Arts briefs: 'A Christmas Carol Radio Play' coming up in Eagan

The Eagan Theater Company will present its annual "A Christmas Carol Radio Play" on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 19-20. Performances are at 7 p.m. both evenings at Woodcrest Church, 525 Cliff Road, Eagan.

Advance tickets are $10 on the website www.etc-mn.org. Tickets also will be available at the door for $14. Prices include desserts by Baking Memories Caterers.

The setting is a 1940s radio station. Six actors in Forties apparel play 32 roles before images from Dickensian London. Sound effects are live, and created so that the audience can see how they are done.

The performance includes ad jingles from the Forties, so as to showcase a broadcast-live show.

There are Christmas carols before and during the performance, from local singers, including members of Eagan Women of Note.

The Eagan Theater Company was founded in 2011 as a nonprofit with the goal to "ignite imaginations and encourage participation by producing high quality theatrical performances that appeal to a wide range of community interests."

For more information, email info@etc-mn.org, or call 651-454-6755.

The cabins feel perched in the woods, as the ground drops out from under them. Park officials boast of "an overnight experience free of modern intrusions — no television, video games or radio — just peace and quiet among the rustling pines."

Up to six people can stay in each one, costing $60 per night. All are accessible.

Reservations from now through April 30 are being taken, accepted through an online request form. For further information, including a link to reservation forms, go to http://tinyurl.com/k2kmo59

A family New Year's Eve Party is coming up at Lebanon Hills Visitor Center. The event, on Dec. 31 from 5 to 8 p.m., includes candlelit hiking, snowshoeing and ice skating; sledding; bonfires; s'mores; storytelling; magic, and a ball countdown at 7:59 p.m.

Volunteers are needed for setting up and lighting luminarias, tending bonfires, making s'mores and other tasks.