• West Chester University’s 102nd annual Holiday Concert, a winter tradition, is this Saturday, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. in the 1200-seat Emilie K. Asplundh Concert Hall, Philips Memorial Building, 700 S. High Street, West Chester. Professor and Associate Director of Choirs Ryan Kelly directs. Tickets are $14 here or by phoning 610-436-2266. This concert will not be available to view by livestream.
• The City Theatre Company of Delaware presents Hedwig and the Angry Inch beginning Friday and running through Dec. 16. It’s a rock musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Trask and a book by John Cameron Mitchell. The musical follows Hedwig Robinson, a genderqueer East German singer of a fictional rock and roll band. Tickets range in price from $35 to $45 and are available here.
• Mt. Cuba Center’s grounds may be closed for the winter, but its lecture series continues. Consider a lecture on Wild Plant Culture in January, Edible Landscaping in February, and A World of Discovery with Science and Heart in March. Go here for more information and to register.
• Delaware County Symphony will hold a Holiday Chamber Concert at 3 p.m. in the Neumann University Meagher Theatre on Sunday, Dec. 17. This chamber concert includes performers from all the sections of the orchestra. Playing traditional carols and Hanukkah music along with more lighthearted holiday tunes, there will be quartets of brass instruments and saxophones, duets, and trios with flutes and percussion instruments, and a string ensemble. To close the concert, all the performers will come together for a holiday sing-along. Click here to purchase tickets.
