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Vol. 7, Issue 4

April 2012

17 Bridge Square Northfield, MN 55057

507/663-7937

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April 2012

Exhibits �� 2 Happenings �� 2-18 Theater �� 5 Real Estate Special Advertising Section: ��19-21 Positively Division Street �� 22 In Memoriam: Vicky Wiegand �� 23 April Shorts �� 23 Sports �� 24 April Gigs �� 25 Clubs, Classes & More �� 25 Just Curious: Kristine Holmgren ��26-27 Historic Happenings �� 28-31 Dining �� 32 Advertisers’ Index �� 32 The Northfield Historical Society’s Ole and Lena Joke Night has local jokers extraordinaire Brad Ness and Marian Hvistendahl returning as Ole and Lena with laughable assistance from Ann Etter and Michelle Olson. Laughs kick off April 14 at 7pm.

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Paradise Center for the Arts

Eclectic Goat – 418 Division St.

507/786-9595 • Tu/W 10am-5pm, Th 10am-7pm, F/Sa 10am5pm, Su 12-4pm – More than 120 artists represented. “A shop where...ART RULES!”

The Flaten Art Museum/Dittmann Center

1520 St. Olaf Ave. • 507/786-3556 • stolaf.edu/depts/art/ M/Tu/W/F 10am-5pm, Th until 8pm, Sa/Su 2-5pm. The Sculpture and Sounds of Ellen Fullman, Instrumentalist – April 10-12. Fullman will construct a large stringed instrument in the Flaten Art Museum Gallery. The public is invited to drop in and watch this amazing construction. Installation: 10am-12pm and 1-4pm April 10-13; performance April 13, 7pm. Senior Show #1 – April 22-29. Featuring work by senior art majors Daniel Anderson, Nathan Bishop, Mathew Brutger, Jonathan Halquist, Kaiya Hoyer-Leitzel, Callie Knaeble, Elizabeth Koehl, Rachel Lamb, Anna Mahnke, Sheila Novak, Stephen Noyes, Jacqueline Scott, Anda Tanaka and Maren Westby. Works range from paintings and drawings to sculpture and video. Opening reception: April 22, 2-4pm with artist introductions at 2:30pm.

Northfield Arts Guild

304 Division St. • 507/645-8877 northfieldartsguild.org M-F 10am-5pm, Sa 10-3 Watch the Art Grow – All-School Art Show – April 4-28. A vibrant showcase of Northfield’s youngest artists, from grades K-12; their work is exciting and fresh and hung floor to ceiling. See the next generation’s creativity in its first blush. Reception/Imagination Celebration: April 21, 11am-3pm. A day of free art activities and performances by and for young people.

Northfield Arts Guild at Allina Clinic

1440 Jefferson Rd. • M-T 7am-8pm, F 7am-7pm, Sa 9am-3pm Close to Home – Through April 16 – oil paintings of local interest by Marsha Kolstad Morrill Kitchel. Paintings by Joannie Johnson – April 16-May 28.

Northfield Historical Society

408 Division St. • 507/645-9268 M-Sa 10am-5:30pm, Su 1-5:30pm The History of Telephones in Northfield – Through June 22 – discover the telecommunications history of Northfield and Dundas. Highlights include phones, switchboards, advertisements, tools of the telephone trade and much more from 1880 to 2011.

Northfield Senior Center Gallery

1651 Jefferson Pkwy. • 507/664-3700 northfieldseniorcenter.org M-F 7am-8pm, Sa 7am-5pm, Sun 10am-5pm Marlys Shirley, oil paintings and Phil Agee, wood carvings – April 2-29. Opening Reception: April 10, 5-7pm. Kathy Miller, watercolor paintings and Tom Willis, pottery – April 30-June 3.

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321 Central Ave., Faribault • 507/332-7372 paradisecenterforthearts.org Tu/W/F/Sa 12-5pm, Th 12-8pm, Su/M closed. Craft Council Show: Project Upcycle – April 20-22. Two artists will represent the Paradise in the American Craft Council Exhibit. Jennifer Wolcott (Northfield) and Theresa Harsma (Owatonna). The exhibit will be at the St. Paul River Centre. Carlander Family Gallery: Prairie’s Edge Humane Society Portraits – March 2-April 17 – paintings of adoptable animals from the Prairie’s Edge Humane Society. The images of the animals represent their energy, personality and physical attributes. There are a wide variety of wonderful animals in need of your help at the humane society. This exhibit and body of work are made possible by a grant provided by the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council and McKnight Foundation. Revelations and Inspirations by Richard Mittelstadt – April 20June 5. Richard’s ambition has always been to abstract his painting subjects. However, as an observational and mechanical artist, that can be a challenge. With acrylic paints he can enthusiastically play with abstractionism – creating more colorful, expressive and whimsical forms of landscapes as well as nonobjective compositions. Opening Reception: April 20, 5-7pm. Vranesh Boardroom Gallery: Photography by Paul Swanson – March 2-April 17 – The advent of computer manipulation and digital photography has given Swanson (a photographer since 1984) an almost endless reign of possibilities. Israel – Macro to Panoramic by Jane Strauss – April 20-June 5. One striking impression of Israel is that it packs such a diversity of views into less than 10,000 square miles, less than 1/8 the area of Minnesota. Another is its diversity of people – it has been referred to as a “Disneyland of history and religion” – and lifestyles, with everything from Western Urban, to nomadic, to third-world, to small rural towns. During a tour-on-a-shoestring lasting six weeks, Strauss pictured both its landscape and its detail, and shares them here. Opening Reception: April 20, 5-7pm. Corey Lyn Creger Memorial Gallery: Student Work – March 2-April 17 – the Center for the Arts celebrates “Youth Art Month 2012” with this exhibit highlighting the work of local school-age artists. Student Work: Dakota Neuman – April 20-June 5. Opening Reception: April 20, 5-7pm.

Studio Elements

16 Bridge Square 507/786-9393 studioelements.net • Th 10am-5pm, F/Sa 10am-5pm, Su 12-4pm. Fine art, unique gifts and fun junk.

Call for Entries: small WORKS Northfield Arts Guild • Submission Deadline: May 15 This juried art exhibit opens in August. All media accepted. Must be self-contained and measure 6"x6"x12" or smaller. With two-dimensional, these dimensions must include frame. Visit northfieldartsguild.org for prospectus and application.

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Broadway. Throughout the twists and turns of their love story, Tony Award-winner Jason Robert Brown weaves his beautiful and lyrical music. The Merlin Players veterans, Megan Proft and Paul Somers star.

Apr. 13-15, 20-22; F-Sa 7:30pm, Su 2pm Northfield Arts Guild Theater Charlie has crafted a moderately comfortable life by renting out rooms in her Northfield home and watching her daughter grow into an ambitious young woman. She hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen her ex-husband for yearsâ&#x20AC;Śso why is she left with the responsibility of taking care of his ashes now that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dead? With the help of her daughter, friends and an unexpected stranger, she learns about forgiveness and what the role of â&#x20AC;&#x153;fatherâ&#x20AC;? is today. This is the premiere production of this charming and delightfully funny contemporary drama, written by Star Tribune writer and former Northfielder, Kristine Holmgren (see Just Curious, page 20). Directed by Libby Glimsdale. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 students and available at 507/645-8877 or northfieldartsguild.org.

Apr. 27-28, May 4-5; 7:30pm ARTech This faithful adaptation of Charles Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; second novel is an exciting, fast-moving melodrama about the adventures of an orphan redeemed from a life of cruel poverty and crime by an act of unselfish courage. Not the musical version of the novel, this is a dark tale filled with strong characters and a very physical staging. Directed by Bob Gregory-Bjorklund. Tickets: $6 adults, $4 students, on sale at ARTech front desk and at the door. Seating is limited. 507/663-8806, ext. 212 for more information.

Paper Daddy

The Last 5 Years

Seventh Annual Very Short Play Festival

Apr. 27-28 (April 27 is family friendly), 8pm Northfield Arts Guild Theater Original one act plays. Northfield High School Spring Play

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Apr. 13-15, 19-21; Th-Sa 7:30pm, Su 2pm Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Written and composed by Jason Robert Brown and performed by the Merlin Players. In this modern musical, Jamie Wellerstein, an up-and-coming novelist, meets Cathy Haitt, a struggling stage actress. As Jamieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career skyrockets, Cathy strives to succeed on

Oliver Twist

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Study Hall • 9:30pm-12am

HAPPE N I NG S

The Contented Cow This includes Peter Lynn and Terry VanDeWalker and these guys really rock the house – digging deep into obscure covers and original tunes.

