Put a toy in the box: The Imperial Court’s 27th annual Toys For Kids Drive started last week. Donation boxes can be found throughout San Diego, including at The Center, Rich’s, Bacchus House, Bourbon Street, The Flame, Brass Rail and Numbers. Bars will be participating on special nights to promote their box. Go get a toy and put it in the box, unwrapped, so little kiddies everywhere can have holiday cheer.

Champagne, chocolate & red wine: Cuvée wine restaurant has brought back Ladies Night Out, a wine and food tasting at their La Jolla restaurant. For $14, sample an array of champagne, chocolate and big red wines from 5:30-7:30 p.m. No reservations are required to participate. Cuvée La Jolla is located at 5656 La Jolla Blvd. Call (858) 551-4090 for more information.

Dizzy with Indie: Dizzy’s presents an outstanding night of Indie music starting at 7:30 p.m. “Indie by Design” features Danielle LoPresti and The Masses, Berkley Hart, The Cat Mary, Danny Peck, Bridget Brigitte and Julie Marie & Makeda. Dizzy’s is located at 344 7th Ave. Call (858) 270-7467 for more information.

Mark Twain, tonight!: Hal Holbrook brings his Tony Award-winning one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight! to the San Diego Civic Theatre at 8:00 p.m. Holbrook has been portraying Mark Twain in his one-man show for fifty years. Tickets are on sale at the Civic Theatre box office, at (619) 570-1100.

Ms. San Diego Leather 2004: Leather Woman Productions presents the 10th annual Ms. San Diego Leather Contest tonight at 7:00 p.m. at The Center. The event has a longstanding tradition of bringing qualitywomen to the leather community. Call (619) 692-2077 for more information.

Ballet culture shock: The Lyceum Theatre presents Cultures Clash tonight, for one night only, featuring the Culture Shock Dance Troupe in what one local paper has called “a sure-fire turn on.” Call (619) 544-1000 for more information.

Drum making class: “Birth Your Own Drum,” featuring drum maker Stan Secrest, will teach children and adults how to make their own drum. Today at the World Beat Center in Balboa Park. Call (619) 230-1190 for details.

Learn to be healthy: The Scripps Healthy Living Expo takes place this weekend at Bing Crosby Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $8; parking is $7. For more information, call (619) 544-1300.

Israeli Folk Music: UCSD’s Mandeville Auditorium features Israeli folk singer Chava Alberstein tonight at 7:30 p.m. Alberstein’s bittersweet, defiant songs about peace and oppression are sung primarily in Hebrew. Tickets are $20, $15 for students and faculty. Call (858) 534-6467 for more information.

Take a walk: San Diego’s Walkabout International is a nonprofit educational group that promotes walking in urban, suburban and rural environments throughout the world. They hold regular local walkabouts, including tonight’s 5:30 p.m. 3-mile Harbor Island walk. It is a ‘walk at your own pace’ event. Walkers meet in the public lot at the west end of Harbor island drive, across from the Hilton. Call (619) 276-3055 for further information.

Orchestra in French: Internationally acclaimed pianist and Chula Vista native Gustavo Romero performs Savoir Fair with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra tonight at 8:00 p.m. at Sherwood Auditorium at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Jolla. Romero plays French orchestral pieces by Debussy, Ravel, Franck and Saint-Saens, among others. Tickets are $15-60. The Sherwood Auditorium is located at 700 Prospect St. in La Jolla. Call (858) 350-0290 for more information.

Feng Shui seminar: The Hotel Parisi presents a Feng Shui and Oriental Astrology Seminar today from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Hotel Parisi Ballroom. Seymour Koblin combines Feng Shui and Oriental astrology to provide a home, work and life environment that generates fulfillment in personal and family health, as well as prosperity and relationships. Cost per person is $45, including refreshments. Call (858) 454-1511 for further details.

What are “mouse oracles”?: Go to the San Diego Museum of Modern Art and find out. The art of the African Baule tribe is on display from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. through Jan. 4 in Partners of the Soul: African Art of the Baule. The exhibition includes spirit spouse and amulet figures, woven “mouse oracles” and finely crafted wooden strikers and gongs. Tickets are $3-8. Call (619) 232-7931 for details.

CHAANGE community forum: The San Diego chapter of California HIV/AIDS Advocacy Network Grassroots Evolution is holding a community forum tonight from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Normal Heights Community Center, located at 4649 Hawley Blvd. The forum is an opportunity for individuals and families impacted by HIV/AIDS to speak out about their needs, so that CHAANGE can advocate on their behalf in state and local government. Call (619) 295-2192 for more information.

Everybody loves pirates: Lyric Opera San Diego closes its season with tonight’s final family performance of Pirates of Penzance at 7:00 p.m. A Gilbert & Sullivan comedy operetta, the performance features pirates, rogues, lovers, losers and a major general. Tickets are $17-27 and are available by calling the Lyric Opera box office at (619) 239-8836.

‘Comedy Central Live’: Comedians Lewis Black and Dave Attell combine styles in their Comedy Central tour. Black is best known for his commentary on the week’s events on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Attell hosts Insomniac with Dave Attell in which he tracks the strange overnight activities of people around the country. Show is at the Copley Symphony Hall tonight at 8:00 p.m. Call (619) 235-0804 for further information.