Name: The Nutcracker
Start: 2026-12-20
End: 2026-12-20

Welcome to Curry Leaf Indian Cuisine, your gateway to the vibrant flavors of India! Delight in our diverse menu featuring rich, aromatic curries, perfectly spiced biryanis, and sizzling tandoori dishes, all crafted with fresh ingredients and traditional techniques. Experience the warm hospitality and inviting atmosphere that makes every meal a celebration. Whether it’s a cozy dinner or a festive gathering, join us for an unforgettable culinary journey that will leave you craving more!

~ Team Curry Leaf Indian Cuisine

Curry Leaf - Downtown Market

The Grand Rapids Downtown Market is a delicious destination that brings together small businesses, food entrepreneurship, award-winning venue spaces, and public events to create a vibrant downtown experience, all year-round. Open seven days a week, the LEED-certified building is home to 20 local, artisan food merchants and restaurants. A public space for dining, entertaining, and family fun, located in the heart of downtown GR and surrounded by the city’s best breweries, attractions, and hotels. Home to West Michigan’s best wine, cheese, seafood, BBQ, and artisan dining options, the Market offers indoor and outdoor seating, terraces overlooking the city skyline, a rooftop greenhouse event space, 5,000 square feet of commercial kitchen for food start-ups, and a dedicated Market parking lot. The Market is proud to be celebrating its 10th year this fall—marking a decadent decade!

Grand Rapids Downtown Market

Greyhound buses depart from the Central Station terminal located at the corner of Grandville and Cherry Street.

Greyhound Bus

Downtown Market sushi bar offers sushi, maki rolls, sashimi and seaweed salad made on site, as well as mochi and Japanese soda.

Sushi Market

One Twenty Three is familiar, elevated. A New American tavern presenting fresh takes on favorite dishes and drinks in a modern, yet cozy space designed for gathering.

One Twenty Three

Choose from a tasty menu of made from scratch cuisine crafted with locally sourced ingredients. Our relaxed atmosphere is ideal for social or business gatherings. Join us for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and craft cocktails made fresh for you. Portico partners with Madcap Coffee to bring you Grand Rapids finest local brew.

Portico at Canopy Hotel

Bistro Bella Vita's specialty is fresh Italian and French cuisine, prepared from scratch, and served in a big-city, casual atmosphere featuring West Michigan's largest martini bar. Visit Bistro Bella Vita and enjoy the "Beautiful Life."

Bistro Bella Vita

Escape to a tropical paradise without leaving downtown Grand Rapids. Max’s is an immersive two-story dining and drinking experience that will transport you to the lush islands of the South Pacific.

The menu is filled with delectable island delights, from salmon and sushi to ramen and poke bowls. (There are some American dishes mixed in, too). A dazzling cocktail selection also evokes the islands in flavor and presentation. “Aloha Hour” food & drink specials are available Monday-Friday. Featuring original interior design from some of the world’s best-known tiki artisans along with a giant collection of vintage and modern tiki art and décor, Max’s is a truly one-of-a-kind, only-in-Grand Rapids adventure.

Max's South Seas Hideaway

Studio Park is packed with things to do and see. Stop over and enjoy a meal. See a live performance. Catch a movie. Shop until you drop.

Studio Park

Welcome to the Grand Woods Lounge, the most epic, rocking, cooking cabin in Michigan. After you experience The Woods, you realize how bored you’ve been at all those other copycat, vanilla joints you’ve been going to. That’s why all the cool kids are already here. Yes, right now. We have a two hundred-seat porch with twenty TVs, an entertainment stage, two fireplaces and two outdoor tiki bars. The Porch is not only for Summer, you can get toasted while watching it snow all Winter. Did you notice the outdoor stage? From Reggae to Rock and Roll, Country to NYE Countdown, we peel faces every night. Yes, here, now.  
  
The Grand Woods Lounge boasts of the full compliment of compliments: The greatest Martini List. The smartest Craft Beer List. The best executed Comfort Food; The coolest Facility; The most fun Porch; The most exciting and diverse Entertainment; The absolute best Hospitality Professionals in Grand Rapids. The sum of our parts equates to the best place for the best people to socialize, dine and party. Here, every day, now and always.

Grand Woods Lounge

We are an economic generator through sports tourism for Greater Grand Rapids and Kent County in the West Michigan area.

We own and operate an award winning baseball/softball complex; the Meijer Sports Complex [www.MeijerSportsComplex.com](https://www.MeijerSportsComplex.com) featuring eight fields, including a championship field that seats 1,000.

Our signature event, the Meijer State Games of Michigan (Olympic-style sporting event), draws 10,000 athletes through 60+ sports in its Winter and Summer Games.  We work with many of our local sports clubs and organizations to host various regional and national tournaments.

Why Grand Rapids? We have:
•	12,000 + hotel rooms (2,500 downtown)
•	234,000 square foot downtown convention center (fits 40 volleyball courts)
•	12,000 seat Van Andel Arena
•	5 facilities that feature 4+ courts and multiple grass or turf fields
•	Grant program for new events
•	and more!

West Michigan Sports Commission

We are thrilled to bring the magic of the holiday season to life once again with our beloved production of *The Nutcracker*, running December 11-13 & 18-20, 2025, at DeVos Performance Hall. For so many families across West Michigan, this timeless tradition fills the season with wonder, joy, and unforgettable memories.

Join us as Clara and her Nutcracker Prince journey from a festive holiday party to a daring battle with mischievous mice, and finally, to the dazzling Land of Sweets, where the Sugar Plum Fairy welcomes them with enchanting dances from around the world—including the breathtaking Waltz of the Flowers. With choreography by Val Caniparoli, stunning sets designed by Grand Rapids’ own Chris Van Allsburg (*The Polar Express*) and Tony Award-winner Eugene Lee, and Tchaikovsky’s iconic score performed live by the Grand Rapids Symphony, our production is a feast for the senses that captures the magic of the season. We can’t wait to share this holiday tradition with you.

**Estimated Run Time:** 2 hours with one intermission

**Seating:** Reserved seating

**Accessibility:** Accessible and companion seating available

**Third-party ticket notice:** Don’t get scammed! If you buy your tickets anywhere other than the GRB Box Office or ticketmaster.com, you will pay more than the value of your ticket and miss important pre-show information. Some third-party sellers don’t even send the tickets, leaving patrons seatless and out of pockets.

**To avoid Ticketmaster fees:** Please contact the Grand Rapids Ballet Box Office for tickets by phone at 616.454.4771 ext 110, or in person. The box office is open Monday through Friday from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

Please contact the Grand Rapids Ballet Box Office with any questions about this event via phone or by email at boxoffice@grballet.com.

The Nutcracker

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