• The Empire Arts Center of downtown Grand Forks presents; The Backstage Project. The next featured performer is Greg Lynas, a Grand Forks-based singer and songwriter. Greg will perform on stage this Friday, December 12th from 8 until – 9:30pm. There’s a 5-dollar cover charge. Use the back door.

• A “Holiday Bazaar” is scheduled at the Badger School in Badger, Minnesota on Saturday, December 13th. A community breakfast, vendors and pictures with Santa Claus are on the agenda from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.

• On Sunday, December 14th, a Country Music Jam will be held from 2- until 5pm at the Greenbush, Minnesota Community Center, with Gospel, Old Time & Country music being played. You’re asked to bring goodies to share. Everyone is welcome.

• The University of Minnesota – Crookston campus will provide a free Music and Theater Holiday Choir Concert at the Hafslo Church in Crookston, on Friday, December 12th. The restored church is located at the Polk County Historical Museum site on highway 2 east. The concert is open to the public and free will donations will be accepted to support the music program on the UMC campus. The UMC band will also perform at UMC’s Kiehle Auditorium on Saturday, December 13th at 7:00 pm. The concert is free with a free will donation will being accepted.

• The Vase Project: Made in China – Landscape in Blue is now on display at the North Dakota Museum of Art, located on the UND campus in Grand Forks. The vase display is a conceptual work consisting of 101 porcelain vases painted by Chinese citizens. This weekend, the NDMOA display will be open from 1 to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free.

• A performance of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” will be performed at Red River High School in Grand Forks – this Thursday, Friday and Saturday the 11th, 12th and 13th at 7:00 pm and Sunday the 14th at 2:00 pm.

• Music and dancing will be featured at the “Naughty and Nice” cabaret at the Fire Hall Theater in downtown Grand Forks on Saturday, December 13th at 7:30 pm. Tickets are 20-dollars.

• The North Dakota Ballet Company will host the “Nutcracker Extravaganza” at their studio in the Grand Cities Mall in Grand Forks, on Saturday, December 13th from 5:30 until 7:30 pm.