Tickets for Thursday performances are $10; general admission for performances Friday through Sunday is $25, and $22 for seniors and students. For more information, go to http://diabloactors.com/. A longtime quilter, Karen is an avid traveler, outdoor enthusiast and hiker, and her watercolors are inspired from these treks, as well as by photographs and her memory. Clara Yen has been telling stories to the families of the Bay Area for more than 20 years — ones she remembers hearing while growing up in a Chinese family, and other folk and fairy tales that she has discovered over the years. Storytelling, she says, has given her a vast appreciation for her family and her ancestors, and allows her to convey morals and values to children in an entertaining way. Clara has performed all over the country, and her New Year’s story, “Why Rat Comes First” is available in Contra Costa County libraries.
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“An Irish Christmas”: Where ballet dancers seek to defy gravity, the Irish put the earth to work. “An Irish Christmas” taps into the Emerald Isle’s traditional dance and music with a cast of acclaimed Irish dancers led by “Riverdance” star Caterina Coyne, “Celtic Fyre” principal dancer Connor Reider and Tyler Schwartz, who was named Irish Dancing Magazine’s 2017 Man of the Year. Details: 4 p.m. Dec. 2; Hammer Theatre Center, San Jose; $25-46; 408-924-8501, www.hammertheatre.com. 2 p.m. Dec. 9; United Irish Cultural Center, San Francisco; $15-$40; irishcentersf.org; 7 p.m. Dec. 20; Mountain View Center for the Arts, Mountain View; $35-$60; 650-903-6000, www.mvcpa.com.
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“Miss Universe Pageant 2017” (7 p.m., Fox): Believe it or not, Steve Harvey returns to host tonight’s glitzy event from the Philippines. Let’s hope he doesn’t flub it up this time. 7 p.m., Fox. “Bay Area Revelations: The Movies” (7 p.m., KNTV; Re-airs at 8 p.m.): The latest installment in the documentary series“ examines the groundbreaking people and ideas that pioneered multiple generations of feature films. From the early days of Charlie Chaplin and silent films shot in the town of Niles, to “Star Wars” mastermind George Lucas and the beginnings of Pixar in Richmond (now in Emeryville) and computer-generated animation, “The Movies” shows how the people of the Bay Area have transformed the industry and made some of the greatest films of all time.
