The LEADERSHIP of LACKAWANNA holiday COCKTAIL AFFAIR: today, 5: 30 PM, city electric train Museum, $ 15 advance/$ 20 at the door. 342-7711.
Live births: today to Sunday, 7 to 9 p.m., Clarks green Assembly of God, 204 s. Abington Road in Clarks green. 586-8286.
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA PHILHARMONIC: the sound of Christmas, Maria Elisabeth von Trapp in the Empire Brass, today, 7 p.m., the F.M. Kirby Center for the performing arts, Wilkes-Barre, $ 28 to $ 60 adult/$ 15 students. 341-1568.
NUTCRACKER: Ballet in northeastern Wilkes-Barre, today, 7: 30 pm; Saturday, 2 and 7: 30 pm; Sunday, 7: 30 PM, Dorothy Dickson Darte Center, Wilkes University, $ 20/$ 15; meet-and-greet, today, the following shows, lobbies for Darte Center. 283-0647, 408-4402 or 816-8525.
SERIES concert BAND CRYSTAL SCRANTON Christmas: today, 7: 30 PM, the Presbyterian Church of Langcliffe, 1001 Main St, Avoca.