HOLIDAY EVENTS

Holiday Tables, exhibit of elaborately decorated tables to the theme "The Art of Entertaining," plus holiday bake sale and boutique, 1-4 p.m. today, Wichita Center for the Arts, 9112 E. Central. Tickets $10. Children 8 and older may attend. Tearoom open 1-4 p.m. ($7.50). Presented by Designing Women to benefit the center. For information and group reservations, call 316-634-2787.

Holiday Happy Hour for the Hounds, food, drink, poker, prizes, silent auction, 6-9 p.m. Thu., Fox & Hound Pub & Grille, 1421 Waterfront Parkway. A benefit for Big Dogs Huge Paws Rescue. Tickets $10 at K&S Party Store, Derby. Information, 316-210-9507.

Holiday House Annual Craft Show & Bake Sale, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri.-Sat., Model Home at 3251 Blue Lake Court. Presented by the Prairie Pilot Club to fund local projects related to brain injuries and disorders. Free admission. Information, 316-733-0842.

"All Things Gingerbread," Gingerbread Village kickoff includes children's pictures with a life-size gingerbread boy, life-size gingerbread house and cookies available for purchase, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat., Cambridge Market, 21st and Webb Road. Free. Information, 316-687-5633.

Shopping events

34th Annual Clearwater Christmas Fair, antiques, collectibles, crafts, gifts, decorated wreath contest, cookies with Santa and Mrs. Claus, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat., Clearwater Middle School, 140 S. Fourth, Clearwater. Sponsored by the Xi Zeta Sigma and Sigma Tau sororities of Beta Sigma Phi. Free admission. Information, 620-584-6884.

Holiday Bazaar, gifts, crafts, vendors, silent auction, baked goods, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat., Rose Hill United Methodist Church, 19551 S.W. Butler Road. A benefit for church missions. Information, 316-776-2212.

Stage and theater

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Show!," original holiday musical-comedy revue, Cabaret OldTown, 412 1/2 E. Douglas. Runs Fri. through Dec. 22. Shows Wednesday-Sunday after Thanksgiving. Tickets $18. Information, 316-265-4400.

"The Tinsel Tale of Tori," premiere of an original holiday melodrama followed by musical-comedy revue, opens Fri., through Dec. 30, Mosley Street Melodrama, 234 N. Mosley in Old Town. Tickets (includes dinner): $26, $22 seniors 60 and over, $20 children under 12; show only: $16. Call 316-263-0222.