VSAM Tết Show 2025: Colors of the Homeland

The VSAM Tet Show is a student-run event celebrating the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. This upcoming New Year concludes the end of the Year of the Dragon (Rong) and brings in the Year of the Snake (Ran). VSAM strives to showcase this beautiful tradition to the greater community through exuberant performances including a skit, live singing performances, traditional and modern dances, traditional and modern fashion, and the Lion Dance (Múa lân).

Tinkering After Dark: Robot Date Night

We’ve got your Valentine’s Day plans covered.

Grab your sweetheart or best bud and build a robot pet in our classrooms. Step-by-step instructions will be provided along with expert advice from our educators.

Space is limited to 40 (20 pairs of two). This event is intended for individuals ages 18+.

Each registration includes admission for 1 and 1 kit. We recommend working on a kit together during the event and taking the second one home to work on later.

Stryker *LIVE* at the 32nd Annual Grumpy Old Men Winter Festival

Get ready to shake off those winter blues at the 32nd Annual Grumpy Old Men Festival with the electrifying sounds of Stryker!

Join us on Friday, February 21, 2025, at 5 PM at the Transfer Building for a high-energy classic rock experience. Featuring some of Minnesota's most iconic musicians, Stryker will set the stage on fire with timeless hits and unforgettable rhythms.

Songs We Used to Sing

An evening of praise and worship songs from the 80's and 90's with Dan and Sandy Adler and former Open Door Worship Band!

Modern Worship has lots of great songs, but there are also many great older songs that aren’t sung often anymore. So, Dan and Sandy Adler are bringing together a group of singers and instrumentalists that used to lead worship with them at Church of the Open Door in the 80’s and 90’s, for a participative evening of praise and worship music from the past!

The SMOTHERS & OTHERS Tribute Show - A Salute to Musical Comedy Legends!

Clean Comedian Paul Aldrich is bringing The SMOTHERS & OTHERS Tribute Show - A Salute to Musical Comedy Legends, to the Music Factory!

Roger Miller, Weird Al, Jim Stafford, Ray Stevens, Steve Martin and The Smothers Brothers are just some of the comedy greats celebrated in this one-of-a-kind, one-man-tribute- show, starring comedian/guitarist Paul Aldrich.

Singing with the Stars

Celebrating its third year, Singing with the Stars is back and more dazzling than ever! Expect champagne, delectable bites, and an unforgettable night as local celebrities live out their Broadway dreams at the NorShor Theatre!

Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience

Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience: They’re not famous. Yet. And they’re not exactly a tribute group. Which would make it easier for you to know what to expect. They are something else. Literally.

Shaun’s won an Emmy and the band’s first full-length album debuted on Billboard‘s Top Five. More importantly, the Shaun Johnson Big Band Experience is leading a “jazz pop renaissance” (The Guardian).