not so ancient.

"A CHRISTMAS CAROL" LIVE READING.
Wednesday, Dec. 23 from 4-6 p.m.
Local actor and author Kyle Hollings, known for his performances in the Seattle Players' rendition of Twelfth Night and Waiting for Godot, will be giving a reading of Dickens' famed A Christmas Carol at The Atrium at Salish Lodge & Spa; complimentary apple cider and gingerbread cookies will be served. Admission is free, though donations are encouraged. All proceeds go to the Harrison Street Children's Center.

Reservations are not required and space is available on a first come, first served basis. For more information please call 800.555.SALI or visit salishlodge.com.

DJ SIX-SEVEN AT FREMONT STUDIOS.
Thursday, Dec. 24 from 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Ring in Christmas Eve with DJ Six-Seven (Las Vegas-Pure Nightclub, Moon, Prive) at Fremont Studios. Cover is $15, which includes a special performance by Jeremih.

For more information, call Fremont Studios at 555-7814 or visit fremontstudios.com.

ANNUAL MAMMOTH HOLIDAY BALL.
Thursday, Dec. 31 from 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.
Keeping in Mammoth tradition, the megacorp is throwing its annual holiday ball. Exclusive, black tie, and the pinnacle of Seattle class, Mammoth promises this ball will be the best yet. Admission begins at 8 p.m. at EMP, with five separate dance floors designated for dancing, drinking, live performances, and dining.

Reservations are required, either through invitations or purchase of tickets at $179 and up. Tickets may be purchased at indulgence2009.com. Half of all profits will go to the Marilyn Idris Metahuman Research Fund, and the construction of the Homestead at Alder Cove foster care center.

"CAROL OF THE BELLS" SIXTH STREET BOYS CHOIR PERFORMANCE.
Friday, Jan. 1 from 6-8 p.m.
A celebration of old and new, the Sixth Street Boys Choir will perform a selection of old and new pieces at Benaroya Hall, 200 University St. Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door. For more information, call Benaroya Hall at 555.8971 or the Sixth Street Boys Choir offices, at 555.1982.

Bing Bang Boom: Oyama Han's MetaHuman Wreckage "Monuments"

...and opening tonight at the G. Gibson Gallery is the internationally acclaimed "Boom Pow" by Japanese sculptor Oyama Han. This is the fifth stop on the exhibit's global tour, one high-brow art circles are already proclaiming is the single most direct and emotionally evocative metahuman-focused installation in recent history. We've liked Oyama's work in previous years (remember her exhibit composed entirely of torn and re-glued pages of first edition Victorian romances?) but have to say we're less than enthused that she's tackling this tired theme. After Patrick Shanney's "Metas Among Us" at the MOMA last year, we're more than a little full up on our superhuman compatriots.

On the other hand, preview shots from the Manhattan showing have gotten our interests piqued. Oyama's taken salvaged wreckage from various good-vs.-evil battles fought by Japan's national metahuman team, the "Shichiseishi," and reformed it to recreate the locations of the battles at their simplest elements. She's calling her "monuments" a "forced look at the way the Seishi 'handle business,'" and though it's clearly aimed at her own country's metahuman population -- one known for producing not only the Shichiseishi, but the infamous Taka Harutami -- even our lowly interns can't help but feel a little uncomfortable at the exhibit's global implications. Doesn't the piece pictured on page 17 look a little like the Boeing Factory Boomerang saved a couple years ago?

The exhibit runs from October 17 to November 14...

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