It’s Christmas Eve. A girl is given a wooden nutcracker. She falls asleep; suddenly, she’s transported into another world, where toys are as tall as humans, mice rebel against their king, and flowers ...

Members of the Russian Grand Ballet will perform the full-length ballet "Swan Lake" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at Avalon Theatre, 645 Main St. "'Swan Lake' (from 1876), together with 'The Sleeping ...