Meet the Real Ben.

See the electrifying new exhibit, Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World.

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VocalEssence

"The best choral show of the season" (Mpls.St.Paul) on Dec 6, 11, 12 & 13

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Sister's Back in Town

The hilarious Sister's Christmas Catechism in Ordway's McKnight Theatre Now Thru Dec 27.

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All Is Calm

"Gorgeously moving." 6 Performances Only! Dec. 17-20 - Pantages 800.982.2787

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Guthrie's A Christmas Carol

Celebrating 35 years of a Twin Cities' holiday tradition!

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Stages Theatre Company

Click/Call for Tickets (952) 979-1111 Mention STAR TRIBUNE - 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins

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Beauty at The Ordway

Tale as old as time - Disney's Beauty and the Beast at the Ordway Dec 15 - Jan 3.

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Actors Theatre Of Minnesota

Holiday Savings 25-50% off tickets

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"And the adults kept saying: how lucky we are to be in America. I wasn't convinced. I saw them walking in the snow drifts, their backs bent, their hands curled to their sides. I felt the humiliation of not knowing English and a bubble of hurt began. But when I saw how hard they all worked to keep us in school, to put warm food on the old tabletops, I could not, no matter how discouraged, say: this is not enough. This is not the life I had wanted for myself or you in this country or any other. We've come too far for this. Haven't we?"