The sassy, soulful singer-songwriter from the Great White North takes a southern sojourn to the Nelson Odeon.

Sibling prodigies demonstrate their virtuosity on stringed instruments from fiddles to guitars, mandolins and banjos

A pair of 1970s flicks that have earned sizable cult followings with automotive aficionados form the next attraction from the “Brew and View” folks at Eastwood’s Palace Theatre,.

Onondaga County War Memorial,.

Dirty Little Secret, Born Again Rebels, Feeding Affliction, Brand New Sin, Paul Taylor, Chris Terra Band, Capricorn Black, Hodson and Donelan, Augustine, Jason Bean, Hendry, Rob Spagnoletti.

Sure, you’ve probably caught director Frank Capra’s Christmas classic on the boob tube, first as a battered public domain print in the 1970s and 1980s when it fell out of copyright, then as an annual holiday telecast on NBC for the last two decades after the copyright issue was resolved.

Christmas at the Palace. Fri. 7:30 p.m. Yuletide shindig with the DeSantis Orchestra plus trumpeter Joe Magnarelli, raffles and more, with some proceeds benefiting the late Father Champlin’s Guardian Angel Society. Palace Theatre, 2384 James St. $15. 488-7611, 422-7218.

Open Hand Theater continues with its holiday run of Gian Carlo Menotti’s family-oriented opera, with the 2010 edition featuring the singing voice of Syracuse’s favorite baritone Bob Brown as Balthazar the Egyptian king.

Make no mistake, it’s gold they’re after, especially since the values of precious metals have gone through the roof. Nevertheless, the Spingfield, Ill.-based bric-a-brac barons are interested in virtually anything that might be worth something, and your basement or attic could indeed be hiding the next holy grail.

Writer Jean Shepherd and director Bob Clark’s 1983 yuletide satire, a modest box-office hit when the perpetually beleaguered MGM studio needed one, has since spawned a rabid following that has entailed 24-hour cable-TV marathon showings and a floorboards spinoff that is the current holiday attraction at Syracuse Stage.