Calendar
• Dec. 21-Jan. 4: winter break
Art/Theatre/Music Events
Center for the Arts at River Ridge, 11646 Town Center Road, New Port Richey, (727) 774-7381
• Long Leaf Elementary School concert, 7 p.m. Monday.
• Fox Hollow Elementary School concert, 7 p.m. Tuesday • J.W. Mitchell High School Jazz and Chorus Showcase, 7 p.m. Wednesday
• Hudson Middle School concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 3
• River Ridge Middle School dance performance, 7 p.m. Dec. 4
• Richey Concert Band performance, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 6
• River Ridge High School concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 7.
• Chasco Middle School concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 8
• Dance Alive presents The Nutcracker at 10:30 a.m. and noon Dec. 10 as part of the center's educational series. Grades 3-12. $6.
Center for the Arts at Wesley Chapel, 30651 Wells Road, (813) 794-8772, cfawc.pasco.k12.fl.us.
• Weightman Middle School band concert, 7 p.m. Monday.
• Watergrass Elementary School concert, 7 p.m. Tuesday.
• Veterans Elementary School concert, 7 p.m. Wednesday.
• Wesley Chapel High School dance department performance, 7 p.m. Dec. 3 and 4.
• Charles S. Rushe Middle School concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 5.
• All American Classical Ballet School presents The Nutcracker, 4 p.m. Dec. 6. $20 reserved seating. For tickets, go to allamericanclassicalballet.com.
• Wiregrass High School and John Long Middle School band concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 7.
• Wesley Chapel High School winter concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 8.
• Woodland Elementary School concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 9.
• Wiregrass Ranch High School choral concert, 7 p.m. Dec. 10.
Library note
• All-Girl Programming Club, 4-6 p.m. Monday at the Hugh Embry Library, 14215 14th St., Dade City. Use Snap, Scratch and Dreams to program the Finch Robot. For girls in grades 4 to 8, plus mentors. For information about events at all Pasco County library branches, go to pascolibraries.org. For information about events at the New Port Richey Public Library, go to nprlibrary.org.
Send your school news to Michele Miller at mmiller@tampabay.com or by fax at (727) 869-6233.