Five Things You Need to Know Today: Dec. 9

1. Join the Bellevue Youth Theatre for a production of the play "The Magical Mrs. Claus." Bring your family to see this original holiday musical and enjoy new songs and dances that will add a sparkle to this fresh story. Begins tonight at 7 p.m. at the , 16661 Northup Way.

2. Looking to lighten up this evening? Catch the Snowflake Lane parade tonight — and every night through Dec. 25 — at 7 p.m., along Bellevue Way and NE 8th Street by Bellevue Square.

3. Garden D'Lights continues at the , 12001 Main Street, beginning at 5 p.m. Ticket information is available at http://www.gardendlights.org/.

4. The Bellevue Transportation Commission will meet tonight, at Council conference room #1E-113, at 6:30 p.m. Study Session Topics include: Bel-Red Corridor Transportation Development Standards; 130th Avenue NE Station Area Planning; and 108th Avenue SE (SE 34th to Bellevue Way) Project Update.

5. On this day in 1990, Lech Walesa was elected president of Poland in a landslide victory, making him the first directly elected Polish leader.