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| Larry Coryell Trio Artists' Quarter |
Sat., December 6, 8:00pm more dates/times |
St. Paul (Downtown) | |
A key pioneer of jazz-rock, guitarist Larry Coryell fused incendiary rock and blues elements with jazz, achieving iconic status in the 1970s. He first hit the spotlight with Gary Burton's band in the late '60s, gradually expanding his scope until he was constantly shuffling among genres,... More >> |
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| William Cleveland Common Good Books | Tue., December 9, 7:30pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
It is a common misconception that art is a luxury afforded in only economically and socially stable times and places. Throughout history, as William Cleveland points out in his latest book, Art and Upheaval (New Village Press), artists have been active and outspoken at least as much or more so... More >> |
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| Black Nativity: Hear Again the Christmas Story Penumbra Theatre |
Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., November 28 until Sat., December 27, 7:30pm more dates/times |
St. Paul (Downtown) | |
The holidays hit some of us like a ton of bricks because, like all anniversaries, they are signposts on life's road and often reminders of what we have lost or what has changed. Penumbra's Black Nativity portrays a family feeling the sting of losing a loved one at Christmastime, and it does so... More >> |
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| Christmas at the Ramsey House Alexander Ramsey House |
Sun., November 23, 12:00pm-3:00pm more dates/times |
St. Paul (Downtown) | |
There's something undeniably posh about the Victorian era. One can assume that the wealthy people of the time knew how to celebrate the holiday season in lavish style. Find out how tony their lives were at Christmas at the Ramsey House. Wednesdays through Saturdays the well-maintained Victorian... More >> |
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| CSI: The Experience Science Museum Of Minnesota | Daily from Wed., October 15 until Sun., January 4 | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
Is getting up-close and personal with a dead body and finding how it got that way your kink? You're in luck. The traveling exhibit, "CSI: The Experience," opens today at the Science Museum of Minnesota. In this criminally creative display, visitors dive into several crime scenes and use modern... More >> |
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| Open House: If These Walls Could Talk Minnesota History Center Library | Daily from Thu., October 23 until Mon., January 31 | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
>"Open House: If These Walls Could Talk," is the recreation of a house that still exists in the Railroad Island neighborhood of St. Paul. The Minnesota History Museum is always bursting with hands-on exhibits, and "Open House" is no exception. Upon entering the house, every object in the... More >> |
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| Soap Boxing Artists' Quarter | First Monday of every month, 7:00pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
If your mental image of slam poetry is one of dirty hippies yelling about hegemony, you owe it to yourself to show up at the cavernous Artists' Quarter tonight. It's well into the competitive season for Twin Cities slam; new poems and new poets alike have been tested, and their struggle is... More >> |
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| St. Paul Ice Fishing and Winter Sports Show RiverCentre |
Fri., December 5, 1:00pm-9:00pm more dates/times |
St. Paul (Downtown) | |
The water on Minnesota's 10,000 lakes has yet to freeze thick enough for anglers to venture out, augers in hand, and pull fish from the frigid depths. But it will be soon, which makes the timing for the 16th annual Ice Fishing and Winter Sports Show absolutely perfect. The nation's largest... More >> |
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| Vatican Splendors: From Saint Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Swiss Guard Minnesota History Center | Daily from Sat., September 27 until Sun., January 11 | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
Remember that Onion headline a few years back when Pope John Paul II died? "Heaven Less Opulent Than Vatican, Reports Disappointed Pope." Zing. Everybody knows that the pope and his posse at the Vatican live surrounded by ornate and priceless treasures amid ancient buildings designed and... More >> |
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| Winter Skate Rice Park | Daily from Sat., November 29 until Sun., February 1 | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
There's a lot about the holidays to set your teeth on edge: obnoxious clothing shops trying to get you to open a store credit card, toy commercials setting your kids' hyperactivity at level 10; your mother forcing you to watch some Christmas special featuring Barry Manilow. Yikes. But there are... More >> |
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| More Events | |||
| A Heartland Holiday Concert Fitzgerald Theater | Sat., December 20, 8:00pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| Adele Fitzgerald Theater | Tue., January 20, 7:30pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| Ballet Hispanico Ordway Center For The Performing Arts | Sun., January 11, 7:00pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| Benefit for the MN Folk Arts Alliance Hat Trick Lounge | Sat., December 6, 8:00pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| Benoit Denizet-Lewis Common Good Books | Tue., January 13, 7:00pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| Cash and Prizes Hat Trick Lounge | Sat., December 6, 4:00pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| Corporate Distortion Hat Trick Lounge | Sat., December 13, 5:00pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| CVA Holiday Art Sale and Silent Auction College Of Visual Arts Gallery | Sat., December 6, 10:00am-4:00pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| Dave Karr Quartet Artists' Quarter | Fri., December 5, 9:00pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| Dave Roos Quartet Artists' Quarter | Wed., December 17, 9:00pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| David A. Lanegran Common Good Books | Sat., December 6, 2:00pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| East Fillmore Hat Trick Lounge | Sat., December 20, 9:00pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| Grand Meander Grand Avenue | Sat., December 6, 8:30am-5:00pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| Hill House Holidays James J. Hill House | Sat., December 20, 1:00pm-3:30pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |
| Hill House Holidays James J. Hill House | Sun., December 21, 1:00pm-3:30pm | St. Paul (Downtown) | |