Twin Cities Calendar - December 2010

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
			1 MST3K 321	2	3	4 Art at Ramsey Grand Meander Tuba (see below)
5 Handel's Messiah Hudson Crafts Vikings vs Bills	6 Jingle Ball	7	8	9	10 Bobby Vinton Hall & Oates Movie: Narnia - Dawn Treader Redpath	11 blizzard Grinch Stole Xmas Rock for Socks Tempo Rosa Brass Women's Art Festival
12 Ozzy Osbourne Vikings vs Giants	13 Sounds of Blackness	14	15 First Av 40th Policy and a Pint	16 Ashura	17	18 Andover Crafts Bird Count Heart Robert Robinson
19 Basilica Concert	20 Vikings vs Bears	21 Winter begins Green Ideas & Ham Linda Eder Lunar Eclipse	22	23	24	25 Christmas
26 Kwanzaa	27	28	29 Capri Big Band Hold Steady	30	31 38 Special Donny & Marie Hairball Louie Anderson New Year's Eve Danceteria Powwow

	Dec 1	film Santa Conquers The Martians, MST3K 321, Turf Club (9pm)
	Dec 1-9	holiday Hanukkah
	Dec 2-4	art sale Holiday Bazaar, Landmark Center, St. Paul ($3)
	Dec 2-5	craft fair Gingerbread Shows, Maplewood Mall (Thurs, Fri, & Sat 10am-9pm; Sun 11am-6pm) xmas music St. Olaf Christmas Festival, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
	Dec 3-4	xmas music Mannheim Steamroller, Orpheum Theatre (8pm) -- here's Joy To The World ballet Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker, State Theatre craft fair No Coast Craft-O-Rama, Midtown Global Market, Lake & 10th Av S, Mpls (Fri 3-8pm, Sa 9-5pm) xmas Star of Wonder, St. Andrews Lutheran Church, 900 Stillwater Rd., Mahtomedi
	Dec 3-5	art sale Holiday Art Sale, College of Visual Arts, Western & Selby, St. Paul
	Dec 3-5, 10-12, 17-19	xmas play A Christmas Story, Mound Theatre (Fri & Sat 7pm, Sun 2pm) -- It's... a major award.
	Dec 4	art fair Art at Ramsey, Ramsey Junior High Gymnasium, 1700 Summit Av, St. Paul (10am-5pm) craft fair Global Missions Crafts, St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 2499 Helen St, North St. Paul (9am-5pm) shopping Grand Meander, Grand Avenue, St. Paul craft fair Holiday Boutique, King of Kings Lutheran Church, 1583 Radio Dr, Woodbury (9-2pm) xmas dance Sleigh Bell Dancers, Southdale Mall (1pm) classical St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Capri Theater, Minneapolis (free) [sold out] xmas music Tuba Christmas - Austin, Bemiji, Mankato, Northfield (see Dec 12 for St. Paul)
	Dec 4-5	speedskating American Cup II, Long Track, Roseville Oval crafts, benefit Blue House Boutique, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 2136 Carter, St. Paul (Sat 9-3, Sun 9-2) >> All proceeds benefit HMI Blue House for Ugandan girls craft fair Roseville Holiday Craft Fair, Roseville City Hall (Sat 10-4, Sun 11-4)
	Dec 4, 11, 12	xmas music Christmas With The Singers - What Sweeter Music, MN Choral Artists >> Dec 4 - St. Olaf Church, Mpls (7:30pm); Dec 11- Wayzata Community Church (7:30pm); Dec 12 - Nativity Catholic Church, St. Paul (2pm)
	Dec 4, 8, 10, 22, 27, 29	basketball Timberwolves, Target Center
	Dec 5	xmas music Handel's Messiah, Burnsville Performing Arts Center (2 & 7pm) xmas music Handel's Messiah Sing-Along, Minnesota Chorale, St Olaf Church, Mpls (6:30pm) craft fair Hudson Holiday Boutique, Hudson High School, 1501 Vine, Hudson WI (9am-4pm) xmas music Organ Concert, St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 900 Summit Av, St. Paul (3:30pm) football Vikings vs Buffalo Bills, Metrodome (noon)
	Dec 6	xmas music Jingle Ball, 101.3 KDWB, Target Center (6:30pm) >> B.o.B, Selena Gomez, Ready Set, Taio Cruz, Enrique Iglesias, Sara Bareilles, Mike Posner, 3OH!3.
	Dec 7-Jan 2	musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ordway Center
