<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Verdana;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Forte;
panose-1:3 6 9 2 4 5 2 7 2 3;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'>Life is a Cabaret and a Nutcracker at Stocker Arts Center!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Friday – December 17 – 7:30pm & Saturday – December 18 – 3:00pm</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003A1A'><br></span></b><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#386398'>A Christmas Cabaret</span></i></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The Christmas season has inspired hundreds of joyful pages from the Great American Songbook going all the way back to Irving Berlin’s 1916 <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Santa Claus</span></em>. <em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A Christmas Cabaret </span></b></em>was conceived and is hosted by radio personality <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bill Rudman</span></strong>, who with pianist <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nancy Maier </span></strong>and singers <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jared Leal </span></strong>and <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sandra Simon</span></strong>, will take you on a sleigh ride of 30 songs for the season and other festive curiosities. Come celebrate the season with this joyful holiday treat! <b><br><br></b>Tickets: $15/Adults; $10/Children 12 and under<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Friday & Saturday – December 17 & 18 at 7:30pm & Sunday – December 19 at 2:00pm<br></span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#386398'>Ohio Dance Theatre’s</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003A1A'><br></span></b><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>The Nutcracker</span></i></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#365F91'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Usher in the holidays with this hallmark tradition. With a tree that grows, battling mice and extraordinary dancers, Ohio Dance Theatre’s of this annual classic provides a visual delight for children of all ages. From the lavish grace of the Dew Drop Fairy to the frantic footwork of the mischievous mice, this <em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Nutcracker</span></b></em> is filled with wonder and surprises. <br><br>Tickets: Adults: $30/Orchestra; $25/Mezzanine<br>Seniors: $25/Orchestra; $20/Mezzanine<br>Children (under 12): $17/Orchestra; $16/Mezzanine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:15.6pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Visit <a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/Stocker+Arts+Center/RandomActsSeries.htm">http://www.lorainccc.edu/Stocker+Arts+Center/RandomActsSeries.htm</a> to learn more about these events.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For ticket information and availability, please call the Stocker Arts Center Box Office, which is open 12 noon to 6pm Monday-Friday and 90 minutes prior to curtain time. Phone: 440-366-4040 or 800-995-5222 ext. 4040. Online ticket sales are available 24/7 at <a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker"><b>www.lorainccc.edu/stocker</b></a><b><span style='color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p style='line-height:115%;background:white'><strong><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Remember,</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#35975F'> Stocker event tickets </span></i></strong><strong><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>make great holiday gifts</span></i></strong><strong><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#35975F'>!</span></i></strong><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#35975F'><br></span></i></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Stocker Arts Center is on the campus of Lorain County Community College – <b><i>we’re closer than you think!</i></b> – 1005 North Abbe Road, Elyria, OH 44035. For directions, please click: <u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/Stocker+Arts+Center/Map.htm">www.lorainccc.edu/Stocker+Arts+Center/Map.htm</a></span></u>. As always, parking on the campus is FREE.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Forte'>Ho-ho-hope to see you this holiday season at Stocker!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Forte'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Forte'>Janet<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>****************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Janet Herman Barlow, Director, Stocker Arts Center<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lorain County Community College<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1005 North Abbe Road, Elyria, Ohio 44035<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>440.366.7105 or 1.800.995.5222 ext. 7105<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>440.366.4101 [fax]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:jbarlow@lorainccc.edu">jbarlow@lorainccc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker">www.lorainccc.edu/stocker</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>