Welcome to Up Next! This weekly blog post highlights local and national performances, experiences, and book recommendations. As we develop new ways of enjoying and producing the arts during the pandemic, we hope that Up Next may help families, theater fans, educators, and community supporters discover something new or reconnect with much loved organizations.

Metro Theater Company: A Christmas Carol—A St. Louis Virtual Holiday Reading, Dec 10 and 13

Lookingglass Theatre Company: The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Through Dec 27

Washington University in St. Louis: Remember...That Time Before the Last Time (World Premiere), Dec 11-27

Contemporary Art Museum: Playdate—Lively Lines, Dec 12

Brothers Lazaroff: 10th Annual Hanukkah Hullabaloo, A Virtual Miracle, Dec 12

St. Louis County Library: Virtual Program—Paws for Reading, Dec 14

Broadway On Demand: #ENOUGH Plays to End Gun Violence, Dec 14-20

Manual Cinema: A Christmas Carol, Through Dec 20

St. Louis County Library: Virtual Program—Kwanzaa Celebration, Dec 30

The Root: Stamped (For Kids)—A New Adaptation of the Bestseller Will Provide "an Antiracist Building Block for Children"