Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1
Miss
Minnesota Vikings |
2 | 3 Michael
Bolton Mythbusters Vikings Stadium Groundbreaking |
4 |
5 | 6 | 7 Art
at
Ramsey Grand Meander Monster Jam Tuba Christmas |
8 Acappella
Choir Handel's Messiah |
9 | 10 Jingle
Ball |
11 | 12 | 13 Hobbit
- Smaug Katie McMahon |
14 Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
15
Vikings |
16 |
17 | 18 | 19 |
20 Maria
Bamford |
21 Winter begins (yeah, right) Davina & the Vagabonds Donnie & Marie |
22 | 23 | 24 |
25 Christmas (see below) |
26 | 27 |
28 |
29 Vikings |
30 |
31
New Year's Eve Crystal Ball Louie Anderson Styx |
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December 1 | health
Aids
Day,
World Health Organization pageant Miss Minnesota USA, Burnsville Performing Arts Center (4pm, $38+) football Vikings v. Chicago Bears, Metrodome (noon) |
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December 3 | crooner
Michael
Bolton, Burnsville
Arts Center (8pm, $76) -- here's Supposed To Live Without You
ceremony Vikings Stadium groundbreaking, Metrodome -- tarps &pitchers mounds were on sale late Nov. |
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Dec 4-5 | xmas music Ronnie Spector, Dakota Jazz (7pm, $45+) -- here's Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree | ||
Dec 5-7 | xmas music
Festival
of Christmas, Benson Great Hall, Bethel College ($15+) xmas crafts Holiday Bazaar, Landmark Center, St. Paul ($4) |
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Dec 5-8 | xmas music St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Skoglund Center Auditorium, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN | ||
Dec 6-7 | crafts, cabaret
HoliGaze
Bawdy Boutique, Patrick's Cabaret (7:30-10pm, free) ballet Nutcracker - Moscow Ballet, Orpheum Theatre ($32) ballet Nutcracker - Mother Goose, Zenon Dance Company, Cowles Center ($20) craft fair No Coast Craft-O-Rama, Midtown Global Market, Lake St. & 10th Av, Mpls (Fri 3-8pm, Sat 9-5pm) |
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Dec 6-8 | craft fair
Elder's
Craft Fair, Treasure Island, Prairie Island Mdewakanton,
Welch, MN (9am-9pm, free) xmas music Northwestern Christmas Concert, University of Northwestern, St. Paul |
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Dec 6-8, 13-15 | xmas play It's A Wonderful Life, Hill Murray School Theatre, Maplewood | ||
Dec 6-7, 13-14, 20-21 |
parade Holidazzle, Nicollet Mall (12th St - 4th St), Minneapolis (6:30pm) | ||
Dec 6-31 | ballet Nutcracker - Not So Suite, Ritz Theater ($28+) | ||
December 7 | art
fair
Art at
Ramsey,
Ramsey Junior High Gymnasium, 1700 Summit Av, St. Paul (10am-5pm) xmas fair Blue House Boutique, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 2136 Carter Av, St. Paul (9am-3pm) xmas music Candlelight Concert, Women's Choir & String Orchestra, Victory Chapel, St. Kates (8pm, free) xmas fair Grand Meander, Grand Av, St. Paul craft fair Holiday Boutique, King of Kings Church, Woodbury (9am-3pm) trucks Monster Jam, Metrodome (7pm, $20+) xmas music Tuba Christmas, & Bells at Buntrock, Buntrock Commons, St. Olaf College, Northfield (3pm) |
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Dec 7-8 | xmas fair Holiday Craft Fair, Roseville City Hall (Sat. 10-4pm, Sun. 12-4pm) | ||
December 8 | xmas music
Acappella
Choir, Hamline
Church, 1514 Englewood, St. Paul
(4pm, donation) xmas music All Is Well, St. Thomas Christmas, Orchestra Hall (4pm & 7:30pm, $15) xmas music Handel's Messiah, Dakota Valley Symphony & Chorus, Burnsville Arts Center (2pm & 7pm, $22) xmas music Holiday Lights Live, Pantages Theatre (6pm, $35) |
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December 10 | xmas music Jingle Ball, Xcel Center (7:30pm, $38+) -- Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus, Enrique Iglesias, & more | ||
December 13 | movie
Hobbit
- Desolation of Smaug -- Ian McKellen, Martin
Freeman, Cate Blanchett, & Christopher Lee xmas music Katie McMahon's Celtic Christmas, O’Shaughnessy, St. Catherine University (7:30pm, $27) |
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Dec 13-14 | dance Elements in Translation by Arturo Miles, Patricks Cabaret (7:30pm, $10) | ||
Dec 13-15 | ballet Nutcracker, Twin Cities Ballet, Burnsville Arts Center ($24) | ||
December 14 | xmas music Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Target Center (3pm & 8pm, $32+) -- here's Christmas Cannon Rock | ||
December 15 | dating
Holiday
Nerds, Devil's Advocate, 89 S. 10th St, Mpls (4pm, $30) --
trivia games & prizes football Vikings v. Philadelphia Eagles, Metrodome (noon) jazz piano Yulestride Concert by Butch Thompson, Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University (4pm, $15) |
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December 19 | xmas music Merry & Bright - Charles Lazarus, Wayzata Community Church, 125 Wayzata Blvd E, Wayzata ($20) | ||
December 20 | comedy Maria Bamford, Fitzgerald Theater (8pm, $35+) -- here's Maria at the Acme | ||
Dec 20, 22 | xmas music Jingle Bell Doc - Doc Severinsen, Orchestra Hall -- postponed from 2012 | ||
Dec 20-22 | ballet Nutcracker, Ballet Minnesota, O’Shaughnessy ($30+) | ||
Dec 20-23 | ballet Nutcracker - Louyce Houlton, State Theatre ($45+) | ||
December 21 | time
Winter begins
(Somewhere. Minnesota already has a
head-start.) xmas blues Davina & the Vagabonds, Patrick's Cabaret (8pm, $10) -- here's I'd Rather Go Blind xmas music Donnie & Marie Osmond, Target Center (7:30pm, $50) -- here's an ad |
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Dec 21-22 | holiday Hmong New Year, Metrodome | ||
December 25 |
holiday
Christmas
(see below) movie 47 Ronin -- stars Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki, & Rinko Kikuchi -- here's the trailer movie Walter Mitty -- stars Ben Stiller & Kristen Wiig -- here's the trailer |
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Dec 27-29 | show Home and Landscape Show, Minneapolis Convention Center ($6) | ||
December 28 | football All-American Bowl, Metrodome (8am, $12) | ||
December 29 | football Vikings v. Detroit Lions, Metrodome (noon) 2013 | ||
December 31 | rock, dance Crystal Ball, International Market Square, 275 Market St, Mpls (8pm-2am, $50+) -- Har Mar Superstar comedy Louie Anderson, Burnsville Arts Center (7pm) rock Styx, Treasure Island (9pm, $58+) -- here's Come Sail Away |