Feliz navidades

A trio of Latino arts groups has teamed up to put a new spin on the traditional shepherd's play, as Calidanza Dance Company, La Raza Galeria Posada and El Teatro Espejo bring Navidades! Christmas on K Street to downtown on Sunday, December 15. First up is a modern take on the pastorela, in which good battles evil with slapstick comedy, little devils and St. Michael. In La Pastorela de Sacramento, an adaptation by Tomas Benitez, Manuel J. Pickett and Marie Acosta, a pregnant Mary and her man, JoJo, must be helped to Sacramento by the Dreamers, undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. Following the pastorela, 22 dancers from Calidanza Dance Company will perform Navidades y Tradiciones, with musical accompaniment from Vinic-Kay, a folkloric ensemble. Free for La Pastorela de Sacramento at 1 p.m. on Sunday, December 15, at the Convention Center plaza (13th and K streets). $10-$22 for Navidades y Tradiciones at 2 p.m. at the Crest Theatre, 1013 K Street; (800) 225-2277; www.tickets.com.