Noon Family

noon Family

Children’s recording artist Peter Himmelman (“My Best Friend Is a Salamander”) performs his funny and kid-savvy songs for ages 3 and up.

“Peter Himmelman in Concert,” Storyopolis, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Plaza A, L.A., noon. $5 to $10. (310) 358-2500, (310) 358-2512.

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1pm Holiday

Come celebrate Christmas traditions that were popular in Southern California during the years 1830-1930 at “A Southern California Christmas” happening at the Homestead Museum. Music, crafts, food, house tours, demonstrations, children’s activities and even Santa will all be featured.

“A Southern California Christmas,” Homestead Museum, 15415 E. Don Julian Road, City of Industry, 1 to 5 p.m. Free. (626) 968-8492.

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6pm Pop Music

Just short of silver anniversary time, the members of L.A. punk’s Class of ’77 dust off the tattered jeans and wax the spiky hairdos as they reunite in the spirit of old. Mike Watt and George Hurley of the Minutemen, the Plugz, the Controllers, Fear, Screamers survivors and many more do the old 1-2-3-4 to raise funds for Flipside magazine and to mark the publication of a new history of the era by Masque impresario Brendan Mullen.

Class of ‘77, El Rey Theatre, 5515 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., 6 p.m. $20. (323) 936-4790.

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4:30pm Family

South Coast Repertory presents its eighth annual production of “La Posada Magica,” the contemporary Latino Christmas family show by Octavio Solis and jazz musician-composer Marcos Loya.

“La Posada Magica,” South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, Tuesdays to Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 3 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. through Dec. 23. $19 to $34; children under 12, $8 off all regular performances except Friday and Saturday evenings. (714) 708-5555.

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7:30pm Music

Kent Nagano brings his German Symphony Orchestra Berlin to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion for a one-night-only concert performance of Arnold Schoenberg’s opera “Moses and Aron,” in German, with the title roles to be sung by Franz Mazura and Donald Kaasch, in a cast also including Thomas Mohr, Arutjun Kotchinian, Tatjana Sotin and Abbie Furmansky. English supertitles will be used.

“Moses and Aron,” Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., L.A., 7:30 p.m. $34 to $165. (213) 365-3500.

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7pm Music Freebie

Kimasi Browne conducts the Pomona College Gospel Choir in spirituals, gospel and anthems by Andrae Crouch, William Dawson, Victor McCoy, Douglas Miller, Guy Robinson, Vincent Snead, Enoch Sontonga and Browne himself on the Claremont campus.

Pomona College Gospel Choir, Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E. 4th St., Claremont, 7 p.m. Free. (909) 621-8155.

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11am Family

Jacki Breger and other children’s and folk singer-songwriter-

musicians invite families and children to celebrate the season and join them in “Jacki’s 4th Annual Holiday Family Sing-Along.”

“Jacki’s 4th Annual Holiday Family Sing-Along,” McCabe’s, 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica. 11 a.m. $3 to $6. (310) 828-4497.