By Robert Haugh
Friday, December 8
Central Park Nights – Wilcox High Dance and Daffy Dave’s Balloon Art & Magic
Central Park, 969 Kiely Blvd.
6 p.m.
Central Park Nights is a free Friday night showcase of local cheer, dance and music groups at Santa Clara Ice in Central Park.
Saturday, December 9
Toys for Tots Benefit & Car Show
Vex Motorsports, 3233 De La Cruz Blvd., Suite E
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
https://m.facebook.com/events/310340666115303/
Come out and enjoy live music, food truck, car show, and participate in a sponsored raffle. There is no entry fee but it is encouraged you to bring a children’s toy for donation. Presented by ADUS, AGSV, Vex Motorsports and Beroundup.
Sunday, December 10
Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real
Stevens Stadium, Buck Shaw Field
8:30 a.m.
http://www.thefirehouserun.com/
The Firehouse Run is a Santa Clara community 5k family walk or run and 10k running event established by the Santa Clara Firefighters Foundation to support Santa Clara Unified schools.
All proceeds of will be donated to the Santa Clara Schools Foundation.
Sunday, December 10
Hugh Acheson – The Chef & The Slow Cooker Book Tour
Whole Foods Santa Clara, 2732 Augustine Drive, Suite 160
12 p.m.
Hugh Acheson hosts an interactive taco making demonstration using All-Clad slow cookers and ingredients provided by Whole Foods Market and Cholula Hot Sauce. Tacos from the demonstration will be sold to benefit Seed Life Skills, a non-profit that Acheson started to help get kids cooking and connect science to real life problems. Attendees can ask questions and will have the opportunity to enter to win an All-Clad Slow Cooker, signed cookbook and Cholula Hot Sauce.
Saturday, December 16
The Joy of Dancing Holiday Extravaganza
Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway
Shows at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Tickets are $15 and are first come, first served.