Holiday
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CAROL CONCERT The St. Bartholomew’s Festival Brass, Choir, Boy and Girl Choristers, and the city’s largest pipe organ join forces for a concert of Christmas favorites. The Joyous Christmas Concert features sacred and secular choral works and a carol sing-along in the candle-lit church. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., St. Bartholomew’s Church, Park Avenue and 51st Street, 212-378-0248, $35 and $20 general, $15 seniors and students, $100 includes post-concert reception.
HE’LL SHOOT HIS EYE OUT The holiday comedy classic “A Christmas Story” (1983), in which Peter Bilingsley plays a young boy longing to find a BB gun un der the Christmas tree, is screened this weekend. Friday and Saturday, midnight, Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema, 143 E. Houston St., between First and Second avenues, 212-777-3456 ext. 687, $10.75 general, $7 seniors.
CHANUKAH CELEBRATION A daylong Chanukah celebration includes exhibit tours for familes, craft workshops, and a drumming performance that visitors can join (1:30 and 3 p.m.). The event also includes a candle lighting featuring a Hanukkiah by sculptor Oded Halahmy. Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues, 212-294-8301, $12 general, $8 children and members.
MIND YOUR P’S AND Q’S The latest incarnation of the classical music parody P.D.Q. Bach, created by Peter Schickele, is a 40-year “retrogressive.” The program features highlights from the series history, including “Two Madrigals from ‘The Triumphs of Thusnelda,'” The lively “Liebeslieder Polkas,” and the madrigal “Two Hearts, Four Lips, Three Little Words.” Performers include the Canticum Novum Singers under Harold Rosenbaum,and the Armadillo Quartet. Tuesday, December 27-Thursday, December 29, 8 p.m., Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, 212-864-5400, $26-$56.
HERITAGE TUNES The vocal ensemble Heritage O.P. explores the tradition of Kwanzaa through the percussion, music, and songs of African emigrants. Wednesday, December 28, 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., Brooklyn Children’s Museum, 145 Brooklyn Ave. at St. Mark’s Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-735-4400, free with museum admission, $4 general, members free.
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