Looking for a little comfort and joy? Dashing to these holiday shows should help make the season merry and bright.
GLOW Holiday Festival
Save the family a little extra cash on the electric bill and get your holiday lights fix at this illuminous attraction. The grounds of CHS Field are draped with more than a million lights that wind through holiday vignettes with themes such as the Enchanted Forest, Present Palace and Color Blossoms. For an extra fee, guests can get the perspective of a flying reindeer by whizzing above the field on Vixen's Zip Line. An artist-created mosaic flame represents the regional charities that benefit from the event. One dollar from each ticket is donated. (5-9 p.m., select dates Nov. 16-Dec. 31, $12.75-$20.75, 360 N. Broadway, St. Paul, glowholiday.com)
Tidings of Comfort and/or Tidings of Joy: Even the surliest Scrooge will be enchanted at GLOW.
MELISSA WALKER
Christmas with the Singers
What's your favorite Christmas carol? This sweet-voiced chamber choir asked that on its website and more than 350 fans voted. Matthew Culloton conducts arrangements of the top eight at these concerts, along with seasonal works by B.E. Boykin, Steve Heitzeg, Stephen Paulus, Rosephanye Powell and a premiere by Isaac Lovdahl. Harpist Min Kim supports the otherwise a cappella Singers. (3 p.m. Dec. 3, Westwood Lutheran Church, 9001 Cedar Lake Road, St. Louis Park; 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 4801 France Av. S., Mpls.; 2 p.m. Dec. 10, Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, 1938 Stanford Av., St. Paul, $35, singersmca.org)
Tidings of Comfort/Joy: Cuddle up with some familiar favorites and wrap yourself in a warm blanket of harmony.
ROB HUBBARD
'CHILL: The Entire Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack, Played Live and Danced!'
Back in 2017, Rhythmically Speaking hit upon an idea for a holiday show that proved to have a balance of holiday spirit and something a little different. Setting Vince Guaraldi's beloved "A Charlie Brown Christmas" soundtrack to jazz dance choreography, choreographer Erinn Liebhard, RS' artistic and executive director, created a cheerful pandemonium of rhythmic movement. The next year, they expanded the work, and brought it back in 2019, as well, delighting audiences. Now, after a four-year hiatus, "CHILL: The Entire Charlie Brown Christmas" returns to the Amsterdam Bar in the city where "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz was born. With updated choreography and live music, it's a worthy addition to the Twin Cities holiday show landscape. (7 p.m. Dec. 1, 2 & 7 p.m. Dec. 2, 2 p.m. Dec. 3, Amsterdam Bar & Hall, 6 W. 6th St. St. Paul, $20 advance, $24 at the door, $10 kids 12 and under, amsterdambarandhall.com, 612-285-3112)
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