Ready to get into the holiday spirit? You might check out “Right Between the Ears,” “The Christmas Schooner,” or the Tree Lighting and Holiday Concert at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Here are some of the weekend’s other area activities:

Today

• “The Discovery of the Tomb of King Tut,” lecture, 1:30 p.m., Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo.
• Tree Lighting and Holiday Concert, 3 p.m.-4 p.m., Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 4525 Oak, Kansas City, Mo.
• “Little House,” 2 p.m., The Coterie Theatre, Level One of Crown Center, 2540 Grand Blvd., Suite 144, Kansas City, Mo.
• Americana Music Academy community acoustic jam, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m., Aimee’s Coffee House, 1025-A Mass.
• “Right Between the Ears,” 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., Liberty Hall, 642 Mass.
• Fabulous Fifties Show, 6:30 p.m., Glen’s Opry, Fourth and Main streets, Tonganoxie.
• Atreyu, Blind Society, My Revenge, 7 p.m., El Torreon, 3101 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Mo.
• Mojo Twins, Buddy Lush, 7 p.m. (early show), Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
• Live jazz, featuring Mr. Van’s Jazz Band, 7 p.m.-10:30 p.m., Bichelmeyer’s Steakhouse Restaurant, 427 E. Fourth St., Tonganoxie.
• Branson-style country music, 7:30 p.m.-10 p.m., Glen’s Opry, Fourth and Main streets, Tonganoxie.
• “The Christmas Schooner,” 8 p.m., Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H.
• The Bel-Airs, 8 p.m., Grand Emporium, 3832 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
• Handel’s “Messiah,” 8 p.m., Kansas City Symphony, Lyric Theatre, 11th and Central streets, Kansas City, Mo.
• Kerry Strayer/Earlie Braggs Quintet, 8:30 p.m., The Blue Room, The American Jazz Museum, 18th and Vine streets, Kansas City, Mo.
• Arthur Dodge and the Horsefeathers, Conner, 9 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.
• Coyote Ugly, 9 p.m., Paradise Cafe, 728 Mass.
• The Clocks, Fool’s Face, 9 p.m., The Madrid Theatre, 3810 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.
• 90 Day Men, Stella Link, Dead Meadow, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
• “George Harrison Tribute Show” with The Hefners, 10 p.m., Replay Lounge, 946 Mass.
• Sellout, 10 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.
• Trouble Junction, Pendergast, The Hearers, 10 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

Sunday

• World AIDS Day commemorative service, 10 a.m., Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, KU.
• “Little House,” 2 p.m., The Coterie Theatre, Level One of Crown Center, 2540 Grand Blvd., Suite 144, Kansas City, Mo.
• Handel’s “Messiah,” 2 p.m., Kansas City Symphony, Lyric Theatre, 11th and Central streets, Kansas City, Mo.
• “The Christmas Schooner,” 2:30 p.m., Lawrence Community Theatre, 1501 N.H.
• 10th Annual Red Ribbon Art Auction, dessert and preview at 6 p.m., auction at 7 p.m., SpringHill Suites by Marriott, 1 Riverfront Plaza.
• Swing dance, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., with salsa and swing lessons from 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Dance Academy, 1117 Mass.
• Blow, Doris Henson, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo.
• Snakebite Orphans, Tijuana Crime Scene, 9 p.m., Fred P. Otts, 4770 JC Nichols Parkway, 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.
• “Spiritual Journeys Exhibition: The Art of Robert Sudlow,” through today, Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.
• Collage watercolors by Susan Ellis Oviatt, through today, Collective Art Gallery, 3121 S.W. Huntoon, Topeka.
• “Dreaming of Cows,” works by Shakura Jackson, through today, New Works Gallery, Kansas City Artists Coalition, 201 Wyandotte, Kansas City, Mo.
• “Secret Games: Wendy Ewald Collaborative Works with Children, 1969-1999,” through Dec. 8, Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.
• “Days of the Dead,” through Dec. 9, Museum of Anthropology, Spooner Hall, KU.
• “Wrapped Words: Handmade Books from Cuba’s Ediciones Vigia,” through Dec. 15, Spencer Museum of Art, KU.