Don’t miss Ursula Smith’s ever-evolving holiday classic, “The Brown Sugar Nutcracker.” Ursula Smith has re-imagined the traditional tale to create a cultural holiday experience for the city of Birmingham and the Southeast Region. The Brown Sugar Nutcracker has been a family heirloom of the Brown family for generations. Marissa Brown inherits the family nutcracker during the Annual Christmas Family Gathering. The adventure begins when Marissa discovers her Brown Sugar Nutcracker is a gateway to a Magical World. The Brown Sugar Nutcracker is a legacy to all families for generations to come and a magnificent spectacle. This production will lift your spirit and leave you with a renewed feeling of hope for the holiday season. Come experience why “The Brown Sugar Nutcracker” has become a widely -celebrated cultural holiday experience. VIP Ticket Purchase is Only available for 7:30 PM show in limited quantity. VIP benefits include: Reserved premium orchestra seating. Pre-Show reception and Meet & Greet with Ursula Smith and select key cast members-light hors d’oeuvres will be served. Exclusive BSN ornament cup Pre-Reception start time will be announced at a later date. Get your tickets early-this event will sell out!

Beep Beep! Join Vocabby’s World and your ArtPlay friends to learn new vocabulary words! We will explore new words through song, movement and creativity. (Children Ages: 0-5 years)

Vocabby’s World is a community vocabulary program in partnership with ArtPlay and sponsored by PNC Foundation. The adventures of Vocabby take pre-K children on travels around the world as they learn vocabulary words through science and arts concepts. Through this partnership, ArtPlay is providing hands-on activities that reach families in our communities and across the country. Free books, curriculum and art materials reinforce the new vocabulary learned.

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Dylan Ferniany, dhfernia@uab.edu.

(All Ages) Can't get enough squishmallows? Neither can we! Bring your squishmallows (or favorite stuffy) for a fun day of squishmallow themed activities, crafts and food!

Ground Floor Contemporary is thrilled to present In the Wind, an exhibition of new works by Catharine Friend, Jane Marshall, and Elisabeth Pellathy.

Catharine Friend is a painter working in a range of styles and genres, such as figurative, landscape, and abstraction. Friend received a BA from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, where she studied French and Art History and began painting full-time in 2001 after retiring from non-profit work. She paints and studies art extensively while working in her studio, taking workshops, and collaborating with fellow artists. Friend lives and works in Birmingham and Fairhope, Alabama.

Jane Marshall is an artist in active investigations with her immediate surroundings, nature, and environment using the mediums of printmaking, painting, sculpture, and ceramics. Her career spans over four decades and numerous geographic locations. Educated at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a BA, MS in painting, and MFA in printmaking, she has taught at several universities and colleges and has been awarded many artist residencies throughout her career. Marshall lives and works in Alabama and Michigan.

Elisabeth Pellathy works in a variety of mediums, responding to locations, history, and social context. Pellathy sees physical and digital manipulation of material as parallel processes, and an open dialogue between these realms provides a generative space for her exploration of materiality and process. Often, ecological concerns, or more specifically, issues of disappearance, are themes in her work. Urgency in issues of language, fragility, loss, (in)visibility, tactility, and magnification emerge. Pellathy received her MFA from the Division of Expanded Media at Alfred University School of Art and Design, NYSCC. She works as an Associate Professor of New Media at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Alabama Ballet Presents George Balanchine's The Nutcracker

City Walk Roller Rink is thrilled to announce our new partnership with Pop Up Skates, bringing you weekend skate rentals for even more fun on wheels! Every Saturday, join us from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM, and on Sundays, we’ll be rolling from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Come experience the excitement and enjoy a great time at City Walk Roller Rink!

Usher in the holiday season with music, merriment, and togetherness! With showstopping dance numbers and beautiful solo moments alike, all the different facets of this time of year get their moment in the spotlight. Our cast of over 75 performers -- Birmingham's best professional talent and our young Performing Ensembles and Conservatory members -- bring the jingle and the joy. It's an extravaganza perfect for the whole family!

A Christmas Story