Week Ahead: 'Little Women' Tea & Matinee; LEGO Art; Home Brewing Class

Monday, Dec. 9

• Special City Council Appointed Officer's Meeting - Closed Session, 2 p.m.

• Special City Council Meeting. 4 p.m.

• Community Tree Lighting Celebration. Mountain View. 5;30 p.m.

• Champagne Tasting Workshop. Balsam Hill, Burlingame.

• Little Women. TheatreWorks, Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto. 

• Free Holiday Concert by the Peninsula Girls Chorus Concerta Choir. Free. Balsam Hill, 1561 Adrian Road, Burlingame. 6 p.m.

• Public Library: An American Commons, a presentation by Robert Dawson. Palo Alto Art Center, Main Gallery. 7 p.m. Dawson has photographed public libraries in the U.S. since 1994. Join as he shares insights about this work.

• The Nutcracker. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. 4:30 p.m.

• Little Women. TheatreWorks, Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto. 

• Brew U: Home Brewing. Over 21 and registration required. Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Rd. 7 p.m.

• Pop Up Storytime at Dr. Liu's Dentist Office. 2345 Yale St. Suite 2B, Palo Alto. 11 a.m.

• The Nutcracker. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. 4:30 p.m.

• Little Women. TheatreWorks, Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto. 

• Annual LEGO Holiday Extravaganza. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave, Palo Alto. 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Variety of LEGO® creations made by members of the club, featuring train layouts, Bay Area landmarks, castles, miniature cities, sculptures, and more!

• CSMA Merit Scholarship Student Holiday Concert. 7 p.m. Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. 

• The Nutcracker. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. 7 p.m.

• Little Women. TheatreWorks, Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto. 

• Household Hazardous Waste Drop Off Day. Palo Alto residents only. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

• Annual LEGO Holiday Extravaganza. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave, Palo Alto. 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Variety of LEGO® creations made by members of the club, featuring train layouts, Bay Area landmarks, castles, miniature cities, sculptures, and more!

• Free Holiday Gift Wrap Workshop. Balsam Hill, Burlingame. 11 a.m.

• Holiday Tea Luncheon & "Little Women" Matinee Benefiting TheatreWorks. Garden Court Hotel 520 Cowper Street, Palo Alto. 11:30 a.m.

• 'Weihnachtsmarkt' in Mountain View. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Civic Center Plaza. An open-air German holiday experience. 

• Tree Care with Canopy. Costano Elementary School, East Palo Alto.

• "Rumpelstiltskin" Marionette Play at Linden Tree Books. 1 p.m. Los Altos.

• Run or Dye: World's Most Colorful 5k Run. Candlestick Park. 9 a.m.

• The Nutcracker. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

• Little Women. TheatreWorks, Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto. 

• Little Women. TheatreWorks, Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto. 

• Annual LEGO Holiday Extravaganza. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave, Palo Alto. 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Variety of LEGO® creations made by members of the club, featuring train layouts, Bay Area landmarks, castles, miniature cities, sculptures, and more!

• Holiday Concert at California Theatre, San Jose. El Camino Youth Symphony annual Holiday Concert. 2:30 p.m.

• The Nutcracker. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. 2 p.m.