Winnipeg at Christmas 2021
Sources
An Historian About Town, ‘The Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s The Nutcracker’.
Sarah Begley and Julia Lull, How the Nutcracker Colonized American Ballet, The Times
Royal Winnipeg Ballet, The Nutcracker
The rest of the Nutcracker research comes from the Winnipeg Tribune/Winnipeg Free Press archives.
Winnipeg’s New Years anecdotes come entirely from the Winnipeg Tribune.
Alex, Sabrina and Nick dust off their sleigh bells, pointe shoes, and bottles of (non-alcoholic) champagne to talk about more festive Winnipeg stories. Sabrina talks about the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s The Nutcracker and it’s lengthy legacy, while Alex takes us on a pub crawl through New Years parties past.
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Spread some holiday cheer! Donate to a good cause!
Main Street Project provides a safe place of respite, shelter and support, with dignity and without judgment to individuals in our community experiencing homelessness and addiction.
Harvest Manitoba creates Harvest Hampers, which are then distributed to feed 80,000 Manitobans – hungry children, hardworking families and struggling adults – every month!
