5. The dead sexy Charlize Theron makes her debut as “Aeon Flux” Friday, Dec. 2. If you’re heading to the Levee to see it, tickets are $6 for students.

4. Randy Pennington, Ph.D, and Charles Wells are conducting the Winter Choral Concert at Greaves Hall Thursday, Dec. 1. The concert begins at 8 p.m. and tickets are $3 for students.

3. Suffocate Faster, Before Mourning Comes and a few other hard-core bands thrash the Holy Grail in Clifton on Friday, Dec. 2. It should be interesting, since the place is pretty small. Tickets are $8 if you’re under 21, or $6 if you’re over.

2. “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens opens at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park Thursday, Dec. 1. Tickets are between $38 and $51. Check out www.cincyplay.com.

1. Experience everything indie – be it music, art, comedy – at the Independent Media Fest at the Southgate House Saturday, Dec. 3. Tickets are $5. All proceeds benefit independent media.