Hey everyone!

My wife and I are new to the metro area and looking for a Christmas carols concert, preferably at a church or a similar venue with an amazing choir. We don’t want to miss out on the holiday vibes.

Any recommendations?

Thanks in advance!

My brother lives out of town and loves fruit & cream cheese danishes, but they’re exceedingly rare apparently. I’d love to surprise him with one, does anyone know where I may find some?

Thanks

Hi! I know this question gets asked a lot, but I wasn’t finding exactly what I was looking for in the search engine so here I am. I know I can google this information too and I have, but that feels like reading a bunch of advertisements and I’d love to hear others actual experiences.

I’m looking for a private dining space that could serve casual food/heavy apps and drinks for about 25ish people on a Friday in January for my partner’s birthday. I’m open to pretty much the entire twin cities area—would love to find a place where I could pay per person for an open bar and just serve heavy apps for the food portion, but also open to other suggestions. My budget would be around $1500 all in or $50-60 per person.

Thanks so much!

2025 is right around the corner and I need to know what NOT to do for my companies radio ads next year. I mainly want to know out of pure curiosity and learning. Let me know what is the Worst!

Thank you!

Hey All! Hope you are doing well.

I'm a 29 year old guy from just north of the cities and lately I've had a bit of free time in my life, and I was going to possibly explore volunteering! I heard it's a solid way of giving back and meeting people at the same time which would be awesome.

If anyone knows of any options, please let me know! Thanks so much.

Why do people in “isb” and rawalpindi sleep so early like there is nothing after 11/12 i have been living in isb for years but never got any answer for this and at the same time night life in lahore and other punjab cities is really excited but i wish it could be in Islamabad too as its the best place to live just missing out a little bit of fun.

I know a lot of places have deals around the holidays where you spend $100 on gift cards and get a $20 bonus. Any good local restaurants with a nice giftcard deals right now?

I want to preface that I’m a twenty something, not a small child, but I get a week and a half off for the holidays. I’m incredibly grateful for this but after Christmas I have no plans and am worried about what I’ll do for a week. I want to rest and recharge but I really hate that weird “I’ve been rotting in bed eating exclusively holiday leftovers and don’t know what day it is and I fall asleep at 4pm and wake up in the middle of the night” feeling. I’m planning to get brunch with a family member one day and maybe get a new piercing but other than that I’ve got a whole week and need ideas of how to fill it (I am aware I am incredibly lucky to have this much time off!). I don’t drink and am really uncomfortable in drinking-based environments due to some trauma surrounding alcohol. So any non-alcohol/“going out” suggestion are much appreciated!

ALSO SLOW DOWN, BUT NOT TOO SLOW!

Looking for brunch spot recommendedations around the cities that are nicely decorated/festive, fun and family-friendly!

I just browsed through the recent "What restaurants disappointed you recently" thread and thought it might be useful to turn it around. With the holidays here, some people might have some free time and/or Christmas money to spend at a restaurant & thought suggestions might be useful.

I want warm, amazing cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning but the catch is I'm an awful baker. Do you know of any bakery or restaurant that has premade rolls I could pop in the oven and take all credit for?

Hey Twin Cities, I'm looking to go get my MN driver's license today and wanted to check here if I will have to take a road test. My license was cancelled in the state I moved from after I moved due to an insurance pick up on my part for a misdemeanor offense in the state I moved from and I can't figure out if I'm going to have to take a road test to get my MN license, can anyone help or does anyone know what's gonna happen if I try and go get my MN license? TIA!

Hey all! I’m in search of a very special photographer. If anyone has someone that fits (or you fit!) please drop your information.

I am searching for a wedding photographer that can do a short session of portraits only on the big day. B&G/Family/Wedding Party. 7 groups/setups, should take 1-2 hours I would expect on the conservative side. But all the photographers I’ve seen only sell packages of 8-12 hours for $3000-8000.

