Soo Dance Company: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 15; Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek; $22; www.lesherartscenter.org. Nutcracker Pinata: Presented by Compania Mexico Danza; 2 and 7 p.m. Nov. 30; San Leandro Performing Arts Center; $10-$20; http://sanleandropac.com. Alameda Civic Ballet: 2 p.m. Dec. 21-22; Kofman Theatre, Alameda; $18-$25; www.alamedacivicballet.org. Other dance. Smuin Ballet: The troupe’s “Christmas Ballet” includes more than two dozen short works, ranging from sassy to whimsical to classical; Nov. 22-Dec. 28 at venues across the Bay Area; $24-$74; http://smuinballet.org.
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Peninsula Youth Theatre: “Oskar and the Eight Blessings.” 9:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8; and 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Dec. 9. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. $8. http://www.pytnet.org. National Public Radio: “Selected Shorts.” 2:30 p.m. Dec. 10. Short fiction read by actors. Featuring Kirsten Vangsness, Tate Donovan, Christina Pickles. Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen st., Stanford. http://www.selectedshorts.org. $30-$50; $15 for stanford students. http://live.stanford.edu or 650-724-2464.
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Blu is not too jazzed about the idea, but he seems heartened to be joined by his old pals, Nico (Jamie Foxx), a canary, and the cardinal Pedro (voiced by musician will.i.am), who are using the trip as a way to recruit talent for the next Carnival. Almost as soon as the group leaves town, they’re spotted by the villain from the original “Rio,” the now-flightless cockatoo Nigel (Jemaine Clement), who is hellbent on revenge. His new sidekicks are Charlie the mute anteater and Gabi (Kristin Chenoweth), a creepy and annoying poisonous frog who has a not-so-secret crush on Nigel.