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.

Dec. 16, Third Thursday Art Walk. Mistlin Gallery, Chartreuse Muse, The Farmacy, Preservation Coffee, Dragonfly Art for Life, State Theatre. 5-8 p.m. http://modestoartwalk.com.

Through Feb. 25, “The Photography of Lorraine Nilson.” 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays. 525 Tully Road, Modesto.

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

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.

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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.

Benefit for regional singer-songwriter Marirose Powell. Performances by Patty Castillo Davis, members of Third Party, Triple D, Steve Ashman, more. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Prospect Theater Project, 1214 K St., Modesto. $20. 209-549-9341.

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.

Holiday parade. 11 a.m. Fifth to J streets. 209-941-7370.

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.

The Modesto Garden Club event features four homes in Riverbank and Modesto decked out for the holidays. Proceeds benefit the club’s community projects. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Homes at 6912 Arrowwood Drive and 6944 Arrowwood Drive in Riverbank; 520 Bellwood Lane and 3608 Corte Madera in Modesto. $25. modestogardenclub.org.

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.

Participants can join in conversations with miners as they roast chestnuts over a campfire. Children can make crafts from the 1850s. Father Christmas will hit the streets on stagecoach. Noon-3 p.m. Main Street, Columbia.

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.

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.

“Ernest Saves Christmas.” 2 p.m. Gaslight Community Conservatory, 3908 N Gratton Road, Denair. Free; concessions will be sold. 209-424-1601.

Traces Julia Child’s path to a television sensation.

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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.

A boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole. 10 a.m. Dec. 20 and Dec. 22. $6

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. Prospect Theater Project, 1214 K St., Modesto. prospecttheaterproject.org.

This story was originally published December 8, 2021 at 10:48 AM with the headline "Entertainment calendar: A look at what’s happening in the Modesto region."