The La Jolla Light presents this continuing listing of local in-person events and online activities.

Holiday events

• A dinner and shows are scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 25, in the Garfield Theatre at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, La Jolla, beginning with a 5 p.m. screening of “A Rugrats Chanukah,” followed by a musical-theater concert at 5:30 p.m. featuring selections from Rodgers & Hammerstein, “Fiddler on the Roof,” Disney favorites and more. A vegetarian Chinese dinner will be offered at 6 p.m., and a screening of “When Harry Met Sally” will round out the evening starting at 7 p.m. $30-$56. my.lfjcc.org/16071/16073

• The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library hosts a Holiday Bookstore through Saturday, Dec. 27, at 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. The store features gently used books, CDs, sheet music and LPs. Days and hours vary. ljathenaeum.org/calendar

• The La Jolla Community Center hosts the New Year’s Noon Party from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, at 6811 La Jolla Blvd. Guests can ring in the new year early with music, sparkling cider, party hats, treats and a balloon drop at noon. Free, though reservations are required by Friday, Dec. 26. ljcommunitycenter.org/specialevents

Lectures & learning

• The La Jolla Community Center hosts a series of presentations by movie expert Lori Homes about “Musicals Through the Decades” on Thursdays beginning Jan. 8 at 6811 La Jolla Blvd. as part of the Peer Learning Collaborative. The movies will be viewed outside of class and discussed in class from 3 to 4 p.m. The schedule is: Jan. 8, “Top Hat,” Jan. 15, “Singing in the Rain,” Jan. 22, “West Side Story,” and Jan. 29, “The Greatest Showman.”​ The series is free for Community Center members, $35 for non-members. Registration is required. ljcommunitycenter.org/plc

Art & film

• “Land and Sea: Selections from the Collection,” an exhibit featuring land and seascapes by more than 20 artists with connections to the region, runs through Wednesday, Dec. 31, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. It includes pieces in the museum’s current collection, as well as new acquisitions. mcasd.org/exhibitions/new-on-view

• Joseph Bellows Gallery in La Jolla presents an online exhibition of Tine Poppe’s series “Gilded Lilies” through December. josephbellows.com/exhibitions/tine-poppe

•  The La Jolla Art Association’s Winter Holiday and Multimedia Art Exhibition features works of 14 association artists through Friday, Jan. 2, at the La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. lajollaartassociation.org

• “Double Bill: The Art of Manny Farber and Patricia Patterson” runs through Sunday, Feb. 1, at the La Jolla Historical Society’s Wisteria Cottage gallery, 780 Prospect St. It features paintings, sketches, photographs and excerpts from never-before-seen interviews. Its sister exhibition, “Manny Farber: An Up Beat Title,” runs through Saturday, Jan. 3, at Quint Gallery, 7655 Girard Ave., La Jolla. It includes a selection of Farber’s large-scale paintings. Free. lajollahistory.org/current-and-upcoming, quintgallery.com

• The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego presents “A Burial in Shanghai,” an exhibit of large paintings by Chinese-born artist Yan Pei-Ming, through Sunday, Jan. 4, at 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. mcasd.org/exhibitions/yan-pei-ming

• The art exhibit “Color It Contemporary” runs through Saturday, Jan. 17, at the La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. The show features the work of Grant Pecoff, Mona Ray, Sally Samins and Kelly Villasenor. Free. 858-552-1657

• The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library hosts the art exhibition “Nolan Oswald Dennis: Demonstrations (i)” through Saturday, Jan. 17, at 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. ljathenaeum.org/events/exhibition-2025-insite

• “A Decade of Pop Prints and Multiples, 1962 to 1972: The Frank Mitzel Collection” runs through Sunday, March 15, at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. The exhibit marks the public debut of Mitzel’s gift to the museum of more than 60 pop art prints he collected over three decades. It includes works by Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, Gerald Laing, Joe Tilson and more. mcasd.org

Music & dance

• “Alex Katz: Theater and Dance” continues at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego through Sunday, Jan. 4, at 700 Prospect St., La Jolla. The exhibit is the first comprehensive exploration of Katz’s collaborations with choreographers, dancers and members of avant-garde theater ensembles over six decades, showcasing rare archival materials, major sets and paintings and previously unexhibited sketches. mcasd.org/exhibitions/alex-katz-theater-and-dance

• The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library and San Diego New Music present “Mythography,” the 18th annual SoundOn Festival, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 8-10, at 1008 Wall St., La Jolla. The lineup will include: Jan. 8, “Liebestod — Myths of Love and Death,” world premieres by Alyssa Aska and Franklin Cox and music by Chaya Czernowin, Alexandra Gardner, Zosha DiCastri and Benjamin Britten; Jan. 9, “Body and Soul — Memory, Contemplation and Expectation,” world premiere by Sidney Marquez Boquiren and music by Michael Gordon, David Lang, Vicky Ray and Michael Jarrell; Jan. 10, “Mythologies — Searching for and Seeing Ourselves,” world premieres by Juan Campoverde Q., Lukas Schulze and Sidney Marquez Boquiren and music by Yu-hui Chang and  Salvatore Sciarrino. Performers will include the Noise ensemble and guests Stephanie Aston, Leslie Ann Leytham, Wesley Fowler and Matt Kline. $32-$89 for the series, $12-$32 per concert. ljathenaeum.org/events/soundon-2026-series

• San Diego Baroque presents its 2025-26 Bach’s Lunch Concert Series at 12:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month, except January, through May 6 at St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, 743 Prospect St., La Jolla. Upcoming performances are: Feb. 4, Handel and Scarlatti vocal works; March 4, French baroque; April 1, Vivaldi Stabat Mater; May 6, works based on Shakespeare and Cervantes. Free. sdbaroque.com

Galas & events

• The La Jolla/Riford Library hosts “Remember Us the Holocaust,” or “RUTH,” an exhibit that features stories of Holocaust survivors living in San Diego County and artifacts from the Holocaust and World War II, through June 28 at 7555 Draper Ave. Free. bit.ly/49TLiDr

Do you have an event — online or in person — that you’d like to see here? Email your leads to Rob Vardon at robert.vardon@lajollalight.com by noon Friday for publication in the following week’s edition. ♦