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This year, Ballet Austin invited Kevin Connor to be one of its celebrity Mother Gingers in this year's production of The Nutcracker, and the KGSR morning anchor learned firsthand what it's like to be dolled up for a quickie in the Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

Go see the actual ballet instead

Stephen's holiday star stocking ... or star stalking?!

Five performing arts groups that revive holiday-themed shows every December share the traditions they've developed within these seasonal traditions

Caroling, Mother Ginger, and teenage wildings? You know it's 'the season.'

Guest performers bring cameo cutups to Tongue and Groove Theatre's production of The Comedy of Errors

It may be old news to most of us, but every December thousands of children discover The Nutcracker for the first time, and it inspires many to take up dance. Dawn Davis was one of them, and she talks to three young ballerinas about what The Nutcracker means to them.

Reminder: Open carry law takes effect Jan. 1

This story about a damaged, young woman mired in the mundanities of boarding-school life is utterly bloodless.

Stephen counts down last year: Sometimes he loses count

Your Style Avatar gets all Ginger-y for the season

Ridiculous Theatre Company's Everett Quinton comes to Austin to do a "twisted" version of Oliver! for Zach, Ballet Austin gets in touch with New York, and honors for painter Michael Ray Charles and Austin Babtist Women.

Deming Departs

All the news that's fit to blog

Danceworks director Cindy Goldberger leaves Austin as playwright Colin Swanson returns for a visit, and who are Ballet Austin's lucky mothers?

Stephen Mills sprinkles seasonal magic on a beloved Christmas institution

Art prize finalists, grants for a dancemaker and a new musical, and Mother Ginger

With Margaret Wiley, you didn’t have a one-trick pony; you had a multitude of talents and personalities in one big and big-hearted woman. Wiley’s friends and colleagues at Esther’s Follies offer their memories of this exceptional Austin comedian who died November 2.

Interim district chief now officially in the mix

The national tour of this uplifting musical featured some insanely talented kids

Ballet Austin's warm and decidely unstuffy production deserves to be a family holiday tradition

Ballet Austin marks 50 years of presenting The Nutcracker

Chronicle Arts writer Elizabeth Cobbe remembers the sweetest comedic moments in 2008

Cynic admits: Ballet Austin's take sparks the imagination with beauty and grace

Ballet Austin's 43rd production is what you might call a big-ticket ballet, a sensational show that's all about dreams coming true

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

The National Endowment for the Arts played Santa Claus last week, dropping federal funding in the stockings of arts organizations, and even went so far as "comin' to town" to do it, announcing $26 million in grants, including $287,000 to 14 local artists and arts organizations, from here in Austin.