Datebook

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Friday, Dec. 14
Holiday variety show
When: 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: Boulder Creek Recreation Hall, 13333 Middleton Ave., in Boulder Creek
Details: A bake sale and soup sale will precede music and carols and a short play and variety show about Boulder Creek in the late 1800s.
Info: 338-4144 or www.bcrpd.org
 
Live piano music at Scopazzi’s
When: 7 to 10 p.m.
Where: Scopazzi’s Restaurant, 13300 Big Basin Way, in Boulder Creek
Details: Jan Hagge will be playing live music on the Baldwin grand piano in the restaurant’s lounge.
Info: 338-6441
 
Saturday, Dec. 15
First aid, CPR class
When: To be determined
Where: Felton Fire Protection District, 131 Kirby St., in Felton
Details: Ray Soler will lead a community first-aid and CPR certification class.
Cost: Free to residents and employees of the Felton fire district; $36 for others
Info: 335-4422 or www.feltonfire.com
 
Wildflower walks
When: 10 a.m.; also Sunday
Where: Basin Redwoods State Park, 21600 Big Basin Way, in Boulder Creek.
Details: Docent Scott Peden will lead a four-mile hike on Saturday and a five-mile hike on Sunday to help people learn to identify local flowering plants.
Info: 338-8860
 
Pipe organ carols
When: 8 p.m.
Where: Boomeria, 60 Verde Drive, in Bonny Doon
Details: Preston Boomer invites the community to his home to sing carols with Bill Visscher, organ builder and organist. Apple cider and cookies will be served afterward.
Info: 426-2617 or http://home.comcast.net/%7epqboom/tour/carolinvite.pdf
 
Tuesday, Dec. 18
School band, choir concert
When: 7 to 9 p.m.
Where: Scotts Valley High School Student Union, 555 Glenwood Drive, in Scotts Valley
Details: The Scotts Valley High School and Scotts Valley Middle School bands and choir will perform holiday music.
Cost: Free, donations accepted
Info: www.svhsmusicdept.wordpress.com
 
Thursday, Dec. 20
What: Jazz music at Scopazzi’s
When: 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Scopazzi’s Restaurant, 13300 Big Basin Way, in Boulder Creek
Details: The Joy of Jazz will perform live jazz music at Scopazzi’s lounge.
Info: 338-6441
 
Friday, Dec. 21
Light Up the Valley Awards reception
When: 5 to 7 p.m.
Where: Satellite Telework Center, 6265 Highway 9, in Felton
Details: The San Lorenzo Valley Chamber of Commerce will honor the participants and winners of the annual Light Up the Valley contest.
Info: [email protected] or 222-2120
 
Saturday, Dec. 22
Agape Dance’s ‘Nutcracker’
When: 4:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Where: Scotts Valley Community Center, 360 Kings Village Road, in Scotts Valley
Details: Agape Dance Academy will present its interpretation of the holiday classic “The Nutcracker Ballet.”
Cost: $12.50
Info: www.agapedance.com or 359-0850
 
Tuesday, Jan. 1
New Year’s Day critter safari
When: 1 p.m.
Where: Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park Nature Store, 525 N. Big Trees Park Road, in Felton
Details: Docents will lead a two-hour, 1.5-mile leisure walk suitable for families to uncover the tracks and hidden lives of deer, hawks, ducks, bobcats, lizards and other creatures.
Info: 438-2396
 
Redwood Loop walk
When: 1 p.m.
Where: Big Basin Redwoods State Park, 21600 Big Basin Way, in Boulder Creek.
Details: Guides will lead an easy, half-mile stroll through an old-growth redwood grove.
Info: 338-8860
 
Wednesday, Jan. 2
Sons in Retirement lunch
When: 11:30 a.m.
Where: Portuguese Hall, 216 Evergreen St., at Coral Street, in Santa Cruz
Details: A catered luncheon will be followed by speaker Larry Tartaglino discussing “Cape Horn: The Passage of Fear.”
Cost: $16
Info: 336-8481