Carmen

You won't have to travel very far to find some fun things to do this weekend around Central Minnesota. You can watch the Minnesota Dance Ensemble perform Carmen at the Paramount Theatre, The St. Cloud Singing Saints Spring concert, The Mosaic of Gifts at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, the second weekend of Pioneer Places' I Ought to be in Pictures show, and a sacred hour of song at St. John's University. Read more in The Weekender!

Residents of Alexandria will get a taste of opera this weekend. Performers from the Minnesota Opera will sing excerpts from Bizet's "Carmen" at a concert Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Jefferson High School auditorium.