SUNDAY, APRIL 1 Maud Hixson • 1-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Jazz singer originally from St. Louis Park.

TUESDAY, APRIL 3

Politics and a Pint • 6pm

Dittmann Center, Groot Gallery, St. Olaf

St. Olaf Student Art Sale

Contented Cow Join in on discussions of local issues at this “lightly moderated” open forum. For information on topics, go to contentedcow.com. Quiz Night • 8pm

Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

The Contented Cow Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen! Maud Hixson

Photo Andrea Cantor Contented Cow Stop in anytime to sign up for this four-person team competition; prizes and the winning team may drink from the “Winners Mug” the week following their triumph.

MONDAY, APRIL 2 Flaten Lecture Series: Art Historian Heather Shirey • 7pm

Dittmann 305, St. Olaf Shirey’s primary area of research focuses on art, politics and identity construction in the African-Brazilian religion Candomblé and the position of material culture in identity politics and spiritual practices in Africa and the African Diaspora. Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

The Contented Cow An informal weekly gathering of musicians to play acoustic music with roots in the north, particularly the Nordic countries. Participants and listeners of all ages and levels of experience are welcome.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4 Film Screening: In a Better World • 7-9pm

Weitz Center for Creativity Cinema, Carleton Recipient of the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. “In a Better World” is a Danish-Swedish drama thriller directed by the Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier and written by Anders Thomas Jensen. It tells the story of Anton, a doctor who commutes between his home and an idyllic Danish town, and his work at a Sudanese refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family face conflicts and difficult decisions regarding revenge, forgiveness and friendship. Open to the public. Presented by Carleton OffCampus Studies and the Danish Institute for Study Abroad.

Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

The Contented Cow St. Paul-based musician “whose voice and songs come at you with all the power and hype of a falling snowflake…her talent has instantly hushed a room.” – Jim Walsh, MinnPost. Voted the Entertainment Guide’s No. 1 musician of 2010. THURSDAY, APRIL 5 Author Douglas Wood • 7pm

Northfield Public Library Meeting Room Author, illustrator, musician, composer, naturalist, wilderness guide…it is hard to pin a label on Douglas Wood. Many know him best from his classic children’s books like “Old Turtle” and “Granddad’s Prayers of the Earth;” others from CDs or concerts or keynote presentations around the country. What connects it all is a passion to communicate in words and music the wonder and mystery to be found in the natural world and in the human story. Matt Arthur & The Bratlanders • 8-11pm

The Contented Cow Matt Arthur and the Bratlanders play original foot-stompin’ protest songs, hollerin’ gospel blues, and classic covers from such American legends as Johnny Cash, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Hank Williams.

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Joe Meyer • 8-11:30pm

The Tavern Lounge

A Love Electric with TBD • 9pm

The Upstairs Rueb A Love Electric, featuring nationally acclaimed jazz and rock guitarist Todd Clouser, is an infectious quintet in the stylings of ’70s-era electric jazz rock, based out of Minneapolis and Baja, Mexico. Their genre-defying compositions and passionate live performances have earned the praise of musicians, critics and lovers of jazz and rock alike. The group is at the forefront of the creative music scene and has been featured in the past year at the Artists Quarter in St. Paul, the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis, the Boom Boom Room in San Francisco and The Blue Note in New York City. More at toddclouser.com. FRIDAY, APRIL 6 Tim Fast • 6-8pm

Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café A nationally touring, finger-style guitar picking, harmonica bending, singer/ songwriter. His music is infused with folk, blues and country, playing covers and original work. Matt & Jake • 8-11:30pm

The Tavern Lounge Karaoke

Rueb ‘N’ Stein • 9pm Castle Rock and Roll • 9pm Jesse James Lanes • 10pm

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SATURDAY, APRIL 7

DJ Music

Meet the Winemaker • 12-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Enjoy a day of sampling wine and asking the extraordinary winemaker, Vincent Negret, all of your wine-related questions! Vincent will give guided tours of the Winery at 1 and 3pm and will even serve samples of the wine from the tank. The event includes complimentary light appetizers and live music by Andrew Walesch (2-5pm). Andrew performs crowd favorites of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, along with many of his own songs, Alison Rae • 8-11:30pm

The Tavern Lounge St. Paul-based musician “whose voice and songs come at you with all the power and hype of a falling snowflake…her talent has instantly hushed a room.” - Jim Walsh, MinnPost. Voted the Entertainment Guide’s No. 1 musician of 2010. Hahn and the Chee Gwais • 9-10:30pm

The Contented Cow

Castle Rock and Roll • 9pm Rueb ‘N’ Stein Chad & Russell • 9:30pm

Froggy Bottoms Chad Johnson and Russell Franek, former front men of “Communication Breakdown” playing originals and covers including the likes of Lynard Skynyrd, Van Morrison, CCR and Johnny Cash. Alluvion • 11pm-1am

The Contented Cow The musical brain child of long-time professional daydreamer Berndt Evenson. The purpose of Alluvion: to make music, distribute it and perform it for any and all who will listen. The debut album SELF TITLED is an exploration in dark yet mellow wobbly bass synth sounds combined with melodic textures and thumping percussion.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 10

Andrew Walesch • 2-5pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Performs Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, along with many of his own songs. Politics and a Pint • 6pm

Andrew Walesch

Contented Cow Join in on discussions concerning local issues at this “lightly mod-erated” open forum. For information on topics, go to contentedcow.com.

Quiz Night • 8pm

Contented Cow Stop in anytime to sign up for this four-person team competition; prizes and the winning team may drink from the “Winners Mug” the week following their triumph. MONDAY, APRIL 9 Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

The Contented Cow This includes Peter Lynn and Terry VanDeWalker and these guys really rock the house - digging deep into obscure covers and original tunes.

April 2012

Middle School String Solo and Ensemble Festival • 4-9pm

Middle School Auditorium

Exhibit Opening Reception: Marlys Shirley and Phil Agee 5-7pm

Northfield Senior Center See galleries page.

Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

The Contented Cow Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen! WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

The Contented Cow A gathering of musicians and listeners in a relaxed, informal setting. Along with the music enjoy conversation, camaraderie and perhaps even a few Irish dance steps. THURSDAY, APRIL 12 Marv Gohman • 8:30-11pm

The Tavern Lounge Swaggering, foot-stompin’, heart-pumpin’ fiddle and madcap mandolin. Wailing harp winds up breathing hard. Has opened for notable artists including Jonny Lang, Glen Frey, Maria Muldaur, Colin Rae, Sammy Kershaw, John Michael Montgomery, Delbert McClinton, Tanya Tucker, Glen Campbell, Los Lobos, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, 38 Special, Proclaimers, Al Green and Taj Mahal; Jammed with Lowen and Navarro; and sung with Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger.

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Twin Cities Showcase: Martin Devaney and The Mad Ripple • 8pm-12am

FRIDAY, APRIL 13 Missota Conference Music Fest • 8am-9pm

Northfield Community Resource Center’ Michael Loonan • 5-8pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls A professional piano player since 1984, Loonan’s repertoire includes popular standards, contemporary classics, jazz and classical. Ellen Fullman Performance • 7pm

Flaten Art Museum, St. Olaf In conjunction with “The Sculpture and Sounds of Ellen Fullman” at the Flaten Museum. See galleries page. Theater: Paper Daddy • 7:30pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page.

Theater: The Last 5 Years • 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page. Bonnie & the Clydes • 8-11:30pm

The Tavern Lounge Take a step back and resurrect songs of love, peace and flower power from the late ’60s Paper Daddy and early ’70s. The Bonnie is Bonnie Jean Flom. The Clydes are Bill McGrath and Scott McMillan.

