Datebook: ‘The Nutcracker: A Kansas Ballet,’ Santa Claus at the Eldridge and more events for Dec. 11

Dec. 11 events

Plymouth Holiday Extravaganza Bake Sale, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St.

Festival of Nativities, noon-4 p.m., Centenary United Methodist Church, 245 N. Fourth St.

Season’s Readings: Books for Gifts & the Winter Holidays, noon-4 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St.

A Victorian Christmas in Leavenworth: Candlelight Vintage Homes Tour, 1-7 p.m., Leavenworth, leavenworthhistory.org

Van Go’s Adornment Holiday Art Show and Sale, 1-5 p.m., Van Go Arts, 715 New Jersey St.

Santa Claus at the Eldridge, 1:30-3 p.m., The Eldridge, 701 Massachusetts St.

American Legion Bingo, doors open at 2 p.m., first games at 3 p.m., American Legion Post 14, 3408 W. Sixth St.

Baker University 86th Annual Christmas Candlelight Vespers, 2 and 5 p.m., Rice Auditorium, Baker University Campus, Baldwin City.

“Peter Pan,” 2:30 p.m., Theatre Lawrence, 4660 Bauer Farm Drive.

The Nutcracker: A Kansas Ballet, 3 p.m., Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St.

Citizens Climate Lobby: National Geographic’s “Years of Living Dangerously,” 4-5 p.m., Kansas Union, Centennial Room, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd.

Irish Traditional Music Session, 5:30-9 p.m., upstairs Henry’s on Eighth, 11 E. Eighth St.