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Book lost years ago brings strangers together across the miles The book, which had a treasured bookmark inside, was left on a plane four years ago. The owner was sure shed never see it again. Author: Emily Longnecker Updated: 11:52 AM EST December 24, 2020 INDIANAPOLIS — Fate — or maybe something bigger — connected total strangers recently. It all happened because of a book.  To be more precise, it happened because of what was tucked between the pages of a...

ITHACA, NY -- “The Nutcracker” is one of, if not the single most, performed ballets in the modern era. A holiday classic, the sweet swell of strings of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s music is everywhere this time of year. But with the COVID-19 pandemic putting the damper on a live performances, many ballet schools couldn’t go ahead with their usual winter performance. But the Ithaca Ballet made it work using an innovative combination of local sets, stage performance and green sc...

The magical spirit of the season comes to life in this acclaimed production and beloved holiday favorite that sells out every year. Tune in to view this special presentation of Colorado Ballet’s The Nutcracker on Rocky Mountain PBS. Join Clara and her arm of toy soldiers as they battle the Mouse King and journey to the legendary land of Sweets. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, like many performing arts organizations around the nation, Colorado Ballet is unable to perform “The Nutcracke...

Until I discovered “The Nutcracker,” December was the season of fruitlessly trying to explain Hanukkah to my mostly non-Jewish friends. I never wished to be anything but Jewish, but I secretly longed to experience the kind of Christmas cheer I read about in books. I wanted a big family gathering, with a tree and mistletoe and everyone in their best outfits, and the sense of being part of some great joyful event happening to the whole country at once. I didn’t want to feel like an outsider...

Courtesy Cincinnati Ballet It sounds odd, but directing hundreds of basketball and football games, and dozens of WEBN Riverfest firework telecasts, was great training for David Ashbrock when WLWT-TV asked him to direct The Nutcracker at Home airing 8 p.m. tonight. As with broadcasting sports and pyrotechnic explosions, you only get one chance to shoot the Cincinnati Ballet dancers in action. "This is exhausting to perform. The dancers are Olympic athletes, to be sure, but this takes a lot ou...

1. “The Night Before Christmas,” by Clement Clarke Moore Everyone knows this classic story that begins, "Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse." The imagery and lilting poetry cant be beat. If youre looking for something different, challenge your little ones (or yourself) to a bit of memorization. Try: "More rapid than eagles his coursers they came. And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name: "Now, Dasher! n...

Photo courtesy of Andrea Cook Waltz of the Snowflakes: (back row, from left) Heather Qian, Grace Reidenbaugh, Chloe Shulsinger, Ava Urben, Meredith Rainhart, Katrina Raab and Nicole Shortle; (middle row, from left) Ana Victoria Smith, Mazeray Bayha, Hazel Lindquist, Amy Martin and Madeleine Gambardella; and (front row, from left) Katie Brescia, Elizabeth Workman, Stephanie Murphy, Clare Yee and Teresa Seraphin. The Fairfax Ballet Co. (FBC) presents an all-new holiday experience with i...

The magical spirit of the season comes to life in this acclaimed production and beloved holiday favorite that sells out every year. Tune in to view this special presentation of Colorado Ballet’s The Nutcracker on Rocky Mountain PBS. Join Clara and her arm of toy soldiers as they battle the Mouse King and journey to the legendary land of Sweets. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, like many performing arts organizations around the nation, Colorado Ballet is unable to perform “The Nutcracke...

The magical spirit of the season comes to life in this acclaimed production and beloved holiday favorite that sells out every year. Tune in to view this special presentation of Colorado Ballet’s The Nutcracker on Rocky Mountain PBS. Join Clara and her arm of toy soldiers as they battle the Mouse King and journey to the legendary land of Sweets. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, like many performing arts organizations around the nation, Colorado Ballet is unable to perform “The Nutcracke...

Rosemary Harris.  Conceived and created safely for the COVID-19 era, the production is a collaboration among more than 300 students, faculty, staff and alumni. Dance of the Snowflakes from overhead in UNCSAs new "The Nutcracker" for film, released Dec. 17. Snowflake dancing masked in UNCSAs all-new "The Nutcracker" for film, Dec. 17. Credit Peter J. Mueller. The film represents the 55th consecutive year UNCSA has presented "The Nutcracker," and the first ever film version reaching audiences ...