ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Today, Dec. 16, 6:30 p.m., Dana Middle School Winter Concert. The free event takes place in the school auditorium, 1775 Chatsworth Blvd. For more information, call (619) 225-3897. Sunday, Dec. 19, 4 p.m., All Souls’ Episcopal Church hosts Musica Vitale Chorus in a performance of music for Advent and Christmas. The production is directed by Elena Vizuet with organ accompaniment by Geoffrey Graham. Included are Christmas hymns from the Russian Orthodox liturgy, to be sung in Slavonic, along with rarely-heard sacred choral works of Mendelssohn and Liszt. A $5 donation is requested and reception follows. The concert takes place at the church, 1475 Catalina Blvd. For more information, call (619) 223-6394, ext. 13, or e-mail [email protected]. COMMUNITY/CIVIC Today, Dec. 16 and Friday, Dec. 17, 5 to 8 p.m., Ocean Beach Town Council begins assembling and sorting items for its Holiday Food and Toy Drive. 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. Saturday, Dec. 18, 8:30 a.m., delivery of the Ocean Beach Town Council’s Holiday Food and Toy Drive to disadvantaged neighbors. For more information, call (619) 515-4400, or visit www.oceanbeachsandiego.com. Sunday, Dec. 19, Ocean Beach Town Council hosts its Holiday Homes Decorating Contest. The “best-dressed homes” will be judged. For more information, call (619) 316-3403. Friday, Dec. 24, 6 to 9 p.m., 31st annual Plumosa Park Festival of Lights, featuring the hands-on luminarias tradition by Point Loma and Ocean Beach neighbors. For more information, call (619) 222-3065.