This Week: Listen to Others Complain About Their Families, Enjoy 'The Nutcracker' and More

Huff and Puff Before You Stuff. Want to preemptively burn off some calories in anticipation of the big Thanksgiving dinner? Join Jazzercise with Yhomi for one hour of aerobics, strength training, and feel-good fitness. Come for a morning class at 9:45 a.m. or an evening class at 7:45 p.m. Newcomers welcome—try a class for free. Mott Community Center, 12111 Braddock Road, Fairfax. Learn more at www.jazzercise.com or contact awarshavsky@verizon.net.

Thanksgiving Day Church Service. Before your feast and football games, bring your family, kids, and friends to a Thanksgiving Day church service featuring Bible readings, music, and people's stories of gratitude and healing. All are welcome. This Thursday, Nov. 28 at 11 a.m. Christian Science Church, 3725 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax City (across from Van Dyck Park). Visitwww.christiansciencefairfax.com for more information.

Celebrate the Holiday Weekend With 'The Nutcracker.' Company dancers, along with students from the Russell School of Ballet and special guest artists from the Louisville Ballet, will entertain the local community Thanksgiving weekend with Fairfax Ballet's traditional annual performance of The Nutcracker. Joan Bedinger Auditorium, W.T. Woodson High School, 9525 Main Street, Fairfax. Tickets are $22-25 each. For tickets or more information, call 703-803-2977 or click here.

These Stories Will Make You Feel Better About Your Family. What's one way to help keep you from wanting to kill your family this Thanksgiving? Listening to stories of other families that are much crazier than yours. The "Better Said Than Done" storytelling troupe will be making a special trip to The Auld Shebeen Irish pub in Old Town Fairfax for a hilarious show of "legendary tall tales" about crazy families, to help forget about your own for a while. This Saturday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. The Auld Shebeen, 3971 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax City. Admission $10. For more information or to see videos of past shows, visit www.bettersaidthandone.com.

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