Are there any out there that would do just the formal portraits day of? Also film would be a bonus but I’m not holding out for it given how rare this setup seems to be! Thank you for any suggestions~

hi all! looking for recs for the best matcha lattes around that have non-dairy milk substitutions available, thank you!

Every year I like to do as much for random people around the holidays as I can. Whatever I can do to make someone's Christmas a little brighter. I come from a broken home and I certainly know what its like to have nothing. I don't have much family, we aren't close, so random strangers benefit lol.

This year has been very hard on me - someone stole my car and I'm not in a position to get another, I lost a cat to cancer. deaths in the family, caught my girlfriend cheating 30 minutes after I woke up from a surgery, basically my life has been a generic country song lol. It just sucked. Everyone has problems, I'm not any more or less tragic than the average person, but I'm just exhausted after all of it, I don't have the energy to go prowl grocery stores and retail stores looking for those in need. Every year at the end of the year, regardless of how good or bad my year was, I love to bring some sort of positivity to others because I am kind of a dick lol and I think ending the year positive really helps the new year come in strong.

So now that I'm done using Reddit as my therapist, I would like to offer a few PS4 games to any parents out there who are stressing and could use another gift in the stocking. I can mail it to you if you want, you can come pick it up from my apartment if you feel comfortable, you can meet me somewhere public around white bear avenue, whatever works.

Also, I have a ton of steam games I could live without. Good ones, too. I just am bored with or couldn't get into. Does anyone know if there's a way for me to "give" those away? If so, I'll make another post with my offers

The PS4 games available are

Far cry 4

Far cry 5

Fallout 4

Just Cause 6

No judgement, I don't need to hear anyone's stories, you don't need to explain yourself, just comment if you would like one. I'll DM you if you "won". I will prolly do first come first serve. Whenever I give sports cards away to kids, I generally ask for proof you actually have kids, but I'm not going to do that now. I'm choosing to trust. and if you want to lie and get one of these games so you can take your ass to GameStop and get 20 cents, that's the risk I'm choosing to take

(And before people say "bro, ps5 is the thing now" - if you can afford a ps5 and need ps5 games, you don't need my help lol, my offer stands)

Hey all, I'm looking for a good vet in the Twin Cities. A big plus would be if they're great with bigger animals (I have a HUGE dog).

AROUND TOWN

Happy Holidays ❄️

• Holidays on the Hill (James J. Hill House - All Weekend) 
• Holidazzle (Nicollet Mall - All Weekend)
• Nutcracker in Wonderland (The O’Shaughnessy - All Weekend)
• Sever’s Holiday Lights (Sever’s - All Weekend)
• Glow Holiday Festival (CHS Field - All Weekend)
• European Christmas Market (Union Depot - All Weekend)
• Winter Skolstice & Magic of Lights (Viking Lakes - All Weekend) 
• Santa Claus Lane (Camp Fire MN - All Weekend) 
• Winter Exhibition (Northern Clay Center - All Weekend) 
• Minneapolis Christkindl Market (North Loop Green - All Weekend) 
• Sing-a-Long with Sister Celeste (Hotel Celeste - All Weekend) 
• Winter Lights (MN Landscape Arboretum - All Weekend) 
• O’ Powa O’ Meng (MIA - All Weekend) 
• Catch of the Day: Humans and Marine Animals in Japan (MIA - All Weekend)
• At the Moulin Rouge (MIA - All Weekend) 
• Mental Health: Mind Matters (Science Museum - All Weekend)
• Girlhood (it’s complicated) (MN History Center - All Weekend)
• Tomte: the Gnome, the Myth, the Legend (American Swedish Institute - All Weekend)
• MN Sports Hall of Fame Experience (Dayton’s Project - All Weekend)
• British Arrows Awards (Walker - All Weekend)
• Dakota Sacred Hoop Walk (MN Landscape Arboretum - All Weekend) 
• Loyce Houlton’s Nutcracker Fantasy (State Theater - All Weekend) 
• Cirque Dreams Holidaze (Orpheum - All Weekend) 
• Yasujiro Ozu in Color (Trylon - All Weekend)
• Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Weisman - All Weekend)
• Gingerbread Wonderland (Norway House - All Weekend) 
• 1,000 Nesting Dolls (Museum of Russian Art - All Weekend)
• Elf in Concert (Orchestra Hall - All Weekend) 
• Taste the Movies: Home Alone (Granada Theater - All Weekend) 
• The Danger Committee: A Stocking Full of Awesome XIII (Luminary Arts Center - All Weekend) 
• Nutcracker Noir (Phoenix Theater - All Weekend) 
• A Very Die Hard Christmas (Bryant Lake Bowl - All Weekend) 
• A Minnesota Nutcracker (Northrop - Friday & Saturday)
• A Very Vintage Holidazzle Market (City Center - Friday & Saturday)
• Arts of the Holidays Show & Sale (Minnetonka Center for the Arts - Friday & Saturday) 
• Holiday Lane (Northrup King Building - Friday & Saturday) 
• A Minnesota Nutcracker (Northrup - Friday & Saturday) 
• Raging Art On (Gamut Gallery - Friday & Saturday) 
• Who Brought the Humbug? (Ames Center - Friday & Saturday) 
• Minnesota Merry Market (State Fair - Saturday & Sunday)
• A Brunch of Drag (LUSH - Saturday & Sunday)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20

