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320 East Ave., Zumbrota • 507/732-7616 crossingsatcarnegie.com • M/T/W/F 10am-5pm, Th 10am-8pm Sa 10am-4pm Johanna Jones and Megan Moore: Paintings and Illustrations. Opening Reception: March 8, 7pm

Eclectic Goat – 413 Division St. S. • 507/645-0301 • M-Sa 10am-5:30pm, Th until 7pm, Su Noon-4pm – Hip Handmade Goods!

Flaten Art Museum

1520 St. Olaf Ave. • 507/786-3556 • stolaf.edu/collections/flaten M/T/W/F 10am-5pm, Th 10am-8pm, Sa/Su 2-5pm Axis Mundi: Levvittown by sculptor Holly Laws and playwright Charlotte Meehan - through April 7. A reinvented miniature neighborhood deconstructing the ideals and pitfalls of the famous post-World War II housing enclave for returning veterans. Levittown remains the quintessential American suburb.

Northfield Arts Guild

304 Division St. • 507/645-8877 • northfieldartsguild.org M-F 10am-5pm, visit web site for weekend hours Lines Without Borders: Prints, Paintings, Drawings and Ceramics by Four Artists - through March 15. Featuring regional artists Maryrose Gondeck, Marion Angelica, Jonathan McFadden and Marcia Haffmans. The show includes lyrical and refreshing imagery dealing with landscape, the environment and our inner world. Fabulously layered prints, gorgeous and functional ceramics, intricate imaginative drawings and powerful paintings. All School Art Exhibit – March 20-April 20. Artwork by Northfield students grades K-12 working in paint, pencil and ceramic mediums. Opening Reception: Imagination Celebration, April 6. A day of free dance, art, music and theater activities.

1651 Jefferson Pkwy. • 507/664-3700 northfieldseniorcenter.org Andrea Costoupolos – through March 17. Rochester resident Costoupolos is an eclectic artist, skilled in many media. This exhibit features her paintings and jewelry.

Paradise Center for the Arts

321 Central Ave., Faribault • 507/332-7372 Tu/W/F/Sa 12-5pm, Th 12-8pm, Su/M closed Carlander Family Gallery: Fred Somers: Ordinary Wonders – through April 16. Opening Reception: March 1, 5-7pm. Artist Talk: March 21, 6:30-8pm. Free and open to the public. Vranesh Boardroom Gallery: Tom Frank – through April 16. Illustrator Tom Frank will showcase his latest ebook titled It Happened One Night On the Milky Way. His exhibit will include the workings of how he developed his ebook from hand illustrations to an on-screen flip book in addition to other creations he has done for small children. For this project Frank collaborated with Craig Wasner (music/voice over), Maren Wasner (vocals) and Todd F. Edwards (video/animation). Artist Reception March 1, 5-7pm. Corey Lyn Creger Memorial Gallery: Caleb Northrop – through April 16. Artist Reception: March 1, 5-7pm Second Floor Gallery: Student Exhibit – March 8-April 6. Student work from area schools. Opening Reception: March 8, 5-7pm.

Paradise Center Health Arts Gallery at District One Hospital

200 State Ave., Faribault Featured Artists: Ivan Amman, Tom Fakler, Joannie Johnson, Susan Kennedy, Kathy Miller, Carol Scott, Janet Tangren and Linda VanLear

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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.

Northfield Historical Society

408 Division St. • 507/645-9268 • northfieldhistory.org M-Sa 10am-5:30pm, Su 1-5:30pm Dear Northfield Exhibit – through April 12. Based off the website DearPhotograph.com, vintage Northfield photos are superimposed over contemporary views of the same area, with the old photo held up in reference.

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Life and Moods, In Music

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Hops, Grapes and A Man in Black for the NHS

What better way to support the Northfield Historical Society than with hand-selected local beers and wines, hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and guaranteed cash? That last item refers to the one and only Bob Wootton, Johnny Cash’s right-hand guitar man for more than three decades, and “Guaranteed Cash” is his tribute to the Man in Black, performed with country rockers Six Mile Grove. And all this comes together in one fun-filled event at the Grand Event Center in Northfield on Saturday, March 2, from 6 to 11:30 p.m. Begin the night with the beer and wine tasting and silent auction or join for the Cash tribute alone; there are separate admission charges based on how much of the evening you want to enjoy. Our recommendation? Come early and stay late – this much fun isn’t often served up together, and all of it supporting a great organization. Advance tickets are available in person and online at KYMN Radio (kymnradio.net), the Northfield Historical Society (northfieldhistory.org) and the Sketchy Artist. For information, call Jessica Paxton at KYMN, 507/645-5695 or Hayes Scriven at NHS, 507/645-9268.

