The Weekend: 12.17-12.19

Friday, Dec. 17

Borough-wide: Get all your last-minute holiday shopping done at these markets.

Brooklyn Heights: Get into the holiday spirit with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, performing holiday classics at Our Lady of Lebanon Church. Also Saturday.

Greenpoint: From Gothamist, the Gutter expands into music tonight, like a mini-Brooklyn Bowl.

Saturday, Dec. 18

Crown Heights: Celebrate Vodou at Five Myles, with a photography exhibit from Stephanie Keith, and other festivities.

Park Slope: If the Brooklyn Youth Chorus still didn't do it for you, head to the Old First Reformed Church  for the annual Jingle Bell Jamboree.

Williamsburg: Five new bands will play for the first time at the Rock Lottery, a Denton, Texas classic that makes its first appearance in Brooklyn.

Bensonhurst: Bundle up and see a living nativity at the New Utrecht Reformed Church.

Manhattan Beach: It's a "Nutcracker" for all ages at the Kingsborough Performing Arts Center. Also the next day at the Brooklyn Children's Museum...

Sunday, Dec. 19

Carroll Gardens: ...For a more adult version of the classic holiday tale, check out Company XIV's burlesque version, "Nutcracker Rouge."

Park Slope: It's your last chance to catch the Gallery Players production of "Dancing at Lughnasa."