• Applehouse Holiday Boutique (Arboretum AppleHouse 9am-5pm)
• Niimiwin Artist Market (Minneapolis American Indian Center 3-7pm)
• Winter Solstice (American Swedish Institute 5-9pm)
• Holiday Party (Wabasha Brewing 5-9pm)
• Candlelight Christmas Tour (Andrew Ramsey House 5:30pm)
• Winter Solstice Celebration (Avalon Theater 6:30pm)
• Swing Dance Night: Steve Clarke & the Working Stiffs (MOA 6:30-8:30pm)
• An Evening of Christmas Carols (Heart of the City Music Factory 7-9pm)
• Intoxicats: After Dark Swingin’ Holiday (Parkway Theater 7:30-10pm)
• TC Cabaret - Encore: Holiday Spectacular (Gay 90’s 8pm)
• Hipshaker MPLS Heavy Funk & Rare Soul Dance Party (Hook & Ladder 8:30pm-12am)
• Yuletide Dreamzzz (LUSH 9pm) 
• Dragged Out (Black Hart 9:30pm) 
• Electric Feel: 2000’s Indie Rock & Pop Party (Uptown VFW 10pm)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21

• Hometown for the Holidays (Stillwater - All Day) 
• Mariah Carey Christmas Drag Brunch (Union Rooftop 10am | 12:30pm | 3pm)
• Design & Dazzle: Holiday Glassblowing (FOCI 11am-6pm)
• Once Upon a Villain (Inbound BrewCo 11am-midnight)
• Winter Solstice Solar Observing (Bell Museum 12-2pm)
• Winter Solstice (Luce Line Brewing 12-10pm)
• Maker’s Market (Black Hart 1-7pm)
• Holiday Market & Ugly Sweater Party (Forgotten Star Brewing Co. 2-8pm)
• Homo for the Holigays Drag Dinner (LUSH 6:30pm) 
• Taste the Movies: Elf (Granada Theater 8pm) 
• Club Soda - A Sober Friendly Party (Icehouse 9pm)
• A Christmas Carol Unscripted (Strike Theater 9:30pm) 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22

• Grinch Brunch (Southern Social Woodbury 10am-1pm)
• Whitney Houston Drag Brunch (Crave Downtown 11am & 1:30pm) 
• Beauty and Bubbles Drag Brunch (Roxy’s 11am)
• Brunch w/ Nicholas David & Demitrious Rallis (Icehouse 11am)
• A Winter Solstice Sound Bath (Cedar Cultural Center 2-4pm)
• Holiday Music Bar Pop-Up (France 44 2-5pm)
• Last Call Holiday Market (Hook & Ladder 3-8pm)
• Holliedazzle Saves Christmas! (LUSH 6pm)
• Nick Swardson (First Ave 6:30pm)