Take Ten

It’s back! That biennial theatrical powerhouse, Rock & Roll Revival X – Take A Ride, is ready to get you on your feet and clapping with this year’s crop of young talent-delivering, contemporary, creative takes on classic midcentury rock. Under the guidance of director Ray Coudret and choreographer Shari Setchell, this reliably excellent production is a guaranteed sell-out. For those lucky enough to have scored tickets, the show runs March 8-9 and 15-16 at 8 p.m., March 10 at 2 p.m. and March 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Northfield Middle School Auditorium. For information call the High School at 507/663-0630.

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Join the acclaimed Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra on Saturday, March 9, and Sunday the 10th as it presents Darkness and Light, featuring cellist Anna Clift. Showcasing works by Franz List, Max Bruch and Jean Sibelius, the orchestra takes listeners on a journey through the darkness and light of the human soul, with music that’s uplifting and unforgettable. Saturday’s concert takes place at 3 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Northfield; the Sunday event is held at 4 p.m. at Paradise Center for the Arts in Faribault. Tickets for Saturday are at the Arts Guild, 507/645-8877 or northfieldartsguild.org. Call the Paradise Center for the Arts at 507/332-7372 for tickets and information for Sunday. Note: Conductor Dr. Paul Niemisto founded the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra in 1979 and is the artistic director of the Vintage Band Festival, returning this August. Dr. Niemisto has also been named this year’s “Northfield Living Treasure” by the city’s Arts and Culture Commission.

Northern Gael at Hobgoblin

Northern Gael (Laura MacKenzie, Ross Sutter and Danielle Enblom) is a powerhouse of traditional music and dance, made up of three internationally acclaimed musicians who effervescently weave together the vibrant traditions of Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. And, lucky for us, they’re bringing their toe-tapping, handclapping, heart-soaring show to the Music Loft at Hobgoblin Music at 7:30 p.m., March 15, in Red Wing for an evening of pure Gaelic joy. Chase the winter’s last dull edge away and join them. For tickets and information call the Music Loft at 877/866-3936 or go to hobgoblin-usa.com.

70 for 70

Northfield resident and visual artist Riki Kölbl Nelson is turning 70 – and celebrating her journey with the gift of a future to young girls so they can begin journeys of their own. Inspired in part by the young education activist Malala Yousafzai and working through the nonprofit Children’s Culture Connection, she begins a yearlong project to donate the proceeds from 70 original works of art to fund 70 scholarships for girls in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and India. Join the 70 for 70 kick-off exhibition and fundraiser at the Weitz Center for Creativity in Northfield from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 17, where all 70 works will be displayed and offered at three price points that cover a year of schooling for a girl in India, Afghanistan or Sri Lanka. Tea and ethnic hors d’oeuvres

will be served, and the event is free and open to the public. Ms. Kölbl Nelson’s work is bold and intelligent, feminine, nuanced and achingly lovely – like the future could be for threescore-andten young girls. For more information and to see the work, go to artabovelaw.com and facebook.com/70forEducation.

All School All Arts

Come glimpse the future of visual arts in what’s come to be one of the most popular gallery exhibits in the region, the annual All School Art Show. Opening March 20 at the Northfield Arts Guild, this exciting, energizing mixed-media show celebrates tomorrow’s artists today with works in mediums that range from pencil to paint to ceramic, and represents kids from every school – and homeschool group – in Northfield. It’s a vibrant, inspirational exhibit that showcases the artistic perspectives from the very young to those about to set off into the bigger world, and it’s guaranteed to make your day. The opening reception Imagination Celebration on Saturday, April 6, is an Arts Guild tradition, a day devoted to free performances and art-making for the young, as well as the youngster in each of us. Gallery hours for the Northfield Arts Guild are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday. For more information call 507/645-8877 or go to northfieldartsguild.org.

The Art of Fred Somers on Film Fred Somers is an internationally awardwinning pastel and oil artist who was commissioned by the Sisters of St. Joseph in St. Paul to create a painting inspired by the Book of Genesis for their new residence. The process – from inception to installation – is the subject of filmmaker Paul Krause’s new documentary Genesis: The Art of Creation, and takes the viewer

on Somers’ creative journey, revealing the genius of an artist in the mastery of his medium. The public is invited to two showings of the hour-long documentary; the first at 7 p.m. on March 21 at the Weitz Cinema at Carleton College in Northfield. The second showing is on April 11, also at 7 p.m., in the Viking Theater at Buntrock Center, St. Olaf College. A reception for the artist follows each showing. For more information call Paul Krause at 507/5813069 or go to DancingSun.biz.

