Something new: With Thanksgiving around the corner, it is time to start thinking about Christmas shopping. The MN Christmas Market provides fun pop-up opportunities to shop for unique gifts. The Market will be at Union Station in St. Paul from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 18 and at Quincy Hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 25. 

Something new: The Minneapolis Institute of Art is housing the collection of “In Our Hands: Native Photography, 1980 to Now” from now until Jan. 14, 2024. Tickets cost $20. 

Something new: Complete with live music and artist showcases, Art Attack! will be in the  Northrup King Building in Northeast Minneapolis from 5-9 p.m. Nov. 10, 12-8 p.m. Nov. 11 and 12-5 Nov. 12. 

Something new: Shop by Candlelight brings the ambiance to your midterm stress shopping spree. In the Shelby and Snelling Shopping District, you can visit stores lit only by candles from 5-8 p.m. Thursday.

Something free: There will be two author events in the Twin Cities during the next two weeks. “A Conversation with Junauda Petrus” is a free event with the Coretta Scott King, award-winning author of “The Stars and the Blackness Between Them.” Meanwhile, free with the $10 entry to the Minnesota History Museum, Trung Le Nguyen will be discussing his graphic novel “The Magic Fish” in an event called “States of Comics.”