Community Calendar

Friday

Christmas Rummage Sale &Bazaar – 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2 and Dec. 3: Treasures “old and new,” baked goods, homemade chocolates and candy, Christmas gifts, recycled cards, crafts, White Elephant, jewelry and more at Soundview Apts., 417 3rd Ave. S., Edmonds.

Annual Mountlake Terrace Tree Lighting – 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2: Lighting at the city’s water tower includes caroling, cocoa and a visit from Santa, at Evergreen Playfield 22205 56th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace, presented by Terrace-Brier Lions Club. Info: 425-776-9173.

Thoughtful Travel as a World Citizen- 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 9: Join well-known travel author Rick Steves at the Creative Retirement Institute speaker series luncheon at the Triton Union Building, room 202, Edmonds Community College, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Cost: $17.50/$5 CRI members. Info and tickets: 425-640-1243.

Saturday

Tree Lighting — 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3: Santa arrives to help light the tree while coffee, cocoa, cookies and candy canes are served along with caroling. At Brier Park, 2903 228th St. SW. Info: 425-775-5440.

Breakfast with Santa — 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Dec. 10: The Mountlake Terrace High School Music Boosters host all-you-can-eat pancakes and beverages and digital pictures with Santa, and musical entertainment provided by MTHS bands and other area school bands, at MTHS Hub, 21801 44th Ave. W. Cost: $5 adults, $3 students &seniors, proceeds benefiting MTHS music programs. Info: mthsmusicboosters@earthlink.net or 425-774-7984.

The Nutcracker – 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3 and Dec. 4: Olympic Ballet Theater will perform a preview of this holiday favorite at the Mountlake Terrace Performing Arts Center, 21801 44th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace. Info and tickets: www.olympicballet.com or 425-774-7570.

Sunday

Grace Lutheran Annual Christmas Program- 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11: All are welcome to attend a play by the Sunday school and music by the Sanctuary Choir at Grace Lutheran Church, 3223 164th St. SW, Suite B, Lynnwood. Cost: free. Info: 425-741-8867.

Sno-King Community Chorale Holiday Concert – 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11: Selections of pop tunes, carols and works by Rutter, Shalom, Beethoven, Haydn and Vivaldi at Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215 196th St. SW., Lynnwood. Cost: $10/students free. Info: 425-673-7671.

Thursday

Civic Lights Winter Celebration — 6:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1: Lynnwood hosts this 10th annual event with decorations, choral and instrumental performances by Lynnwood musicians, hands-on art activities, Snow Hill play area with snowman building, story time, a Polar Bear Swim, photos with Santa, and refreshments, at the Lynnwood Civic Center campus, 18900 44th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Non-perishable food donations collected at the Recreation Center and Fire Station. Free. Info: 425-771-4030, www.ci.lynnwood.wa.us.

World’s AIDS Day &Kwanzaa Celebration- 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1: Join keynote speaker, Dr. Joy DeGruy-Leary, as she talks about Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome, a theory about stress-related illness resulting from the slave experience and destruction of African culture at Edmonds Community College Triton Union Building, 20000 68th Ave. W., Lynnwood. Cost: Free. Info: 425-640-1313 or www.edcc.edu/boxoffice.