LIVE THEATRE

• The Little Mermaid (Ordway - All Weekend)
• A Christmas Carol (Guthrie - All Weekend)
• The Heart Sellers (Guthrie - All Weekend)
• White Christmas (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres - All Weekend) 
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Children’s Theatre Co. - All Weekend) 
• I Am Betty (History Theatre - All Weekend) 
• Take Two for Christmas (Crane Theatre - All Weekend) 
• The Unexpected Guest (Theatre in the Round - All Weekend)
• Miss Richfield 1981’s Holiday Pro’grum (Illusion Theater - All Weekend)
• Dinner for One (Jungle Theater - All Weekend)
• Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley (Lyric Arts - All Weekend)
• Scrooge in Rouge (Open Eye Theatre - All Weekend) 
• A Christmas Carol (Open Window Theatre - All Weekend) 
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Park Square Theatre - All Weekend)
• Black Nativity (Penumbra - All Weekend) 
• Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Stages Theater Co. - All Weekend)
• Steel Magnolias (Yellow Tree Theatre - All Weekend) 
• Shrek the Musical, Jr. (Youth Performance Co. - All Weekend) 
• Triple Espresso (Plymouth Playhouse - All Weekend) 
• The Christmas Spider (Lowry Lab Theater - All Weekend) 
• Big Christmas Energy (Dudley Riggs - Friday & Saturday) 
• Family Dinner (Dudley Riggs - Friday & Saturday) 
• Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Theater Latte Da - Friday & Saturday)

LIVE MUSIC

Friday, December 20

• Celtic Holiday Hooley (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres 1pm & 7:30pm) 
• Debbie Briggs Vintage Jazz (MOA 5:30pm) 
• Free & Easy Band (Blues Saloon 6pm)
• Audrey Q. w/ Eldest Daughter (White Squirrel 6pm)
• Rachael & Vilray (Dakota 6:30pm & 8:30pm)
• St. Paul Chamber Orchestra: Handel’s Messiah (Basilica 7pm)
• Son Little (Amsterdam 7pm)
• Belfast Cowboys “Musical Mistletoe” (Hook & Ladder 7pm)
• The Jayhawks (Fitzgerald 7:30pm)
• Annie Mack (Landmark Center 7:30pm)
• The OK Factor (Hanifl 7:30pm)
• Christmas with Cantus: Lessons and Carols for Our Time (Ordway 7:30pm)
• A Charlie Brown Christmas w/ Nate Hance Trio (MetroNome 7:30pm)
• RIFFLORD (7th St Entry 8pm)
• Trailer Trash (Turf Club 8pm)
• Chapel Hart (Fine Line 8pm)
• Daughtry (Treasure Island 8pm)
• CHRISTFITS, The Sex Rays, The Unnamed and DJ Megan O (Palmer’s 8pm)
• Impromptu Project: Christmas Live! (Icehouse 8pm)
• SLUSHII (The Loft 8pm)
• Jiggs Lee Invasion Holiday Party (Schooner Tavern 8pm)
• Big Wiz (Acadia Cafe 8pm)
• Katz & Dogs (Cedar Cultural Center 8pm)
• Tape B (Uptown Theater 9pm) 
• K.E.V.I.N. (White Squirrel 9pm)
• Twin Prop Jane (Dubliner 9pm)
• Dog Gamn (Mortimers 9pm)
• 70’s Magic Sunshine Band (Bunkers 9:30pm)
• Ditch Pigeon, liluna, the hyperbolic age, frank & janea, illicit energy (331 Club 10pm)