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The Upstairs Rueb Dubbed “the mayor of St. Paul” by friends and compatriots in the Twin Cities music scene, Devaney is an accomplished singer/songwriter with five albums to his credit, each garnering more praise and attention from press and fans. Martin has been described as “a charming, bushy-haired, sweet-voiced tunesmith” by No Depression. He has quickly become known for his poetic, yet unpretentious songs and inspired live performances. More at martin devaney.com. The Mad Ripple is the musical alter-ego of Minneapolis writer/songwriter Jim Walsch, joined by a talented and eclectic Martin Devaney (top) and The Mad Ripple. mix of musicians and songwriters. The popular Twin Cities musical collective recently celebrated their fifth anniversary with a showcase performance at The Guthrie Theater. More at myspace.com/madripplemusic. Karaoke

Castle Rock and Roll • 9pm Jesse James Lanes • 10pm

Alluvion • 11pm-1am

HealthFinders Collaborative 10th Anniversary Gala: A Toast to 10 • 6pm

Vintage Ballroom, Faribault Celebrating HealthFinders in our communities. Live music by Mike Hildebrant, Lance Larson and Barb Piper. Dinner, silent and live auction and a wine wall. Reservations: $50 at healthfinders.org. For more information, call Jane at 507/646-8964. Ole and Lena Joke Night 7-10pm (doors open 6:30)

SATURDAY, APRIL 14 Metro Libraries Bus Tour • 9am-2pm

A bus tour of the-future-is-now metro libraries. For information, contact Margit Johnson at 507/645-5726 or margit@usfamily.net. AAUW Program: Dr. Jane Nofer Poskanzer • 11:30am

Northfield Golf Club Poskanzer is a clinical child psychologist of autism and related disabilities. David Severson – A Taste of Bread • 1-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls David Severson is a solo tribute artist who reproduces the great sounds of David Gates and BREAD using a fully orchestrated background soundtrack including backup vocals and harmonies. Relax with Yoga and Wine • 6-8pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Michele Hoffman of Bluff Country Yoga lead a 75-minute yoga class at the winery. Cost: $20/person, includes yoga class and a glass of wine and complimentary light appetizers. Space is limited. To reserve your space, call 507/263-7400.

April 2012

Grand Event Center This Northfield Historical Society annual uncensored Ole and Lena Joke Night has become so popular they’ve moved it to the Grand this year. Local jokers extraordinaire, Brad Ness and Marian Hvistendahl, return as Ole and Lena with laughable assistance from Ann Etter and Michelle Olson. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the Historical Society. Talk: Nightmarish Havoc – Israeli-Palestinian Conflict • 7pm

Tomson Hall 280, St. Olaf Norwegian surgeon Mads Gilbert saved the lives of many Palestinians in the 2009 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Here he’ll share the “nightmaris havoc” he witnessed. For more, email info@njpmn.org. Theater: Paper Daddy • 7:30pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page.

Theater: The Last 5 Years • 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page.

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Happenings Saturday, April 14, continued Midnight Collision • 8-11:30pm

The Tavern Lounge

Theater: Paper Daddy • 2pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page.

Theater: The Last 5 Years • 2pm Brothers Burn Mountain • 9-11pm

The Contented Cow The taste of ripe cherries and the smell of the core of fresh oak. Their music is a heightened sense of awareness wherever they go. DJ Music

Castle Rock and Roll • 9pm Rueb ‘N’ Stein SUNDAY, APRIL 15 Daniel Switch • 1-4pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page. Politics and a Pint • 6pm

Contented Cow Join in on discussions concerning local issues at this “lightly moderated” open forum. For information on topics, go to contentedcow.com. Quiz Night • 8pm

Contented Cow Stop in anytime to sign up for this four-person team competition; prizes and the winning team may drink from the “Winners Mug” the week following their triumph!

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Acoustic artist playing a variety of well-known covers.

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MONDAY, APRIL 16 Flaten Lecture Series: Ceramist Kip O’Krongly • 7pm

Dittmann 305, St. Olaf

Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

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Study Hall • 9:30pm-12am

The Contented Cow This includes Peter Lynn and Terry VanDeWalker and these guys really rock the house – digging deep into obscure covers and original tunes. TUESDAY, APRIL 17 Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

The Contented Cow Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen!

Author: Better Living Through Economics • 3:30pm

Holland Hall 413, St. Olaf Economist John J. Siegfried, professor of economics at Vanderbilt University and secretary-treasurer of the American Economic Association, will discuss his recent book, “Better Living Through Economics: How Economists Stopped the Draft, Reduced Pollution, and Made the World a Better Place.” Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

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FRIDAY, APRIL 20

40th Anniversary Open House • 12-5pm

40th Anniversary Open House • 8:30am-5pm

Donahue’s Greenhouse, Faribault This is the first of a three-day event. Register for prizes. Refreshments will be served. Saturday and Sunday’s event includes “Creating the Perfect Container Garden,” (see April 21 description). Gallery: Imagination Celebration • 11am-3pm

Northfield Arts Guild See gallery page.

Exhibit Opening Receptions: Richard Mittelstadt, Jane Strauss and Dakota Neuman • 5-7pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See galleries page.

Barb Piper • 5-7pm

The Contented Cow Modern folk, vocals/guitar with influences from Hoagy Carmichael, The Beatles and Bonnie Raitt to Susan Tedeschi, Brandi Carlile and Indigo Girls. Fronts the blues/rock band, Top Shelf and performs with a Faribault musical theater group at Paradise Center for the Arts.

Donahue’s Greenhouse, Faribault This is the second of a three-day event. Register for prizes. Refreshments will be served. Saturday and Sunday’s open house includes “Creating the Perfect Container Garden.” Let one of Donahue’s knowledgeable staff help you create your perfect container garden to be enjoyed the whole season. Bring in your favorite container or select one at Donahue’s. Potting stations will be set up throughout the store, staffed with knowledgeable Donahue’s employees to help you create your perfect container. Expert advice and potting soil will also be offered the first two days. You pay only for your plants. Limit two containers per customer. The Average Janes • 1-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls The Average Janes are back by popular demand. They sing a wide variety of music from the ’70s to today as well as little country… without the twang. David Severson – A Taste of Bread • 5-8pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Severson is a solo tribute artist who reproduces the great sounds of David Gates and BREAD using a fully orchestrated background soundtrack including backup vocals and harmonies.

Daniel Choma & Jason Roberts • 6-8pm

Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café A singer/songwriter duo, with banjo, guitar and keyboard, as well as a variety of other instruments. Acoustic blues to country. Fun for the whole family. Theater: Paper Daddy • 7:30pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page.

Tuition Daddies • 6-8pm

Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café A Hogan Brothers favorite, the jazzy tunes of the Tuition Daddies provide a fun evening of music. Theater: Paper Daddy • 7:30pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page.

Theater: The Last 5 Years • 7:30pm top to bottom: Barb Piper, Daniel Choma, Jason Roberts

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page. Matthew Griswold • 8-11:30pm

The Tavern Lounge Acoustic/folk rock/pop.

Shoot Lucy • 9-11:30pm

The Contented Cow Twin-Cities-based rock band. Karaoke

Rueb ‘N’ Stein • 9pm Castle Rock and Roll • 9pm Jesse James Lanes • 10pm SATURDAY, APRIL 21 Healthy Kids Day – Take on Summer • 9am-12pm

Bridgewater Elementary Living healthier can be easy for the entire family. Join the Northfield YMCA to find out how keeping kids active in play and learning this summer can make a difference. Exhibit Reception: Imagination Celebration • 11am-3pm

Northfield Arts Guild See galleries page.

Wake-Robin • 12-1pm

Bittersweet Wake-Robin is John Hanson and Brad Easterson playing live acoustic music, mostly Celtic. Traditional American music, too, including Civil War tunes.

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Saturday, April 21, continued Theater: The Last 5 Years • 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page.

Northfield Retirement Community

It’s all here. Attractive setting … gorgeous spaces … access to high-quality care and services.

