Trains, trees
Strasburg Rail Road has teamed up with the Whitaker Center in Harrisburg to present its annual Holiday Trains & Trees display in the Gloria M. Olewine Gallery of Harsco Science Center. Hands-on train activities are available for young children and the exhibit is included with admission to the science center. For more information, visit whitakercenter.org.

Worth a drive
Self-styled singer-songwriter Imogen Heap has been selling out shows since she began touring North America in early November. She'll perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, at Theatre of the Living Arts in Philadelphia, and tickets are still available. For more information, visit ticketmaster.com.

Dane Cook
Dane Cook, the force behind the hit 2007 comedy "Good Luck Chuck," will bring his Global Thermal Comedy Tour to the Giant Center in Hershey at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4. One of the best-selling comedians in the business, Cook just released the CD/DVD "ISolated INcident." For tickets, call 534-3911.

Mayday!
Touring in support of its major-label debut, "Anywhere But Here," the Tallahassee, Fla.-based rock band Mayday Parade will play the Chameleon Club in downtown Lancaster on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Opening acts include There For Tomorrow, The Dangerous Summer, and City Lights. Doors open at 6 p.m. For tickets, call 299-9684.

Some Veri fine piano
Frances Veri, right, co-founder and dean of the Pennsylvania Academy of Music, will perform a program of piano fantasies by Bach, Beethoven and Schumann at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at the academy, 42 N. Prince St., in downtown Lancaster. Husband Michael Jamanis, foreground, will join her for Mendelssohn's Allegro Brilliante for four hands. Tickets cost $18 for adults and $5 for students. Children 5 and under are admitted free. For more information, call 399-9733 or visit pamusacad.org.