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My Charleston Week: Dec. 3-9

Monday, December 3, 2012

WWE SmackDown

Some of your favorite SmackDown superstars will be invading the Coliseum for this double main event. Watch as World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus defends his title against “The World’s Largest Athlete,” Big Show. Also watch as “The Viper” Randy Orton battles the “Mexican Aristocrat” Alberto Del Rio in a SmackDown Challenge Match. Also see new tag team The Big Red Monster” Kane and “The Master Manipulator” Daniel Bryan, “Mr. Money in the Bank” Dolph Ziggler and many more as more than 30 wrestlers will be there.

When: 7 p.m. Tuesday

Where: North Charleston Coliseum, 5001 Coliseum Drive

Price: $16-$96 (buy four or more tickets and get $5 off each one)

For more info: www.northcharlestoncoliseumpac.com

Cabooty Party

This all-inclusive event is one of the biggest holiday parties of the year. The 23rd annual event will feature music, food, drinks, and a live and silent auction. And attendees will be partying for a purpose as all proceeds will benefit Camp Happy Days’ year-round programs for South Carolina’s children fighting cancer.

When: 7 p.m. Friday

Where: Memminger Auditorium, 56 Beaufain St.

Price: $50

For more info: www.camphappydays.com

‘A Lowcountry Christmas, Featuring Larnelle Harris’

North Charleston Pops! continues its inaugural season with this special performance of holiday music. Five-time Grammy winner Larnelle Harris will join the North Charleston Pops! to perform a selection of secular and sacred Christmas classics, including “Silent Night,” “O Holy Night,” “O Come, All Ye Faithful,” “Let it Snow,” “The Christmas Song,” “Silver Bells,” “Sleigh Ride” and more. Harris also will perform some selections from his Grammy-winning Christmas CD, “A Larnelle Christmas.”

When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday

Where: North Charleston Performing Arts Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive

Price: $15-$35

For more info: www.northcharlestoncoliseumpac.com or www.Larnelle.com

Second Sunday on King Street

This month’s Second Sunday is all about celebrating the holiday season. Le Creuset will be cooking pralines, holiday music will play on every corner, the Horticultural Society will be selling fresh wreaths and greens, and more. Organizers promise a day full of holiday surprises.

When: 1-5 p.m. Sunday

Where: King Street

Price: Free

For more info: susan lucas.typepad.com/secondsundayonkingstreet

Chanukah in the Square

This festive party will feature music, dancing, crafts and tasty treats. But the highlight will be the lighting of the 9-foot-high menorah by Charleston’s Holocaust survivors.

This is a great multicultural event that’s definitely worth checking out.

All are invited to attend.

When: 4-6 p.m. Dec. 9

Where: Marion Square, King and Calhoun streets

Price: Free

For more info: 724-7305 or www.charlestonarts.org

‘On a Winter’s Night’

Best-selling piano artist Jim Brickman will bring his 17th annual holiday concert to North Charleston. Brickman, along with special guests Luke McMaster, Anne Cochran and Tracy Silverman, will perform classic and contemporary holiday music, fan favorites and songs from Brickman’s latest CD, “Believe.”

When: 3 p.m. Sunday

Where: North Charleston Performing Arts Center, 5001 Coliseum Drive

Price: $31-$76

For more info: www.northcharlestoncoliseumpac.com or www.JimBrickman.com