The Christmas Nutcracker

In a Tiny Town in Germany, the Christmas Nutcracker Was Born

HOLIDAY ITINERARIES: Surfing Santa Claus

HOLIDAY ITINERARIES: Snowflake Lighting

W H A T : 3rd Annual Market Street Snowflake Lighting Ceremony
W H E N : November 18th at 6:30pm
W H E R E : Powell & Market Street, San Francisco

M O R E : It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

HOLIDAY ITINERARIES: THE NUTCRACKER

Visions of Sugar Plums – Silicon Valley:

• Ballet America, Carrington Hall, Redwood City
• Ballet San Jose
• Dance-Along Nutcracker, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
• Fremont Symphony Orchestra, Smith Center, Ohlone College
• Los Gatos Ballet, San Jose Center for Performing Arts
• Mark Foehringer Dance Project, Zeum
• Mixed Nutz! The Nutcracker Re-Mixed, Tandy Beal & Company and the UCSC Theater Arts
• Moscow Ballet, Flint Center, Cupertino
• Oakland Ballet Company, Paramount Theatre, Oakland
• Pacific Ballet, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
• Peninsula Youth Ballet, San Mateo Performing Arts Center
• Santa Clara Ballet, Santa Clara Convention Center Theatre
• Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre’s THE NUTCRACKER
• SAN FRANCISCO BALLET, War Memorial Opera House
• San Jose Youth Ballet, Evergreen Valley Performing Arts Center
• The Nutcracker: What’s the Story?, CDM, San Jose
• South Bay Dance Center, Campbell Heritage Theatre
• THE MESHUGANUTCRACKER!, The Retro Dome
• Western Ballet: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

+ Mommy Files: San Francisco holiday performances for families

+ A ‘Nutcracker’ Marathon, Coast to Coast

HOLIDAY ITINERARIES: N U T C R A C K E R : THE HARD NUT

W H A T : Mark Morris Dance Group: The Hard Nut—The Nutcracker with a Twist
W H E N : Dec 11-20
W H E R E : Zellerbach Hall, Cal Performances, U.C. Berkeley
M O R E : Discounts
Two for one ticket offer for Mark Morris's The Hard Nut

The Hard Nut: A Look Back

HOLIDAY ITINERARIES: N U T C R A C K E R : AT THE LIBRARY

Library preview performances are great for younger kids!

W H A T : Western Ballet presents THE NUTCRACKER
W H E N : Sat, November 21, 10:15-11:00 a.m.
W H E R E : Mountain View Library

W H A T : Nutcracker Ballet Story and preview of the Western Ballet
W H E N : Tue, November 24, 7pm – 8pm
W H E R E : Sunnyvale Library
M O R E : Sunnyvale Library Kids!

HOLIDAY ITINERARIES: N U T C R A C K E R : Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

W H A T : Pacific Ballet Theatre presents THE NUTCRACKER
W H E N : November 27 through November 29
W H E R E : Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

W H A T : Western Ballet presents THE NUTCRACKER
W H E N : December 4 through December 6
W H E R E : Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
M O R E : NUTCRACKER SWEET TEA

HOLIDAY ITINERARIES: N U T C R A C K E R : BALLET SAN JOSE

W H A T : BALLET SAN JOSE: THE NUTCRACKER 30TH ANNIVERSARY
W H E N : Dec 10 – 27
W H E R E : The San Jose Center for Performing Arts
M O R E :

• 2009 VIDEO
• Children’s Series Matinees
• The Nutcracker High Teas

HOLIDAY ITINERARIES: Great Russian NUTCRACKER

W H A T : Moscow Ballet Great Russian Nutcracker
W H E N : Nov 28, 3PM
W H E R E : Flint Center, Cupertino
M O R E : discounts

HOLIDAY ITINERARIES: SF BAY AREA NUTCRACKER

Choosing one Nutcracker performance in Bay Area is such a happy event, here’s our … N U T C R A C K E R   I T I N E R A R Y

We saw the San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker family performance a couple of years ago and loved it.

I’ve been always looking at the Moscow Ballet Great Russian Nutcracker hosted by Flint Center and we are always out of town that weekend…

Maybe we can celebrate the Nutcracker’s 30th anniversary with Ballet San Jose!

And for something completely different, I’d like to try The Hard Nut this year!

M O R E:

• Nutcracker performances at Frisco Kids
• Bay Area Kid Fun … nutcrackers and winter events!