TODAY

“Elves and the Shoemaker,” 10 a.m. and noon, H&R Block City Stage, Union Station, 30 W. Pershing, Kansas City, Mo.

“Stuart Little,” 10 a.m., noon and 7 p.m., Coterie Theatre, Crown Center, 2450 Grand, Suite 144, Kansas City, Mo.

Lila: Deborah Pine, Janette Michaels, Clark Jamison and Allison Dishinger, 7:30 p.m., Unity Church, 900 Madeline Lane.

“A Kansas Nutcracker,”

7:30 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.

“Absurd Person Singular,” 7:30 p.m., H&R Block City Stage Theater, Union Station, 30 W. Pershing, Kansas City, Mo.

“The Nutcracker,” 7:30 p.m., Midland Theatre, 1228 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

Rikets (above), Sidewise, God Project, 8 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

“The Eight Reindeer

Monologues,” by Jeff Goode, 8 p.m., Corinth Dance Center Studio, 4047 Somerset Drive, Prairie Village.

“Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” 8 p.m., American

Heartland Theatre, 2450 Grand, Suite 314, Kansas City, Mo.

“A Christmas Carol,” 8 p.m., Kansas City Repertory Theatre, 4949 Cherry, Kansas City, Mo.

Billy Ebeling and the Late

For Dinner Band, 9 p.m., Zig

& Mac’s, 22730 Midland Drive, Shawnee.

Honeymon Blues, Afterparty, Meat Purveyors, 9 p.m., Davey’s Uptown, 3402 Main, Kansas City, Mo.

Sellout!, 9 p.m., Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, Mo.

Baliroot, 9:30 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St.

Aubrey, 10 p.m., The Jackpot Saloon, 943 Mass.

The BelAirs, 10 p.m., The

Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

SATURDAY

Opening reception: “Beyond Origami,” paper art by Nancy Bjorge, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H.