Event Date

Event Name

Time

Location

Price

Jan. 2

Confetti Arts Day

Scoop up New Year’s Eve confetti into colorful collages, hats, and murals and learn about the ways different cultures celebrate the coming of the New Year.

9: 30 am-4 pm

Habitot Children’s Museum

2065 Kittredge St., Berkeley

$8.50

Jan. 9

Japanese Mochi Pounding Ceremony

Learn about the New Year tradition of mochitsuki, or mochi pounding, where steamed rice is pounded into sweet, soft cakes). The celebration includes music, dance, and costumes.

12-4 pm

Asian Art Museum

Civic Center Plaza 200 Larkin St.,

San Francisco

Free with paid admission;

Children under 12 and SFUSD students: Free, Adults: $12, Students: $7

Jan. 9

Jungle Book

Ballet performance and special effects.

11 am

Pleasanton Civic Arts, Amadon Theater, 1155 Santa Rita Rd., Pleasanton

$10-26

Jan. 8-9

Goodnight Moon

Delight in this musical adaptation of the Margaret Wise Brown book with lively songs, colorful characters and tap dancing bears playing musical chairs in the Great Green Room.

11 am

Louis B. Mayer Theatre, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara

$12

Jan. 8, 16, 23 and 30

Feb. 6 and 13

Beauty and the Beast

Live musical adaptation of the classic tale.

10:30 am and 1 pm

California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 34th Ave. And Clement St., San Francisco

$12

Jan. 10-11

El Dia de los Tres Reyes Magos

Celebrate Three Kings Day with Rosca De Los Reyes bread, papel picado crafts, mariachi music, and folklorico dance.

Sat.: 10 am-5 pm, Sun.: 12 pm-5 pm

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose

180 Woz Way, San Jose

Free with paid admission: $10

Jan. 15-17

Harlem Globetrotters

Tricks and hoops with the famous performance basketball team

Varies

HP Pavilion in San Jose and Oracle Arena in Oakland

$20-$157

Jan. 15-16

Puss ‘n Boots

The world’s smartest cat strikes out to find adventure in this musical adaptation of the classic tale.

Friday: 9:30 am and 1 am, Sat.: 11:30 am and 1:30 pm

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. at Mercy St., Mountain View

$10

Jan. 23

Life in a Pond

Bring your sense of adventure and wear clothes and shoes that can get muddy/wet, and explore the micro to macro inhabitants of our seasonal pond.

10 am-12 pm

Richardson Audubon Center and Sanctuary, 376 Greenwood Beach Rd., Tiburon

$15/child

Jan. 23-24

Peking Acrobats

Direct from China these performers combine dazzling special effects and live musical accompaniment from an exotic Chinese orchestra with tumbling, cyclists, jugglers, and clowns.

2 pm

Zellerback Hall, UC Berkeley

Ages 16 and younger are half price, $24-$46

Jan. 23-Feb. 7 (Sat.-Sun. only)

Ramona Quimby

Cute tale adapted from the novels by Beverly Cleary

2 pm, Sun. also at 4:30 pm

Julia Morgan Center, 2640 College Ave., Berkeley

Adult: $18, Senior: $16, Child: $14

Jan. 27, 29 and 30

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Musical adaptation of the popular children’s book.

7 pm; also 2 pm on Jan. 30

Palo Alto Children's Theatre

1305 Middlefield Rd.,

Palo Alto

Adults: $10, Children: $5

Jan. 30

Minoan Dancers

Wearing beautifully crafted costumes, the Minoan Dancers from Greece will share their love of dance and of Greek culture.

11 am

Bay Area Discovery Museum

Fort Baker, 557 McReynolds Rd.,

Sausalito

Adults: $14, Children: $12 (includes museum admission)