Northfield Retirement Community offers: • Catered living • Assisted living • Housing with services • Skilled nursing care • Memory care

Potluck & The Hotdishes • 8-10pm

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Northfield Showcase: The Counterfactuals and The Rice County Roosters • 8pm-12am

The Upstairs Rueb The Counterfactuals, voted Northfield’s Best Band in 2010, are Carleton professors Daniel Groll, Jason Decker and Andy Flory, along with St. Olaf professor Mike Fuerstein. Delivering golden pop nuggets with a lively dose of twang, The Counterfactuals are currently recording their debut release. Find them at facebook.com/the counterfactuals. The very popular River County Roosters, featuring Michael Morris and his band, archive “the hits” from yesteryear and today, reinventing those radio classics with their unique and lovely alt-country stylings. Mike Pattison • 8-11:30pm

The Tavern Lounge DJ Music

Castle Rock and Roll • 9pm SUNDAY, APRIL 22

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40th Anniversary Open House 12-5pm

• Full-time spiritual care services with a community chaplain and pastoral care

Wine and Dessert Pairing • 1-4pm

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Donahue’s Greenhouse, Faribault This is the third of a three-day event. See April 21 description. Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Award-winning wine paired with delicious, local desserts. Live music by Lingua Luna (1-4pm), a Minneapolis-based contemporary folk trio. Their music stems from classical training and improvisation, often with beautiful acoustic harmonies. Art Exhibit Reception: Senior Art #1 2-4pm

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Contented Cow Join in on discussions concerning local issues at this “lightly moderated” open forum. For topics, go to contentedcow.com. Quiz Night • 8pm

Contented Cow Stop in anytime to sign up for this four-person team competition; prizes and the winning team may drink from the “Winners Mug” the week following their triumph. Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

The Contented Cow This includes Peter Lynn and Terry VanDeWalker and these guys really rock the house – digging deep into obscure covers and original tunes. TUESDAY, APRIL 24 Great Northfield, Minn. Book Raid • 5-10pm

Northfield Ice Arena First of a five-day event. Round up your favorite books at this annual mega used book sale. Proceeds benefit the Northfield Hospital Cancer Care Infusion Center. Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

The Contented Cow Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen! WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 Great Northfield, Minn. Book Raid • 9am-9pm

Northfield Ice Arena Second of a five-day event. See April 24 description. Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

Northfield Ice Arena Third of a five-day event. See April 24 description. Middle School Auditorium

Northfield Ice Arena Fourth of a five-day event. See April 24 description. Carey Langer • 5-7pm

The Contented Cow A solo artist covering six decades and seven styles of music. From The Everly Brothers and Frank Sinatra, to Rick Springfield, Dave Matthews and Jimmy Eat World, plus original music. Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café An indie student duet with guitar, tight harmonies and skillful playing. Theater: Oliver Twist • 7:30pm

ARTech See theater page.

Theater: Seventh Annual Very Short Play Festival • 8pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page – this is the family friendly of the two nights. Sasha Mercedes • 8-11:30pm

The Tavern Lounge A chick-singer, guitarist and songwriter from the shores of Lake Superior. Her songs are filled with honesty and substance and sung with passion. Topics like brothels, one-night stands and transvestites are not taboo for this edgy yet charming northern gal. She has traveled from coast to coast and abroad, performing and drawing inspiration for the material in her brilliantly crafted compositions, and has shared the stage with Dar Williams, Tracy Bonham, Guy Davis, Pete Seeger and others. Comedian C. Willi Myles • 8pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault C Willi Myles returns to the Paradise on his Midwest Theater Tour. Willi tells funny non-offensive stories and jokes, giving a unique spin to life’s everyday challenges. Performing across the country and abroad, his career highlights include several appearances on national television and at the Apollo Theater in New York City. He has opened for many top musical and comedy acts and performs regularly on cruise ships, at casinos and in concert with some of the biggest names in entertainment. Referred to as “America’s Everyday Comedian.” Tickets: $17 members, $22 non-members. Karaoke

Rueb ‘N’ Stein • 9pm Castle Rock and Roll • 9pm Jesse James Lanes • 10pm SATURDAY, APRIL 28 Great Northfield, Minn. Book Raid • 8am-3pm

Midnight Collision • 8-11pm

Northfield Ice Arena Last of a five-day event. See April 24 description. $4 bag sale 1-3pm.

The Contented Cow

The Tavern Lounge Heart-pumpin’ fiddle, madcap mandolin and wailing harp winds up breathing hard. Has opened for notable artists including Jonny Lang, Glen Frey, Maria Muldaur, Colin Rae, Sammy Kershaw, John Michael Montgomery, Delbert McClinton, Tanya Tucker, Glen Campbell, Los Lobos, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, 38 Special, Proclaimers, Al Green and Taj Mahal; Jammed with Lowen and Navarro; and sung with Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger.

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Great Northfield, Minn. Book Raid • 9am-9pm

Daniel Lohmann & Madelyn Hartke • 6-8pm

MONDAY, APRIL 23

Marv Gohman • 8:30-11pm

FRIDAY, APRIL 27

Northfield’s Perennial Earth Day Celebration • 12-5pm

Outside UCC Church For more information, contact Mary Jo Cristofaro, 651/208-8301 or northfieldearthday@gmail.com.

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I Cantanti and Le Donne • 7:30pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Loonan, a professional piano player since 1984, performs popular standards, contemporary classics, jazz and classical. A great piano player and singer, to boot.

Bethel Lutheran Church A concert of choral music chosen to celebrate Spring emerging from Winter. Music of Marenzio, Morley, Grieg, Heise, Paulus, Kallman, Daley, Wetzler, Rodgers and a new composition, “lo son la Primavera,” by director Wayne Kivell. A free-will exit offering will be taken.

Theater: Oliver Twist • 7:30pm

Politics and a Pint • 6pm

Michael Loonan • 2-5pm

Theater: Seventh Annual Very Short Play Festival • 8pm

Contented Cow Join in on discussions concerning local issues at this “lightly moderated” open forum. For topics, go to contentedcow.com.

Theater: High School Spring Play • 8pm

High School Auditorium See theater page.

ARTech See theater page.

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page. High School Auditorium See theater page.

Norwegian Cowboy • 8-11:30pm

The Tavern Lounge Old-school country, ’80s rock, alt-country and alt-rock. Songs you don’t want to admit you like. Not really a cowboy. DJ Music

Castle Rock and Roll • 9pm Rueb ‘N’ Stein SUNDAY, APRIL 29 Joel Kachel • 1-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls This original singer/songwriter with an engaging stage presence and lively music. An Afternoon of Barbershop • 4pm

Theater: High School Spring Play • 8pm

Quiz Night • 8pm

Contented Cow Stop in anytime to sign up for this four-person team competition; prizes and the winning team may drink from the “Winners Mug.” MONDAY, APRIL 30 Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

The Contented Cow This includes Peter Lynn and Terry VanDeWalker and these guys really rock the house – digging deep into obscure covers and original tunes.

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Well known for their perfect harmonies and award-winning quartets, the Lakelander Barbershop Chorus performs its precision four-part harmonies for all ages. Alongside the region’s best quartets you will take a musical journey around the old barbershop pole. Tickets: $15 members, $19 nonmembers, $8 children under 12.

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looks like will help you see what you need to do to get your house market-ready. Begin by making notes of where the upcoming open houses are in your target area; these are listed in Realtors’ websites, as well as the newspaper and often on yard signs of the homes up for sale. Make a plan: hit every home in a region, or pick one neighborhood one weekend, another the next. And don’t be afraid to push the envelope; if you’ve never really thought of a ranch home, for instance, now is the time to check a few out – you may decide that this is a style you like, after all. Wear comfortable shoes (but be prepared to take them off at the door; many homeowners prefer shoeless visitors), carry a notebook to list features you want to be on look out

for, and don’t forget to bring an open mind – you never know what will hit your hot button. Above all, when you’re greeted by the real estate agent, ask questions. Realtors know the market well – that’s why they’re Realtors – and are the best resource for questions both general and specific. You might ask how homes are selling this spring – what is his/her advice is before listing your own home? How long are properties staying on the market? What bells and whistles are buyers looking for? A few words of advice can jump start your own search. It’s a great way to get to know a little about the realtor, and how you connect. And maybe – just maybe – you’ll come out of an open house with the agent who’s right for you; after all, you got to see him/her in action!

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machine from the inside out. But it was a world he wasn’t necessarily taught to accept. “My dad grew up as a poor farmer, and he always had this sort of – not suspicious – but informed distrust of big companies.

