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Today’s stories are sponsored by Tulsa Ballet, presenting The Nutcracker, December 7-21

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Thomas Conner

Thomas Conner is a former visiting professor at The University of Tulsa who now teaches writing and rhetoric at the University of Oklahoma. He has worked as a journalist — chiefly as a music and cultural critic — for more than 30 years in Tulsa, New York, Chicago, and San Diego. Visit thomasconner.info for more.

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Today’s stories are sponsored by Tulsa Ballet, presenting The Nutcracker, December 7-21

Tulsa’s favorite holiday tradition returns with Tulsa Ballet’s The Nutcracker!

Tulsa Ballet invites you to join Marie on a magical journey. Featuring exciting choreography, larger-than-life sets, live accompaniment by the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, and a cast of over 100 local children joining the Tulsa Ballet dancers on stage to bring the holidays to life, The Nutcracker leaves audiences spellbound.

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