7 p.m.: Einstein by Nephesh Theater Troupe of Tel Aviv; The Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street. For tickets, call (609) 921-0100.
7:30 p.m.: Poetry reading and reception with Dr. Marvin Harold Cheiten; Montgomery Center for the Arts, Skillman.
8 p.m.: Inspecting Carol; George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick. Also Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m.
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.: Midday Music Series Concert; Clark Music Center, The Lawrenceville School. Free.
7:30 p.m.: Regional Planning Board; Township Municipal Complex.
8 p.m.: Meridian Arts Ensemble and Guests; Richardson Auditorium.
8 p.m.: Theatre Intime's Wonderland Salvage; Hamilton Murray Theatre, Murray-Dodge Hall. Also Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.
8 p.m.: The Parsons Dance Company; State Theatre, New Brunswick.
8 p.m.: Is There Life After High School?; The Playhouse, Westminster Choir College. Also Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.
4:30 p.m.: Talk by University of London's Andrew Gibson, Joyce En Route to Ulysses; James Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau Street.
8 p.m.: A Christmas Carol -- The Musical; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m.
8 p.m.: Pianist Yung Wook; James A. Michener Art Museum, New Hope, Pa.
8 p.m.: Princeton University Wind Ensemble; Richardson Auditorium.
8 p.m.: Coffee House Concert for high school students with singer-songwriter Sterling Waters; Princeton Public Library.
8 p.m.: Cool Yule Jazz III with pianist Philip Orr and clarinetist Jerry Rife; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.
8 p.m.: Jazz Fridays Series with Kenny Garrett Quartet; Mount-Burke Theater, Peddie School, Hightstown.
8 and 10:30 p.m.: Sherry Davey with Patrick O'Donnell; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.: St. Nicholas Bazaar; Trinity Church.
12:30 to 3 p.m.: Holiday Party with Santa and Snowy; Princeton Shopping Center.
1 and 4:30 p.m.: American Repertory Ballet's The Nutcracker; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.
2 and 5 p.m.: Suburban Dance Force of Central New Jersey's A Children's Nutcracker; Yvonne Theater, Rider University, Lawrence-ville. Also Sunday at 1 and 4 p.m.
2 and 7 p.m.: The New Age Nutcracker; West Windsor-Plainsboro Dance Company; Thomas Grover Middle School, West Windsor. Also Sunday at 1 p.m.
8 p.m.: Princeton University Concert Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble II; Richardson Auditorium.
8 p.m.: Westminster Concert Bell Choir; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College. Also Sunday at 3 p.m.
8 p.m.: Linda Eder Christmas; State Theatre, New Brunswick.
8:15 p.m.: Princeton Folk Music Society concert with The Trio; Christ Congregation Church.
8:30 p.m.: Ranjit; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.
3 p.m.: Pianist Aaron Jackson performing works of Beethoven and Schoenberg; Taplin Auditorium. Free.
4 p.m.: Screening of My Land Zion; Global Cinema Café, Carl A. Fields Center, Princeton University. Free.
5 p.m.: Lecture, A View of Italian Politics and Italy-U.S. Relations, by Paolo Mastrolilli; Dorothea's House, 120 John Street.
5:30 p.m.: The Princeton Singers; Princeton University Art Museum.
7:30 p.m.: A Christmas Carol; McCarter Theatre.
7 p.m.: Rider University Concert Band, Blawenburg Band, and Rider University Choir holiday concert; Yvonne Theater, Rider University, Lawrenceville. Free.
6 to 9 p.m.: Tuesday Nite Jazz with John Henry Goldman; Sunny Garden Restaurant, Farber Road. 7:30 p.m.: Borough Council; Borough Hall.
8 p.m.: Composers' Ensemble at Princeton: The Boston Sound Collective; Taplin Auditorium. Free.
8 p.m.: Inspecting Carol; George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick. Also Wednesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Thursday at 2 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7 p.m.
Noon: Drumthwacket Tour. Every Wednesday. Reservation required; call (609) 683-0591.
7:30 p.m.: One-Act Plays of 20th Century Masters; Princeton Public Library Community Room. Also Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
7 p.m.: Leon Redbone; Patriots Theater at the War Memorial, Trenton.
7 p.m.: Theatre Intime's Wonderland Salvage; Hamilton Murray Theatre, Murray-Dodge Hall. Also Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m.
7 p.m.: If I Could, In My Hood, I Would; Passage Theatre, Mill Hill Playhouse, Trenton. Also Friday at 7 p.m.., Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.
7:30 p.m.: Regional Planning Board; Township Municipal Complex.
7:30 p.m.: A Christmas Carol; McCarter Theatre. Also Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 1 and 5:30 p.m.
8 p.m.: The Laramie Project; Mackay Campus Center Auditorium, Princeton Theological Seminary. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.
4:30 p.m.: Talk by Notre Dame University's Susan Cannon Harris, O'Blunder in Love: Irishness, Masculinity, and Marriage on the 18th Century Stage; James Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau Street.
5:30 to 9 p.m.: Trenton2Nite jazz concert with saxophonist Tommy Gryce and the band Jazspir; Gallery 125, 125 South Warren Street.
7 p.m.: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas; Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College. Also Saturday at 11 a.m., 2 and 4 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 4 p.m.
8 p.m.: Squabbles; Off-Broadstreet Theatre, Hopewell. Also Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
8 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory Faculty Concert, Christmas with the Bach Family; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College.
8 p.m.: Princeton University Glee Club and Chamber Choir; Richardson Auditorium. Free.
8 p.m.: Westminster Choir College Chapel Choir, Schola Cantorum, Symphonic Choir, and Concert Bell Choir; Princeton University Chapel. Also Saturday at 8 p.m.
8 p.m.: Azaguno in Concert, music and dance of Africa and the African diaspora; Taplin Auditorium. Free.
8 p.m.: Hopewell Valley Chorus Holiday Concert; Pennington Presbyterian Church.
8 and 10:30 p.m.: Barry Friedman; Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, Hyatt Regency. Also Saturday at 8 and 10:30 p.m.
Noon to 2 p.m.: Christmas Concert with Nassau Brass; Princeton Shopping Center Courtyard. Free.
2 and 7 p.m.: Princeton Dance and Theater Studio's Traditional Holiday Nutcracker; Montgomery Township High School, Skillman,
3 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory Children's Choirs; Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College. Also Sunday at 3 p.m.
8 p.m.: Princeton University Orchestra; Richardson Auditorium. Also Sunday at 3 p.m.
8 p.m.: Mariachi Champaña Nevín, La Fiesta de la Nochebuena: A Mexican Christmas Celebration; State Theatre, New Brunswick.
8 p.m.: World Music Concert; Princeton Center for Yoga & Health, Skillman.
8:30 p.m.: Jazz band Ocean Explosion; Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street.