The √ indicates admission is $5 or less, or free. Full-price admission is listed; * denotes discounts (or free) for students, seniors, military, members, children and/or advance purchase. Call venue for details.

THE HOLIDAYS

"The Nutcracker," presented by Hawaii State Ballet, 7 p.m. today, 2:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday, 2:30 and 6 p.m. Sunday, 7 p.m. Dec. 15-16 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 16-17. Mamiya Theatre; $16-$27. 550-8457.

"The Nutcracker," a Hawaii Ballet Theatre production, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, 4 p.m. Sunday, repeats Dec. 10-17, Leeward Community Theatre; $25*. 456-8100.

Ala Moana Center: Candy Cane Train, 10 a.m. daily through Jan. 1 and runs every 20 minutes, $6; photos with Santa, 10 a.m. daily through Dec. 24; "A Christmas Gift of Aloha" stage show and parade, 6 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays through Dec. 23, free. 955-9517.

Kahala Mall: Salvation Army Angel Tree, daily through Dec. 19; Santa visits and photos, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sundays-Saturdays through Dec. 23 and 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Dec. 24. 732-7736.

Pearlridge Center: Holiday train, from 10 a.m. daily during mall hours through Jan. 1, $3, Uptown; Salvation Army Angel Tree, through Dec. 20, Uptown and Downtown; photos with Santa, through Dec. 24, Downtown. 488-0981.

Aloha Tower Marketplace: Holiday Lights Trolley, open-air ride through downtown past the Honolulu Hale and surrounding holiday displays, 6:30-9 p.m. daily, Saturday to Dec. 24 from the Trolley Stop at marketplace entrance; one ticket per $20 purchase from any marketplace store or restaurant from Dec. 9-24 (present your receipt at the guest services kiosk). Reservations: 566-2337.

STAGE

"Christmas Talk Story," a holiday tradition of locally written tales, 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, through Dec. 23, Tenney Theatre, St. Andrew's Cathedral; $16* regular run. 839-9885, www.htyweb.org.

"Cinderella," with songs, wicked stepsisters and glass slippers, 8 p.m. Thursdays-Fridays, 3 and 8 p.m. Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 17 (also extended 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20-22 and 3 and 8 p.m. Dec. 23), Diamond Head Theatre; $12-$42. 733-0274, www.diamondheadtheatre.com.

"Santaland Diaries," a one-man show about Christmas pageantry and all its victims, 8 p.m. today-Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, Manoa Valley Theatre; $20*. 988-6131, www.manoa valleytheatre.com.

"The Lion in Winter," in 1183 King Henry II and family prepare for a holiday reunion, 8 p.m. today-Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday, Paul and Vi Loo Theatre (formerly Hawai'i Pacific University Theatre), HPU Kane'ohe campus; $20*. 375-1282.

"K2," The Actors' Group presents the story of two climbers stranded on a mountain ledge, 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays, through Dec. 17, Yellow Brick Studio; $15*. 550-8457, www.honoluluboxoffice.com.

"Fish Head Soup," humor, secrets and shame emerge as a family's youngest son who was presumably dead suddenly shows up at the front door, 8 p.m. today-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, UH-Manoa, Earle Ernst Lab Theatre; $12*. 956-7655, 483-7123.

"Who the Fil-Am I?" a trip to the Philippines forces three FilipinoAmericans to come to grips with their ancestry, 8 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Kumu Kahua Theatre; $5-$16. 536-4441, www.kumukahua.org.

MUSIC & DANCE

√ Ala Moana Center entertainment: 'Iolani School stage bands, 8-9:30 p.m. today; PuLse, contemporary dance, noon-12:45 p.m., Halau Hula O Nawahine, 2-2:45 p.m., Ringing Angels, hand bells, 4-4:30 p.m. Saturday; Drill Team Hawaii, jazz, noon-12:30 p.m., Hawaii Youth Chorus, 2-2:45 p.m., Vocal & Dance Expressions and Li'l Stars from Star of the Sea preschool, 4-4:30 p.m. Sunday; Nanakuli Intermediate Band, 4-4:30 p.m. Monday; Merry Tuba Christmas, tuba ensemble, 8-8:45 p.m. Tuesday; St. Anthony School, noon-12:45 p.m.; Royal Hawaiian Band, 2-2:45 p.m. Wednesday; Roosevelt High School symphonic band, 8-8:45 p.m. Thursday; ongoing — Keiki Hula Show with Halau Na Mamo O Ka'ala and Kanilau, 10-11 a.m. Sundays; Polynesian Cultural Center, noon-12:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; free. 955-9517.

√ Windward Mall entertainment: Na Kama, noon-1 p.m., Adventure Balloons, 1-4 p.m. and Brothers Cazimero, 2-3 p.m. Saturday; Na Keiki O Manana, 7:15 p.m. Monday; Royal Hawaiian Band concert, noon Thursday; free. 235-1143.

√ Pearlridge Center entertainment: Uptown — Na Keiki O Manana, 7-8 p.m. today; Dance Spectrum Hawaii, 11 a.m.-noon Saturday; Pearl Ridge Elementary School, 11 a.m.-noon, Kainalu Elementary School, 1-2 p.m., Lincoln Elementary School, 3-4 p.m. Sunday; Waiau Elementary School, 7-8 p.m. Thursday; Downtown — Tradewinds, 6-8 p.m. Saturday; "From Keiki to Kupuna," 10:30 a.m.-noon Tuesdays; Uptown and Downtown — Baba Alimoot and Friends, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Kaipo Asing Trio, 11 a.m.1 p.m. Sunday; Junior Keiki Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays; Baba Alimoot and Friends, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesdays; free. 488-0981.

√ International Market Place entertainment: Simplisity, 7-9 p.m. Friday; Ohana Nui, 7-9 p.m. Saturday; Greg & Junko, 7-9 p.m. Sundays and Tuesdays; "Voyage Through Polynesia," 8:30-9:15 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays-Thursdays; free. 971-2080.

√ Aloha Tower Marketplace: Hawaii Youth Choir, 7-8 p.m. today; Pua Kapele Halau O Hula, 12:30-1:15 p.m., Hula 'Ohana O 'Iima, 2-3 p.m., Hawai'i Yacht Club Christmas Boat Parade, 5-7:30 p.m., Saturday; Studio 808, 11-11:45 a.m., Halau Hula O Kana Kapeka, noon-1 p.m., St. John the Baptist Catholic School, 3-4 p.m. Sunday; St. Anthony School, 4-4:45 p.m. Tuesday; Na Keiki O Manana, 2-2:45 p.m. Wednesday; Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary, 5-6 p.m. Thursday; Star of Honolulu Welcome Hula Show, 4:30-5:30 p.m. daily; 'ukulele lessons, 2:30-3 p.m. Tuesdays; free. 566-2337.

√ Royal Hawaiian Band: noon-1 p.m. Fridays, 'Iolani Palace grounds; 6 p.m. Saturday, Kapolei City Lights Parade; 2-2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Ala Moana Centerstage; noon-12:45 p.m. Windward Mall; free. 922-5331.

√ Kuhio Beach torchlighting and hula show, 6 p.m. daily, Kuhio Beach hula mound; free. 843-8002.

√ Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center entertainment: Josiah Kekoa Trio, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays; Hawaiian Quilting Classes, 4:15-6:15 p.m. Wednesdays; Soundettes of Hawaii, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays; Pu'uhonua, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays; Ku'uipo Kumukahi, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Fridays; lei-making classes, 4:15-5:15 p.m. Mondays; hula and 'ukulele lessons, 4:15-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; free. 922-2299.