For the Four-Legged Love in Your Life

Every year the excellent Prairie’s Edge Humane Society hosts a dinner and auction to benefit the region’s most vulnerable animals, and they’re doing it again on Saturday, March 23, at the Northfield Eagles Club. Beginning with a silent auction that starts at 4 p.m., this event-filled evening includes alumni videos, dinner and a special guest, Kendall Iverson. Who Rescued Whom? is the story of Iverson’s recovery from a heart transplant, a process made immeasurably easier with the help of his friend Cooper, an abandoned dog that Iverson adopted from PEHS. The healing power of animals is well documented; Iverson and Cooper’s story brings those facts home, powerfully. Tickets to the event can be found at Prairie’s Edge in Faribault, Cannon Valley Veterinary Clinic, Countryside Animal Hospital and Premier Bank in Northfield, or call 507/334-7117; you can go to prairiesedgehs.org for a list of the many auction items. Do it for someone you love – the wagging tail you’ll get back is priceless.

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Vintage Band F e s t i va l

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This year the Vintage Band Festival will observe the 150th anniversary of the War Between the States, a tumultuous time in American history, but also a time when musical activity grew quickly and hugely among the citizens. Many new bands formed during those years to meet the ceremonial and entertainment needs of the troops, both Union and Confederate. As the war ended and the military musicians returned home, they brought with them an appetite for band music that spawned an explosion in town bands all over the country. Many among us grew up attending band concerts in the village square, often at a bandstand. This was the main entertainment of the week in many communities, and these concerts helped to develop generations of music listeners and prompted the inclusion of band music in the public schools. Still today, in communities like Northfield, New Prague, Cannon Falls and Faribault, weekly band concerts can be heard on a summer evening. The Vintage Band Festival celebrates this important music-making by inviting several community bands from Minnesota to share their music. The Carlisle Town Band (carlisleband.org) is the oldest continuously operating community ensemble in Minnesota; it formed in 1844, a time just after the invention of brass valves. The Carlisle Band keeps the tradition of having several members from the same families, with ancestors going back to the foundation of the group. The Carlisle Town Band first appeared at the Vintage Band Festival in 2010.

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attended the same church started The Independent Silver Band in 1884 and provided the “prosperous and energetic Illinois community” of Mt. Vernon with “first class entertainment and boundless enjoyment,” according to independentsilverband.webs.com. They played for balls, funerals, picnics, skating parties, political rallies, or whenever the community gathered. In July of 2004, William J. Reynolds of Mt. Vernon revived the Independent Silver Band. Res plendent in uniforms of the 1880s and playing music of the times, the band appeared here at the Vintage Band Festival of 2010. Community band events will be intermixed with many other musical events at VBF including British style brass bands, Civil War bands, Baroque ensembles, New Orleans Jazz, Klezmer, Balkan, Mariachi, and wandering groups of musicians playing alphorns, ophecleides, helicons, sackbuts and clarions – each presentation with a costume or uniform fitting the music.

The Vintage Band Festival is a four-day celebration featuring bands from across the United States and abroad. More than 100 concerts fill the streets of historic Northfield and satellite concerts sites throughout southern Minnesota on Aug. 1-4. The Festival offers a variety of genres, ethnic influences, and period-style performances. Check us out online for more information (see below).

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The Vintage Band Festival will have a battle of the bands, with six reenacted Civil War bands, across the Cannon River in downtown Northfield – followed by a massed band concert on the Third Street Bridge?

Independent Silver Band. Photo: David Perez

The New Prague Area Community Band represents a city with a rich musical history going back to the 1800s, when many Czech and Bohemian bandsmen were active in both the concert and dance halls. Its members represent nearby villages including New Prague, Lonsdale, Belle Plaine, Jordan, Elko New Market, Farmington, Lakeville and Montgomery. The VBF also welcomes an out-of-state ensemble that will reenact the village band experience of the late 1800s. Ten local men who

26th North Carolina Regimental Band Photo: Carl Behr

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts & cultural heritage fund.

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porary vernacular to update the classic Greek story we are asked to take sides for and against Antigone, who must decide if it is better to live a lie, or die for the truth.

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March 1-3, 7-9pm; Th-Sa 7:30pm, Su 2pm Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault The Merlin Players present this hysterical comedy farce written by Charles Ludlum, directed by Dan Rathbun and featuring Steve Searl and Jon Terrill. Two actors + five characters each + 122 costume changes = laugh till your face hurts hilarity. Tickets: $15 adults, $9 children 12 and under, call 507/332-7372. Rock & Roll Revival X – Take A Ride

March 8, 9, 15, 16, 8pm; March 10, 2pm; March 14, 7:30pm This every-other-year over-the-top musical production always plays to sold-out crowds – if you can dig up a ticket, it’ll be well worth the effort. Enjoy song, dance and just a lot of great fun, with renditions of classics of yesterday and today. Antigone

March 11-13, 7:30pm; March 13-14, 2pm; March 14, 6pm Haugen Theater, St. Olaf, Northfield At the brink of adulthood, our perception of morality is challenged. Suddenly we must face family, gender power roles and wars previously hidden from us in youth. This is the dilemma that young Antigone faces in Jean Anouilh’s adaptation. With contem-