	Dec 8-12	xmas Spirit of Christmas, Mystic Lake Casino
	Dec 9	rock Keri Noble, Holiday Concert, Varsity Theater (6pm & 8:45pm) -- here's Talk To Me
	Dec 10	xmas pop Bobby Vinton's Christmas Show, Grand Casino - Hinckley (8pm) -- here's Christmas Angel movie Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (opens) rock Daryl Hall & John Oates, State Theatre (7:30pm) -- here's I Can't Go For That xmas Redpath, Maplewood Community Center (7:30pm) -- here's a biography by GTN
	Dec 10-12	xmas play Christmas Carol, Burnsville PAC craft fair Gingerbread Shows, Har Mar Mall (Fri 10am-9pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-5pm)
	Dec 11	swim movie Grinch Stole Christmas, Maplewood Aquatic Center (6pm) rock benefit Rock for Socks, Turf Club (9pm, $3 + new socks) >> Me & My Arrow, Pictures of Then, the Goondas, & Canby xmas music Tempo Rosa Brass Quintet, Southdale Mall (4pm & 6:30pm) art fair Women's Art Festival, Midtown YWCA, Minneapolis (10am-5pm)
	Dec 12	xmas music Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs Concert, St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Bloomington (2pm) metal rock Ozzy Osbourne, Target Center (7:30pm) -- here's Dreamer lecture Perspectives on the Copenhagen Climate Summit, Will Steger, Central Library, Mpls (3pm) xmas music Tuba Christmas, Central Presbyterian Church, 500 Cedar, St. Paul (4pm) football Vikings vs New York Giants, Metrodome (postponed due to blizzard & Metrodome roof collapse)
	Dec 13	xmas play Night Before Christmas, Sounds of Blackness, Guthrie Theater (7:30pm) -- here's Soul Holidays
	Dec 15	music First Avenue's 40th Anniversary, First Av (6pm) - Gary Louris, Har Mar Superstar, Grant Hart... talk Policy and a Pint - The Line Between News and Opinion, Varsity Theater (5:30pm, $10)
	Dec 15-16	art sale Gingerbread Shows, St. Joseph's Hospital (9am-5pm)
	Dec 16	holiday Ashura
	Dec 16-Jan 9	musical Billy Elliot the Musical, Orpheum Theatre
	Dec 18	nature Bird Count, Maplewood Community Center (1pm) craft fair Christmas Craft Sale, Andover Community Center, Andover rock Heart, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake (8pm) -- here's Barracuda choral La Nochebuena, Rose Ensemble, Basilica of St. Mary (8pm) xmas music Robert Robinson, Hopkins Arts Center (8pm) -- here's Raise Me Up
	Dec 18-19	craft fair Holiday Sale, Vine Arts Center, 2637 27th Av S, Minneapolis
	Dec 19	choral Gift of Song Concert, Basilica of St. Mary (2pm)
	Dec 20	football Vikings vs Chicago Bears, TCF Bank Stadium (7:30pm)
	Dec 21	time First Day Winter, Shortest Day of the Year food Green Ideas & Ham breakfast, Environment Minnesota, Red Stag Supper Club (8am, $15) xmas Linda Eder, Pantages Theatre (7:30pm) -- here's Someone Like You astronomy Total eclipse of the moon (early-early morning)
	Dec 25	holiday Christmas
	Dec 26	holiday Kwanzaa & many happy returns
	Dec 29	jazz Home for the Holidays, Capri Big Band, Capri Theater (7pm, $10) rock Hold Steady, First Av [sold out] -- here's Chips Ahoy
	Dec 31	rock 38 Special, Treasure Island Casino (9pm) -- here's Hold On Loosely pop music Donny & Marie Osmond, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake (7pm & 10:30pm) [sold out] - 1970s TV rock tribute Hairball, Medina Entertainment Center, Medina (8:30pm) comedy Louie Anderson, Burnsville Performing Arts Center (7:30pm) -- here's Air Travel powwow New Year Celebration of Sobriety, American Indian Center, 1530 E Franklin, Mpls rock New Year's Eve Danceteria, First Av (8pm) -- hosted by Drinking with Ian

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