Northwest Performing Arts Alliance and Riverside Performing Arts present "A Tale of the Nutcracker," with showtimes from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16 and 1 to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 17. This 1950s-themed production is inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and takes place on Christmas Eve at the Williams’ residence, where […]

Columbia Dance presents its local history-inspired, reimagined "Nutcracker" with performances at 1 and 5 p.m. Dec. 16 and 17. A sensory-friendly performance will also be offered at 6 p.m. Dec. 15. This one-of-a-kind production features beavers fighting fur trappers, dancing wapato plants and Oregon Trail children arriving by covered wagon. Audiences will see a holiday […]

Magenta Theater presents the Jane Austen-inspired “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley,” showing from Dec. 1-17 at 1108 Main St., Vancouver. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets are $23 at magentatheater.com or $25 at the door. Tickets can also be purchased over the phone at 360-949-3098. […]

The Columbia Theatre presents "The Muppet Christmas Carol," a retelling of the classic Dickens tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, literature's most famous miser. He is held accountable for his dastardly ways during night-time visitations by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Tickets are $5 each. Learn more at columbiatheatre.com. The film will be shown […]

Metropolitan Performing Arts presents the musical "1940s Radio Christmas Carol," Dec. 1-17, at 6403 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver. Performances are 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Family Day with discounted tickets is 2 p.m. Dec. 3. Pride Night is 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9. Meet Santa Day is 2 p.m. […]

Columbia Dance presents its local history-inspired, reimagined "Nutcracker" with performances at 1 and 5 p.m. Dec. 16 and 17. A sensory-friendly performance will also be offered at 6 p.m. Dec. 15. This one-of-a-kind production features beavers fighting fur trappers, dancing wapato plants and Oregon Trail children arriving by covered wagon. Audiences will see a holiday […]

Re-Imagined Radio will broadcast "A Radio Christmas Sampler Vol. III" from 1 to 2 p.m. Dec. 18 on KXRW-FM (Vancouver) and KXRY-FM (Portland). The show draws from "Dragnet Christmas," a comedy record by Stan Freberg, and three radio programs, "The Stockings Were Hung" from "The Shadow" (Dec. 24, 1939); "Christmas Gift" from "The Whistler" (Dec. […]

Re-Imaged Radio and Willamette Radio Workshop offer a live performance of "A Radio Christmas Carol" at 7 p.m. Dec. 20 at the Kiggins Theatre, 1011 Main St., Vancouver. Doors open at 6 p.m. Admission is $20 for adults and $10 for children. Charles Dickens' classic tale, "A Christmas Carol," is reimagined as a radio program […]