SANTA DAY, DEC. 25, 2010 >>>

1. Looking for something to do that doesn't involve sitting around Aunt Maureen and Grandpa Fred? The Top of Tacoma Bar and Café has you covered. The venerable Swampy Draws (or Swampy Claus, as the case may be) will be on stage tonight - getting things rolling at about 9 p.m., according to Top of Tacoma's Jamie Kay Jones - who also promises photo ops with the Christmas-themed swampy one. It doesn't get much better. Well, ther'e a punk show at Hell's Kitchen too.

2. Natalie Portman, in the performance of her life, plays Nina Sayers, a ballerina in a top company at New York's Lincoln Center in the grisly fantasia of ultimately transcendent beauty flick, Black Swan. Sayers lives in a perpetual state of nearly losing her shit - not that she'd mind, as long as she attains an artistic perfection she can't yet imagine. The film screens at 12:35, 3:15, 6:05 and 8:30 p.m. inside The Grand Cinema.

3. The Temple Beth Hatfiloh presents a sing-along to the film Fiddler On The Roof at 6:30 p.m. inside the Capitol Theater in Olympia. Dress up like Tevye, Golde and the other characters and try to grab prizes during the costume contest. Bring a clean warm winter coats and blankets for the homeless.

4. The Lyon Pride Music annual Christmas party will invade the all-ages D4 venue in Sumner around 7 p.m. Scheduled to perform are Corson Swift, Ruthless, Blue Helix, Crzae 8's, Hakm and Jay Rush and DJ Reign.

5. Mighty High performs at 10 p.m. tonight inside Doyle's Public House. In case you've been trapped in a smoky den with only Cool Ranch Doritos^TMfor sustenance, here's the long and short of Mighty High: They have a tendency to totally jam out; they lean in a dub-y direction; they have a song called "Medicinal Melodies." Let's meet up in the parking lot for a pre-show hackey-sack sesh (short for session).

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