all day Benefit

Divine Design is a gift from the shopping gods. The six-day designer showcase includes 40 interior design vignettes by local designers; a 40,000-square-foot marketplace with mini-boutiques of fashions and accessories for women, children and men from DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger, Banana Republic and more; and a designer flea market filled with furnishings and antiques. Anything not nailed down (and probably some things that are) is for sale at discounts up to 75%, with all proceeds going to Project Angel Food and DIFFA/Los Angeles.

* Divine Design ‘97, Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood. Today-Dec. 9, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. except Dec. 7, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tickets $20 a day. (310) 358-8000.

7:30 pm: Theater

Mabou Mines, known for its innovative theater works, presents “Peter and Wendy,” Liza Lorwin’s adaptation of the J.M. Barrie 1911 novel, starring Karen Kandel, who plays all roles from Peter Pan and Wendy to Nana the Dog and Captain Hook. Kandel shares the stage with Japanese bunraku puppets, and providing music are fiddle virtuoso Johnny Cunningham and vocalist Susan McKeown. It’s at the Geffen Playhouse under the direction of 1997 MacArthur “genius grant” recipient Lee Breuer.

* “Peter and Wendy,” Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Ave., Westwood, Tuesdays-Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Sundays, 7 p.m.; Saturdays-Sundays, 2 p.m. Also Dec. 24, 2 p.m.; dark Dec. 25. Ends Dec. 28. $17.50-$37.50. (310) 208-5454.

8 pm: Theater

California Repertory Theatre’s acclaimed annual holiday production, “An O. Henry Christmas,” returns. The tapestry of tales by the author, including “The Gift of the Magi,” is set during a Christmas Eve gathering of down-and-outers, who find the true meaning of the holiday.

* “An O. Henry Christmas,” Cal Rep, Cal State Long Beach, 7th St. and W. Campus Drive., Tuedays-Wednesdays, 6 p.m.; Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays 2 p.m. Ends Dec. 20. $15. 562) 985-7000.

8:30 pm: Jazz/Comedy

Social commentator, verbal improvisationalist and all-around wit Mort Sahl delivers comedy with a beat when he joins pianist Brad Mehldau and singer Ruth Price for a weekend’s worth of rants, raps and laughs set to jazz.

* Mort Sahl, Jazz Bakery, 3233 Helms Ave., Culver City. $18. Also Friday-Saturday, 8:30 and 10 p.m., and Sunday, 6 and 8 p.m. Early shows Friday-Saturday, $20; late shows and both Sunday shows, $18. (310) 271-9039.