The weekend is full of events with holiday spirit. Among the Lawrence activities are a downtown Christmas parade, “The Christmas Schooner” and a Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art celebration. Here are some other events to consider:

Today

• Lawrence Art Guild’s Holiday Art Fair, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.
• Eldridge Hotel Old Fashioned Christmas Parade, 11 a.m., Massachusetts Street from Seventh to 11th streets.
• “Little House,” 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., The Coterie Theatre, Level One of Crown Center, 2540 Grand Blvd., Suite 144, Kansas City, Mo.
• “Cricket on the Hearth,” 2 p.m., Theatre for Young America, 4881 Johnson Drive, Mission.
• 22nd annual “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, 2 p.m., 8 p.m., Spencer Theatre, UMKC Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.
• Boys Choir of Harlem, 2 p.m., Yardley Hall, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.
• Christmas Candlelight Tours, 5 p.m.-8 p.m., John Wornall House Museum, 6115 Wornall Road, Kansas City, Mo.
• Gospel Show, 7 p.m., Ottawa Municipal Auditorium, 301 S. Hickory, Ottawa.


Cast members of The

• Live jazz, featuring Mr. Van’s Jazz Band, 7 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Bichelmeyer’s Steakhouse Restaurant, 427 E. Fourth St., Tonganoxie.
• John Jervis, classically trained guitarist, 7 p.m. -9 p.m., Paradise Cafe, 725 Mass.
• “You Never Can Tell,” University Theatre, 7:30 p.m., Crafton-Preyer Theatre, Murphy Hall, Kansas University.
• “Jake’s Women,” 7:30 p.m., Bishop Seabury Academy, 1411 E. 1850 Road, Lawrence.
• Branson-style country music, 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m., Glen’s Opry, Fourth and Main streets, Tonganoxie.
• Connie Dover, Ann Zimmerman and Friends, West Side Folk Concert, 7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.
• CMT Most Wanted Live Tour, featuring Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts, Tommy Shane Steiner, 7:30 p.m., Landon Arena, One Expocentre Drive, Topeka.
• “Bat Boy: The Musical,” 8 p.m., Unicorn Theatre, 3823 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
• “The Christmas Schooner,” 8 p.m., Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H.
• Andrew WK, 8 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.
• Cordelia Brown at the Piano, 8 p.m., The Lodge, 502 Ames St., Baldwin.
• Billy Ebeling and The Late For Dinner Band, 8 p.m.-midnight, New Point Grille, 917 W. 44th St., Kansas City, Mo.
• Ted Rosenthal Trio featuring Lewis Nash and Peter Washington, 8:30 p.m., The Blue Room, 18th and Vine streets, Kansas City, Mo.
• The Flops, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
• Karl Ramburg Trio, original jazz ; 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Paradise Cafe, 728 Mass.
• Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, 9 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
• 1933 Prohibition Repeal Party, featuring Sister Mary Rotten Crotch, The Role Models, 9 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
• My Three Sons, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
• Sky Burial, Minds Under Cover, 9 p.m., The Brick, 1727 McGee, Kansas City, Mo.
• The Band That Saved the World, 10 p.m., Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.
• Check Engine, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.

Sunday

• Santa Paws Photos, noon-4 p.m., Lawrence Humane Society, 1805 E. 19th St.
• Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art Winter Holidays Celebration, 1 p.m.-4 p.m., KU.
• Pre-Vespers Organ Concert, 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Bales Organ Recital Hall, KU.
• PBS Met Opera Telecast: Giuseppe Verdi’s “The Troubadour” featuring Luciano Pavarotti, Eva Marton, Sherill Milnes and Dolora Zajio, 2 p.m., Topeka and Shawnee Public Library, Sheffel Room, Topeka.
• “Little House,” 2 p.m., The Coterie Theatre, Level One of Crown Center, 2540 Grand Blvd., Suite 144, Kansas City, Mo.
• “Cricket on the Hearth,” 2 p.m., Theatre for Young America, 4881 Johnson Drive, Mission.
• 22nd annual “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, 2 p.m., 7 p.m., Spencer Theatre, UMKC Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry St., Kansas City, Mo.
• Vespers, 2:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., Lied Center, KU.
• “The Christmas Schooner,” 2:30 p.m., Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H.
• “Bat Boy: The Musical,” 3 p.m., Unicorn Theatre, 3823 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
• Johnson County Community Chorus, Young Singers of Overland Park, Heartland Elementary School’s Jag Choir, 3 p.m., Yardley Hall, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park.
• Holiday wishes benefit and silent auction for Arc of Douglas County, 4 p.m., Stu’s Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa.
• Lawrence Barn Dance, 4 p.m., Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
• 72nd Annual Christmas Candlelight Vespers , 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, Baldwin.
• Paul Oakenfold, Hernan Cattaneo, 8 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.
• Big Wu, Pseudopod, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
• Swing dance, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., with salsa and swing lessons 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Dance Academy, 1117 Mass.
• Red Animal War, Red Fontane, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
• Trophy Wives, Moxie, Westport Flea Market, 9 p.m., 817 Westport Road, Kansas City, Mo.
• Don Mumford and Friends, 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m., Eighth Street Tap Room, Eighth and New Hampshire streets.

Ongoing

• Mini train and carousel, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays, Topeka Zoo, 635 S.W. Gage Blvd., Topeka.
• “Secret Games: Wendy Ewald Collaborative Works with Children, 1969-1999,” through Sunday, Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
• “Days of the Dead,” through Monday, Museum of Anthropology, Spooner Hall, KU.
• “Wrapped Words: Handmade Books from Cuba’s Ediciones Vigia,” through Dec. 15, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.
• “Beyond Oz: Children’s Book Illustrations from the Region,” through Dec. 15, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 701 Beach Lane, Manhattan.
• “Ansel Adams Photographs from the Collection,” through Dec. 29, Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.