The Central Lakes College Chamber Singers will give a free public concert at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria on the Brainerd campus Friday. Also featured will be selected CLC piano and voice students.
The Community Concert and Jazz Bands of Central Lakes College will present "Music of Our Time" at 7:15 p.m. Monday in the cafeteria area at CLC on the Brainerd campus.
Admission is $2 and free to CLC students and children under age 12.
The Rolling Stones Bridges to Babylon 1997-98 tour makes a stop Tuesday at the Metrodome. Special guest for the concert is Third Eye Blind.
Tickets can by charged by phone at 612-989-5151.
The Beach Boys and Chicago, A Jam Against Holiday Hunger concert will be Wednesday, benefiting the Minnesota Food Bank Network and presented by Northwest Airlines Aircares.
The concert is set for 7:30 p.m. at the Target Center in Minneapolis.
Tickets, ranging from $19.75 to $37.75, can be purchased by calling 612-989-5151.
Pianist George Winston will perform at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis.
Reserved tickets range from $17.50 to $24.50 and are available by calling 1-800-292-4141. A food drive will be held prior to the performance to benefit Minnesota Food Bank Network. Audience members are encouraged to bring non-parishable food donations to the show.
The Emmanuel Christmas Musical is set for 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at the Fargodome. Featured artists this year include Bob Carlisle, God's Property, Twila Paris, Anointed, Larnelle Harris, Chris Willis, Cindy Morgan and Sheila Walsh. The Fargo-Moorhead Symphony and a 200-voice choir will also perform.
Tickets, ranging from $17.50 to $22.50, are available by calling Ticketmaster at 701-235-7171 or 701-772-5151 or online at www.ticketmaster.com.
Tonic Sol-Fa, a phenomenal a cappella vocal quintet will perform at the second annual membership appreciation concert for the Great River Arts Association at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13 in the Charles D. Martin Auditorium in Little Falls.
For a free membership borchure explaining membership benefits for concert ticket information call 320-632-0960.
Dick Kimmel and Co, Copper Creek recording artists, will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Nisswa Community Center.
Brainerd's own Tim Roggenkamp recently joined the traditional bluegrass group based out of New Ulm as guitarist and will participate in this concert series.
Tickets will be $6 in advance and $8 at the door. Children aged 13 and under are admitted free. To order tickets or for more information, call 1-800-635-3037.
The 1997 Kinship Art Auction and Taste of the Lakes event to raise money for the Kinship Partners program is slated for 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Breezy Point Convention Center.
Tickets are $30 and available at various locations or by calling 829-4606.
The Craft Extravaganza will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 29 at the National Guard Armory in Wadena.
"Memories III" titles an exhibition of Bavarian Folk Art by artist Sandy Walker, opening at the White Wings Gallery Sunday and running through Nov. 30.
Jann Northway, Nisswa artist, is the featured artist as her watercolor exhibit entitled "Delightfully Differing Directions in Watercolour" will be displayed at the Family Medical Center Gallery in Little Falls through Nov. 30.
The exhibit is free of charge and open to the public during regular clinic hours, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9-11 a.m. Saturday.
"Vacation Pleasures," a collection of paintings by Little Falls artist, Warren Woodworth, is currently on display at the new Morrison County Government Center in downtown Little Falls through December.
The set of oil paitings represents Woodworth's view of sites from visits to England, Germany, Colorado, California, northern Minnesota and his own lush flower gardens in Little Falls.
The display is open to the public free of charge from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The space is sponsored cooperatively by the GRAA and Morrison County.
Jeff Millikan, Minneapolis photographer, will exhibit samples of extraordinary visual images in the Central Lakes College Gallery on the Brainerd campus through Tuesday.
The Brainerd Art Club will host an exhibit at the Brainerd Public Library through Nov. 29.
The exhibit is open for public viewing during regular library hours.
