In a year unlike any other, a Santa Fe Christmas tradition continues.
And by all accounts, preparations for the celebration of candlelight appeared this week to be just as busy as in years past.
Although the decades-old tradition of an evening stroll along a farolito-lined Canyon Road â complete with thousands of people, carolers, bonfires and open shops â has morphed into a drive-by event, art galleries said they were preparing to lay out hundreds of farolitos.
But just how many shops along the vehicle-only route would take part in the festivities remained an open question Wednesday, said Carlos Acosta, a gallery owner on Canyon Road and co-president of the Canyon Road Merchants Association.
An abridged Nutcracker is the highlight of the company s virtual holiday program
Molly Glentzer December 21, 2020Updated: December 22, 2020, 11:10 am
Houston Ballet s Naazir Muhammad brings some Nutcracker acrobatics to one of the dances of the company s on-demand Nutcracker Sweets performance. Photo: Lawrence Elizabeth Knox / Lawrence Elizabeth Knox
The best thing about “Nutcracker Sweets,” Houston Ballet’s on-demand virtual holiday program, turns out to be the element I least expected to enjoy: An abridged video of artistic director Stanton Welch’s “The Nutcracker.”
Archival films of big ballets have not been a satisfying replacement for live dance this year. They are typically shot from a distance, with a stationary camera or two, because that’s all the dancers’ unions used to allow.
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BRB s Covid-safe Nutcracker is a tragically reduced affair – but parents watching it at home may nevertheless find a magical silver lining
A dusting of magic: The Nutcracker performed by the Birmingham Royal Ballet
Credit: BRB Twitter
Had you told me, this time last year, that 12 months later I would be reviewing Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker via a crummy laptop wired up to our home telly, while awaiting a Thai takeaway, and to a breathless running commentary from my three-year-old son, George, I would have suggested you go a little easier on the grog.
Updated 12/18/2020 7:18 PM
As prosecutors seek to obtain a report that probed the actions of Illinois Department of Children and Family Services employees in charge of 5-year-old AJ Freund s case, the agency that wrote the report is taking steps to derail their efforts.
The McHenry County state s attorney s office is seeking the report, generated as part of an investigation by the department s office of inspector general that looked into AJ s former DCFS caseworker Carlos Acosta, 54, of Woodstock and Acosta s supervisor, Andrew Polovin, 48, of Island Lake.
On Thursday, Michelle Camp, an attorney for the DCFS office of inspector general, told McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt her office would file a motion based on the Garrity Law in response to the state s subpoena filed in November.