By Rich Larson Hunter S. Thompson once called the music business the place where “thieves and pimps run wild.” It’s always been a dirty industry, but it’s also one that’s undergone a transformation during the last decade. As the internet has shrunk the world, so has it made the monolithic record company a relic. Today, there are thousands of independent record companies who find and release artistically vital and commercially viable music and, while there’s still a lot of low standards and practices in the industry, the door has opened to people who truly have the artists’ best interests at heart. Which brings us to an apartment above Bridge Square in Northfield. This is the home of Michael Morris. Michael does just about everything a guy can do to make money in the music business. He’s a talented musician and a great songwriter who plays in multiple bands (around here, you might have heard of the Rice County Roosters or Dewi Sant). He’s a music producer and promoter. And he’s the head of one of those upstart “indie” labels, Plastic Horse Records. It’s the little company that might actually change the world, and that’s a direct reflection of Michael’s personality. “Growing up, the music that has always appealed to me was music that I felt was honest. Not somebody trying to write a hit, but somebody trying to tell me something that they feel. To me, that’s true art. That’s the kind of music we want to help people put out.” Keep in mind that Morris isn’t some bedraggled hippie whose only business acumen comes from selling incense in the parking lot of a Grateful Dead show. After he graduated from St. Olaf College, he spent six years working for a major advertising agency in Minneapolis. He’s seen American capitalism and the big corporate

“He explained it to me once when he got a job offer that would have paid him more money than he’d been making. He turned it down. I asked why, and he said ‘because that company takes money away from farmers.’ That’s how I feel about business. I’m not naïve, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the record company taking a percentage of a record. But I think the creators of the product should be getting the money. I have a business model set up that funnels money to the performers. All of my friends that are on labels tell me that this won’t work, and that I can’t take such a small percentage of the records we’re releasing. But, I really think things should be this way. If it fails, it fails, and if it needs to be adjusted along the way, we’ll do it. “But, I’m not interested in compromising my values because people say it can’t work.” It’s that Midwestern work ethic – an honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work – that, in part, drew him back to Northfield. “There would be obvious reasons to be in Seattle, or Portland, or Minneapolis. I just really want the ethos of the way business is handled to be 100 percent reflected in the art we make. If you want a record label to be about heart and honesty and hard work and respect for each individual’s uniqueness, then what better place to headquarter than Northfield? In a lot of ways, because of the colleges, we’re far more connected to the entire globe than any other Minnesota town of our size. So, you have a town with a bunch of resources, but it’s a small town that doesn’t have a bunch of distractions. The bands on Plastic Horse want to work. We take on bands that are serious about making music, that aren’t on some ego trip and aren’t playing as an excuse to drink beers. We want to be defined by making music that we believe in, and by putting our own elbow grease into promoting it. We want to connect to the rest of the world. And we want to have a good place to come home to. Northfield filled the list for everything I wanted.” He says that he’s been rewarded for coming to Northfield by the support and encouragement he receives from people in town, which is hardly surprising. It’s hard not to root for this to work. If the Plastic Horse model is nurtured, and allowed to operate under Morris’ philosophy, then who knows what could happen? One major hit from this little company could change the way the music business works. His goals aren’t quite that grandiose, however. “If a band gets famous, that’s welcome. But there are a lot of bands from Minnesota over the years who worked hard and influenced culture even though they didn’t have the comforts of fame and fortune supporting them. They must have been making records and playing shows for other reasons and finding ways to make their music without big label and radio support. I admire that, and I think that’s what artists should be willing to do. But if any or all of the Plastic horse bands get famous while living working and creating that way- well, that might be great.” It might be, indeed.

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Remembering

Vicky Wiegand Musician Vicky Wiegand died in rural Downing, Wisconsin, on March 4, 2012 after having lived with metastatic breast cancer for 15 years. From her teen years on, Wiegand has played bass. She was the bass player for the Northfield-based Zillionares. She loved playing and found music with good friends to be the best possible medicine. She was a left-handed player. Zillionaires guest guitarist, Peter Nelson, said “her unique way of looking

at life could be seen watching her play – kind of backwards and upside down.” She was a multi-talented artist, builder, teacher, gardener, mother, partner and friend who will be missed by many. She is survived by life partner, Terri Golen, children, grandchildren, a sister and a niece. Memorials suggested to: Farmer to Farmer Guatemalen Educational Fund PO Box 303 Glenwood City 54013 or farmertofarmer.org

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Anna, get yer glamor on

More fun than a plateful of lutefisk

So, ya, didja’ hear about the one where Ole…? Betcha did, but you probably didn’t hear it told as well. Join Brad Ness and Marion Hvistendahl – Ole and Lena extraordinaire – at the Grand Event Center on Saturday, April 14, for the Historical Society’s annual homage to whom some claim are Minnesota’s own Adam and Eve (but a little more covered up, dontcha know). Ann Etter and Michelle Olson provide grin-worthy side-kickery. The show begins at 7; your sides should stop hurting the following Tuesday. For more information, go to northfieldhistory.org.

Spring is springing all around

Although you’ve been mowing your grass since Groundhog Day, spring has actually just arrived and with that, the 40th anniversary Open House at Donahue’s Greenhouse is here to make sure you enter the season ready. Join the folks at this Faribault bastion of green thumb-ery from April 20-22 for refreshments, prize registration, and the opportunity to create your perfect container garden (April 21 and 22). The friendly and knowledgeable staff will help you select just the right combination of plants. For more information, call 507/334-7156 or go to donahuesgreenhouse.com. Happy Spring. Again. Still.

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Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist had very little of the songs and sunshine the musical was made of, and ARTech brings the exciting and fast-moving melodrama to life in all its dark and powerful original glory, opening April 27. A faithful adaptation of the classic novel, this story about an orphan redeemed from a life of poverty by an act of unselfishness is directed by ARTech’s own Bob GregoryBjorkland and features the kind of young talent this town spoils us with on a regular basis. Get your tickets soon – seating is limited. For more information, call 507/663-8806. Who among us doesn’t, in our secret hearts, wish for a day – just one day – where we can sit back and get pampered? Oh, and a doover would be nice: new hairdo, makeup – an altogether updated look. A massage. Some clothes shopping – on sale, naturally. And then having captured on film this fleeting moment of perfection, so we can remind ourselves how good we can look when we feel just as fine. Well, that day is here; join the other weary beauty pilgrims at Anna’s Closet on Saturday, April 28, from 9-5 for the whole works – including a photo shoot through Picture This, a studio that makes every side your good one. For information and appointment bookings call 507-645-2539 or 612-532-9565. Then sit back and say, aaaaaaaaahhhhh.

Art in motion, in all its sound and beauty

It’s a singular act: for several morning hours each on April 10, 11, 12 and 13, award-winning instrumentalist Ellen Fullman will build a room-sized stringed instrument at the Flaten Art Museum Gallery at St Olaf. On April 13 at 7 pm, she will perform on it. Be part of this journey by watching the construction, and/or listening to its beautiful results. For more information call 507-6463556 or go to stolaf.edu/collections/flaten. And enjoy.

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Thursday, April 5

Saturday, April 14

Monday, April 23

Baseball – Raiders Boys vs. Red Wing, 4pm

Baseball – Raiders Boys vs. New Prague, 4:30pm

Tuesday, April 17

Wednesday, April 25

Softball – Raiders Girls vs. Fariblt, 4:15pm Baseball – Raiders Boys vs. Austin, 4:30pm

Softball – Raiders Girls vs. Academy of Holy Angels, 4:30pm

Monday, April 9

Thursday, April 19

Softball – Raiders Girls vs. Chaska, 4:30pm

Tennis – Raiders Boys vs. New Prague, 4:15pm Softball – Raiders Girls vs. Shakopee, 4:30pm

Golf – Raiders Boys Invitational, 2pm Softball – Raiders Girls vs. Red Wing, 4:30pm

Softball – Raiders Girls vs. Chanhassen, 4:30pm Thursday, April 12

Baseball – Raiders Boys vs. Farmington, 4:30pm

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Thursday, April 26

Clubs, Classes and More… Cannon River Woodcarving Club – 507/339-0336

Third Monday of the month, 7pm, Ivan Whillock Studio, Faribault Coffee with a Geek – mrjst.com/coffee_with_a_geek.html, 507/581-3346 – Saturdays, 9-11am, Bittersweet Cafe – a weekly program presented by Mr. JST Technology Consulting offering simple diagnosis, troubleshooting and discussion of technology issues in a comfortable setting. Cub Scout Pack 300 – 612/490-4048, www.cubs300.org Glass Garden Beads Beading Class – 507/645-0301

