December proves
that winter is
just another season in Minnesota. Christmas lights
brighten the night snow.| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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2 | 3 Art at Ramsey Grand Meander Sara Evans |
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| 4 Vikings | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Katie McMahon | 10 Celtic
Thunder lunar eclipse Monster Jam  |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 Canadian
Tenors Vikings |
19 |
20 Hanukkah | 21 | 22 Winter begins (yeah, right) |
23 | 24 |
25
Christmas |
26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | 31 NYE
- Mystique REO Speedwagon Wynonna |
| Dec 1-4, 7-11 | acrobatics Cirque Dreams Holidaze, Mystic Lake Casino -- here's an ad | ||
| Dec 2-3 | xmas piano
Lorie
Line, Burnsville
Arts Center ($47) ballet Russian Nutcracker, Moscow Ballet, Orpheum Theatre ($33) |
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| Dec 2-18 | xmas play Inspecting A Christmas Carol, Black Box Theater, Bloomington Art Center ($18) | ||
| Dec 2, 14, 17, 26, 29, 31 |
hockey Wild, Xcel Center | ||
| December 3 | art fair
Art at
Ramsey,
Ramsey Junior High Gymnasium, 1700 Summit Av, St. Paul (10am-5pm) xmas fair Grand Meander, Grand Av, St. Paul country Sara Evans, Grand Casino Hinckley (7pm, sold out) -- here's A Little Bit Stronger |
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| December 4 | football Vikings v. Denver Broncos, H.H. Metrodome (3:05pm, $23+) | ||
| Dec 6-18 | play Les Misérables, Orpheum Theatre ($42+) | ||
| Dec 7, 10, 14, 17, 23, 26, 30 |
basketball Timberwolves, Target Center (7pm) | ||
| December 9 | Celtic xmas Katie McMahon, O'Shaughnessy, St. Catherine University (7:30pm, $27) -- interview | ||
| Dec 9-11 | ballet Nutcracker, Twin Cities Ballet, Burnsville Arts Center | ||
| December 10 | xmas music
Celtic
Thunder, State
Theatre (8pm, $39+) astro Lunar eclipse at moonset monster trucks Monster Jam, Metrodome (7pm, $18+) |
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| Dec 10-11 | ballet Nutcracker, Continental Ballet, Maplewood Community Center ($30) | ||
| December 12 | help Project Homeless Connect, Minneapolis Convention Center (10:30am-4pm, free) | ||
| Dec 15-18 | xmas play All Is Calm - Christmas Truce of 1914, Pantages Theatre ($28) | ||
| Dec 16-18 | ballet Nutcracker, Ballet Minnesota, O'Shaughnessy, St. Catherine University ($42) | ||
| December 18 | vocal pop
Canadian
Tenors, Treasure
Island Casino (3pm, $30) -- here's Hallelujah football Vikings v. New Orleans Saints, H.H. Metrodome (noon, $23+) |
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| December 20 | holiday Hanukkah | ||
| Dec 21-23 | xmas piano Lorie Line, Orchestra Hall ($47) | ||
| December 22 | time Winter begins (somewhere - Minnesota already has a head-start) | ||
| Dec 23-31 | ballet Loyce Houlton's Nutcracker Fantasy, MN Dance Theatre, Cowles Center (Shubert) | ||
| December 25 |
holiday Christmas | ||
| December 31 |
NYE party
Mystique,
Epic, Minneapolis (8pm, $25+) rock REO Speedwagon, Treasure Island, Prairie Island Mdewakanton (9pm, $50+) country Wynonna, Mystic Lake (7pm & 10:30pm, $52+) -- here's No One Else On Earth |
