DIVERSIONS
CONCERTS/EVENTS
Festival of Trees: Favourite Things is this year’s theme. Opens Friday and runs to Dec. 2 at the Western Development museum. Admission is $4 to $10 at the door.
The Northern Pikes: Saturday at Broadway Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets $36; available at 306-6526556, broadwaytheatre.ca.
Menagerie Burlesque Show: Friday and Saturday at Persephone Theatre’s BackStage Stage at 8 p.m. Tickets $20; available at 306-384-7727, persephonetheatre.org. This is a 19+ event.
The Stephanies: Saturday at The Refinery, 609 Dufferin Ave., at 8 p.m. Tickets $17 to $20; available at 306-653-5191, ontheboards.ca, or at the door.
Live at the Bassment: Piano Friday: Kim Salkeld, Friday at 4:30 p.m. No cover. Megan Nash and Bears in Hazenmore, Friday at 9 p.m. $20 to $25. Karl Roth, Saturday at 8 p.m. $25 to $35. Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. $18 to $23. Tickets available at thebassment.ca or at the door.
Zodiac Tapestry Handbells: With The Harmenics Men’s Choir. Saturday at Grace-Westminster United Church, 505 10th St. East, at 7:30 p.m. Admission $15 at the door. Saskatoon Choral Society:
Sunday at Grace-Westminster United Church, 505 10th St. East, at 2:30 p.m. Tickets $5 to $15; available at McNally Robinson or at the door. U of S Greystone Singers and University Choir: Sunday at Knox United Church, 838 Spadina Cres. East, at 3 p.m. Tickets $10 to $15; available from singers, McNally Robinson, or at the door.
Tonight It’s Poetry: Community Stage featuring Mona Mousa, Sunday at Amigos Cantina, 806 Dufferin Ave., at 8 p.m. Admission $5 at the door. Eaton’s Once Upon a Christmas Holiday Exhibit: Celebrating 30 years at the WDM. Runs until Jan. 7 at the Western Development Museum. Regular admission $4 to $10 at the door. Information at wdm.ca.
BHP Enchanted Forest: The holiday light display runs daily until Jan. 6 at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park, 5:30 to 10 p.m. Admission $10/person or $33/ car at the gate, or get Enchanted Express Car Passes for $28 at any Saskatoon Safeway, Sobeys or Shoppers Drug Mart. Information at enchanted-forest.org.
DRAMA
A Christmas Carol: A one-man performance by John D. Huston. With seasonal refreshments. Runs Tuesday to Dec. 1 at the Marr Residence, 326 11th St. East, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $25; available at 306-652-1201, marrresidence@gmail.com.
Treasure Island: Adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson novel by Ken Ludwig. A coming-of-age story about young Jim Hawkins, the larger-than-life Long John Silver and a crew of swashbuckling pirates. Extended to Dec. 17 at Persephone Theatre. Tickets $16 to $48; available at 306-3847727, persephontheatre.org.
Chicago: Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer in the 1920s, murders her lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Friday and Saturday at TCU Place at 7:30 p.m. Tickets $65 to $75; available at 306-975-7799, tcuticket.ca.
Season’s Greetings: A novelist is invited to join the Bunkers’ festivities, which do not turn out as well as intended. Runs to Dec. 2 at Greystone Theatre in the U of S John Mitchell Building. Tickets $13 to $22; available at 306-9665188, artsandscience.usask.ca/ drama/greystone. Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas!:
A collection of holiday stories looking at the annual struggle to find the Christmas spirit. Opens Wednesday and runs to Dec. 17 at Barn Playhouse, 25km north of Saskatoon. Tickets $42.50 to $57.50 at 306-239-4600. Baggage: Presented by Maybee Productions. A comedy dinner theatre performance. Opens Wednesday and runs to Dec. 2 at Mayfair United Church, 902 33rd St. West, at 6 p.m. Tickets $20 to $35 at 306-382-6446.