First and third Mondays Just Food Co-op – 507/650-0106 – Mondays: Knitting Night, 7-9pm, 507/645-6331 – knit, chat, share ideas and get help. MOMS Club – northfieldmomsclub@gmail.com – First Wednesday of each month, 10am, St. Peter’s Church. If you are a full-time or part-time stay-at-home mom, this club may be for you. MOMS Club is a local chapter of the International MOMS Club, an organization dedicated to providing support and a sense of community for stay-at-home moms. Northfield Arts Guild – 507/645-8877 – Find classes for kids and adults at www.northfieldartsguild.org. Northfield Buddhist Meditation Center – Children’s Circle Class (ages 3-9) – Sundays, 3-4pm – Children and their parents meditate, do yoga and learn about Buddhism in a fun, peaceful atmosphere of exploration. Everyone welcome. Book Study Group: Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life, by Karen Armstrong – April 26, 7:30pm. Meets every fourth Thursday of every month. Northfield Community Resource Center – Preventative Health Screening – April 14, 9am-5pm. Contact Life Line Screening, 888/653-6441, advance registration required. Northfield Public Library – 507/645-6606 First Steps Early Literacy Center, Mon, Fri and Sat, 10-2pm Patty Cake Infant Lapsit, Tue, 10-11am Toddler Rhyme Time, Tue, 1pm and Wed, 10-11am Preschool Story & Craft Time, Thu, 10-11am

April Gigs A Love Electric ��5 – Rueb Acoustic Jam Session �� Tuesdays – Cow Alluvion ��7, 13 – Cow Average Janes ��21 – Cannon Falls Bonnie & the Clydes ��13 – Tavern Brothers Burn Mountain �� 14 – Cow Chad & Russell ��7 – Frog Daniel Choma ��20 – Hogan Bros Counterfactuals �� 21 – Rueb Martin Devaney �� 13 – Rueb Tim Fast ��6 – Hogan Bros Ellen Fullman ��13 – St. Olaf Marv Gohman ��12, 26 – Tavern Matthew Griswold ��20 – Tavern Hahn and the Chee Gwais ��7 – Cow Madelyn Hartke ��27 – Hogan Bros

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Photo Scanning Workshop – April 28, 1-3pm. Learn basic techniques of scanning photographs and then sharing them with family and friends. Sponsored by the Northfield History Collaborative. Bring photos and have as many of them scanned as time allows. Free, but registration required for this limitedseating workshop. Call 507/645-1802 by April 25. Northfield Public Schools Community Services – 507/664-3649 Northfield Senior Center – www.northfieldseniorcenter.org 507/664-3700 – Programs for active older adults in a premier fitness facility with an indoor pool and certified fitness instructors. Bike club, hiking trips, ping pong, nutrition talks, art classes, writing classes, card groups, dining center, fitness classes and more. Northfield Yarn – 507/645-1330 – Open Stitching, third Thursday of each month, 6-8pm. Bring a project and share in the fun. Free. Paradise Center for the Arts – 507/332-7372 Find art-related classes for kids and adults at www.paradisecenterforthearts.org. Precious Metal Clay – A New Art Medium, April 21, 10am4pm. If you can work with Play-doh this is the class for you. Start with precious metal clay and finish with pieces of jewelry that are 99.9 percent pure silver. The clay is rolled, shaped and textured to make pendants and earrings. Students will get the opportunity to set stones into their pieces. The process will include dehydration, kiln firing, polishing and patina application. Bring creativity and a lunch. Adults and teens. $42 members, $54 non-members, $45 for supplies. River Bend Nature Center, 507/332-7151 – classes and activities at www.rbnc.org. Time Travel – History Tours of River Bend – Join a naturalist for a journey back in time to discover the history of the land. Travel is by golf cart. Tours last 1.5 hours and can accommodate up to five people. Call to schedule. Donations welcome. VFW – Sundowners Car Club – First Wednesday of each month, 7:30pm. Anyone who has an interest in street rods, customs, antiques, special interest or foreign is welcome to attend.

High School/Middle School Jazz �� 26 – Middle School Maud Hixson ��1 – Cannon Falls I Cantanti & Le Donne ��29 – Bethel Joel Kachel ��29 – Cannon Falls Lakelander Barbershop Chorus �� 29 – Paradise Carey Langer �� 27 – Cow Lingua Luna ��22 – Cannon Falls Daniel Lohmann ��27 – Hogan Bros Michael Loonan ��13, 28 – Cannon Falls Mad Ripple �� 13 – Rueb Matt & Jake ��6 – Tavern Matt Arthur & the Bratlanders ��5 – Cow Sasha Mercedes ��27 – Tavern Joe Meyer ��5 – Tavern Midnight Collision ��14 – Tavern, 26 – Cow Northern Roots Session ��Mondays – Cow

Norwegian Cowboy ��28 – Tavern Mike Pattison �� 21 – Rueb Barb Piper �� 20 – Cow Potluck & the Hotdishes �� 21 – Cow Alison Rae �� 4 – Cow, 7 – Tavern Rice County Roosters �� 21 – Rueb Jason Roberts ��20 – Hogan Bros Anne Sawyer ��7 – Tavern David Severson ��14, 21 – Cannon Falls Shoot Lucy �� 20 – Cow Study Hall ��Mondays – Cow Daniel Swtich ��15 – Cannon Falls Traditional Irish Music � Wednesday – Cow Tuition Daddies ��21 – Hogan Bros Wake-Robin ��21 – Bittersweet Andrew Walesch ��7, 8 – Cannon falls Douglas Wood ��5 – Library

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Kristine Holmgren By Felicia Crosby

Words. Kristine Holmgren knows them well, and they are her friends. And through her witty, irreverent and ultimately thoughtful words, many of us know Kristine. Whether we’ve heard her on NPR’s “All Things Considered” where she was a frequent commentator, read her works in a number of collections, which include the award-winning In the Company of Women or her columns in top newspapers from the Los Angeles Times to the Chicago Tribune to the Boston Globe to her regular spot at the Star Tribune, Kristine’s words have challenged our opinions and comforted our souls. An ordained Presbyterian pastor “before it was cool,” Kristine has been a pio-

neer, both through pen and pulpit. And now you can see Kristine – or, rather, see her words come alive on stage – in the play “Paper Daddy” opening at the Northfield Arts Guild on April 13. This once-upon-a-time Northfielder (yes, she was!) brings us all home through one woman’s journey to let go, move on, find forgiveness and feel the joy and love in life. Wise words.

Shaping Minnesota:

I was raised in Minnesota – grew up in St. Paul. Yes. Minnesota gives me all (and I mean ALL) my material. We (Minnesotans, I mean) are fascinating to me.

Minnesota Nice: all that it’s cracked up to be?

I get it. I get it to the bone marrow. I moved to California during my hippie years (1969-1972), came home and TOTALLY saw what “outsiders” see. Minnesotans are home-based, home-loving, family-focused people. It’s hard to break through. It’s even harder in small towns.

A writing child:

The Pioneer Press published an essay I wrote when I was seven years old. Yes. I was a “writing” child. On family vacations, I sat in the back seat writing short stories. My basement is full of notebooks I filled with poems and stories – all my life I’ve been a writer.

But a writer does not necessarily a reader make: I didn’t become a reader until my 30s. I’ve written forever – never,

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ever experienced “writer’s block” – but, unlike many other writers, I do not come to this through a love for reading. I love writing.

I lived in Northfield from 1981 through 2002…(and)... I set my new play in Northfield because that is where my ghosts live.

Which came first – the pen or the calling to the cloth?

Will anyone here recognize him/herself in the play?

Working at “All Things Considered”:

Your third play, “Sweet Truth” is also based in town. What kind of character is Northfield – hero or villain?

Always a writer – I identified the ministry as an avenue for my desire to change the world through the ideas I share from the pulpit, my writing.

I “worked” there from here. I sent them my material. They put me on the air.

Most unusual columnist experience:

I had a “stalker” – a rabid, bat-s**t crazy Roman Catholic fanatic who threatened my life and the life of my children. I wrote about it for the STRIB and CBS came to Northfield to interview me about the experience.

On “Paper Daddy”:

The play is about a woman, trying her best to “make-a-go” of a desperate, lonely, and frightening situation. A woman who (like me) perceived herself as too old for love, too tired for humor or fun. A woman who (like me) rented rooms in her home to help pay the mortgage – and who discovered (much to her surprise) that she began to care about the people who lived with her. A woman who needed to put away the past, accept that she is lovable and worthy – in order to move forward.

