New Holiday Show - Inspecting Carol"
November 24 - December 17
When an amateur auditioning for a small theatre company's production of A Christmas Carol is mistaken for a National Endowment for the Arts inspector, the bewildered wannabe actor is cast - and catered to - immediately. Inspecting Carol is a joyful celebration of the holiday season - a cross between the Dicken's classic and Waiting for Guffman - and packs several comical punches with its witty commentary and preposterous situations. Anything that could go wrong does go wrong in one of the funniest holiday spoofs ever written.
Tickets - $27 or $22 (includes all taxes)
Written by Daniel Sullivan and the Seattle Repertory Theatre. Click here for tickets or call 651-227-1100.
Start Planning Your Holiday Party Now Aboard the Showboat
The spectacular Victorian style Minnesota Centennial Showboat will be decked out for the holidays starting November 20. The Showboat is available to rent for as little as $300 per hour. With a state-of-the-art, in-deck heating system and 14 air conditioners the Showboat is ready for any Minnesota weather. The lavishly designed 225-seat theater is perfect for holiday parties, speakers, media presentations and entertainers as well as wedding ceremonies and receptions. The adjoining Hearing Room provides excellent dining facilities and a massive outside deck area overlooking the busy St. Paul harbor. Call 651-227-1100 and ask for Charter Sales or send an email to gabe@riverrides.com.
Gift Certificates
Gift certificates are available in $25 increments up to $100. Please call 651/227-1100 to order or 800/543-3908 (out-of-state). Gift certificates will be mailed the same day the order is made. Please call by Wednesday, December 20 for Christmas delivery. Visa, MC and American Express accepted.
Christmas Carol at Harriet Island Pavillion
December 14 - December 17
Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, London Town, and of course, that squeezing, wrenching, grasping, clutching, covetous old sinner - Ebenezer Scrooge, all here in this faithful telling of the Dicken's classic.
Set in a feast hall decked for Christmas, the exquisitely costumed cast of over 25 weaves the wonderful tale through the serving of a gourmet feast! In addition to first rate performances, there is live Celtic music and caroling throughout.
Tickets - $72.50 (includes all taxes)
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT - Buy tickets before 9/15/06 and receive $5 off.
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Saint Paul Winter Carnival Medicine Show Concert
Music, Magic & Comedy aboard the Minnesota Centennial Showboat. Come inside during the Winter Carnival to get warm and relax while you listen to the Medicine Show. The Twin City’s Medicine Show Music company has been called the living encyclopedia of american vaudeville. A fast moving show of musical novelties, tap dance, magic and audience interplay as only the medicine show can do it. They’ve performed countless state and county fairs, and represented truly american entertainment as far away as Japan, Hong Kong, and Europe. Recognize them? They’re the guys you’ve probably seen on local cable---don’t miss them live!! $19.80 per person (includes all fees). Two great performances at 2PM or 7PM on Saturday, January 27th, 2007. Both performances are one hour in length. All seats are general admission. Full bar service available. Click here for tickets. For more information on the Saint Paul Winter Carnival please click here.
2007 Mississippi Riverboat Schedule
Mississippi Riverboat cruises are open to the public Tuesday through Sunday in June, July and August at 12 noon and 2 p.m. Cruises depart from Harriet Island in downtown St. Paul (just across the river from Science Museum of Minnesota). The Padelford Riverboats also offer lunch, dinner and Sunday Brunch cruises as well as private charters for up to 700 people.
Public Excursions feature historically narrated 90-minute sightseeing cruises. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13.50 for Seniors (65+), and $7.50 for children ages 3 to 12 (ages 0-2 are free with one paid adult). No reservations are required except for groups of 25 or more. Groups reservations require payment with a single check in advance and are not refundable. Please note, occasionally special events are staged at Harriet Island and may cause some parking challenges, especially during Taste of Minnesota, Irish Fair and other such activities. We make every attempt to secure our parking areas but we are at the mercy of the City of St. Paul and event promoters.
Group rates are available for groups of 25 or more. Requires advanced payment. Please call 651/227-1100 or 800/543-3908 (out-state) for more information.
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OL' MAN RIVER - New Book Release
Memoirs of a Riverboat Captain by Capt. Wm. D. Bowell, Sr.
10"x 8", 224 pages
100+ color and b/w illustrations
HARDCOVER ONLY
Casebound in linen with dustjacket
ISBN 1-890434-69-8 $32.00
To order please visit the Afton Press website at www.aftonpress.com.
A swashbuckling tale of derring-do from a Minnesota legend!
Bill was twenty when he volunteered for the army following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Trained as a paratrooper, he jumped into Normandy on D-Day and fought in the Battle of the Bulge—two of the war’s most decisive campaigns. Following World War II, he came home to St. Paul to get a college education, raise a family, make a small fortune in printing and plastics, and build the enormously successful Padelford Packet Boat Company. His life’s story is a model for how he and others of “the greatest generation” shaped this country.
AUTHOR William D. Bowell, Sr. grew up in the river city of St. Paul, Minnesota, where his Padelford Packet Boat Company has offered excursions on the Mississippi for thirty-five years. Among his many achievements, he is the founder of the Passenger Vessel Association, and the winner of the National Rivers Hall of Fame Achievement Award. His Captain William Bowell River Library opened in 2004 at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa. He summers in Minneapolis and winters in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Bill Bowell inspired me as a mayor to reconnect the city with our river.
St. Paul's renaissance began with Bill's Drive to make it happen.
—Norm Coleman U.S. Senator and former mayor of St. Paul