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March 14, 7:30pm, Shattuck St. Mary’s, Faribault An amazing account of the two men who pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as the story of their wives who founded Al Anon. Tickets: $15 adults, $9 students. Charlotte’s Web

March 15-17, 22-23; F/Sa 7:30pm, Su 2pm Lakeville Area Arts Center This exciting, new musical version of Charlotte’s Web brings a new dimension to E.B. White’s beloved classic. Audiences will love the musical score which includes Eating, Wilbur the pig’s humorous yet poignant song about growing up; Who Says We Can’t Be Friends, an enchanting duet between Wilbur and his new-found companion Charlotte; Welcome to the Zuckerman Barn, featuring all the story’s unforgettable animals in a hand-clapping, toetapping hoe-down; and Summer, a haunting, nostalgic chorus number which evokes a time and place from everyone’s childhood. Tickets: $13. Fesler-Lampert Series: Commonweal Theatre Company presents A Doll’s House

March 21, 7:30pm; Shattuck-St. Mary’s, Faribault Controversial in its time, this drama by Henrik Ibsen criticizes the traditional roles of women and men in 19th century marriage. Tickets: $15 adults, $9 students.

Twelfth Night

March 17, 1-5pm and March 18, 7-10pm Northfield Arts Guild Theater A much loved and hilarious offering from the Bard, Twelfth Night tells the tale of Viola, a young woman washed up on shore who disguises herself as her twin brother Sebastian. Thought by all to be Sebastian, Viola must ward off the affections of the fair Olivia even while falling head over heels in love with the Duke Orsino. Teens and adults are invited to audition. The Arts Guild is seeking anyone who has a sense of humor, quirky skills or musical and dance ability. The auditions will consist of a cold reading. Scripts are available for checkout at the Northfield Arts Guild. Directed by Susan Dunhaupt. There are roles available for 14-16 people, men and women. The production will be performed in Northfield Central Park on weekends June 21-29, 2013.

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mondays: Bar Bingo • 4:30pm

Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

Spike’s Bar and Grill, Faribault

Live DJ and Karaoke 9:30pm

All Request Dance Party 9:30pm-midnight

Babe’s Music Bar, Lakeville

Faculty/Guest Recital: Cellist David Carter • 11:30am

Free Jukebox Saturday Night

Flaten Lecture: Byers and Lowe • 7pm

Froggy Bottoms, Northfield By Speedo Entertainment.

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fridays: Karaoke • 9pm

Spike’s Bar and Grill, Faribault

Rueb ‘N’ Stein, Northfield Castle Rock N Roll, Castle Rock

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EVERY OTHER SATURDAY: Euchre Tournament • 11am

sundays: Babe’s Poker Tourney 4 and 6:30pm

Babe’s Music Bar, Lakeville Quiz Night • 8pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Four-person teams compete for prizes.

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Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf, Northfield

Dittmann Center 305, St. Olaf, Northfield Lecture by Betsy Byers (painting) and Kristen Lowe (drawing and filmmaking).

DJ Dance Party • 9:30pm

Wine Tasting • 7:30pm

Babe’s Music Bar, Lakeville

Rueb ‘N’ Stein, Northfield Castle Rock N Roll, Castle Rock

Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

Boston’s Bar, Faribault Try six different wines hand picked to go with 13 rg four gourmet foods selected from a special 0 l.o menu. There will be a prize drawing and , 2stiva 4 e wine discounts. Space is limited. Call 1- andf t b 507/331-3255 to RSVP. Admission: s ge $25. gu vinta

thursdays: Water Pong Tourneys 9-11pm

DJ Music • 9pm

Skifter Hall, St. Olaf, Northfield

Babe’s Music Bar, Lakeville

Guest Recital: Pianist Matthew McCright • 7pm

Wednesdays: Babe’s Bar Bingo • 7pm

El Tequila, Northfield Bring an instrument or just take it in. For information, call 507/301-9091.

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Bluegrass Jam • 6-8pm

tuesdays: Open Mic Night 7pm-midnight

Wednesday, February 27

Contented Cow, Northfield

Chess Night with The Bishop • 7-9pm

River Bend Nature Center Join a naturalist in indoor comfort to observe bird (and other) visitors to the backyard habitat feeding area. Help with ID, fun facts, binoculars, guidebooks and conversation will make this a great way to start the day. Enjoy coffee and bagels in a relaxed atmosphere while watching the antics of wildlife.

Contented Cow, Northfield Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen.

