BEST BETS Sunday 12/17

11am Festival

The nontraditional and traditional will be on display at the fifth annual Hanukkah Festival at the Skirball Cultural Center. The celebration will include a performance by Alan Eder and Friends, an intercultural and multiethnic ensemble that includes reggae stylists, cantors, West African drummers and dancers. Along more conventional lines, singer-songwriter Julie Silver will deliver Hanukkah favorites, and Karen Golden will tell original stories and songs for the whole family. Activities will include art workshops and a Hanukkah lamp treasure hunt. Latkes (potato pancakes) and other seasonal treats will be available at the Center’s Zeidler’s Cafe.

* Hanukkah Festival, Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., L.A. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $8; ages 65 and over and students, $6; ages 12 and under, free. (323) 655-8587.

2 & 6:30pm

Music

The Los Angeles Master Chorale gives two separate performances Sunday in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. At 2 p.m., it hosts a Family Holiday Concert with guest artist Amanda Bynes, the 14-year-old star from television’s Nickelodeon, the Holiday Singers (led by Aleta Braxton) and the Colburn School Chorus. At 6:30 p.m., Paul Salamunovich conducts the annual “Christmas With the Master Chorale,” presenting sacred and popular music of the season, including the premiere of a “Hodie” by Ariel Quintana.

* The L.A. Master Chorale presents its Family Holiday Concert in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 N. Grand Ave., at 2 p.m. $10-$30. The Chorale gives its “Christmas With the Master Chorale” performance in the Pavilion at 6:30 p.m. $10-$52. (213) 972-7282.

2:30 & 7:30pm

Theater

“For Here or to Go?” is Cornerstone Theatre Company’s holiday comedy special of lost love, feuding families and fast food. Written by Allison Carey and set against a backdrop of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Christmas, it’s the culmination of an almost decade-long collaboration with members of several Southern California communities.

* “For Here or to Go?,” Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., downtown L.A., Sunday at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 19-23 at 8 p.m.; Dec. 21, 23-24 at 2:30 p.m. Ends Dec. 24. $25, except Dec. 21, 2:30 matinee, pay-what-you-can. (213) 628-2772.

3pm

Music/Family

The 14th annual “Chanukah at Home” concert,” a performance of songs and stories of the season for the whole family--with lots of audience participation--features zany children’s recording artist Dan Crow, KPFK’s Uncle Ruthie Buell, longtime music and comedy troupe J.P. Nightingale and Fred Sokolow, and Rabbi Neil Comess-Daniels.

* “Chanukah at Home,” Madrid Theatre, 21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, Sunday at 3 p.m. Adults, $12; children ages 3 to 12, $8; children under 3, free. (818) 347-9938, (818) 760-6625.

4pm

Music

The touring Tallis Scholars, the a cappella vocal ensemble based in England, returns to Los Angeles for a concert of music by Byrd, Tomkins, Gibbons and Purcell. This time the group sings in Royce Hall at UCLA, led by its founder and artistic director, Peter Phillips.

* The Tallis Scholars, Royce Hall at UCLA, at 4 p.m. $25-$40. (310) 825-2101.

all day

Crafts

The 20th annual “Black Doll Exhibit” looks forward with “Futuristic Dramas and Fantasies” opening Saturday at the William Grant Still Arts Center in the West Adams district. Focusing on what’s ahead as well as what has occurred in the last 20 years, curator Miriam Watson Ferguson has asked artists to “provide a glimpse of a galaxy of things, places and voices yet to be.”

* “Black Doll Exhibit: Futuristic Dreams and Fantasies,” William Grant Still Arts Center, 2520 West View St., L.A. Ends Feb. 25. Daily, noon-5 p.m. A reception will be held from 3-7 p.m. Sunday. Free; donations accepted. (323) 734-1164.

all day

Movies

A John Travolta double feature at the New Beverly brings together two early hits that allowed the actor to strut his stuff. In 1978’s “Grease,” adapted from the long-running Broadway show, Travolta plays Danny Zuko, everybody’s favorite juvenile delinquent, opposite Olivia Newton-John as Sandy Olsen. The actor earned an Academy Award nomination for his disco gyrations in the 1977 blockbuster “Saturday Night Fever.”

* John Travolta Double Feature, New Beverly Cinema, 7165 Beverly Blvd. L.A. “Grease,” Sunday, 3:05 and 7:30 p.m., Monday-Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; “Saturday Night Fever,” Sunday, 5:15 and 9:40 p.m., Monday-Tuesday, 9:40 p.m. $3-$6. (323) 938-4038.

FREEBIE TK

As part of the Sundays Live series, the Debussy Trio performs music by Roger Neill, Ian Krouse and Bruce Broughton at the Leo S. Bing Theater, L.A. County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. 6 p.m. (213) 485-6873.