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FRIDAY

Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles will present “Hollywood Holidays” opening at 8 p.m. tonight and continuing at 3 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Alex Theatre, 216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Tickets range from $19.50 to $42.50 with discounts for children 12 and younger and groups from 12 to 24. Tickets are available at (800) 636-7464 or online at www.gmcla.org or calling the Alex at (818) 243-2539.

SATURDAY

The city of Glendale Arts and Culture Commission and Downtown Glendale Merchants Assn. present the second annual Downtown Holiday Artists’ Market from noon to 5 p.m. every Saturday through Christmas at the Glendale Marketplace Shopping Center at 106 to 148 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale.

Handcrafted gift items will be sold by local artists. Professional costumed Christmas caroling groups will perform from 1 to 4 p.m. each Saturday. The Off Their Jingle Bell Rockers perform today. The Kultural Philippine Folk Arts group will present a special Parol, or Lantern Festival, today.