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Billy Johnson • 8:30-11pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield “Commitment-free rock ‘n’ roll. While he’s been moonlighting with George Scot McKelvey in the B-Team, former Hillcats singer Billy Johnson confirms he belongs on the A-list alongside G.B. Leighton as one of the Twin Cities’ best feel-good, blue-collar, barroom-rousing tune smiths with his first solo album, tellingly titled It’s a Good Life.” – Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune. Billy has opened for the BoDeans, Five For Fighting, Train, Poco, Paul Thorn, Van Hunt, Lowen and Navarro, Old 97s and many more. See billyjohnsonmusic.com. Friday, March 1 Exhibit Opening Reception • 5-7pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Fred Somers, Tom Frank and Caleb Northrop. See galleries page. Carey Langer • 5-7pm

Contented Cow, Northfield 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. BZ Girls • 5:30-8:30pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls A blend of sweet tight harmonies that combines infectious rhythmic and soulful music in a classic style. Carol Z adds her guitar stylings while Tara B tickles the ivories.

Hometown Sample Concert Series • 7pm

Little Theater of Owatonna This 20th annual benefit for the Steele County Food Shelf brings four bands to one great stage – Hot ‘n’ Bothered, Mile 5 Band, Bad Tangerines and The Gogs. Emcees are Dave Otto and John Havelka. Also March 2 and 3. Admission: a food or monetary donation. Anthony Gomes, Sena Ehrhardt Band, and Jeff Ray and Hurricane Harold • 7pm

Wicked Moose Bar and Grill, Rochester Singer/guitarist Anthony Gomes constantly challenges himself to expand his explorations of heart and sound. He has a love of high energy, guitar-driven blues rock. Sena Ehrhardt is one of the freshest and most dynamic young voices on the blues scene today. Jeff Ray and Hurricane Harold is an acoustic duo described as “Delta meets Dead with a little Zen thrown in.” Theater: The Mystery of Irma Vep • 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page. Ben Aaron • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Aaron brings original folk, blues and Americana songs. Find him at benaaronmusic.com. Ocelot Revolver • 8-10:30pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Chris Lawrence • 9pm

Ruby’s Redeye Grill, Lakeville A singer/song writer/musician from St. Paul who plays guitar, drums, loop pedals and sings from the bottom of his heart. He is R&B, soul, funk and little hip-hop.

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Happenings Friday, March 1, continued Express Band • 9:30pm-close

Babe’s Music Bar, Lakeville Based in the Twin Cities, this high-energy group performs the best of classic-to-current rock and pop covers from the ’70s, ’80s and today. Sum of All • 10pm

Grampa Al’s, Faribault Covers of all of your favorite classic rock bands. Saturday, March 2 Tim Patrick • 2-5pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Couple this amazing voice with an amazing story and get ready for goose bumps. Less than eight years ago Patrick found himself and his shaky voice in the spotlight at Nye’s Piano Bar in Minneapolis. The rest is history: opera, musicals, a CD in 2006 that got him discovered by Joanne Grauer (pianist to Andy Williams, The Osmonds, The Lennon Sisters and more), a second CD under her direction, a gig with the Minnesota Jazz Orchestra and, in 2007, playing the Blue Moon in Croatia. In 2009 he made LA jazz critic Scott Yanow’s book, The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide and was named Gigmaster.com’s choice for the 2008 Rising Star Award for Best Jazz Singer!

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Hops, Grapes and History • 6pm

Grand Event Center, Northfield Presented by the Northfield Historical Society: hand-selected craft beer and wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres, silent auction 6-8pm and then a not-to-be-missed performance of “Guaranteed Cash,” a tribute to the songs and sounds of Johnny Cash – by country rockers Six Mile Grove and the legendary Bob Wootton, Johnny Cash’s lead guitarist for more than 30 years. Part of the original “Tennessee Three,” Wootton has performed all over the world, from Folsom Prison to Buckingham Palace. Wootton brings Johnny Cash to life in this lively and authentic performance. Advance tickets available in person and online at the Northfield Historical Society (northfieldhistory.org), KYMN Radio (KYMNradio.net) and the Sketchy Artist. More details at northfieldhistory.org and kymnradio.net. Tickets for the entire evening are $40/person, $70/couple or $10 advance/$15 at the door just for the music. Proceeds support the Northfield Historical Society. Hometown Sample Concert Series • 7pm

Little Theater of Owatonna See March 1 description. Also March 3.

Theater: The Mystery of Irma Vep • 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page.

