo with Santa, two craft kits and a half-dozen doughnuts. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 16201 Harlan Road. Spaces limited, registration required. Dec. 11, Christmas Parade, 11 a.m. Fifth to J streets. 209-941-7370.

Vendors with homemade and other items including knit and crocheted items, blankets, scarves, hats, more. Lunch available. Santa visits 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Fair hours 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuolumne River Lodge, 2429 River Road, Modesto. 209-537-6651.

Docents in period costume lead tours of the mansion decorated for Victorian holidays. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. McHenry Mansion, 906 15th St., Modesto. Free. Tours begin at Visitor Center, 924 15th St. 209-549-0428.

Parade downtown begins at 5:30 p.m. at 14th and I streets, ending at J and 17th streets. www.modestogov.com/553/Holiday-Parade

Festivities at Smyrna Park on Moffett Road including crafts, live music, food vendors, pictures with Santa and more at 5 p.m. Parade begins at 7:15 p.m. Free. 209-538-5648.

Parade of Lights in downtown Escalon begins at 5:30 p.m. Before and after, booths will be open from 3 to 8 p.m. Santa arrives at 6 p.m. Main Street, Escalon. Free. www.escalonchamberofcommerce.org.

Lights, garland, retro decorations, snow machine flurries and music. 6-9 p.m. Dec. 9-11, Dec. 16-18 and Dec. 23. Tenth Street Plaza.

Parade at 6:30 p.m. begins at Livingston Middle School and winds through the community before ending at Main and D streets. 209-394-8830.

Vendors on Bentley Street 2:30-8:30 p.m. Lighted parade begins at 5:30 p.m. at Moon School, ending at Waterford Museum where there will be refreshments and Santa will light the Christmas tree. 209-874-2328.

Modesto California Highway Patrol accepting donations of new unwrapped toys, sporting goods or games. Donations go nonprofits in the community who will distribute the toys. Drop off 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays at CHP office, 4030 Kiernan Ave., Modesto.

San Joaquin Valley Toy Train Operators offers operating train layouts, vendors and door prizes. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 4, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 5. Stanislaus County Fairgrounds, 900 N Broadway, Turlock. $8, free under age 12 with paid adult. 209-883-1663.

Modesto Area Partners in Science Zoom program featuring Margaret Turnbull on “Will There Ever Be Another Earth?” 7:30 p.m. Go to www.mjc.edu/instruction/sme/maps.php to sign up for notification of the link.

Carnegie Arts Center offers Holiday Pajama Party with cocoa, crafts and holiday stories. 7-8 p.m. Carnegie Arts Center, 250 N. Broadway, Turlock. Free. 209-632-5761.

Stanislaus County Library and Opera Modesto event for individuals or teams who will answer questions about “Don Quixote” and “Bless Me, Ultima.” Two devices needed participate. 7 p.m., advance registration required. For details call 209-558-7817.

Society for disABILITIES presents skiing film. 7 p.m. $25.

Traces Julia Child’s path to a television sensation.

Modesto Film Society presents. 4 p.m. $9.

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Center Stage Kids presents Christmas through comedy, drama, dance and song. 2 and 6 p.m. $12-$18.

Strut Performing Arts presents musical stage production on the significance of what gift giving really means. 7 p.m. Dec. 17-18, 2 p.m. Dec. 19. $27-$35.

Sierra Repertory Theatre stages the classic film as a 1940s radio broadcast. Various times. Fallon House Theatre, 11175 Washington St., Columbia. $20-$42. www.sierrarep.org.

Based on 1949 romantic comedy. 7:30 p.m. $10. prospecttheaterproject.org.

This story was originally published December 3, 2021 at 5:30 PM with the headline "Entertainment calendar: A look at what’s happening in the Modesto region."