Thursday

Eagles Club Dance with The Entertainers — 7:30-10:30 p.m., 708 N. Riverfront Drive, Mankato, $5, 625-9701.

Loyola grade school Christmas program — 6:45 p.m., St. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church, 105 N. Fifth St., Mankato, free, 388-0615.

“Stories, songs and movement” — 10:15 a.m., Creative Play Place, St. Peter Community Center room 127, 351-4284.

Therese Tulloch reading & book signing — 6:30 p.m., Arts & Heritage Center of Montgomery, 206 B. First St., 507-364-8107.

Top 40 Dance DJ — 10 p.m., Boomtown, free, 625-9264.

Trivia — 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Pub 500, 500 S. Front St., free, 625-6500.

Music

Buster’s — Young LA

Charley’s — Paul Durenberger

Mully’s — Karaoke

New Ulm Public Meeting Room — The Little Prairie Pickers

RedSky — Local artists

Rumor’s Lounge, Jerry Dutler Bowl — Karaoke

Wine Cafe — Karaoke

Friday

Mankato West senior play “Leaving Iowa” — 7:30 p.m., Mankato West auditorium, 1351 S. Riverfront Drive, $3 for adults, $2 for students, 387-2947.

“Miracle on 34th Street” — 7:30 p.m., Wittenberg College Auditorium, Martin Luther College, 1995 Luther Court, New Ulm, $7 adults, $5 children, 507-359-9990.

Music

American Legion North Mankato — Cedar Paddle Band

Buster’s — Moe Merkin

Charley’s — Paul Durenberger

Grand Kabaret — The Hemingway Project

Indian Island Winery — Duke Zecco

Kabobs — Mark Cameron Band

Mankato Moose Club — Fiddleman Karaoke

Midtown Tavern — Millennium

Mully’s — Girls Night Out

RedSky — T.U.G.G

Rumor’s Lounge, Jerry Dutler Bowl — Karaoke

Savoy — Bullypit Bluegrass

Wine Cafe — Jim Jam Band, Kit Kildahl & Boom Boom Stevie Vonderharr

Saturday

Bingo — 4 p.m., American Legion Post 294, Lake Crystal, $1 for three cards, $2 for two blackout cards, 507-726-6050.

Children’s Story Time at Barnes & Noble — 11 a.m., 1850 Adams St., ages 2-8, free, 345-3444.

Christmas in the Village — 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Cleveland Old Town Hall, free

“The Dakota Conflict” documentary screening — 1 p.m., at the Antique Warehouse, 125 W. Ruth St., Mankato, free.

“Hark the Glad Sound” Musicorum — 7:30 p.m., Chapel of Our Lady of Good Counsel, 170 Good Counsel Drive, Mankato, $10 general admission, $8 seniors, $5 students, www.musicorum-mn.org.

“History Day Hullabaloo” — 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Blue Earth County Library, 100 E. Main St., Mankato, free, 304-4020.

Mankato West senior play “Leaving Iowa” — 7:30 p.m., Mankato West auditorium, $3 for adults, $2 for students, 387-2947.

Mankato Ballet Company presents “The Nutcracker” — 1 & 5 p.m., Ted Paul Theatre, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $17 adults, $14 seniors, $10 children 12 and under, mankatoballet.org.

“Miracle on 34th Street” — 7:30 p.m., Wittenberg College Auditorium, Martin Luther College, 1995 Luther Court, New Ulm, $7 adults, $5 children, 507-359-9990.

Music

Buster’s — 2 Mile Final

Chankaska Creek Ranch & Winery — Betty & Ocho

Charley’s — Paul Durenberger

Circle Inn — Billy & the Bangers

Grand Kabaret — Mary Guentzel Quintet

Indian Island Winery — Becky Borneke

Kabobs — Lost Walleyes

The Loose Moose & Conference Center — Karaoke

Mapleton Municipal Bar — Jim Jam Band

Mullys — Eagle River

Pub 500 — Mainstreet

RedSky — DJ Attack

Rumor’s Lounge, Jerry Dutler Bowl — Karaoke

Wine Cafe — Elizabeth Mckay & The Nervous Breakdown

Sunday

Mankato Ballet Company presents “The Nutcracker” — 1 & 5 p.m., Ted Paul Theatre, Minnesota State University, Mankato, $17 adults, $14 seniors, $10 children 12 and under, mankatoballet.org.

Mankato Children’s Chorus annual winter concert — 3 p.m., Christ Chapel, Gustavus Adolphus, 800 W. College Ave., St. Peter, 387-9007.

“Miracle on 34th Street” — 2 p.m., Wittenberg College Auditorium, Martin Luther College, 1995 Luther Court, New Ulm, $7 adults, $5 children, 507-359-9990.

Music

Midtown Tavern — Karaoke

Mully’s — Karaoke

Rumor’s Lounge, Jerry Dutler Bowl — Karaoke

Monday

Bar Bingo — 7:30-9:30 p.m., Mully’s, 1030 Madison Ave., free, 388-1441.

“Hena Unkiksuyapi: In Commemoration of the Dakota Mass Execution of 1862” opening reception — 7-9 p.m., Hillstrom Museum of Art, Gustavus Adolphus College, free, 507-933-7200.

Storytime at the North Mankato Library — 10:30 a.m., Police Annex, 1001 Belgrade Ave. free, 345-5120.

Texas Hold’Em Poker — 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Pub 500, free, 625-6500.

Waseca High School Choir Holiday Feast & Concert — 6 p.m. feast, 8 p.m. concert, Waseca High School, 1717 Second St. N.W., 507-835-5470.

Music

Boomtown — Karaoke

Patrick’s On Third, St. Peter — Open Mic Night with The Wooden Nickels

Rumor’s Lounge, Jerry Dutler Bowl — Karaoke

Tuesday

Bar Bingo — 7:30-9:30 p.m., Mully’s, 1030 Madison Ave., free, 388-1441.

Holiday Wine Tasting — 6:30 p.m., Wine Cafe, 301 N. Riverfront Drive, Mankato, $20, 345-1516.

Storytime at the North Mankato Library — 10:30 a.m., Police Annex, free, 345-5120.

Texas Hold’Em Poker — 6:45 p.m., American Legion, North Mankato, free, 625-1264.

Music

Rumor’s Lounge, Jerry Dutler Bowl — Karaoke contest finale

Pub 500 — Open Mic Night

RedSky — FuzzTalkRadio Tuesday Night Club

Wednesday

Blues class and dancing — 9 p.m., Savoy, 526 S. Front St., 385-0072.

Trivia with Stunt Monkey — 10 p.m., Boomtown, free, 625-9264.

Music

Mully’s — Karaoke

Patrick’s, St. Peter — Karaoke

RedSky — Local Artists

Rumor’s Lounge, Jerry Dutler Bowl — Karaoke

Wine Cafe — Open Mic Night

 

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