Bloomington Center for the Arts Holiday Activities

Upcoming Events at the Bloomington Center for the Arts Newsletter

December 5, 2013

This issue

  • December Activities
  • Gifts in the Gallery
  • Indoor Market
  • The Nutcracker
  • Rutter's Gloria and Old-Time Radio Christmas
  • Sounds of the Season
  • Songs of Winter
  • Let it Snow
  • Striking 12

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December Activities

As a subscriber to the farmers market newsletter we wanted to let you know about some upcoming events, including two opportunities to shop local and purchase unique gifts.  In addition to some great shopping we will have seven different groups present, a total of 22 performance this month. There is something for everyone.


Bloomington Theatre and Art Center
Gifts in the Gallery

Gifts in the Gallery

December 4 - 18
Monday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Thursday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.|
Sunday, 1 - 5 p.m.
Inez Greenberg Gallery

Purchase one of a kind, artist-created gifts for the season.


Indoor Market

Saturday, December 14, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Stock up on farmers market goods for the winter and get some holiday shopping done at the same time. The market will feature pork products, cheese, chocolates, baked goods, coffee, honey, nuts, strudels, jams, dressings and salsas, decorative winter pots, spruce tips and branches as well as a variety of arts and crafts


Continental Ballet Company
The Nutcracker

Saturday, December 7, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 8, 3:00 p.m.

Schneider Theater

Adults $25, Seniors $19, Students $19, Children $13
To order tickets call 952-563-8562


Bloomington Chorale
Rutter's Gloria and Old-Time Radio Christmas

Friday, December 13, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 14, 4:00 p.m.

Schneider Theater 

Chorale Christmas

The Bloomington Chorale presents an old-time Christmas concert. Whether you remember the days when radio ruled the airwaves or read about it in History 101, your toes will be tapping.

Adults $15, Seniors $11, 25 and under $11
Add $1 to ticket price at door
952-563-8575 or www.centerstageticketing.com/sites/bloomington


Medalist Concert Band
Sounds of the Season

Sunday, December 15, 4:00 p.m.
Schneider Theater

Medalist Holiday

Join the Medalist Concert Band for an afternoon of holiday cheer and help the band support a local charity. No matter what your favorite holiday song, the Medalist Concert Band is sure to play it in this program of contemporary favorites and traditional classics.

Adults $12, Seniors $10, 25 and under $10
952-563-8575 or www.centerstageticketing.com/sites/bloomington


NOTE-able Singers
Songs of Winter

Thursday, December 19, 7:30 p.m.
Schneider Theater

NOTE-ables Christmas

Feel the joy of the holidays as you listen to the music of Broadway shows like Mame, famous artists like Bing Crosby and old familiar carols that will end the show in a sing-a-long medley.

Adults $15, Seniors $12, 5 and under free
952-563-8575 or www.centerstageticketing.com/sites/bloomington


Monroe Crossing, A Bluegrass Christmas

Friday, December 20, 7:30 p.m.
SOLD OUT


Let it Snow: Vintage Film and Classic Carols

Saturday, December 21, 7:30 p.m.
Schneider Theater

Let it Snow

Revisit some of the most well-known performers of holiday pop music of the 1930s through 1950s in rare film clips and take a tour through their songbooks with Maud Hixson and the Wolverines Trio.

Adults $25, Seniors $22, 25 and under $18
952-563-8575 or www.centerstageticketing.com/sites/bloomington


Bloomington Civic Theatre
Striking 12

December 13 - December 31
Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays, 2 p.m.
Black Box Theater

Bloomington Civic Theatre weaves a modern-day New Year's Eve into Hans Christian Andersen's classic fable The Little Match Girl.

Adults $22, Seniors $20, 25 and under $17
952-563-8575 or www.centerstageticketing.com/sites/bloomington