Compass A&E

The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory’s 2020 production of The Nutcracker will be presented virtually from the Warner Theatre’s Main Stage in Torrington, Conn., during the first two weekends of December. Six performances will be streamed with additional opportunities to view recorded shows.

Falling into the growing category of Places We Might Not Go in Normal Times, But Hey It’s on Zoom so Why Not: A presentation from the Miner Library in Roxbury, Conn., that expands the idea of how we celebrate the Christmas season. 

Two essential questions always arise when you see beautiful pottery dishware: Can you eat off it and can you put it in the dishwasher?

With Jane Herold’s work, it’s never an issue. 

Gingerbread houses can be fun and simple or over-the-top elaborate; you can bake the cookies from your own dough and assemble them yourself or you can buy any of a dozen or so easy-to-find gingerbread kits. 

No matter how you get there, it’s all fun — and what evokes childhood fantasy more than being able to eat a house? 

In the Tri-state region, people like to make things, whether it be artisan handmade goods such as knitwear and fiber art or wonderful edibles. Normally it’s easy to find these little treasures in time for holiday giving at any number of artisan sales between Thanksgiving and the end of December. 

Blending Bach and social responsibility has been a lifelong goal of cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

You didn’t have to live in Cornwall, Conn., to know Laurie Colwin, one of many famous writers who have lived in this particularly artistic little Northwest Corner town.

You don’t need to be reminded at this point that domestic travel is difficult (and becoming more difficult) and that foreign travel is, literally, impossible.