Once again, it’s time for the list of the top 50 things to do around the Coachella Valley, as compiled by The Desert Sun’s Bruce Fessier.

Since Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday would have been Saturday, the Coachella Valley is celebrating with special music and menu deals at restaurants and hotels all this week. So, Bruce has singled out a dozen Sinatra-related celebrations happening this week, but this still makes up only a fraction of quality activities happening in and around the desert. There’s also Barry Manilow at the McCallum Theatre and the holiday activities are going strong. The following is the top 50 list:

December 10

  • La Quinta Museum Casita Lighting with Manny the Movie Guy , 5-7 p.m. La Quinta Museum, 77885 Avenida Montezuma, La Quinta. Free. (760) 777-7170
  • A.J. Lambert, granddaughter of Frank Sinatra, performing songs from the Grand American Songbook with a contemporary twist, 7 p.m., Purple Room Stage & Restaurant, Trinidad Hotel, 1900 E. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs. $25. (760) 322-4422
  • Chicano Batman, 9 p.m., The Hood Bar & Pizza. Free admission, 21 and over. (760) 636-5220

December 10-13

  • Frank DiSalvo in a special Frank Sinatra salute, featuring a small combo on Saturday, 6-9 p.m., and the Ted Herman Big Band Sunday, 6-10 p.m., Frank’s Place, Indian Wells Resort Hotel, 76-661 Highway 111, Indian Wells. Free admission. Dinner reservations: (760) 345-6466

December 10-12, 17-24, 26-31

  • Wildlights, featuring a canopy of glittering lights flashing to holiday music, 6-9 p.m., Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, 47900 Portola Ave., Palm Desert. $8-$10. (760) 346-5694

December 11

  • Candid Camera’s 8 Decades of Smiles with Peter Funt, 7:30 p.m. An evening of clips and quips. California State University San Bernardino, Indian Wells Theater, Palm Desert Campus, 37500 Cook Street, Palm Desert. $35-$50. (800) 838-3006. http://brownpapertickets.com/event/2370982
  • The American Jazz Institute and Mark Masters Ensemble perform “The Sinatra Project,” 8 p.m., Pete Carlson’s Golf & Tennis, 73-741 Highway 111, Palm Desert. $30. (760) 568-3263
  • The Untouchables, plus Spanshaft, 8 p.m., the Date Shed, 50-725 Monroe St, Indio. $10-$15, 18 and over. (760) 775-6699

December 11-12

  • World premiere of Charles Evered’s “An Actor’s Carol,” the story of an actor who has played Scrooge one too many times, starring Barry Cutler, 7 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdays, Blak Box Theater in the Palmer Performance Hall in the Hi-Desert Cultural Center, 61231 Highway 62, Joshua Tree. $15-$24. (760) 366-3777

December 11-13

  • Spotlight 29 Casino hosts a weekend of Traditional Native American song and dance at The Winter Gathering Pow Wow, 7-11 p.m. Fri.; 1-11 p.m. Sat.; 1-7 p.m. Sun. Spotlight 29 Casino, 46200 Harrison, Coachella. Free. (760) 775-5566
  • Weekend at Sinatra’s, starting at noon Friday with DJ music around the Chiki Pool, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin music at 7 p.m. by Vaughn Suponatime and Russ Loniello. Sinatra Jack Daniels bar crawl at Palm Springs bars at 4 p.m., cocktails and dinner at 7 p.m. with music by James Darren. Riviera Palm Springs Resort, 1600 N. Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs. $300 and up for the weekend. (760) 327-8311
  • “Little Things You Do Together,” a Coachella Valley Rep holiday cabaret featuring Nancy Dussault, Angela Wolcott, Vincenzo Lodato, 7 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sunday, CV Rep theater, 69930 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage. $25. (760) 296-2966

