HOLYOKE — A few weeks before the Massachusetts Academy of Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” dances onto stage at Holyoke Community College, a free preview will be offered on Saturday at the Holyoke Public Library.

Free and open to all ages, “The Nutcracker” preview will begin at 11 a.m. at the library at 250 Chestnut St. Families are encouraged to come early to secure a seat.

“Since December 2022, the Massachusetts Academy of Ballet has presented the Holyoke Historic ‘Nutcracker’ Preview at the Holyoke Library,” said Rose Marie Flachs, co-owner and artistic director of the academy, in an email to The Republican. “Our dancers will be in costume, performing excerpts from the first and second acts, including the dolls in the party scene, the battle between the Mouse Queen and the Nu

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