Arts & Performance

Continental Ballet Company has created an on-demand video featuring several dances from the ballet Swan Lake, as well as a variety of backstage scenes from CBC’s ballet production preparation. We are anxious to return to the theater, but until that time, we are offering this virtual sampling of classical ballet for spring 2021.

Video will be available to view from Sunday, March 27 at 9:00 am to Monday, April 5 at 10:00 pm 

  Read more about Continental Ballet's Virtual performance of Swan Lake Excerpts and Backstage Scenes!

Marketfest is a summer festival in beautiful downtown White Bear Lake that runs Thursdays from 6:00 to 9:00 pm, July 1-August 5, 2021. For more than 30 years Marketfest has attracted locals and visitors who are interested in a lively, family-friendly atmosphere.

Each week two stages offer live concerts showcasing local bands from diverse musical genres including jazz, blues, rock, folk, country, and funk. The festival also features a classic car show and local vendors offering a wide variety of arts, crafts, merchandise, services, and foods. Read more about Marketfest

Gather your family and join Minnesota Center for Book Arts Lead Teaching Artist Madeline Garcia for a free virtual workshop! You’ll learn how to make 3 unique pop-up valentine cards to send to your loved ones. Fun and accessible to many developmental levels, this hour-long workshop is open to all ages. Families can choose to work together or side-by-side to create their valentines. Read more about Love Local: Make Pop-Up Valentines!

Holiday classics, traditional Irish carols, heartwarming duets, full orchestral sounds, and wonderful choirs will sweep you away to spend the evening in the warmth and the glow of Christmas in Ireland. Read more about A Virtually Celtic Christmas

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Light up your holidays and join Christmas’ favorite couple, Ellen and Clark Griswold, for this virtual salute to the holiday classic, “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” Chevy Chase (Clark) and Beverly D’Angelo (Ellen) lead audiences through this live event as they share fan-favorite clips from the movie, reveal their favorite memories from the making of the “Vacation” franchise, and answer your questions in a live audience Q & A. Read more about A (Virtual) Christmas with The Griswolds: An Evening with Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo

Entertain your family, support Cine Latino and learn about visionary storytellers that bring our diverse communities together to inform and transform through the art and power of cinema.

Read more about 2020 Cine Latino at Home / Cine Latino En Casa A Virtual Film Festival

Twin Cities’ author Allan Evans has been finding writing success of late. His debut novel, Abnormally Abbey (Immortal Works Press, 220 pages) is publishing in September. A short story, Silent Night, is in the Haunted Yuletide anthology publishing in October (also Immortal Works) and a serial killer thriller set in the Twin Cities, Killer Blonde, is publishing in early 2021. Read more about Abnormally Abbey Book Signing with Author Allan Evans

Enjoy the sounds of Mark Joseph and American Soul at the socially distanced live music series. All are welcome at the Keg and Case patio and park. Craft beer and food will be sold at the event, and local Keg and Case vendors will be in attendance. Read more about Fandango Summer: Outdoor Music Series

The Nicollet Makers Market is a hub for Read more about Nicollet Makers Market