«December Nights» at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (The Moscow Times)

«December Nights» at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is a music festival which has been held at the museum annually since 1981. The idea for the event came from Cvyatoslav Teofilovich Richter (1915 – 1997) and the director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Irina Alexandrovna Antonova Cvyatoslav Richter was the mastermind and art director of the musical festival.

CLUB GUIDE (St. Petersburg Times)

ROCK, ETC. A2 — Located over wine restaurant Assemblage Actuel, the new club orientates toward live music. A brainchild of Svetlana Surganova, frontwoman of rock band Surganova i Orkestr, A2 aims at some of the best-known bands and fine sound quality. 300-700 rub., free entrance on Mon.-Wed.

Tickets on sale (The Sacramento Bee)

A note on prices: Because prices are subject to change, Ticketmaster will no longer provide ticket costs on all shows. Visit www.ticketmaster.com for ticket prices. CONTINUING AC/DC, Tuesday and Thursday, Oracle Arena, Oakland. Bryan Adams, Tuesday, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco. Sandra Bernhard, Jan. 16-17, Herbst Theatre, San Francisco. Black Comedy Explosion 2008, ...

Um, the gym will totally still be there after you finish that creme brulee. (Las Vegas CityLife)

American

Smuin Ballet brings 'The Christmas Ballet' to Mountain View (San Jose Mercury News)

Smuin Ballet surviving nicely after founder's death

Fresh (San Francisco Chronicle)

THEATER Long Story Short , TheatreWorks world premiere production of the musical by Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda, Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto (Wed.-Dec. 28). MUSIC Classical Piano Fest with Mac McCray, Mayron K. Tsong, Daniel Glover , Bach Dancing &...