Arts & Entertainment The Snow Will Go On: ‘Nutcracker’ Saved as SF Ballet Dancers’ Union Reaches Last-Minute Deal to Avert Strike The San Francisco Ballet’s 'The Nutcracker' will indeed premiere Friday night, as the ballet dancers’ union and the SF Ballet have struck an eleventh-hour labor deal to ensure the Sugar Plum Fairy will be dancing.
Arts & Entertainment No ‘Nutcracker’ This Year? SF Ballet Labor Dispute Threatens Beloved Annual Show San Francisco Ballet dancers say they're paid at levels below SF's low-income threshold, and they’re threatening to go on strike on the opening day of their popular annual production ‘The Nutcracker.’
Arts & Entertainment Holiday Palate Cleanser: ‘Nutcracker’ Ballet On an Alameda Tarmac Drop everything immediately and check out this open-air interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz of the Snowflakes” on an airport tarmac by Post:Ballet.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Ashley Muangmaithong, a <em>Nutcracker</em> Ballerina by Amy Crocker The San Francisco Ballet pulls talent from all over the world, and sometimes from its own backyard. Ashley Muangmaithong, a native of Walnut Creek, was accepted into the San Francisco
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight -- Winged Migration (Le peuple migrateur): Birds! We tend to think nothing of them here in the Bay Area - well, as far as the homely and picked upon poor pigeon goes -
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Some Holiday Alternatives Last week we featured some of the more usual holiday fare, but the San Francisco Bay Area is known for its unusual holiday shows as well. with gears and hammers? Clowns and toilet
