WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY, Friday, Dec. 17
Ocean Beach/ Point Loma • Ocean Beach Town Council begins assembling and sorting items for its Holiday Food and Toy Drive, 5 to 8 p.m. Participants are asked to donate a food item or new toy and bring paper, tape and scissors. For more information, call (619) 515-4400 or (619) 846-6269, or visit www.oceanbeachsandiego.com Downtown • Forward House hosts Santa, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., 108 Ivy St., Santa Claus will appear at the Forward House in his sleigh and will be giving out candy canes to children, its famed decorative light display on for public viewing from 5 to 10 p.m. each night in December; free La Jolla • The Melanoma Support Group meeting, 2 p.m., UCSD Moores Cancer Center, 3855 Health Center Drive, Room 3079, (858) 822-1811, free • Holiday program, gymnasium at the Gillispie School, preschool through 6th grade winter-themed show, early childhood at 9 a.m., lower elementary at 10:30 a.m., school choir and upper elementary at 1:30 p.m., 7380 Girard Ave., (858) 459-3773 • San Diego Ballet’s “The Nutcracker,” 7:30 p.m., Mandeville Auditorium at UCSD, 9500 Gilman Drive, (619) 294-7378, www.sandiegoballet.tix.com, $50 (preferred seating, $40 general admission, $20 children/students • The Riford Center’s Dinner/Dance, 5 p.m. dinner, 7 p.m. dance, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., dinner and dance with menu created by chef Cinzia Mezzetti of Mamma Mia Restaurant, (858) 459-0831. Dinner and dance: $20 members, $25 non-members; dance only: $10 members, $15 non-members • Annual Holiday Flute Choir Concert, 7 p.m., The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, (858) 626-2000, free • Mark Fisher at Beaumont’s Eatery, 9 p.m., 5662 La Jolla Blvd., live music, (858) 459-0474 WHAT’S HAPPENING TOMORROW, Saturday, Dec. 18
Ocean Beach/ Point Loma • Ocean Beach Town Council’s Holiday Food and Toy Drive, 9 a.m., delivery of food, holiday turkey and unwrapped presents to 85 families and residents of the OB Women’s Center. Staging takes place at the United Methodist Church, located at 1984 Sunset Cliffs Blvd. For more information, call (619) 515-4400, or visit www.oceanbeachsandiego.com • Point Loma High School’s Environmental Club and Cesar Chavez Club host a fundraiser, 2 to 5 p.m., featuring live music, Hodad’s burgers, homemade baked cookies, hot chocolate and raffle prizes at Tower 2 in Ocean Beach. For more information, call (619) 223-3121, ext. 4350 La Jolla • La Jolla Renaissance Singers holiday concert, 1 p.m., Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave., concert of carols, cantatas and chants to celebrate Christmas and the new year, (858) 552-1657, free • Gonzology at Beaumont’s Eatery, 9 p.m., 5662 La Jolla Blvd., live music, (858) 459-0474 Downtown • The San Diego Rescue Mission will feed more than 1,500 homeless at its Congregate Christmas Meal, 2 to 5 p.m., 120 Elm St. For more information visit www.sdrescue.org Pacific Beach/ Mission Beach • Breakfast with Santa, 8 to 11 a.m., Pacific Beach Recreation Center, 1405 Diamond St., pancakes, fruit, drinks, crafts and photo with Santa Claus. Adults $5, children $2. Call for reservations, (858) 581-9927 • “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” 7 p.m., the Pacific Beach Presbyterian Church, 1675 Garnet Ave. For more information, call (858) 273-9312, freewill offering • Mission Bay Parade of Lights, 7 to 9 p.m., decorated boats depart from Mission Bay Yacht Club at 7 p.m., followed by a fireworks show at 9 p.m. For more information or viewing locations, visit www.missionbayparadeoflights.org