New York City Ballet's production of <i>George Balanchine's The Nutcracker</i>.(Erin Baiano / Getty Images)
A battle between brave toys and marauding mice. An elegant Waltz of the Snowflakes. The dance of the Sugarplum Fairy that's just as sweet as any holiday dessert. For many Americans, watching these scenes is a holiday must — so much so that major ballet compan...
Former coal miners and families of deceased ones held a rally outside the Department of Labor in October, urging the administration to defend and enforce a safety rule that limits worker exposure to toxic silica dust.(Justin Hicks)
During President Trump’s first year back in the Oval Office, mining has played a large role. In his quest to amass rare earth minerals,
The Louisville Rail Ridaz aim to keep the city's Black skating culture alive through event, performances and free classes.(J. Tyler Franklin / LPM)
The start of 2025 feels simultaneously like a decade ago and like we were just there. Local, state and national news kept readers and listeners on their toes. And while many in this age of constant connection felt burdened by the ...
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Some interviews feel like work. Others feel like a strange alignment of fate, nostalgia, and puppetry. Talking to Gobo Fraggle lands squarely in the latter category — less press cycle, more childhood door flung open without warning. Gobo, the explorer and de facto leader of the Fraggles, has been wandering the tunnels of Fraggle Rock since 1983, and still talks like...
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John Tartaglia has been living inside the Fraggle Rock universe since he was a teenager, which means he’s spent most of his life holding onto a very specific kind of magic without letting it curdle into nostalgia. That’s a harder trick than it sounds. Tartaglia joined the Jim Henson family at 16, learned at the elbows of the original performers, and de...
