{"id":11250,"date":"2019-12-15T05:59:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T13:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000005450"},"modified":"2019-12-15T07:52:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T15:52:10","slug":"today-you-should-give-long-beach-ballets-mutt-cracker-some-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/today-you-should-give-long-beach-ballets-mutt-cracker-some-love","title":{"rendered":"Today, you should&#8230; give Long Beach Ballet&#8217;s &#8216;Mutt-Cracker&#8217; some love"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>SUNDAY, DEC. 15<\/h3>\n<p>For this 37th incarnation, the Long Beach Ballet brings Tchaikovsky\u2019s The Nutcracker to the Long Beach Terrace Theater again. And, once again, the production will be dazzling with a flying sleigh, a real live horse, on-stage pyrotechnics and a full symphony orchestra playing to a cast of more than 200 dancers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10000010042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10000010042\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10000010042\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cid38A25C38-37C5-49F4-A4CA-57EC9464115C.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10000010042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Ben Majors. Courtesy Long Beach Ballet\/Weekly Runt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But what&#8217;s especially exciting about The Nutcracker performance this year is Long Beach Ballet teaming up with local dog rescue<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sparky-and-the-Gang-Animal-Rescue-116737948355766\/\">\u00a0Sparky and the Gang<\/a>\u00a0and pet advocate and blogger of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weeklyrunt.com\/\">Weekly Runt<\/a>, Katy Cable, to bring folks the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/video-long-beach-ballets-nutcracker-becomes-mutt-cracker-for-rescue-pups\">Mutt-Cracker<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before you get excited, no, there won\u2019t be any dogs in the annual performance,\u00a0<em>but<\/em>\u00a0there will be dogs outside the Terrace Theater at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center for you to pet, swoon and \u201c<em>awww<\/em>\u201d over this Sunday, Dec. 15 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the dogs you see in the photograph above will be at the event, just waiting to find a new loving home. Sparky and the Gang will be there accepting applications and donations, ready to answer any questions you may have about adoption.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Another great thing: <\/strong>Can\u2019t make it this Sunday? Another \u201cMutt-Cracker\u201d adoption event will take place again on Saturday, Dec. 21.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Giving us a moment&#8217;s paws:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Muttcracker\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fQwgqabunlk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The Nutcracker runs Dec. 14 through Dec. 22 (and Sunday, Dec. 15 at 2 p.m.) in the Long Beach Terrace Theater at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center; 300 E. Ocean Blvd. Ticket prices range from $34 to $115 and can be purchased <a href=\"https:\/\/longbeachnutcracker.com\/tickets\/\">here<\/a>. For more information you can check out their website,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/longbeachnutcracker.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sparky and the Gang \u201cMutt-Cracker\u201d adoption event is Sunday, Dec. 15 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Terrace Plaza in front of the Long Beach Performing Arts Center; 300 E. 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