MARCH "All in St. Paul" Event Calendar

FEBRUARY DATES STILL POSTED BELOW!

St. Patty's, Tourneys, Spring Flower Show, Daylight Savings - we want it all!! Tickets sales go quickly - be sure to plan ahead.

Saturday, March 1

Ultimate Dinosaurs opens, Science Museum, thru Aug. 24. Dinosaurs Alive is the accompanying Omni movie.
 Inside Guantanamo, Past and Present, MN History Center, 2pm.

MSHSL Wrestling Tournament, Xcel

MN Opera: The Dream of Valentino, Ordway, thru Mar.9

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 8pm.  SPCO

Sunday, March 2

Music Under Glass, Como Conservatory, 4:30-6:30pm.  Jack Klatt.

Luke Bryan, Xcel, 7:30pm.

Twin Cities Bridal Show, Rivercentre.

Monday, March 3

MN Wild vs. CalgaryFlames, Xcel, 7pm.

Wednesday, March 5

MSHSL Boy’s Hockey Tournament, Xcel.

Pink Martini, Fitzgerald, 7:30pm. With the von Trapp great-grandchildren.

Thursday, March 6

Courtroom Concert Series, Landmark, noon-1pm. Irina and Julia Elkina, duo piano. FREE

MSHSL Boy’s Hockey Tournament, Xcel.

  

Friday, March 7

Bully opens, Steppingstone Theatre, thru Mar. 23.  The play was created by six young Twin Cities playwrights aged 15–19, and six more from Action Transport Theatre in Ellesmere Port, England who worked on the same questions. The result is a rich, funny and moving exploration of bullying from the perspective of those closest to it. 

MSHSL Boy’s Hockey Tournament, Xcel.

Saturday, March 8

MSHSL Boy’s Hockey Tournament, Xcel.

A Prairie Home Companion, Fitzgerald, 4:45pm.

Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 8pm

Minnesota Parent Camp Fair, Como Visitor Center, 10am-2pm.

MinnesotaRollerGirls, Rivercentre, 7:30pm.

Sunday, March 9 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS!

Evensong, St. Paul's United Church of Christ, 5:15-6pm. Evening meditative service with harp and dulcimer.

Wild vs. St. LouisBlues, Xcel, 7pm.

Monday, March 10

Miley Cyrus, Xcel, 7pm.

Tuesday, March 11

MN Wild vs. EdmontonOilers, Xcel, 7pm.

Schubert Club: Valentina Lisitsa, Ordway, 7:30pm

Wednesday, March 12

Imagine Dragons, Xcel, 7pm.

Thursday, March 13

Courtroom Concert Series, Landmark, noon-1pm. Florestan Recital Project: Aaron Engebreth, baritone and Alison d'Amato, piano.  Music of Libby Larsen. FREE  

Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto, Ordway, 7:30pm

MN Wild vs. New York Rangers, Xcel, 7pm.

Friday, March 14

Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto, Ordway, 10:30am & 8pm

Cyrano opens, Park Square, thru Apr.6. Regional premiere - Flamboyant Cyrano is a skilled swordsman and a gifted poet, yet his unusually large nose prevents him from declaring his love for the beautiful and brainy Roxane, who is enamored of handsome Christian. Will Roxane fall for Christian's dashing looks or Cyrano's daring poetry?

Saturday, March 15

Get Lucky 7K, Robert & Kellogg start, 8:30am. Road closures - www.getluckytc.org/triple-7khalf-marathon-course.html

Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto, Ordway, 8pm

The Thing’s They Carried opens, History Theatre, thru Apr. 6. A powerful one-man performance of Tim O'Brien's award-winning novel about the American soldiers' experience in Vietnam.

A Prairie Home Companion, Fitzgerald, 4:45pm.

MN Wild vs. ColumbusBlue Jackets, Xcel, 7pm.

Sunday, March 16

Lonely Soldiers opens, History Theatre, thru Apr.6. The true stories of eight female soldiers who fought in the early years of the Iraq war, told in their own.

Pat Metheny, Fitzgerald, 7:30pm.

MN Swarm vs. Toronto, Xcel, 5pm.

Monday, March 17

Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, noon. 5th Street to Rice Park.

Celtic Women, Xcel, 7pm.

Tuesday, March 18

Demi Lovato, Xcel, 7pm.

Readings by Writers, University Club, 7:30pm.  Poetry readings curated by Carol Connolly. Open to the public. 

Thursday, March 20

2014 Big Ten Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament, 2pm.

Courtroom Concert Series, Landmark, noon-1pm. Steven Marking, baritone and Ruth Palmer, piano, Duo Zeno: Preston Duncan, saxophone and Scotty Horey, marimba. FREE

Composer Conversation, Amsterdam Bar, 7pm. Timo Andres with Gabriel Kahane, Ted Hearne, Becca Stevens, and Nathan Koci

Friday, March 21

Timos Andres: Work Songs, SPCO Center, 8pm

NexStar Dance Competition, Rivercenter.

AXIS Dance Company, Ordway, 7:30pm.  Target Dance Series.

Saturday, March 22

Timos Andres: Work Songs, SPCO Center, 8pm.

NexStar Dance Competition, Rivercenter.

Spring Flower Show opening, Como Conservatory, 10am-6pm.

A Prairie Home Companion, Fitzgerald, 4:45pm.

Sing-a-Long Sound of Music, Ordway, 11:30am & 6:30pm.  Screening of the classic Julie Andrews film in its glorious, full-screen Technicolor with subtitles for the audience to interact along. Attendees are encouraged to wear costumes for a chance to win prizes in a costume contest, which begins one half hour prior to the performance times.

MN Wild vs. Detroit Red Wings, Xcel, 1pm.

Sunday, March 23

Bach and Beyond, Central Library, 2pm.  Free concert in celebration of Bach’s birthday. Classical guitarist Eva Beneke and Swiss soprano Nathalie de Montmollin accompanied by cellist Michelle Kinney.

NexStar Dance Competition, Rivercenter.

Swarm vs. Buffalo, Xcel, 2pm.

Tuesday, March 25

Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess opens, Ordway, thru Mar.30

Wednesday, March 26

MN Wild vs. VancouverCanucks, Xcel, 6:30pm

Thursday, March 27

Courtroom Concert Series, Landmark, noon-1pm.  Music of Abbie Betinis. FREE 

LOUD at the Library, James J. Hill Library, 7-9:30pm. The Cactus Blossoms, beer (free drink with your Library card) and trivia.

Friday, March 28

Chamber Music Series #5, SPCO Center, 8pm

Saturday, March 29

All About Animals!  MN History Center Family Variety Show, 2-3:30pm.  1:15pm pre-show.  Daddy Squeeze featuring Chinese lion dancers, dog tricks, duck calling and coyote stories.

Donnie Smith Bike and Car Show, Rivercentre.

A Prairie Home Companion, Fitzgerald, 4:45pm.

  

NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey West Regional, Xcel, 4:30pm

Sunday, March 30

Chamber Music Series #5, SPCO Center, 2pm

NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey West Regional, 6:30pm