Rumours and Dreams: the Music of Fleetwood Mac • 7:30pm

Paul Mayasich • 8pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota The music of an iconic ’70s and ’80s pop rock band plays again. The concert is back by popular demand after selling out the venue a year ago. Concert-goers will revel in the group’s hits including The Chain, Landslide, Rhiannon, and Don’t Stop. Singer/songwriter Pamela McNeill heads up the production. Andy Tackett • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Popular covers from many genres from the Little River Band, England Dan and John Ford Coley to Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell. Papa Nut Blues Band • 8pm

Covered Bridge Restaurant and Lounge, Zumbrota Featuring a high-energy mix of popular mainstream blues, classic rock and original music, fans of all ages can spend the night on the dance floor or sit back and enjoy the music. Chris Koza / Kent Ueland (of Terrible Buttons) • 8pm

The Chapel, Northfield A 2001 St. Olaf graduate and 2005 Minnesota Music Award Best New Act winner. Chris Koza’s “got a voice that’s reminiscent of a young Paul Simon and his music comfortably rides the line between pop and folk, boasting immediately memorable music matched against image-rich lyrics.” – Joe Nickell, The Missoulian. Kent Ueland and Terrible Buttons: Good ol’ fashioned horror-folk/ blues from good ol’ fashioned Spokane, WA.

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Oak Center General Store, Lake City The perfect mix of American music in all its shapes and forms including classic motown, R&B, funk, rock and roll, Americana and a taste of the best in blues. Cabin of Love • 8-11pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Acoustic duo out of Owatonna who bring a potpourri of instruments including banjo, mandolin, harmonica and guitar. 8 Foot 4 • 10pm

Grampa Al’s, Faribault The supreme party band playing your favorite hits from the last three decades to today’s hottest. Sunday, March 3 Hometown Sample Concert Series • 1 and 4pm

Little Theater of Owatonna See March 1 description. Also March 2.

Faribault Free Bridal Fair • 12-4:30pm

Faribault West Mall This includes a wedding fashion show at 3pm and, throughout the event, vendors for everything from venues to cake decorators, DJs and more. Wedding items will be for sale including jewelry, garters and more. Brides who preregister will receive a gift. To preregister call Laura at 507/331-2102. Theater: The Mystery of Irma Vep • 2pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Irma Vep See theater page.

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Happenings Sunday, March 3, continued Bruno Sunde Group • 2-5pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls A trio performing acoustic rock, reggae, alternative and classic favorites from several decades. Monday, March 4 Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

Contented Cow, Northfield 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. St. Olaf Handbells • 8:15pm

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf, Northfield Tour home concert conducted by Jill Mahr. Tuesday, March 5 Carleton Jazz Piano Studio • 5-6:30pm

Contented Cow, Northfield

Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

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Carl Franzen • 10-11pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Early in his songwriting career Franzen wrote On the Road, which was recorded by John Denver, Michael Johnson and Bonnie Kolac. As an ad writer for J. Walter Thompson, Chicago, he wrote jingles for Philadelphia Brand Creme Cheese and Alberto VO5 (yikes). His first tv commercial won a Gold Medal at the New York Film Festival and he received a CLIO nomination for a SuperAmerica jingle. This night he will tell stories and spin a caboodle of soulful, seductive grooves (with guitarist Antonio Monterosso). Wednesday, March 6 Bluegrass Jam • 6-8pm

El Tequila, Northfield Bring an instrument or just take it in. For information, call 507/301-9091. Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café, Northfield 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. History Talk: Shipwrecks of Lake Superior and the Lighthouses Built to Prevent Them • 7pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota A free talk by historian John Grabko. Hear of the life and demise of ships like the Essex, Niagara, Madeira, Hesper and Mataafa, all joined by the Edmund Fitzgerald in November of 1975.

Thursday, March 7 Flaten Lecture Series: Nathan Knutson • 7pm

Dittman Center 305, St. Olaf, Northfield Architecture.

A Church that Jesse Built: Millersburg Swedes and the Northfield Bank Robbery • 7-9pm

History Center, Owatonna Presented by Wayne Quist.

Theater: The Mystery of Irma Vep • 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page. Joe Fahey • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield An award-winning, critically acclaimed Twin Cities blues and folkrock singer/songwriter. Luke Fox • 9-10:30pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Des Moines-based Americana music. Friday, March 8 New Moon Trio • 5-7pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Here’s a taste of 100 years of popular tunes, random requests and spontaneous harmonies featuring Ross Currier on bass, Lance Heisler on drums and Justin London on guitar. Exhibit Opening Reception: Student Exhibit • 5-7pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See galleries page.

Bargain Book Blowout Wednesday & Thursday March 13-14, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Hundreds of titles at unbelievable prices right outside the bookstore!

Buntrock Commons www.stolafbookstore.com 507.786.3048 • 888.232.6523 Mon. to Fri. 8:00 to 5:00 Sat. 10:00 to 4:00 Sun. C-Store 12:00 to 4:00

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Happenings Friday, March 8, continued Tony Williams • 5:30-8:30pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Williams’ solo performance features a variety of classical, flamenco and jazz originals as well as some Americana/ classic cover songs. During the summer of 2011 he was voted the winner of KARE 11’s “The Voice: Minnesota” contest. Sweet Jazz • 6-9pm

Hideaway, Northfield Their name says it all. Christina Schwietz (vocals); Peter Webb (keyboard); David Miller (drums, flugelhorn, melodica) and Bruce Jensen (bass). Exhibit Opening Reception: Johanna Jones and Megan Moore • 7pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota See galleries page.

