DEC. 11-13

This year's edition of "A Cazimero Christmas" includes appearances by Broadway's Mary Gutzi, Miss Keiki Hula 2009 Breeze Ann Pavao, Master Keiki Hula 2009 Keanu Cockett and more.Always great.

7:30 p.m. Dec. 11-12, 2 p.m. Dec. 13 / Hawaii Theatre / $30 to $75 / 528-0506, www.hawaiitheatre.com

DEC. 11

Deck the Halls is a skateboard deck art show to raise funds for Kenny Brimer, who is battling leukemia. Thirty artists have designed one-of-a-kind skateboards to be sold to help pay Brimer's medical bills.Go early to check it out.

9 p.m. / The Manifest / Free / 778-7738 / 21 & under OK until 8 p.m.)

DEC. 12

Wild child Mickey Avalon (left) puts on a great show, but when you add Andre Nickatina to the mix, you know a spectacle is about to break out. Nickatina does what he wants, and you'll want to see it.

10 p.m. (Doors open at 9) / Pipeline Café / $25 / 877-714-7668, www.groovetickets.com

DEC. 13

Doug Stanhope's act has been described as vulgar, opinionated, brutally honest and shockingly uninhibited. Funny, too. So if you're not faint of heart, check him out. He's even been on "The Howard Stern Show."

7 p.m. (doors open at 6) / Pipeline Café / $20, $45 / 877-714-7668, www.groovetickets.com

DEC. 30

Anyone who has seen a "Police Academy"movie will know Michael Winslow as Sgt. Larvell Jones, the human sound-effects machine. Gunfire, police sirens, helicopters— he does it all with only his voice.

7 p.m. (doors open at 6) / Pipeline Café / $20, $45 / 877-714-7668, www.groovetickets.com

DEC. 31

They took the title of Marilyn Monroe's last movie to immortalize her image and now, 30 years later, The Misfits are more popular than ever with a growing army of "fiends" —the term for diehard Misfits fans.

8 p.m. (doors open at 6) / Pipeline Café / $30, $75 / 877-714-7668, www.groovetickets.com

JAN. 8

Band members of The Used overcame poverty, homelessness and substance abuse to rise to fame. How good are they? Among the acts they've performed with are Snoop Dogg and Linkin Park.

8 p.m. (doors open at 7) / Pipeline Café / $30, $60 / 877-714-7668, www.groovetickets.com

JAN. 15

We'd give all the Jell-O pudding in the world to bring back "The Cosby Show," but we'll settle for Bill Cosby putting on back-to-back shows on one night in Honolulu. He is the definition of an American icon.

6:30 p.m., 8:30 p.m. / Blaisdell Concert Hall / $35, $50, $65 / 800-745-3000, www.www.ticketmaster.com

HOT DATES

Dec. 11-13, 18-20 Hawaii State Ballet's "The Nutcracker," Mamiya Theatre

Dec. 12-13, 19-20 Hawaii Ballet Theater's "The Nutcracker," Leeward Community College Theatre

Dec. 18-20 Ballet Hawaii's "Nutcracker," Blaisdell Concert Hall

Dec. 22-Jan. 3 "Stomp," Hawaii Theatre

Dec. 23 Comedian Ahmed Ahmed, Pipeline Café

Dec. 31 Village People, Sheraton Waikiki Grand Ballroom

Jan. 9 Elton John, Ray Cook, Blaisdell Arena (tickets on sale Saturday)

Jan. 15-17 The All-New 2010 Shanghai Circus, Hawaii Theatre

Jan. 23 Al Green, Blaisdell Arena (lower bowl only)