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From San Diego Weekend Arts Events (KPBS feature): This outdoor event features a reading of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," cocoa and a performance of holiday tunes from the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus. It's a family-friendly event, and is also a drive to collect book or musical instrument donations. It's free, but you can register in advance online here. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From the organizers: Celebrate the holidays with La Jolla Music Society! Enjoy a spiked cider or a classic hot cocoa while Riford Library’s Youth Services Librarian Katia Graham entertains with a reading of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas and the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus perform jazzy holiday tunes. Bring a book to donate to the Friends of the La Jolla Library or an instrument to donate to La Jolla Music Society’s afterschool program, the Community Music Center. You won’t want to miss seeing the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd transformed into a Winter Wonderland. Doors Open at 5 p.m. Storytime begins at 5:30 p.m. Gay Men’s Chorus performance begins at 6 p.m. Free cider and holiday treats will be provided by Cafe Coyote. Related links: Event information La Jolla Music Society on Instagram La Jolla Music Society on Facebook

During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, the Rev. Rob Schenck said he knew the outcome of a pivotal religious freedom decision weeks before the Supreme Court released it in 2014.

In the arts this weekend, we have art made by construction equipment, a virtual baroque concert, several art opening receptions in the Barrio Art Crawl, and a final week of a play that imagines Martin Luther King Jr's final night.

A new virtual art exhibition celebrates theater, movies and television with original sketches by Broadway set and costume designers.

The first in-person Talmadge Art Show is Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 at the Liberty Station Conference Center, 2600 Laning Rd. San Diego 92106. There will be 90 accomplished craft artists creating works for art for sale including: silver and bead jewelry; porcelain tiles; clothing; hats, purses; garden art; paintings; wearable fiber art; gourd art; silks and copper. Plus the Firebreathers, glass artists, will be showcasing and selling their functional, figurative and decorative pieces. And the Clay Artists of San Diego will show you the beauty of clay for the home. There will be two food trucks: a coffee truck 7 a.m. - 11 a.m., Hot Bevs, and then the lunch truck, Eat Your Heart Out. A drawing for tickets to La Jolla Playhouse will also be held and you needn't be present to win. Free Admission and Free Parking. And bring in this article and receive $10 off a purchase of $200 or more (before tax). Masks and hand sanitizer will be available to everyone. Information on artists and directions to the venue is at www.talmadgeartshow.com or by calling 619-559-9082.

"Die Hard" is just one of many action films can kindle the holiday spirit. Cinema Junkie Beth Accomando gives us her top 12.

In Good Company September 25 to October 30, 202 Art Produce Gallery and online. For a preview, Art Produce's "Garden pARTy" anniversary celebration and fundraiser will include the exhibition, along with dance performances, music, food and more. Tickets are $50 and the event is 21+. In celebration of 20+ years of gallery exhibitions, Art Produce will hold a group exhibit of 20+ artists including: Alessandra Moctezuma Amanda Farber Anna O’Cain Anna Stump Anne Mudge Arzu Ozkal Becky Guttin Bhavna Mehta Carrie Minikel Chitra Gopalakrishnan Cindy Zimmerman Claudia Cano Helen Redman Katie Ruiz Kim Reasor Kline Swonger Lynn Susholtz Marianela de la Hoz Melissa Walter Michelle Montjoy Siobhán Arnold and Meagan Shein / SIEN Collective. We are also featuring some of our 2020/2021 Artists in Residence (AiR) in the online Gallery! Avia Rose Ramm Brian D. Black Cat Chiu Phillips Dakota Noot Elizabeth Salaam Jennifer Vargas Kaori Fukuyama Kim Sweeney Omar Velazco Sofia V. Gonzalez Terri Hughes-Oelrich To view a selection of works online, visit the gallery's website here. Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 12-6 p.m. or by appointment. Entry through La Catrina.

Set some new intentions for 2022 in this 60-minute yoga class. Join in to let go of all of the ups and downs of 2021 and step into the New Year with a focused, clear, determined and hopeful version of yourself. The slow and gentle nature of this class is perfect for beginners and is also great for other students who can sink deeper into their practice. The language of instruction is Yiddish with English translation. Date | Sunday, December 26 at 8 a.m. Location | Online Register here! General admission: $15 Student admssion: $10 About the instructor: Tetyana (Tanya) Yakovleva is a Yiddish lecturer of the Yiddish Arts and Academics Association of North America (YAAANA) and a literature lecturer at YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. She studied Comparative Literature, Classical, Slavic, Jewish, and Media Studies at the universities of Kharkiv, Regensburg, Bari, and San Diego and received her PhD in Slavic and Jewish Studies from the University of Regensburg in 2019. Tanya is a certified yoga teacher (RYT 200) and sees her mission in bringing joy and equilibrium to people through the Mind-Body-Spirit connection. For more information, please visit yaaana.org/yiddish-yoga or call (619) 719-1776.

One San Diego hospital is expanding its operations to deal with more high risk pregnancies. Meanwhile, San Diego police are creating a special team to investigate “ghost guns.” Plus, a preview of this weekend’s local arts events.

Alida Cervantes, Angélica Escoto, Carlos Castro Arias and Cog•nate Collective were chosen this year by a newly expanded jury of nonlocal curators representing the Whitney Museum, San Francisco's MOMA and more.