Presented by Center Stage Studios and North Bay Ballet Theater, The Nutcracker Ballet is a two-act classical ballet set on Christmas Eve and told from a child’s imagination. The performance is an adaptation of E. T. A. Hoffman’s 1816 short story, The Nutcracker and The Mouse King. Friday, December 6 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, December 7 at 1 and 7 p.m.; Sunday, December 8 at 1 p.m. The Marge Alakszay Center Terrace Middle School Campus. 350 Lange St., Lakeport. Tickets available at www.centerstage.studio.