The First World War shocked the world with its brutality and casualties. But for a brief time at Christmas 1914, enemies became warm friends.
ONE hundred and ten years ago soldiers of the Worcestershire Regiment engaged in one of the most famous military actions of all time and ...
A miracle or a freak occurrence? Either way, it actually happened. Peter Rothstein’s “All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of ...
All Is Calm,” a theatrical production at Spreckels Performing Arts Center, celebrates history’s spontaneous truce.
Asolo Rep’s director created a play based on real events when World War I soldiers briefly put down their weapons on ...
More than a century ago, British and German soldiers sang Christmas carols on opposite sides of the battlefield. Daily Pilot columnist Patrice Apodaca wonders if troops at war can set aside their ...
On Christmas Eve, 1915, an attempt to replicate the famous truce amongst the soldiers of World War I fell on deaf ears. There ...
Vanguard is performing "All Is Calm" through Dec. 22 at Calvary Presbyterian Church, 935 W. Wisconsin Ave. At 75 minutes, ...
Peter Rothstein’s “All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914” is a Christmas story, but you won't see Scrooge, Santa or the ...