5 Things to Do This Weekend
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually.
April 22, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Dance
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The Sarasota Ballet performing Frederick Ashton’s “Valses Nobles et Sentimentales.”Credit.Frank Atura
It was one of the happy surprises of dance in the 2010s: how the Sarasota Ballet, a scrappy troupe on the Gulf Coast of Florida, became a critical darling and one of the world’s prime preservers of the work of the great British choreographer Frederick Ashton.
Ashton isn’t all that Sarasota Ballet does, but the Ashton specialty is still what sets it apart. And the sixth program of the troupe’s digital spring season, available on its website from Friday to Tuesday, is all Ashton. (Tickets to the stream are $35.)
January 8, 2021
Happy weekend! It was the first week back in the swing of things, so this weekend needs to be extra fun. We’ve rounded up some family-friendly things to do to help you spend your time!
On Saturday morning, the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum in Nashville, TN, will host an Online Family Program: Shel Silverstein’s Playful Poetry at 11:30 AM. Shel Silverstein is most famous for writing and illustrating children’s books, but did you know he also wrote songs that were recorded by many outlaw country musicians? Join a museum educator on Zoom to explore the exhibit