Thursday

Friends of the St. Peter Library’s Minnesota authors panel — 6:30 p.m., Room 219, St. Peter Community Center, 601 S. Washington Ave.; no admission fee.

Trivia Night — 6 p.m., The Loose Moose

Fall play: “Into the Woods” — 7 p.m., St. Peter High School, 2121 Broadway Ave.; $5-$15; for more information, call 934-4212.

Arthouse Film Series: “Incident at Oglala” — 7 p.m., Grand Center for Arts and Culture, 210 N. Minnesota St., New Ulm; no admission fee.

Tell Me A Story: “Transition” — 7:30 p.m., Arts Center of Saint Peter, 315 S. Minnesota Ave.; donations to storytelling event accepted.

Luke LeBlanc and Band — 7:30 p.m., Halling Recital Hall, Minnesota State University; $10 general admission, free admission for MSU students; hss.mnsu.edu/music-events.

MSU production: “Lombardi” — 7:30 p.m., Andreas Theatre at the Earley Center for Performing Arts; tickets: $10 regular, $9 for ages 65 and older and youths under age 16; hss.mnsu.edu/academic-programs/theatre-arts/performances-tickets/ticket-information.

Friday

Fall Jazz Ball — 7:30-9:30 p.m., MSU Centennial Student Union Ballroom; 6-7 p.m. dance lessons; tickets $10 for general public.

Cirque Musica Holiday Wonderland — 7:30 p.m., Mayo Health Systems Event Center, 1 Civic Center Plaza; tickets: $32.50 to $76.50; mayoclinichealthsystemeventcenter.com.

Fall play: “Into the Woods” — 7 p.m., St. Peter High School, 2121 Broadway Ave.; $5-$15; for more information, call 934-4212.

Merely Players production: “Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells” — 7 p.m., Lincoln Community Center; $17-$19; merelyplayers.com.

MSU production: “Lombardi” — 7:30 p.m., Andreas Theatre at the Earley Center for Performing Arts; tickets: $10 regular, $9 for ages 65 and older and youths under age 16; hss.mnsu.edu/academic-programs/theatre-arts/performances-tickets/ticket-information.

Bethany Lutheran College production: “Antigone” — 7:30 p.m., Sigurd K. Lee Theater, Ylvisaker Fine Arts Center, 715 Luther Drive; $12; blc.edu/arts/theatre/box-office.

Music

The Grand, New Ulm — 7 p.m., EZ Jazz Trio

WOW!Zone! — 6 p.m., Another Time Around

Saturday

Rapidan Heritage Society fall fundraiser — 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., 55209 190th St., Mankato; baked goods, fall decor, chili with fixings and cornbread.

Greater Mankato United Way Reading Festival — 9 a.m. to noon, Mankato Family YMCA, 1401 S. Riverfront Drive; no admission fee.

Toys for Tots Stuff a Bus — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mills Fleet Farm, 1850 Premier Drive.

South Central Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Chilifest — 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Morson Ario Strand VFW Post 950, 1900 N. Riverfront Drive; $10 general admission, free for veterans.

Cribbage tournament — 1 p.m., WOW!Zone; entry fee $5; call 720-1790 for more information.

Author talk by Andrew Wood — 1 p.m., Blue Earth County History Center; Wood’s book “Life at High G-Force” focuses on life and legacy of his father, Dr. Earl H. Wood.

Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra fall concert — 2 p.m., Maple River Secondary School, 801 S. Central Ave.; pay-as-you-are-able admission fee.

Concord Singers fall concert — 7 p.m., State Street Theater, 1 North State St., New Ulm; cash or food donations for local food shelf accepted in lieu of admission fee.

Merely Players production: “Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells” — 2:30 and 7 p.m., Lincoln Community Center; $17-$19; merelyplayers.com.

Fall play: “Into the Woods” — 7 p.m., St. Peter High School, 2121 Broadway Ave.; $5-$15; for more information, call 934-4212.

MSU production: “Lombardi” — 7:30 p.m., Andreas Theatre at the Earley Center for Performing Arts; tickets: $10 regular, $9 for ages 65 and older and youths under age 16; hss.mnsu.edu/academic-programs/theatre-arts/performances-tickets/ticket-information.

Bethany Lutheran College production: “Antigone” — 7:30 p.m., Sigurd K. Lee Theater, Ylvisaker Fine Arts Center, 715 Luther Drive; $12; blc.edu/arts/theatre/box-office.

Brit Floyd concert — 8 p.m., Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center; tickets $23-$77; mayoclinichealthsystemeventcenter.com.

Pageant & Singalong Nation musical: “Under Pressure” — 8 p.m., Patrick’s on Third, 125 S. Third St., St. Peter; no admission fee.

Music

Indian Island Winery — 5:30 p.m., JamBoyz

Sunday

Fall play: “Into the Woods” — 2 p.m., St. Peter High School, 2121 Broadway Ave.; $5-$15; for more information, call 934-4212.

Merely Players’ production: “Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells” — 2:30 p.m., Lincoln Community Center; $17-$19; merelyplayers.com.

Mankato Area Youth Symphony Orchestra fall concert — 3 p.m., Mankato East Senior High School, 2600 Hoffman Road; pay-as-you-are-able admission fee.

Jazz Mavericks concert — 3 p.m., Halling Recital Hall, MSU; $9 general admission, $7 for K-12, free admission for MSU students; hss.mnsu.edu/music-events.

Tuesday

Bullypulpit Bluegrass Band performance — 6 p.m., Watonwan County Library, 23 N.W. First St. Madelia; no admission fee.

Mankato Paddling and Outings Club presentation — 7 p.m., Fireside Room, Belgrade Avenue Methodist Church, North Mankato; no admission fee. Dean Peterson will discuss and show pictures of his 2019 China trip.

Wednesday

Pfeffer games — noon, The WOW!Zone.

Fall music series performance: Maud Hixson: Remembering Doris Day — 2 p.m., St. Peter Area Senior Center, 600 S. Fifth St.; no admission fee.