It’s not every year that Christmas and Chanukah fall so close to one another. So, in the spirit of sharing — and wanting to get away from the combination of crowds and Christmas music overload in public spaces — here an unseasonal suggestion for tonight (Dec. 17): intimate cabaret.

The Green Door, about halfway between Dundas and Queen Sts, at 100A Ossington Ave., hosts a nicely matched pair of talents: singer Theresa Tova (left) and pianist Fern Lindzon in a Christmas- and Chanukah-themed show.

I have no idea what the two are up to tonight, but they’re pros, so whatever they do should come with a professional polish.

Tickets are $25 here.

Getting to the Lower Ossington Theatre is fun in and of itself. This section of Ossington has several hip shops, galleries and restaurants to visit. For me, the street’s biggest attraction is Ideal Coffee, which roasts its own.

If you need a sample, here is Lindzon with her jazz sextet — Quinsin Nachoff, clarinet and sax; Aleksandar Gajic, violin; Milos Popovic, accordion; Rob Clutton, bass; and Nick Fraser, drums — performing live accompaniment composed by Lindzon to Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Junior at the TIFF Lightbox a year ago, followed by Tova in full Yiddish flight, accompanied by Matt Herskowitz, at a festival in Warsaw:

http://youtu.be/kCD7dHW-3H8

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John Terauds, Editor-Emeritus of Ludwig van Toronto, is currently a Divinity student at the University of Toronto and a church music director. He joined the Toronto Star in 1988, was the classical music critic from 2005 to 2012, and continues as a freelance critic for the paper. He is the co-author of Roy Thomson Hall: A Portrait, a book written with Toronto Star Colleague, William Littler.

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