Not quite, but an essay making the rounds this holiday is definitely calling out E.T.A. Hoffmann’s original 1816 tale, “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” for its “creepy” energy ...

Connetic Dance is donning its light-up tutus, ugly sweaters and “Club Rat” nightclub attire once again for live performances of “The Nutcracker Suite & Spicy” at the Wadsworth Atheneum ...

The terrifying plot of the original tale begins when Marie, a 7-year-old girl, is told a story by her grandfather about a man cursed by a witch to become an ugly nutcracker, to which she told him ...

BalletMet's "The Nutcracker" at the Ohio Theatre. 7:30pm Friday, ... Use it the next day at the Columbus Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl in German Village. 12-8pm, register at High Beck Tavern, ...

This San Diego weekend, let off some steam from the holidays with ugly Christmas sweaters, "The Nutcracker" and cowboys too. We're now home to seven San Diego Community Newspaper Group newspapers.