"Coral Reef Masterpieces," a special collection of original photographic masterpieces by the world's most highly acclaimed underwater photographers, will be on display at UnderWater World at the Mall of America through Dec. 31.
The "Wonderful World of Disney" will be brought to five cities across the United States with its first appearance at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis through Jan. 18. The first-of-its-kind exhibition explores the history of Disney theme parks from original concept to the most recent developments.
"Into The Woods," presented by the Pequot Lakes Community Theatre, will be shown Saturday through Saturday at the Pequot Lakes School auditorium.
Tickets are $6.50 for adults and $5.50 for senior citizens and students. Tickets may be purchased at Lakes State Bank in Pequot Lakes and Crosslake.
"The Visit," the last theater production of the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University theater department of the fall semester, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. through Saturday in the Forum Theater in the Benedicta Arts Center on the College of Saint Benedict's campus.
Tickets are $6 and available by calling 320-363-5777.
"A Christmas Carol," will be shown at the Guthrie Theater, with support by Dayton's department stores and Xerox of the upper midwest, Nov. 21 through Dec. 28.
Tickets to the production are now on sale to the public. Ticket prices range from $15 to $36. For more information or to reserve tickets, call 1-800-848-4912.
"I Won't Dance," the Ordway Music Theatre's marks the first original production of the 1997-98 First Bank Theater season.
"I Won't Dance" will continue through Nov. 30 in the Ordway's McKnight Theatre.
Tickets, ranging from $20 to $35, are available by calling 612-224-4222.
"Les Miserables," plays June 24-July 11 for its return engagement at the Ordway.
Tickets, ranging from $30 to $60, are available by calling the Ordway Box Office at 612-224-4222 or at www.ordway.com.
"The Nutcracker Ballet," presented by The Carlos Stroia Ballet Company, will be shown at 7 p.m. Nov. 21 at Tornstrom Auditorium at Washington Middle School in Brainerd and at 8 p.m. Dec. 5 and 1 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Benedicta Arts Center at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph.
Tickets for the Brainerd show are available at the Bridge of Harmony or at the door. Tickets for the St. Joseph show are available at Al's Music on East St. Germain, Herberger's, at the Benedicta Arts Center at 320-363-5777 or at the door.
The Mille Lacs Indian Museum is offering several demonstrations throughout the weekend.
Museum visitors can watch staff construct beaded belt buckles using the applique method of beadwork Thursday and Friday and Nov. Thursday and Friday.
Admission is $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and $2 for children aged 6-16.
The Mille Lacs Indian Museum is on Highway 169, 12 miles north of Onamia. The site is open Thursdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays from noon-5 p.m.
A festive holiday parade will celebrate Santa's arrival this holiday season at the Mall of America throughout the day Friday. The parade winds around the Mall with dozens of costumed characters, marching bands, dancelines, musical groups and more.
"The Art and Mystery of Blacksmithing" are introduced in a slide presentation at the Fort Snelling blacksmith shop through Monday.
A demonstration of blacksmithing will follow.
For more information, call 612-725-2413.
"Alaska: Spirit of the Wild" is now showing through November at the Duluth Omnimax Theatre, presented by Perkins Restaurant.
Hours are 1-5 p.m. Sundays, 7-8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7-9 p.m. Fridays, and 1-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Saturdays.
For more information, call 218-727-0022.
Walk the Wild Lights at the Minnesota Zoo from 5-9 p.m. every Thursday through Sunday beginning Nov. 28 through Dec. 28.
Walk the Wild Lights is an outdoor holiday light display visitors can view as they trek across the main lake bridge and around the trail. Visitors can warm up to the sights and sounds in Discovery Bay.
Santa will be in his workshop, holiday shoppers can browse the zoo store and then stop for a snack in the Call of the Wild Restaurant.
For more information, call the Zoo-To-Do Hotline at 1-800-432-9000 or visit the Minnesota Zoo website at www.mnzoo.com.