Theater: The Mystery of Irma Vep 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page. Deuces Wild! Dueling Pianos • 7:30pm

Lakeville Area Arts Center This dynamic piano duo guarantees to entertain people of all ages. Audience members will sing along, get up and dance and laugh hysterically at all the crazy lyrics. The show features an unlikely and surprising mix of music and parodies that range from classic rock and country to rap and show tunes. Tickets: $22. Rock & Roll Revival X • 8pm

Northfield Middle School Auditorium See theater page. Matthew Griswold • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Bone-shakin’, foot-stompin’ folk-rock paying tribute to the Delta Blues. Classic covers, reinvented traditionals and well-crafted originals. www.matthewgriswold.net.

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Mark Mraz • 9pm

Ruby’s Redeye Grill, Lakeville Everybody’s favorite piano man tickles the ivories and performs favorite sing-along songs, golden oldies and classic covers from the pop music archives. Cherrygun • 9:30pm-close

Babe’s Music Bar, Lakeville Each set is packed with non-stop rock, country and dance pop hits that draw every partier to the dance floor. Professional and fun, Amy M and her boys start the party and get the job done. Saturday, March 9 Tank Tasting • 12-5pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls The winery will be offering samples of the 2012 fall harvest grapes from the tanks as they continue to become award-winning Cannon River wines. Free and open to the public, must be 21 years of age or older to taste. The D’Sievers • 1-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls A group of musicians from Rochester and surrounding Southeast Minnesota communities. The core sextet consists of Steve Sawyer on bass, Eric Straubmuller on piano, Lee Krueger on drums, John Sievers on trombone, Curt Shellum on trumpet and Dick Rohrbaugh on saxophone. Together they play a variety of music with a focus on improvisation. Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra: Darkness and Light with Cellist Anna Clift • 3pm

St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northfield Clift teaches cello at St. Olaf College, is a frequent performer with the Minnesota Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. The concert opens with Franz Liszt’s tone poem Les Preludes. Clift will be soloist in Max Bruch’s Kol Nidre, a musical prayer based on the Hebrew service. The cello imitates the cadence of the synagogue cantor. The concert closes with Jean Sibelius’ vibrant Third Symphony. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students age 18 and under. Also March 10 at Paradise Center for the Arts in Faribault.

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Happenings Saturday, March 9, continued PKZ • 5-8pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Tiptoe Through the ‘60s with Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard • 7:30pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota Join “child of the ’60s” Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard as they perform the music of a revolutionary decade. “Tiptoe” features the triumphs, tragedies and trends of the 1960s with more than 300 images on two giant screens. Audiences can sing along to songs such as Hit the Road Jack, Surfer Girl, Blowin’ in the Wind, Hey Jude and Hello Dolly. Theater: The Mystery of Irma Vep • 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page. Rock & Roll Revival X • 8pm

Northfield Middle School Auditorium See theater page.

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Art Vandalay • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield A mix of Neil Young-inspired roots rock, laid-back country folk and well-crafted lyrics, swaying between easy bossa nova grooves, indie-rock drive and gritty folk-rock. Burning Chrome • 8-9pm

Contented Cow, Northfield St. Paul-based band with rock at the heart and a guarantee that each song will be a minimum of six minutes and a maximum of, well, somewhere around 18. All original material because the best things are still handmade. Chris Trifilio (guitar, vocals), John Gagich (drums) and Bryan Vann (bass). Influences include the Grateful Dead, Santana, Zeppelin, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Luna, Wilco, The Pixies, Lucinda Williams, Guy Clark and U2. Marty Anderson and the Goods • 9pm-12am

Rueb ‘N’ Stein, Northfield One of Northfield’s favorite bands, Marty Anderson and the Goods present a mix of classic rock, alt country and Americana – everything from Bruce Springsteen, The Waterboys and Bob Dylan to the Kinks, Bowie and The Beatles. No cover charge. Wear your dancing shoes. More at www.martinandersonandthegoods.com.

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Monday, March 11

Rock & Roll Revival X • 2pm

Northfield Middle School Auditorium See theater page. Jagged Ease • 2-5pm

Jagged Ease

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls The creative sound of a five-piece band with Gabe Holmes (acoustic guitar, vocals), Steve Hanson (bass), Kevin Dobbe (drums) and Charlie Lacey (lead guitar).

Daddy Daughter Dance • 3-5pm

Faribault Community Center This popular event for daughters up to age 12 creates memories that can be treasured for a lifetime. Dress is semi-formal. All participants must pre-register by March 1. No registrations are taken at the door. $9/person, 18-months and under are free. Professional photos will be taken by Artistic Photography and may be ordered at the dance for an additional fee. St. Olaf Orchestra • 3:30pm

Boe Chapel, St. Olaf, Northfield Conducted by Steven Amundson. Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra: Darkness and Light with Cellist Anna Clift • 4pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See March 9 description. Tickets: $10.