Saturday, December 21

• Christmas on the Prairie (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres 1pm & 7:30pm)
• The Driftless Revelers (White Squirrel 1pm)
• Don Irwin: A Steinway Holiday (Hanifl 2pm)
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra (Xcel Energy Center 3pm & 7:30pm)
• A Charlie Brown Christmas w/ Nate Hance Trio (MetroNome 5pm & 8pm)
• Holy Rocka Rollaz (MOA 6pm) 
• Pop Wagner & the Tavern Trio (White Squirrel 6pm)
• Rachael & Vilray (Dakota 6:30pm & 8:30pm)
• Jordan Michael (Rail Werks 6:30pm)
• St. Paul Chamber Orchestra: Handel’s Messiah (Ordway 7pm)
• Hot Freaks (Fine Line 7pm)
• A Christmas Celebration with the Steeles (Pantages 7pm)
• Pleezer, Ezekiel LaFosteCasse, & friends (Palmer’s 7pm)
• Irish Diplomacy (Merlin’s Rest 7pm) 
• Extreme Noise Records 30th Anniversary Show (7th St Entry 7:30pm)
• The Big Wu (First Ave 7:30pm)
• The Jayhawks (Fitzgerald 7:30pm)
• The Harp and the Holly (Celtic Junction Arts Center 7:30pm)
• Yuletide Sweater Ball (Hook & Ladder 7:30pm-11:30pm)
• Bryan Nichols Quintet (Berlin 7:30pm)
• About to Run: Phish Tribute Show (Day Block 8pm)
• Trailer Trash (Turf Club 8pm)
• HOSTAGE SITUATION (The Loft 8pm)
• Dan Rodriguez & His Band (Parkway Theater 8pm) 
• Bad Behavior (Route 47 8pm) 
• Maurice Jacox & We Still R (Schooner Tavern 8pm)
• Jim McGowan’s Christmas Party (Dubliner 8pm)
• Rolling Xmas Review (Terminal Bar 8pm)
• Rank Strangers (Mission Room 8pm)
• Michael Kosta (Cedar Cultural Center 8pm)
• Pretty Boy Thorson & the Falling Angels, & friends (Cloudland 8pm)
• The Hazy Phase w/ The Climbing Trees (White Squirrel 9pm)
• Jaybee & the Routine Earth Wind & Fire Tribute (MN Music Cafe 9pm)
• The Good the Bad & the Funky (Bunkers 9:30pm)
• Mind Out of Time, Big Salt (331 Club 10pm)

Sunday, December 22

• Jack Werner (White Squirrel 1pm)
• St. Paul Chamber Orchestra: Handel’s Messiah (Ordway 2pm)
• An Andy & Bing Christmas (Ames Center 2pm)
• A Christmas Celebration with the Steeles (Pantages 3pm)
• Church of Cornbread (Palmer’s 5pm)
• East Lake Jazz Christmas Show (White Squirrel 5pm)
• Craig Teiken & Edie Rae (Dubliner 5pm)
• A Swingin’ Christmas w/ The Andrew Walesch Big Band (Dakota 5pm & 7:30pm)
• A Choctaw Christmas w/ Mark Billy (Granada Theater 6pm)
• Holiday Soul w/ Joyann Parker Band (Icehouse 7pm)
• The Real Chuck NORAD (331 Club 7pm)
• Christmas on the Prairie (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres 7pm) 
• Fever Pitch w/ Dive Bar Orchestra (Acadia Cafe 7pm)
• Curated by Ross Hutchens (Berlin 7pm) 
• Trailer Trash (Turf Club 8pm)
• Greg Volker & the River (White Squirrel 8pm)
• Dr. Mambo’s Combo (Bunkers 9:30pm)

SPORTS

• Utah Hockey Club AT Wild (Friday 7pm) 🏒
• Winnipeg Jets VS Wild (Saturday 6pm) 🏒
• Golden State Warriors AT Wolves (Saturday 7pm) 🏀
• NY Sirens VS Frost (Sunday 11am) 🏒
• Seattle Seahawks VS Vikings (Sunday 3:05pm) 🏈

