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2 |
3 |
4 Bryan
Adams Fight Night Lutefisk Dinner M Gopher Hockey Soul Asylum |
5
Art at
Ramsey Candlelight Xmas Duke Ellington Grand Meander New Standards Reindeer Run Santa Run Tuba Christmas Zac Brown Band |
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| 6
Breakfast
with Santa Handel's Messiah Jingle Ball Kenny G St. Thomas Xmas |
7
Sarah
Palin |
8 | 9 Brian
Culbertson David Archuleta |
10 Sick
Puppies |
11 | 12 Hanukkah El Vez Frank Brownstone Katie McMahon Skate with Santa |
| 13 Lucia Dagen Mt Olivet Xmas St. Olaf Philharmonia Vikings v Bengals |
14 |
15 |
16
Blind
Boys of Alabama Raphael Saadiq |
17
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18 |
19 |
| 20 |
21 Sounds
of Blackness |
22 |
23
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24
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25
Christmas |
26
Kwanzaa |
| 27
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28 |
29 Big
Head Todd |
30 |
31 Brian
Kinney Kansas & Night Ranger Pirate Party Whoopi Goldberg |
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| Christmas 2009 in the Twin Cities can be found at churches and malls and houses in-between. |
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Christmas
Music by Type
Christmas
music Tuba
Christmas (Dec 5)
classicalConcordia
Christmas Concert (Dec 4-6)
gospelHandel's Messiah by the Minnesota Orchestra (Dec 10-12) Handel's Messiah Sing-Along (Dec 6) Mt Olivet Lutheran Church (Dec 13) St. Olaf Christmas Festival (Dec 3-6) St. Thomas Christmas Concerts (Dec 6) Blind
Boys of Alabama (Dec 16)
jazzlatin El Vez,
the Mexican Elvis (Dec 12)
poprock Frank
Brownstone (Dec 12)
soul world
Christmas plays, dance, and ballets  A Christmas Carol is available in many forms. Disney's movie stars Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge and opens November 6th. The play (with variations) is at: Guthrie
Theatre in Minneapolis (Nov 13-Dec 31)
Lyric Arts in Anoka (Nov 20-Dec 20) Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis (Dec 15-20) Park Square Theatre (Dec 3-20) The Nutcracker Suite (with variations) can be found at: Orpheum
Theatre (Dec 11-12)
The O'Shaughnessy (Dec 18-20) Mystic Lake (Dec 17-27) State Theatre (Dec 18-20) Christmas comedies Bloomington
Art Center (Dec 2-6)
College of Visual Arts (Dec 4-6) Fair School (Dec 5) Har Mar Mall (Dec 11-13) Landmark Center (Dec 3-5) Maplewood Mall (Dec 3-6) Midtown Global Village (Dec 4-5) Minnehaha Academy (Dec 12) Ramsey Jr High (Dec 5) St. Vincent de Paul (Dec 5-6) Vine Arts Center (Dec 19) Christmas plants Marjorie
McNeely Conservatory (Dec 5-Jan 18)
Christmas sports Reindeer
Run on December 5th in the morning.
