Today

Smooth Operation, 7 p.m., The Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second St.

“Convenience,” 8 p.m., Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

Mike and Tom, 8 p.m., Westport Coffee House, 4010 Pennsylvania St., Kansas City, Mo.

Poetry reading: Chris Citro, Jason Ryberg, Jackie Treiber, Ed Tato and Wayne Propst, 9 p.m., The Bourgeois Pig, 6 E. Ninth St.

Last Call Girls, The Gaslights, 10 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main St., Kansas City, Mo.

The Baloney Ponyz Dysfunctional Christmas Celebration, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway St., Kansas City, Mo.

Sunday

“A Christmas Carol,” 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Kansas City Repertory Theatre, 4949 Cherry, Kansas City, Mo.

“The Night Before Christmas,” 2 p.m., The Coterie Theatre, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“Sanders Family Christmas,” 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., American Heartland Theatre, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

“Honky Tonk Angels Holiday Spectacular,” 2 p.m., Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy, 3028 S.W. Eighth Ave., Topeka.

“Convenience,” 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

Matthew Brewer, 4 p.m., Starbucks, 647 Mass.

Key West Jazz Quartet, 6 p.m., Stone Creek, 3801 W. Sixth St.

Shting Glitter, Mail Order Midgets, 9 p.m., The Hurricane, 4048 Broadway St., Kansas City, Mo.

In Your Absence, Anvil Chorus, 9 p.m., The Jackpot Saloon, 943 Mass.

Dirty Boogie, 10 p.m., Gaslight Tavern, 317 N. Second St.

Monday

“The Night Before Christmas,” 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., Coterie Theatre, 2450 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.