From the moment the curtain rose on the Oakland Ballet Company’s premiere of “Graham Lustig’s The Nutcracker” on Thursday afternoon at the Paramount Theatre, it was clear that the veteran dance ...

The magic spell of “Nutcracker” begins after the lights go down and before the curtain rises, before a dancer has set a toe on stage. From the orchestra pit come the delicate strains of Tchaikovsky’s ...

Nutcracker dolls go on display in many American homes each Christmas, then they get packed away. But it’s a holiday wonderland year-round in the house of Hayden resident C.J. Davis, who keeps her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nutcracker dolls can trace their little wooden development back to the Ore Mountains of Germany in the late 17th century. Most ...