A crowd of Santas Run on December 5th, including dogs in Santa suits in the afternoon. Skate with Santa on December 12th (yes Virginia, Santa skates). |
| December 1-6 | musical | In the Heights, Orpheum Theatre | ||
| Dec 1-6, 8-13, 15-20, 22-24, 26-27, 29-31 | xmas play | A Christmas Carol, Guthrie Theatre | ||
| December 2-6 | craft sale | Holiday Art Sale, Bloomington Art Center, 1800 W Old Shakopee Road | ||
| Dec 2, 5, 9, 16, 18, 22, 26, 30 | basketball | Timberwolves, Target Center | ||
| Dec 2, 4, 15, 21, 23, 26, 31 | hockey | Minnesota Wild, Xcel Energy Center | ||
| December 3-5 | craft sale | Holiday Bazaar, Landmark Center, St Paul (10-8, Sun 10-5) | ||
| December 3-6 | xmas music craft show |
Christmas
Festival, Skoglund Center, St. Olaf College, Northfield Gingerbread Shows, Maplewood Mall |
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| Dec 3-6, 10-13 | xmas play | Klingon Christmas Carol, Mixed Blood Theater, 1501 S 4th St, Minneapolis | ||
| Dec 3-6, 10-13, 17-20 | xmas parade | Holidazzle Parade, Nicollet Mall (between 12th & 4th), Mpls (6:30pm) | ||
| December 3-20 | xmas play | Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, Park Square Theatre, St. Paul | ||
| Friday | December 4 | acoustic rock boxing xmas dinner hockey rock music |
Bryan
Adams, State Theatre (8pm) Fight Night, Target Center (7:30pm) Lutefisk Dinner, Mt Olivet Lutheran Church, 5025 Knox Av S (3-7pm) Gopher Men's Hockey, Mariucci Arena, University of Minnesota (7pm) Soul Asylum, First Avenue (7:30pm) |
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| December 4-5 | craft show | No Coast Craftorama, Midtown Global Village | ||
| December 4-6 | art sale xmas music show |
Holiday
Art Sale, College of Visual Arts, Western & Selby,
St. Paul Love's Pure Light Christmas Concert, Buetow Auditorium, Concordia U., St. Paul St. Paul Ice Fishing & Winter Sports Show, River Centre, St. Paul |
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| Dec 4-5, 11-12 | xmas play | The Christmas Window, North Heights Lutheran Church - Arden Hills Sanctuary | ||
| Dec 4-6, 10-13, 16-20 | xmas play | A Christmas Carol, Lyric Arts, Anoka | ||
| Saturday | December 5 | craft show xmas music xmas jazz craft show shop xmas jazz xmas sports xmas sports xmas music country music |
Art at Ramsey,
Ramsey Jr High Gym, 1700 Summit Av, St Paul (10am-5pm) Candlelight Xmas - Choir & String Orchestra, Victory Chapel, St. Kate's (8pm) Duke Ellington Orchestra, Grand Casino Hinckley (7pm) Fair School, 3915 Adair Av N, Crystal (8:30am-3pm) Grand Meander, Grand Av, St Paul New Standards Holiday Concert, Fitzgerald Theatre (8pm) Reindeer Run, Lake Harriet Bandshell (9:30am) Santa Run, Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis (4pm) Tuba Christmas, Buntrock Commons, St. Olaf College (3pm) Zack Brown Band, Northrop Auditorium (7pm) >> They sing "I've got my toes in the water, ass in the sand," but the radio plays "I've got my toes in the water, toes in the sand." |
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| December 5-6 | speedskating craft show |
American
Cup Speedskating - Long Track, Roseville
Oval Christmas Bazaar, St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, |
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| Dec 5, 29 | basketball | Gopher Men's Basketball, Williams Arena, University of Minnesota | ||
| Dec 5-Jan 18 | xmas plants | Holiday Flower Show, Sunken Garden, Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, Como Park | ||
| Sunday | December 6 |
xmas food xmas music xmas pop xmas sax xmas music |
Breakfast
with Santa, California Pizza Kitchen, Rosedale (call for
reservation) Handel's Messiah Sing-Along, Minnesota Chorale, St Olaf Church, Mpls (6:30pm) Jingle Ball by KDWB with Colbie Caillat, Jordin Sparks, Pitbull; Xcel Center (5pm) Kenny G, State Theatre (7pm) St. Thomas Christmas Concert, Orchestra Hall (4 & 7pm) |
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| Dec 6, 9, 13, 16 | basketball | Gopher Women's Basketball, Williams Arena, University of Minnesota | ||
| Monday | December 7 | politics | Sarah Palin, Mall of America (noon) (MofA rules) | |
| Wednesday | December 9 | xmas soul xmas pop |
Brian Culbertson,
Fine
Line Music Cafe (8pm) David Archuleta, Fitzgerald Theatre (7:30pm) |
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| Thursday | December 10 | metal rock | Sick Puppies, First Avenue (6pm) -- Here's All The Same | |
