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. Tonight through Thursday, 8 p.m., Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, 212-864-5400, $26-$56.

MERRY MARIONETTES The Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater presents “Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa, Happy Ramadan,” a modern adaptation of the Dickens’s classic. Holiday songs are in Czech, English, Hebrew, and Swahili. Through Sunday, today-Friday, 7 p.m., Saturday, 3 and 7 p.m., Sunday, 5 p.m., Jan Hus Playhouse, 351 E. 74th St., between First and Second avenues, 212-868-4444, $15 general, $11 seniors, students, and children.

‘ROUND AND ‘ROUND An exhibit of nontraditional wreaths is on display at a Central Park gallery. Contributors include artists, craftspeople, and botanists, using materials such as feathers, barbed wire, rubber tires, and forged steel. More than 20 wreaths are on view, including Madeline Yanni’s “Winter Wonderland,” a grapevine wreath festooned with juniper, moss, and more; Molly Sullivan’s wreath made of twigs and paper, and Beryl Brenner’s colored glass wreath. Through Wednesday, January 4, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Arsenal Gallery, the Arsenal in Central Park, Fifth Avenue at 64th Street, third floor, 311 for information, free. Note: The gallery is closed January 2.

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