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Americans, including ARIEL Theatrical, love to include the Peanuts gang in their holiday traditions.
Theater

Americans, including ARIEL Theatrical, love to include the Peanuts gang in their holiday traditions.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Dec 4, 2025

For many Americans, Charlie Brown is as much a part of the holiday season as pecan pie. The annual re-watching of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving…

A holiday tradition marks the end of the season.
Opinion

A holiday tradition marks the end of the season.

  • Celia Jiménez
  • Jan 3, 2025

Celia Jiménez here, thinking about rosca and the gifts my nieces and nephew will get from the Reyes Magos, the Three Wise Men, a tradition my …

For Santa Claus, the spirit of the season is still magical, even after centuries of giving.
Face to Face

For Santa Claus, the spirit of the season is still magical, even after centuries of giving.

  • Dave Faries
  • Dec 19, 2024

Sometime around the year 280, according to legend, a bearded man began providing for those in need – particularly children. He was given the n…

‘The Ballad of the Brown King’ returns to Sand City for the holidays – with a world premiere.
Music

‘The Ballad of the Brown King’ returns to Sand City for the holidays – with a world premiere.

  • Jesse Herwitz
  • Dec 5, 2024

The Ballad of the Brown King, a 1954 musical collaboration between composer Margaret Bonds and poet Langston Hughes, was performed at the Sand…

Halloween is a time for creative self-expression that creates lifetime memories.
Opinion

Halloween is a time for creative self-expression that creates lifetime memories.

  • Sloan Campi
  • Oct 31, 2024

Sloan Campi here, trying to think about anything more nail-biting than the upcoming election on Nov. 5. Not much luck there. But Halloween off…

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