| December 10-12 | xmas music volleyball dance |
Handel's
Messiah, Minnesota Orchestra, St Paul Cathedral (12-10),
Central Lutheran Church, Mpls (12-11), Orchestra Hall (12-12) NCAA Volleyball Regionals, Sports Pavilion, University of Minnesota St. Olaf Senior Dance Concert, Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf College (7:30pm) |
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| December 10-13 | kids | Princess Classics, Disney On Ice, Xcel Energy Center | ||
| December
11-12 |
ballet xmas soul |
Russian
Nutcracker, Moscow Ballet, Orpheum Theatre The Steeles, Fitzgerald Theatre |
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| Dec 11-12, 19 | xmas music | Scandinavian Christmas with the Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall | ||
| December 11-13 | xmas soul craft show |
Blenders
- Holiday Soul Tour, Orpheum Theatre Gingerbread Shows, Har Mar Mall |
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| Saturday |
December
12 |
holiday craft show xmas latin xmas rock xmas music xmas sport |
Hanukkah Christmas Festival, Minnehaha Academy north campus, Minneapolis El Vez, the Mexican Elvis, First Avenue (6pm) -- Here's Feliz Navidad & more Frank Brownstone & Associates, Fine Line Music Cafe (9pm) Katie McMahon's Celtic Christmas, O'Shaughnessy, St. Kate's (7:30pm) Skate with Santa, Shoreview Ramsey County Ice Arena (10am-11:30am) |
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| December 12-13 | xmas music charity hair |
Intimate
Christmas with Lorie Line, State Theatre Sport Clips donates $1 per haircut to the Randy Shaver Cancer Foundation |
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| Saturday | December 12, 19 | xmas lights | Holiday Lights Tours, metroConnections, from the Mall of America | |
| Sunday | December 13 | Swedish xmas football xmas music music |
Lucia Dagen,
Gammelgården Museum, Scandia, MN (6am) Minnesota Vikings vs. Cincinnati Bengals, Metrodome (noon) Mt Olivet Lutheran Church Christmas Concert, 50th St & Knox Av, Mpls (5pm) St. Olaf Philharmonia, Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf College, Northfield (3:30pm) |
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| December 15-20 | xmas play | A
Christmas Carol, Orpheum Theatre >> F. Murray Abraham, Stockard Channing, Timothy Hutton, George Wendt, Wayne Knight, and James Garner as Dickens. |
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| Dec 15-Jan 3 | play | Disney's Beauty & the Beast, Ordway | ||
| December 16 | xmas gospel soul music |
Blind
Boys of Alabama, Orchestra Hall (7:30pm) Raphael Saadiq, First Avenue (7:30pm) -- Here's 100 Yard Dash |
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| December 17-20 | xmas play | All Is Calm - The Christmas Truce of 1914, Pantages Theatre | ||
| Dec 17-20, 22-23, 26-27 | xmas musical | Cirque Dreams Holidaze, Mystic Lake -- ad on YouTube | ||
| December 18-20 | ballet ballet ballet |
Classic
Nutcracker by Ballet Minnesota, O'Shaughnessy,
St. Kate's Enchanted Toy Shop, E.M. Pearson Theater, Concordia University Loyce Houlton's Nutcracker Fantasy, State Theatre |
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| Saturday | December 19 | craft show | Vine Arts Center, 2nd floor, 2637 26th Av S, Minneapolis (noon-5pm) | |
| December 19-20 | xmas music | Jingle
Bell Doc, Doc Severinsen, MN Orchestra, Orchestra Hall >> With the Minnesota Chorale, Twin Cities Bronze, & Joseph Wolverton |
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| Monday | December 21 | xmas soul | The Night Before Christmas, Sounds of Blackness, Guthrie Theatre | |
| Friday | December
25 |
holiday |
Christmas |
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| Saturday | December
26 |
holiday |
Kwanzaa and many happy returns |
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| December 26-27 | basketball | Harlem Globetrotters, Target Center | ||
| Tuesday | December 29 | rock music | Big
Head Todd & the Monsters, First
Avenue (7pm) >> Bittersweet during an earthquake |
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| Thursday | December
31 |
music rock music swimming comedy |
Brian
Kinney Band, Grand
Casino Mille Lacs (9pm) Kansas & Night Ranger, Treasure Island Casino (7pm) Pirate Party, Tropics Indoor Waterpark, Shoreview (6pm-9pm) Whoopi Goldberg, Mystic Lake Casino (7pm & 9:30pm) |
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