Happy Kwanzaa and go prowling for owls: Your weekend planning guide
Celebrate Kwanzaa and go looking for owls under the moonlight this weekend.
From free events to family fun to adults-only, here's a roundup of events to get you out of the house — or not.
Free: Music under the glass
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Trade those winter blahs for blues and ballads at the Music Under Glass series that kicks off Sunday afternoon at the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory in St. Paul.
No outside food or beverage allowed.
For families: Happy Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa, a seven-day celebration based on African festivals, begins Saturday and runs through Jan. 1.
Celebrate the holiday at Kwanzaa Family Day Saturday at the Minnesota History Center.
The annual gathering focuses on the seven principles of Kwanzaa and includes music, dancing, art and storytelling.
Cost is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and college students. For those 5-17, cost is $6; free for those 4 and under.
For adults: Jingle bike rock
The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear. Why not add a twist by hopping on a bike and pedaling through downtown Stillwater, Minn., with BierCycle Adventures on its caroling tour?
Feel free to bring snacks, hot chocolate, wine and beer.
Tickets are $15 per person and reservations are required.
Indoors: 'A Christmas Carol' ... in Klingon
You know the story of Scrooge and Tiny Tim in "A Christmas Carol." But do you know the Klingon version?
No?
You can fix that by catching the last shows of "A Klingon Christmas Carol" at the Historic Mounds Theatre in St. Paul.
It will be presented in original Klingon with English subtitles.
Tickets are $18 in advance or $20 at the door. VIP tickets are also available.
Outdoors: What a hoot
Go prowling for owls by moonlight at Whitewater State Park this Saturday.
Participants will start by watching a presentation on native owls before heading out to look for the birds in the park. If there's sufficient snowfall, it'll be done by snowshoe, so bring your own or borrow a pair from the park.