Dec. 6
Students and faculty build gingerbread houses at 6 p.m., AMR I, Homewood. Sponsored by Faculty Student Interaction.
Dec. 7
The Polar Express leaves the station for the North Pole at 8 p.m. The 2004 computer-animated film is presented by HOP Friday Night Films. 50 Gilman Hall, Homewood.
Dec. 8
Peabody faculty artist/pianist Leon Fleisher guest-conducts the Peabody Symphony Orchestra in works by Mozart, Hindemith, and Beethoven. $15/$10 seniors/$5 students with ID; call 410-234-4800. 8 p.m. Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, Peabody.
Dec. 8
Baltimore's Downtown Dollar Days come to the JHU Museums today and Dec. 9. Visitors to Evergreen and Homewood enjoy holiday music and decorations, light refreshments, gift shopping, and $1 guided tours (free for members).
Dec. 8
Evergreen Museum director-curator James Abbott leads a workshop in the art and craft of card making in the Victorian era. 1-3 p.m. $8, free for members (includes admission, materials). Call 410-516-0341 to register.
Dec. 10
The Octopodes gives its fall concert at 8 p.m., Bloomberg Center's Schafler Auditorium. (For the lineup of other a cappella groups' concerts, go to hub.jhu.edu/events.)
Dec. 10
The Johns Hopkins Consortium of Health Disparities presents "Obesity Across the Lifespan: Complex Issues, Creative Solutions, a dialogue between leading experts and community leaders. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Chevy Chase Auditorium, Sheikh Zayed Tower. To register (by Dec. 5) and view agenda, go to nursing.jhu.edu/obesityconference.
