Week Ahead: Christmas Classics at Vine Cinema; Free Legal Aid; Living Arroyos

Monday, Dec. 16

• Living Bethlehem. Live nativity scene with 140+ actors and animals. See  Merlin the camel. Walk through village as it was 2,000 years ago. Free.  St. Michael's Church. 3rd and Church streets. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Five shows nightly. Performances every half hour; last about 20 minutes. 

• Lawyers in the Library. Rincon Library. 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. FREE half-hour consultation by members of the Alameda County Bar Association - signups are on a first come basis and the lawyer arrives at 5:30. 

• Covered CA Information Session. Pleasanton Library. 7 p.m.

• Vine Cinema: "White Christmas" - Starring: Bing Crosby , Danny Kaye , Rosemary Clooney. 7 p.m. Vine Cinema & Alehouse is not your ordinary movie theatre -- food, beer and wine delivered to your table or couch!                          

• Heartsaver CPR/AED/First-aid Classes, Dublin. 2 p.m. 6930 Village Parkway (Suite A).

• Niles Canyon Train of Lights. Brightly decorated holiday train, covered with thousands of lights, winds through Niles Canyon on 75-minute round-trip ride from Niles to Sunol and back. Departs 4:30 p.m. from Niles; 7:30 p.m. from Sunol. Tickets required.
  

• Vine Cinema: "A Christmas Story" - Starring Peter Billingsley. 7 p.m. Vine Cinema & Alehouse is not your ordinary movie theatre -- food, beer and wine delivered to your table or couch!                       
  

• Livermore Chamber of Commerce Evening Mixer. 5:30 p.m. UNCLE Credit Union, 2100 Las Positas Ct., Livermore. 

• Vine Cinema: "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) (PG ) 7 p.m. Starring: James Stewart , Donna Reed , Lionel Barrymore. Vine Cinema & Alehouse is not your ordinary movie theatre -- food, beer and wine delivered to your table or couch!

• Niles Canyon Train of Lights. Brightly decorated holiday train, covered with thousands of lights, winds through Niles Canyon on 75-minute round-trip ride from Niles to Sunol and back. Departs 4:30 p.m. from Niles; 7:30 p.m. from Sunol. Tickets required. 

• The Nutcracker. Bankhead Theater, Livermore. 7 p.m.

• Children's Adventure Book Club. Livermore Library. 3 p.m. For 2nd and 3rd graders.

• Children's Mystery Book Club. Livermore Library. 4 p.m. for 4th and 5th graders.

• LARPD Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament. Youth Basketball Tournament for grades 3-5. Robert Livermore Community Center.

• The Nutcracker. Bankhead Theater, Livermore. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

• Plant acorns with Living Arroyos! Summertree Drive and Cottonwood Court, Livermore. 9 a.m. to noon. Website: livingarroyos.org.

• Niles Canyon Train of Lights. Brightly decorated holiday train, covered with thousands of lights, winds through Niles Canyon on 75-minute round-trip ride from Niles to Sunol and back. Departs 4:30 p.m. from Niles; 7:30 p.m. from Sunol. Tickets required. 

• The Nutcracker. Bankhead Theater, Livermore. 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.

• Double Road Race Pleasanton 10K+5K. Christmas 5k Run/Walk, Bob Anderson's Kids Cup Mile, **Santa Claus Runner Contest. Hart Middle School, 4433 Willow Road, Pleasanton. New sport of Double Road Racing. 

• Niles Canyon Train of Lights. Brightly decorated holiday train, covered with thousands of lights, winds through Niles Canyon on 75-minute round-trip ride from Niles to Sunol and back. Departs 4:30 p.m. from Niles; 7:30 p.m. from Sunol. Tickets required.