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Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. If they don’t, they’re not paying attention.

Northfield changed a great deal since 2002. When I lived there, however, it was a difficult place to be “divorced.” It was a difficult place to speak openly in opposition to some of the town “characters” – certain hardware store owners, mayors, state senators. My home was vandalized by the son of a prominent Northfield politician. Part of the vandalism was the dumping of the family garbage in my car and on my grass. I had incontrovertible evidence of this… and nothing was done.

And something(s) that people who think they know you, don’t: I don’t think many folks know I was the Chaplain at Macalester College, the only child in my family to graduate high school, the youngest in a line of siblings spanning two decades. I’m not sure people know that my dad was a linotype operator at the Pioneer Press – and that I got my love of writing from the old newspaper men he introduced me to.

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HISTORIC

HAPPENINGS

NORTHFIELD STYLE By Susan Hvistendahl

children at the state institution came to Baker with their concerns that their children were “too capable to be confined in a home for the feeble-minded, and yet not possessing sufficient ability to compete with average individuals in public schools and to progress in the usual manner.” Baker’s own observations had led her to believe that these children could be educated in a proper nurturing, yet challenging and progressive environment and, aided by parents, she started a boarding school in 1897 in Minneapolis. Searching for space in a more rural area, she moved her school to Northfield the following year to a large house with six acres on the eastern edge of town.

The name “Laura Baker” is still familiar to Northfielders 114 years later through the Laura Baker Services Association, which last month was honored as Business of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. But just who was Laura Baker? And is it true that her spirit haunts the facility that bears her name?

Baker lived with her students at 211 Oak Street during the first 19 years of the school, along with housekeepers, house mothers and teachers. The Northfield News of June 17, 1905, wrote approvingly of the “thorough work” being done there, as seen in an open house given by the private school: “Unbounded admiration and wonder was expressed at the skill and attainments of the pupils.” The article noted that individual training was given by four teachers from kindergarten to 8th grade in reading, spelling, writing, language, geography, arithmetic, physiology and history with special attention given to “articulation and the development of language.” Two evenings each week were said to be devoted to dancing, two to gymnastic activities, two to singing, with chapel on Sundays. The guests saw the children busily engaged in sewing, lace making and basketry (copying Indian and old colonial bead patterns). The students presented a program of dance, song and “winding of the May pole” for the guests. The story concluded, “Northfield is indeed fortunate in having such a school and every citizen takes pride in it.”

Laura Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa, on April 10, 1859. Maggie Lee wrote in the Northfield News of Jan. 28, 1994, “Miss Baker came from a family of activists, described by some as ‘liberal, open, even kind of wild-minded!’” Baker’s first teaching position was for seven years at the Glenwood Asylum for Feeble Minded Children in Iowa, followed by 12 years as principal at the Faribault State School for the Feeble Minded.

“Doing Splendid Work” was the headline of a June 25, 1920, Northfield News story about another program and exhibit of work at the school. “Miss Baker is the soul of the institution” but “modestly gives credit” to her teachers,” said the writer. Baker proudly announced she had been invited to commencement exercises at the University of Minnesota for a young man who had been a pupil for three years.

An account in the 1938 issue of Women’s Almanac (“a book of facts for, by and about women of distinction”) said that some parents of

The Laura Baker School, with 35 students and seven teachers, was incorporated in 1919 in order to provide for its perpetuation. The school then faced a tax battle in 1920. The question was whether the school was entitled to be classified as an institution of learning and thus exempt from property taxes – or were the children merely taken care of in a custodial fashion? On Oct. 1, 1920, the Northfield News gave Judge A.B. Childress’ emphatic decision: “The work done and benefits accomplished by the ‘Baker School’ are of inestimable value to the state. Not alone in the matter of lightening our burdens of taxation, but this school lifts many children from a condition of darkness into light and from a condition little above the animal to that of cheerful, happy, human beings. In my judgment no greater benefit could be conferred upon the state.” The verdict: exempt from taxation.

Who Was Laura Baker? Northfield could hardly have been more welcoming. It was front page news when the Northfield News announced on June 18, 1898, that “Miss Baker’s boarding school for nervous and backward children” on Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis was to be “removed to Northfield” to the “fine and commodious Wilcox property” at the head of 3rd Street. On July 16, the News spoke of Laura Baker’s preparations for the Sept. 1 opening of “the only private school of its kind in the Northwest,” concluding, “Miss Baker is to be congratulated in the selection she has made for its location.”

The original Laura Baker School at 211 Oak Street.

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The school was flourishing. Contributing to its success were activities such as dramatics, glee club, square, tap and ballroom dancing and band. (Baker’s philosophy was that singing, dancing and percussion would open minds to further learning.) In 1927 the Baker School bought a cottage at Roberds Lake that had been leased the year before from St. Mary’s school of Faribault. Each summer the school packed up for six to eight enjoyable weeks of swimming,

boating, fishing, games and steak fries which continued into the 1980s. Progress continued when plans were announced in August of 1928 to build a two-story brick dormitory (Margaret Graves Hall) on the campus Laura Baker (far left) with students at a Thanksgiving to house between 18 Margaret Graves Hall on the Laura Baker campus. celebration. and 20 pupils. Baker In her Jan. 28, 1994, story, Maggie Lee wrote of Laura Baker: “Miss designed homelike Baker was a tall woman with regal carriage and, during many of living rooms with two-room suites sharing a bathroom, conditions her Northfield years, was crowned with snow-white hair. She was unheard of in institutional multi-bed facilities. In September of 1928 the C.M. Buck mansion (to be called “Buckeye Hall”) in Farib- described as firm, desirous of perfection, yet patient and able to ault was purchased by Baker in association with Ruby Andregg, who lavish love on her charges.” A student once gave her the nickname “Old Hawkeye,” a nod to her Iowa roots but, as Lee said, “also would run the new school for 12 pupils. because she kept very close watch over her beloved charges.” By the end of 1937, the Laura Baker School had 50 students, 10 teachers, 8 house mothers and 12 other employees. The headline of When Ruth Otis, a teacher at the school for 50 years, was starting out, she asked Baker apprehensively, “How will I teach these chilthe Northfield News of July 1, 1938, said it all: “Vision and Abildren?” Baker replied, “Just like you would a normal child. Of course ity Mark Progress of Baker School; Laura Baker, Founder, Proves – it will be a slower process, and you won’t always see results.” Otis Educational Ideal With Notable Results.” By then a total of 350 said, “She was strict. I was sort of afraid of her when I first came. pupils had enjoyed the “homelike atmosphere” and “advanced But she had a soft spot for the children – they came first always.” educational practices,” with the “sympathetic spirit of its founder permeating the entire institution.” (By the time of the 75th anniversary in in 1973, the estimate had doubled to 700 pupils who had In 1938, when Baker was 79 years old, Baker’s niece and namesake Laura Baker Millis moved to Northfield and began to take over the been aided by the school.)

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educational work at the school, with her husband Henry (Harry) Millis handling business management. Baker’s niece was a graduate of the National Kindergarten College of Evanston, Illinois, and quite prepared to continue her aunt’s work.

children of my own but have been mother to many’…and she was in all respects.” Phillips commended the care given Baker by her niece Laura Baker Millis and husband Harry and grandniece Laura Virginia (Millis) Gleason and husband Charles Read Gleason. A service was held at All Saints Episcopal Church, ending with a favorite hymn, “Now the Day is Over.” Phillips concluded, “Northfield can never be quite the same without our beloved Miss Baker.”

Laura Baker lived across the street from the Oak Street school and kept a keen interest in the school as she aged. She also reaped accolades for its long and continuing success. A parent wrote to Baker in 1941, “Since happiness comes from making others happy you should be the happiest person in the world. You stand ahead of anyone I have ever known for example of doing for others.” At the time of the 50th anniversary in 1947, when the school counted 53 residents, 9 teachers, 8 housemothers and 11 other employees, Baker was still active at age 87.

