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Rob Ford to Appear as Cannon Doll in the Nutcracker this Saturday

Mayor will play a cameo role during the opening performance of the season.

The National Ballet of Canada has just announced the date we have all been waiting to hear about: when our mayor will make his cameo appearance in the Nutcracker. Everyone run and book tickets for this Saturday, December 10, at 2 p.m., for that is when His Worship will join in a long Toronto tradition [...]

Weekend Planner: January 2–3, 2009

Urban Planner is Torontoist’s guide to what’s on in Toronto, published every weekday morning, and in a weekend edition Friday afternoons. If you have an event you’d like considered, email all of its details—as well as images, if you’ve got any—to events@torontoist.com. Photo by tenaciousme. SPORTS: For Toronto sports fans lamenting the lack of local [...]

Nutcracker Kicks Off

While the word "nutcracker" might evoke some painful mental images in some, for many it's a familiar part of the holiday season. The original ballet was composed in Russia by one Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1892, and The National Ballet of Canada has been performing The Nutcracker since 1964. James Kudelka did a revamp of the choreography in 1995, and since then The National Ballet's Nutcracker has become what The Globe and Mail has...