MOVIES

• Sonic the Hedgehog 3
• Mufasa: The Lion King
• The Brutalist
• Homestead

KARAOKE 

• Otter’s Saloon (All Weekend 8pm-2am)
• Vegas Lounge (All Weekend 9pm-2am)
• Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Friday & Saturday 11am-9:30pm | Sunday 11am-8:30pm)
• 1029 Bar (Fridays & Saturdays 9pm-2am)
• Black Hart of St. Paul (Friday 9pm-12am)
• Babe’s Place Shakopee (Sunday 9pm-1am)

LINKS

• Comedy Events (created by u/ Uzxxlu21): https://www.reddit.com/r/Minneapolis/comments/1hfrc0o/this_week_in_comedy_december_16th22nd/
• Reddit Twin Cities Social Meet-Ups: https://www.reddit.com/r/twincitiessocial
• Racket MN Event Calendar: https://www.racketmn.com/category/events/
• Meet Minneapolis Event Calendar: https://www.minneapolis.org
• MPLS Art Events: https://www.mplsart.com/calendar/upcoming
• Minnesota Monthly Event Calendar: http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/Calendar/
• MSP Magazine Event Calendar: http://mspmag.com/search/event/events-calendar/#page=1
• Minneapolis Northwest Event Calendar: https://www.minneapolisnorthwest.com/events/
• Minnesota Parent Event List: https://www.minnesotaparent.com/calendar/
• Family Fun Twin Cities: https://www.familyfuntwincities.com/family-fun-events-calendar/
• Minneapolis Parks & Rec Events: https://www.minneapolisparks.org/event-calendar/month/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=316
• St. Paul Parks & Rec Events: https://www.stpaul.gov/calendar/parks-and-recreation-events
• Three Rivers Park District Event Calendar: https://web2.myvscloud.com/wbwsc/mnthreeriverswt.wsc/search.html?display=Calendar&module=event&_csrf_token=cU716Z6D0C1B2B2C3C2L454I5R604U581V665Z566H046Q3U595K0B5U4U6L4N1F0E3S6K4U055R5P4J576D734L5C576Q73535P6D015S4R504J09664Q5G5708564N5S
• Trivia Mafia Schedule: https://www.triviamafia.com/schedule 
• Music Mayhem Schedule: http://www.musicmayhem.net/live-show-locations.html
• Get a Clu Trivia Schedule: https://www.getaclutrivia.com/home/#weekly-trivia-schedule

If you have any events to add, drop them in the comments! 

Wife is turning 40 this February and we’ll also be celebrating 1 year from her final cancer treatment.

I want to throw her a big party, probably an event where we all dress fancy. I thought it would be fun to rent out some space for a private party, ideally connected or near a hotel so that people can crash if they drink too much.

Looking for something special/unique with great views from downtown, or just a lesser known place you can rent that fits the occasion. She likes craft cocktails and dancing, so if not at the venue, close proximity is a plus. I could also bring in music if that opens up more venue options.

Can anyone tell me where I can get a pan copper coated aka re-tinned near Minneapolis, MN? I swear the reason I know this can be done is because I heard of a local person that does it, but I can't find them in an internet search

Best places for valentines dinner near skyway theatre in minneapolis? Preferably not fogo.

I have an internship next semester that will very likely require me taking transit and transferring at Snelling and University a few times a week. I (F) have transferred at that intersection before and have felt a bit on edge. I would like to avoid this intersection and that area, but it is the most direct and the timing works best with my schedule.

Does anybody have any thoughts about if I would be safe transferring there on a regular basis, and (at least in the winter) coming back during sunset?

I’m a 30-year-old aspiring electrical engineer seeking a pre-engineer degree at a community college. After years of climbing cell towers, an accident made it difficult to continue, prompting me to pursue education and avoid a labor-intensive career. Moving near a college isn’t feasible due to my shared, inexpensive housing downtown with my partner. I will be commuting via a combination of bicycle and public transit. I’ve narrowed my choices to Inver Hills CC, Normandale CC, and North Hennepin CC. Having scheduled tours of each, I’d still appreciate advice or experiences at these schools. Thanks in advance!