December 11-19

  • Night Scare Before Christmas haunted house, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Open to the public. Bring an unwrapped toy for a child and get $5 off of your ticket price. Boys & Girls Club, 450 S. Sunrise Way, Palm Springs. $15-$10. (760) 327-1304

December 11-20

  • “A Queer Carol,” a new version of the Dickens holiday classic by Joe Godfrey, 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sundays, Desert Rose Playhouse, 69620 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage. $33 evenings, $30 matinees. (760) 202-3000
  • “A Christmas Carol,” 7 p.m. Fri.; 2 & 7 p.m. Sat.; 2 p.m. Sun. Dicken’s holiday favorite comes to live in this stage production for all ages. Arthur Newman Theatre, 73750 Catalina Way, Palm Desert. $26. $24 seniors, $16 students, $10 children 10 & under. (760) 980-1455

December 12

  • Jennifer Nettles, 8 p.m. Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, 84245 Indio Springs Parkway, Indio. $39-$79. (800) 827-2946
  • Desert Art Festival, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Frances Stevens Park, 538 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs. Admission is free. (818) 813-4478
  • Relocation of the Frank Sinatra star and a new star for Barbara Sinatra on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars, 11 a.m., 100 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs. (760) 416-5811
  • Pianist Pat McCaffrey performing Frank Sinatra music through lunch and dinner starting at noon, Spencer’s restaurant, 701 W. Baristo Road, Palm Springs. (760) 327-3446
  • Classic Sinatra centennial celebration featuring dinner and show by L.A. tribute artist Jimmy Brewster, 6-8 p.m., Illuminara Restaurant in the Triada Palm Springs (formerly Alan Ladd’s Spanish Inn), 640 N. Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs. $95 including a Jack Daniels cocktail. (760) 844-7000.
  • Sinatra 100 show, featuring Frank Sinatra tribute artist Steve DiTullio in a dinner theater performance, 7-9:30 p.m. The Westin Mission Hills Resort Spa, Oasis Ballroom, 71333 Dinah Shore Drive, Rancho Mirage. $69 or $119 per couple, including Italian dinner. (760) 770-2150
  • Vocalist Bobbie Eakes in a tribute to Frank Sinatra, 7 p.m., Purple Room Stage & Restaurant, Trinidad Hotel. $25. (760) 322-4422
  • “And on Earth...Peace” - California Desert Chorale concert, 7-9 p.m. Indian Wells Theatre, CSUSB - Palm Desert Campus, Palm Desert. $40. (760) 346-4933
  • Maureen McGovern, “Sing My Sisters, Sing!” 8 p.m., Annenberg Theater. $60-$75. (760) 325-4490
  • Don Menza Quintet, featuring the saxophonist for Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich and Frank Sinatra, 8 p.m., Pete Carlson’s Golf & Tennis. $20. (760) 568-3263

December 12-13

  • Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus celebrate the Sinatra centennial with “Brassy, Classy, Sassy,” 8 p.m. Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Jewish Community Center, 332 W. Alejo Road, Palm Springs. $25-$50. (760) 219-2077

December 13

  • Magical Musical Moments: A Journey In Song, with Stan Hill leading a sing-along of big band and seasonal favorites, plus a smooth jazz performance by trumpeter Geoff Winstead and his Dry Heat Sextet, 12-2:30 p.m., UUCOD Sanctuary, 72425 Via Vail, Rancho Mirage. $35 including a light lunch. (760) 278-1569
  • For the Children, 6-9 p.m.,featuring dinner, opera and classic musical theater, Classic Club, Bellatrix and Foyer, 75200 Classic Club Blvd., Palm Desert. $140 per person or $1,400 table of ten.. (760) 323-8353. http://peraartspalmsprings.org
  • Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols, featuring St. Margaret’s Adult Choir, Christmas readings and pipe organist Frederick Swann, 6:30 p.m., St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, 47535 Highway 74, Palm Desert. A free will offering or canned food donation requested. (760) 346-2697
  • Blue Hill and the Date Farmers present Making Movies, from Kansas City, plus Tribesmen, 3rd Ear Experience and the Flusters, and DJ sets by Twerp Rocksi and Planet Lunch, 8 p.m., Date Farmers Studio, 85591 Grapefruit Blvd., Coachella. $5, all ages.