When the Laura Baker School reached its 75th anniversary, the Northfield News headline of Oct. 11, 1973, was “Laura Baker School Used Current Educational Practice 75 Years Ago.” The article noted, “In very recent years, interest and concern for the mentally retarded have grown greatly throughout the Toward the end, Baker looked back with nation. But 70 years before this development, satisfaction on her life’s work as she expressed Laura Baker Millis (left) with Laura Baker. Miss Baker was carrying on a vigorous, her philosophy: “A pupil needs to wonder about forward-looking program, stressing health, a thing in order to learn about it. If one approach doesn’t bring a education and training for retarded students in the school that response, another must be tried to open up an interest. It is necesbears her name.” sary to begin where the child is and to go on from there with the In 1975 the Education for All Handicapped Children Act provided very next step.” She spoke of several children who were carried in for free, appropriate public education for all disabled children. by their parents and “have learned to run and dance,” others who When Gov. Rudy Perpich presided over the 1978 dedication of were “unable to speak intelligibly” and “have learned to read out LBSA campus as a National Historic Place, he credited Laura Baker loud and sing” and still others who went on to be self-supporting. with helping to plant the idea that the developmentally disabled are Three had even graduated from college. “I am happy,” said Baker. “entitled to privacy, to dignity, and respect.” Gary Gleason (who served as a director of Laura Baker Services) Today the Laura Baker Services Association, which became a nonshared a story from his great-great-aunt Laura Baker’s later years with Ann Sherburne in Northfield Magazine of Winter 1989. Baker, profit organization in 1979, has a myriad of services for people with developmental disabilities and their families. The school, feeling ill one day, called a nearby doctor to come over to her which gives instruction for ages 5-22, is open to residents and house. He asked questions about her health, then asked, “How old non-residents alike. Supportive services are available for clients are you?” Baker replied, “Don’t you know how impolite it is to ask of all ages who reside not only at the Oak Street location but in a woman her age, especially an older woman?” The doctor said, “If five group homes and private homes as well. Epic Enterprise, a I were to give you any medicine, I would need to know your age developmental achievement center in Dundas which opened in to determine the correct dosage.” Baker finally told him she was 1976, assists clients to attain independent living skills and provides 70 but swore him to secrecy. A month later the doctor read in the daytime activities. newspaper about festivities at her 90th birthday party. Laura Baker’s final years were marked by frail health. When she reached her 100th birthday on April 10, 1959, the milestone was celebrated at the hospital with family members. She never married but “Auntie Laura” was beloved by nieces and nephews and their children. She reached her 101st birthday and died on June 7, 1960. Northfield News columnist Nellie W. Phillips wrote a tribute to her friend on June 16, 1960: “One of the loveliest ladies I have ever known in my lifetime, Miss Laura Baker, passed away Tuesday, June 7, at her home after many years of suffering. I believe she had been in poor health about 15 years… One cannot mourn for one who has suffered so long, altho we will miss her so much. She has been an inspiration to many of us for years and years. She was such a beautiful woman and beautiful in character also. As she told me once, ‘I have never had

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Laura Baker, who started her school in Northfield with just two other teachers assisting her, would be amazed that LBSA now has 146 full-time employees, with a $2.9 million payroll annually. In addition, LBSA has had a $10.44 million economic impact on the community, with a 19 percent growth rate over the last five years.

Laura Baker at age 93 with great-great nephew Gary Gleason.

And what of the ghost that is said to haunt the Laura Baker site? The original house was razed in 1989 and replaced by a new administration building in 1990 but Delcie St. Hilaire, who has worked at LBSA since 1973, is certain she has heard Laura Baker’s footsteps in both locations. St. Hilaire says, “She used to wander from room to room in the original Laura Baker facility. I would hear doors opening and closing.” A video at the LBSA website even purports to show a ghostly figure on the staircase (which was

Baker Promoted Respect for People with Developmental Disabilities The dictionary says “moron is the highest classification of mental deficiency, above ‘imbecile’ and ‘idiot.’ Loosely, a very foolish or stupid person.” No doubt you have heard those terms thrown around today and even used them yourself (“Oh, you’re such an idiot!”). The original name of the Laura Baker School at 211 Oak Street was “Miss Baker’s School for Nervous and Backward Children,” which may strike us today as insensitive. But other terms in common use at that time would sound worse: feebleminded, morons, idiots. In fact, when the Baker School tax case was heard in district court in 1920, a doctor testified that the children at the school “were found to be evenly divided in the classes known as morons and imbeciles.” Other words that have been applied include mentally deficient and retarded. Sandi Gerdes, executive director of the Laura Baker Services Association (LBSA), says, “We use peoplefirst language: people with developmental disabilities. Once we have established the population that we support, we refer to the people or the person.” preserved from the original house and installed in the lobby of the administration building). It’s even been said that furniture has been moved when the buildings are deserted. St. Hilaire says, “I just think she is still here checking up on how things are going.” Fifty-two years after her death, Laura Baker’s spirit lives on in Northfield, perhaps as an apparition, but most definitely as a benevolent inspiration for the Laura Baker Services Organization.

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Laura Baker’s choice to teach her pupils in a homelike environment, starting in 1897, was counter to the practice of warehousing of the developmentally disabled in state-run asylums where they were often subject to abuse and neglect and considered uneducable. In the early 1900s eugenic sterilization laws were effected by many states for “confirmed idiots, imbeciles and rapists.” But Baker had “respect for the dignity of human beings, whether they were old or young, wealthy or needy, male or female, regardless of their ability level,” Gary Gleason said of his great-great-aunt Laura in 1989. The mission statement of LBSA is “to respect the values, life choices and dreams of people with developmental disabilities and help them reach their goals.” As Gerdes said in a speech to the AAUW, “This humanistic and personal look at the individual has pervaded the LBSA culture over the years and made us unique…Everything starts with understanding this is a person.”

Thanks to Laura Baker’s great-great-niece Laura Kay Allen and LBSA assistance from Jane Fenton, director of community relations; Sandi Gerdes, executive director; and Delcie St. Hilaire, human resources and payroll manager. To see the spirit on the staircase and for further information about the organization, go to laurabaker.org. A comprehensive history can be found here by an LBSA intern, Elizabeth Gray, written for her major at Carleton in 2008. Photos courtesy of Laura Baker Services Association.

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212 Division St., lobby level (Archer House Inn) •bittersweeteatery.com • 507/645-5661 Mon-Fri 7am-8pm, Sat 7am-5pm, Sun 7am-2pm. Fair trade/organic coffee; baked goods; gluten-free treats; sandwiches and salads, Bridgeman’s ice cream, catering and events.

503 Division St. • www.ruebnstein.com 507/645-6691 • 11am-close – Great burgers and famous Ruebens. Casual relaxing atmosphere. Huge selection of imported and domestic beers, fine spirits and wines. Game room, happy hour 3:30-6pm, Karaoke on Fridays at 9pm.

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302 Division St. S. • www.contentedcow.com 3pm-close – British-style pub with authentic British specialties and a variety of soups, salads and sandwiches. Extensive patio overlooking the Cannon River. Great selection of imported and domestic draft beer and a full selection of wine and spirits. Fireside Restaurant – 37540 Goodhue Ave.,

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0400 Mon-Fri, 6am-10pm, Sat-Sun 7am10pm – Cozy bistro atmosphere serving unique appetizers and sandwiches. Coffee drinks, wine and beer specialties. Hogan Brothers’ Acoustic Cafe – 415 Divi-

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Jefferson Rd. • 507/663-6060 • Mon-Fri 6am-8pm, Sat-Sun 7am-5pm – Voted Best Coffeehouse in southern Minnesota. Fresh daily roasted coffee. Wraps, soups, sandwiches, salads, desserts, ice cream and non-espresso drinks. Free wireless internet and business catering available.

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4th St. • MandarinGardenNorthfield.com 507/645-7101, Lunch: Wed-Fri 11:30am2pm, Dinner: Tue-Thu 4:30-9pm. Open until 10 Fri and Sat. Authentic Peking and Szechuan cuisine, freshly prepared, dine-in or take-out. Northfield Golf Club – 707 Prairie St.

507/645-4026 • Sun-Thu 11am-8pm, Fri/Sat 11am-9pm – Whether seated in the main dining room, bar, or member’s lounge, beautiful panoramic views of the golf course provide a charming atmosphere. Lunch and dinner menus with a variety of cuisine to savor. The Ole Store Restaurant – 1011 St. Olaf

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