Not Just Festive; Funky, Too

Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 Fourth Avenue, at Union Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn. The Pig Brooch Theater Company presents “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” a stage adaptation of the 1965 animated television special based on the Charles Schulz comic strip, with music by Vince Guaraldi. (Through Dec. 22.) Fridays and Thursdays at 7 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays at 1, 4 and 7 p.m., brooklynlyceum.com; $10; $35 for four.

Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, at 36th Street. An original manuscript of Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” is on display through Jan. 12. The manuscript can be seen Tuesdays through Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Fridays from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; 212-685-0008, themorgan.org; $18; $12 for students, 65+ and ages 13 to 16; free for members and children 12 and under. For the next two Fridays and Sundays, singers from Mannes College the New School for Music will perform holiday and popular music (Fridays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Sundays from 3 to 5 p.m.); free.

Radio City Music Hall, “Radio City Christmas Spectacular,” with the Rockettes. Daily through Dec. 30, 212-247-4777, radiocitychristmas.com; $39 to $299.

Saturday

Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, 126 Crosby Street, near Houston Street, SoHo. “What the Dickens?,” a reading of Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol,” preceded by caroling by members of the New York City Master Chorale and holiday treats. At noon, 212-334-3324, housingworks.org.

Washington Square Park, Greenwich Village. “Unsilent Night,” a participatory performance piece by the composer Phil Kline, performed since 1992, with recorded music and voices played on boomboxes; spectators are asked to provide their own equipment, but a limited amount will be available for borrowing. At 7 p.m.; more information, including downloading details, at unsilentnight.com.

Sunday

Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, 7 West 55th Street, Manhattan. Children’s Christmas Pageant: “Follow the Star,” with music by Susie Williams, Luke Gambill and David Ebensberger; children’s choir and youth music; Eugenia Oi Yan Yau, director. At 9:30 and 11 a.m., 212-247-0490, fapc.org.

Highline Ballroom, 431 West 16th Street, Chelsea. Everett Bradley in “Holidelic: ’Twas the Night Before the Funk,” an annual show of holiday music with a funky edge by Mr. Bradley, a musician and member of the E Street Band. At 7:30 p.m., 212-414-5994, highlineballroom.com; $20 in advance; $25 on Sunday.

Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, 921 Madison Avenue, at 73rd Street. Annual Carol Sing, with seasonal choral works, readings and poetry. Among the musical pieces are Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols and Lullaby from “Hodie”: Rutter’s “Star Carol” and Mikhail Leontovich’s “Carol of the Bells”; Saint Andrew Chorale, New York City Children’s Chorus, the church’s Children’s Choir, and readers, soloists and instrumentalists; Andrew Henderson and Mary Huff, conductors. At 4 p.m., 212-288-8920, mapc.com/music/sams.

St. Peter’s Church (Episcopal), 346 West 20th Street, Chelsea. A reading of Clement Clarke Moore’s “Visit From St. Nicholas,” by the actress Jeanne Ruskin; with excerpts from Handel’s “Messiah” and other music; Christopher Houlihan, organist; Larry J. Long, music director. Presented by the Chelsea Community Church. At 6 p.m., 212-886-5463, chelseachurch.org.

Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street. “An Irish Christmas,” a benefit for the Irish Arts Center, featuring music, dance and storytelling, will include performances by the Irish musician Mick Moloney, the fiddler Athena Tergis (from “Riverdance”) and others. At 7 p.m., 212-864-5400, symphonyspace.org; $65 and $100.

Thursday

Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (Episcopal), 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, at 112th Street, Morningside Heights. This year, Paul Winter’s Winter Solstice Celebration will feature a “Salute to Brazil,” with performances by the singer Ivan Lins, the singer and guitarist Renato Braz and a Brazilian chorus; also, Mr. Winter and his ensemble; the Forces of Nature Dance Theater; and the gospel singer Theresa Thomason. At 8 p.m. (also next Friday at 8 p.m. and Dec. 21 at 2 and 7:30 p.m.), 866-811-4111, paulwinter.com/winter-solstice; $35 to $90.

St. John’s Lutheran Church, 81 Christopher Street, Greenwich Village. “Adam’s Gifts,” an updated version of Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol,” by Peter Filichia, will feature the Broadway actors William Parry ( “Sunday in the Park With George”), Maureen Silliman (“Is There Life After High School?” and “Shenandoah”) and Philip Hoffman (“Into the Woods” and “Falsettos”). At 7 p.m. (also next Friday and Dec. 21, same time); donations accepted. Reservations required at info@adamsgiftstheshow.com.

Dec. 21

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn College, Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues, Flatbush. “An R&B Christmas,” with holiday songs and other works performed by members of the Drifters, the Coasters and the Shirelles. At 8 p.m., 718-951-4500, brooklyncenteronline.org; $36 and $45.

Carnegie Hall “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” a staged concert version of the 1965 animated television special, with the New York Pops, directed by Steven Reineke; dancers from New York Theater Ballet; and young actors from Tada! Youth Theater. At 2 p.m., 212-247-7800, carnegiehall.org; $10, $16 and $22.

Judson Memorial Church (American Baptist Churches-United Church of Christ), 55 Washington Square South, Greenwich Village. Caroling walk through Greenwich Village with the West Village Chorale. At 3 p.m., 212-517-1776, westvillagechorale.org.

St. Charles Borromeo Church (Roman Catholic), 21 Sidney Place, at Livingston Street, Brooklyn Heights. “A Radio Christmas Carol,” an hourlong production of the Dickens story performed as a radio play adapted by David Fuller; presented by Theater 2020; with a singalong and reception with the cast. At 3 p.m., 718-624-3614, theater2020.com; $20 suggested donation at the door.

Dec. 22

Church of the Intercession, Broadway and West 155th Street, Washington Heights. The annual reading of Clement Clarke Moore’s “Visit From St. Nicholas” features a slide show presentation of previous events at 3 p.m., followed by a musical prelude at 3:30 and a service with music at 4. A procession to Moore’s grave is at 5 p.m., followed by a reception. Participants include the Rt. Rev. Andrew M. L. Dietsche, the Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of New York; the Boys and Girls Choir of Harlem Alumni Ensemble; the Uptown Brass; and soloists; William Randolph Jr., music director and organist. 212-283-6200, intercessionnyc.org.

Christmas Eve

Church of the Heavenly Rest (Episcopal), Fifth Avenue at 90th Street. The children’s Christmas pageant, presented for more than 30 years, features trumpeters, tumblers and live animals; Mollie Nichols, director. At 3:30 and 5 p.m., 212-289-3400, heavenlyrest.org.

Madison Avenue Baptist Church, 30 East 31st Street, Manhattan. “The Story of Christmas: An Evening of Readings, Christmas Carols and Song,” with works by Williams, Courtney, Ballet and others; with soloists; Paul Stephan, organist, pianist and music minister. At 5 p.m., 212-685-1377, mabcnyc.org.