FRIDAY, DEC. 22
All Is Calm
Kentucky Opera Center for Cultural Health (708 Magazine St.)
Pay what you can (contact the box office; general admission tickets are $55 otherwise) | 8 p.m.
This beautiful and haunting show is about war not so much about the fighting, but about the camaraderie and civility that World War I soldiers found with the enemy during the Christmas Truce of 1914. (Check out our photo gallery of the show.)
SATURDAY, DEC. 23
No-Shush Performance: The Brown-Forman Nutcracker Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts $39.20+ | 1:30 p.m.
Families with young or especially noisy children might find it hard to go to a traditional ballet performance. At this no-shush performance, however, the rules are relaxed and kids are free to make noise.
Holiday Drag Brunch Le Moo $43/person (but bring cash tipping with cash is a big part of drag shows) | 10:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Drag queens Jayda Mack, Penny Traytion, Stevie Dicks, and Sydni Hampton will do their thing, holiday-style.
Curse of Krampus The Haunted Hotel $25-$60 | 7-10 p.m.
You better watch out. You better watch out. You better watch out.
All is not calm and bright at this scare attraction, which has been re-themed for the Christmas season.
City Wide Canned Food Drive & Fun Run Iroquois Amphitheater Free | 8 a.m.
As much as I think the idea of running a marathon in the morning on a holiday weekend is multiple layers of insane, I appreciate that this one is a benefit event, so its doing some good for the community.
This article appears in Dec 21, 2023 – Feb 13, 2024.
