Gammelgården Museum of Scandia Holiday Displays

Gammelgården Museum of Scandia 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN

Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays are quieter days at the museum, with fewer guests and noise. The museum has sensory kits for youth and adults available for use while at the museum. In addition, there are fidgets that can be checked out and used while at the museum. A social narrative is available on the museum's website at https://gammelgardenmuseum.org/social-narrative-and-sensory-kits/ .

Gammelgården Museum of Scandia Holiday Displays

Gammelgården Museum of Scandia 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN

Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays are quieter days at the museum, with fewer guests and noise. The museum has sensory kits for youth and adults available for use while at the museum. In addition, there are fidgets that can be checked out and used while at the museum. A social narrative is available on the museum's website at https://gammelgardenmuseum.org/social-narrative-and-sensory-kits/ .

How the Grinch Stole Christmas Sensory Friendly Performance

Children's Theatre Company Minneapolis, MN

A miserly and miserable, ever-so-cantankerous Grinch has observed the despicable Christmas joy of the Whos with disdain, from a distance, for decades. Enough! In this CTC holiday favorite, filled with music and Seussian rhymes, he plots the greatest heist imaginable—stealing the very thing they love the most! Until, that is, the smallest of the Whos, tiny Cindy Lou, extends a hand. Through the combination of kindness and community, we witness not only a change in the course of Who-History, but the size and capacity of the old green guy’s heart.

$15 – $83

Leonardo!: A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster – Sensory Friendly

Children's Theatre Company Minneapolis, MN

Monsters have one job and it’s to be SCARY! “Booga booga booga!” But as hard as he tries, Leonardo can’t scare even a mouse. When the other monsters laugh and make fun of him, Leonardo goes in search of the most scaredy-cat kid in the whole world to try and scare the tuna salad out of him! Nationally acclaimed theatre company Manual Cinema breathes innovative life into this beloved story (and its doubly charming sequel), using hundreds of puppets to magically create a movie before your very eyes. Will Leonardo finally become the scary monster he dreams of being? Or will he discover something even better to be?

$20

Winter Sensory-Friendly Concert

Minnesota Orchestra Minneapolis, Minnesota

Join an engaging and interactive concert experience in a relaxed environment where all audience members are welcome to be who they are while enjoying music with family and friends. This concert takes place in the Target Atrium, where you can see and hear the instruments up close and ask questions in a more intimate setting. Hosted by Lyndie Walker, MT-BC from Toneworks Music Therapy Services, this program features a Minnesota Orchestra musician and talented guest artists from the community.

$12

Alice in Wonderland Jr. Relaxed Performance

Forest Lake Area High School 6101 Scandia Trail N, Forest Lake, MN, United States

For every mainstage show in our season, Children’s Performing Arts hosts a Relaxed Performance (formerly known as Sensory-Friendly). This allows patrons with sensory, social, physical, and cognitive needs (including young children) to attend a production in a safe and welcoming environment.

$12 – $19

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