Best Bets: Dave Carlock’s top picks of where to go and what to do

Friday, Dec 14
Ugly Christmas Sweater Party & Contest
7 p.m.
Riviera Theater
50 N. Main St., Three Rivers
(269) 278-8068

YESSSSSS!!! This is a good first date activity where you can see if they can have fun amidst the absurd. There’s a bar and someone named DJ Bobbo. Amazing? Disaster? Those are the dice I like to roll. Life is what you make of it, Baby — start here.
Check it out: trriviera.com

Saturday, Dec. 15
Lee Greenwood Tennessee Christmas
8 p.m.
Lake Michigan College Mendel Center
2755 E. Napier Ave., Benton Harbor
(269) 927-1221

Checking out Lee Greenwood’s demo for the show, I was introduced to a much more musically rich sound than the “Tennessee” title led me to believe and wasn’t surprised to learn he’s a Californian transplanted in Nashville. Greenwood’s strong tenor voice insures a great evening of music.
Check it out: lmcmainstage.org/greenwood

Sunday, Dec. 16
Home For The Holidays, featuring Susan Nelson, soprano
3 p.m
South Bend Symphony Orchestra
Morris Performing Arts Center
211N. Michigan St., South Bend
(574) 235-9190

A big symphony in a 2,500 seat-Vaudeville theater built in 1921 sounds interesting to me. Add in the Goshen HS Choir and it should be a memorable Christmas music spectacle. Sit in one of the three balconies to hear the strings better, close to a wall for more weight in the basses.
Check it out: southbendsymphony.com

Tuesday, Dec. 18
Fourth annual Jingle Ball
7 p.m.
Sunset Coast Dance
Shadowland Ballroom
333 Broad St., St. Joseph

Wanna learn to swing dance? This group meets every Tuesday. You don’t need to bring a partner, there’s a cash bar and you can expect to walk out with a special gift this night. Your dance insecurities are in good hands here.
Check it out: sunsetcoastdance.com

Wednesday, Dec. 19
‘Love Free Or Die’
6:30pm
Diversity & Awareness Film Series
Silver Beach Hotel
100 Main St., St. Joseph
(269) 983-7341

A film about the first openly gay person to be consecrated as a bishop (in bulletproof jacket) is being presented with the Whirlpool PRIDE network. It concludes with open discussion with the Rev. Dan Scheid and Whirlpool’s Brad Gorman. Social hour for the LGBT community and supporters will follow at Buoy’s Lounge in the hotel.
Check it out: stjoetoday.com/events

Send info on events you think Dave should know about to BestEntertainmentBets@27sounds.com.