December 14

  • Monday with the Waring: Behind the Scenes of the Waring International Piano Competition with Michael Rolland Davis, 7-8:15 p.m. A behind the scenes look at activities of the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition, about the judges, the contestants, and how it’s put together. Indian Wells Theater, 37500 Cook St., Palm Desert. Free. (760) 773-2575

December 15

  • Film Screening: “From Nothing, Something,” 2-4 p.m. Welwood Murray Memorial Library, Cornelia White Community Room, 100 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs. Free. (760) 323-8296
  • The Los Angeles Ballet presents The Nutcracker, 7 p.m. McCallum Theatre. $27-$87. (760) 340-2787

December 16

  • Singer Lainie Kazan will be interviewed in a Luminary Luncheon for the Coachella Valley Repertory at the Annenberg Center of Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage (Photo: Courtesy photo)
  • Coachella Valley Repertory Luminary Luncheon featuring a Q&A with Lainie Kazan and lunch by Lulu California Bistro, noon, Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at Eisenhower Medical Center, 39000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage. $45. (760) 296-2966

December 17

  • Brant Bjork and the Low Desert Punk Band, 9:30 p.m., Pappy & Harriet’s, 53688 Pioneertown Road, Pioneertown. $15. (760) 365-5956

December 17-18

  • The Palm Springs Orchestra “Holiday in Palm Springs” with Little Stars, conducted by Zdravko Sljivac, featuring soprano Antonia Dunjko and Diana Grubisic Cikovic on harp and piano; violinist Elizabeth Pitcairn and jazz artist Chris Bennett. Patrons concert, 6-10 p.m. Thursday, Casa Denise in El Mirador Estates, 925 E. Paseo El Mirador, Palm Springs. $150. Concert and awards, 7 p.m. Friday, Hyatt Palm Springs, 285 N. Palm Canyon Drive. $50-$100. Palmspringsorchestra.com

December 18

  • Phil Norman Tentet, 8 p.m., Pete Carlson’s Golf & Tennis. $25. (760) 568-3263
  • Slaughter, 9 p.m. Morongo Casino, 49500 Seminole Drive, Cabazon. $20-$30. (323) 353-7893

December 19

  • Mariachi Sol de Mexico de Jose Hernandez - Merri-Achi Christmas, 8 p.m. McCallum Theatre. $27-$77. (760) 340-2787
  • Palm Springs Jump, 7 p.m. The musical celebration that pays tribute to the Hollywood stars who have lived and worked in Palm Springs. Purple Room Restaurant and Stage, 1900 E. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs. $20. (760) 322-4422
  • The Brian Setzer Orchestra 12th annual “Christmas Rocks” tour, 8 p.m. Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, 84245 Indio Springs Parkway, Indio. $39-$69. (800) 827-2946.
  • Ghostface Killah, 8 p.m., the Date Shed, 50-725 Monroe St, Indio. $28-$38, 18 and over. (760) 775-6699

December 20

  • LeAnn Rimes Christmas with special guest Ellee Duke, 3 p.m. McCallum Theatre, 73000 Fred Waring, Palm Desert. $37-$87. (760) 340-2787

December 25

  • Christmas at the Convention Center, noon-3 p.m. Santa with toys for children to age 12 and seniors. Mariachis and other music. Magic and puppet show. Crafts for the children and face painting. Palm Springs Convention Center, Inside the main ballroom, 277 N. Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs. Free. (760) 327-8577. http://wellinthedesert.org

December 26

  • Ernie Andrews Quintet, 8 p.m., Pete Carlson’s Golf & Tennis. $25. (760) 568-3263

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