AAUW Talk: Tripp Ryder • 7pm

Carleton Alumni Guest House, Northfield Ryder is General Books Manager of the Carleton Bookstore, and will speak on “New Books by Women Authors.” All are welcome. Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

Haugen Theater, St. Olaf, Northfield See theater page. Tuesday, March 12 Theater: Antigone • 7:30pm

Haugen Theater, St. Olaf, Northfield See theater page. Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen. Wednesday, March 13 Theater: Antigone • 2pm and 7:30pm

Haugen Theater, St. Olaf, Northfield See theater page.

Anna Clift

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Bluegrass Jam • 6-8pm

El Tequila, Northfield Bring an instrument or just take it in. For information, call 507/301-9091. Film: Kurz und schmerzlos • 7pm

Viking Theater, St. Olaf, Northfield This 2008 film finds three friends caught in a life of major crime. German with German subtitles. Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

Christiansen Hall of Music, St. Olaf, Northfield Associate Professor of Music, California State University, Dr. Joel Haney on “But What is Music Really About? On Keeping Heart and Mind Together after St. Olaf.” Theater: Antigone • 2 and 6pm

Haugen Theater, St. Olaf, Northfield See theater page. Flaten Lecture: Brian Conley • 7pm

Dittmann Center 305, St. Olaf, Northfield Transdisciplinary art.

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Paradise Community Band • 7pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault 2013 Spring Concert, free and open to the public. Fesler-Lampert Series Illusion Theater presents Bill W. and Dr. Bob • 7:30pm

Shattuck-St. Mary’s, Faribault See theater page.

Rock & Roll Revival X • 7:30pm

Northfield Middle School Auditorium See theater page. Rich Prenier • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Guitar. Friday, March 15 Charlotte Sometimes

Happenings Wednesday, March 13, continued

Charlotte Sometimes with Kyle Fletcher 5:30-8:30pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Fletcher kicks things off with blues/folk rock/ roots music followed by the evening headliner, New Jersey native Charlotte Sometimes at 6:30. Sometimes was on season two of “The Voice” and all four judges turned for her. No cover.

Dance: Friday Night Lights • 7pm

Wagner/Bundgaard Studio One, Dittmann Center, St. Olaf, Northfield A short dance is performed, a student moderator poses a question, audience, choreographer and dancers begin a conversation.

Theater: Charlotte’s Web • 7:30pm

Daniel Switch • 9pm

Northern Gael with Laura MacKenzie, Ross Sutter and Danielle Enblom • 7:30pm

Smokescreen • 9:30pm-close

Lakeville Area Arts Center See theater page.

Hobgoblin Loft, Red Wing A powerful blast of traditional music and dance. In concert, Northern Gael weaves together the vibrant traditions of Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. From lovely trio performances of beautiful ballads to vigorous sets of dance tunes and nimble steps, Northern Gael presents a lively, genuine and delightfully well-informed concert program.

Ruby’s Redeye Grill, Lakeville An engaging acoustic artist who plays a large variety of wellknown covers with great guitar ballads. Babe’s Music Bar, Lakeville A rock variety band that has been entertaining audiences around the Upper Midwest for more than 20 years. They have and continue to headline many fairs, festivals and city celebrations. Saturday, March 16 Wake-Robin • 12-1pm

Bittersweet, Northfield Playing Celtic favorites for St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

Sasha Mercedes • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield A feisty folk-rocker that draws you in with her compelling and powerful vocal stylings. Lyrical, genre-bending, thought-provoking, inspiring, catchy, easy to relate to and easy to listen to. Find her at sashamercedes.com. Rock & Roll Revival X • 8pm

Wake-Robin

Northfield Middle School Auditorium See theater page. Toaster Fork! • 8-11pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Original music from alt-country to straight up rock and roll, blues and punk.

Average Janes • 1-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Music from the ‘70s, ‘80s and today. A little country without the twang.

Relativity • 5-8pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Voted one of Northfield’s best bands, this trio plays music from popular artists such as Missy Higgins and the Avett Brothers as well as many classic rock tunes from bands like Fleetwood Mac and John Mellencamp to such varied artists as the Indigo Girls, Damien Rice and Sarah McLachlan. Sit back and enjoy power harmonies by twin sisters Linda Wilson and Sandy Jensen (who also adds mandolin, harmonica and percussion) and solid guitar and bluesy vocals by Toby Jensen. Deuces Wild! Dueling Pianos • 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Dave and Ted take you on a variety class act adventure, where the audience paves the way to a wild and zany performance. Completely customized, the show dares to go where you take it with comedy, music and a whole lot of improv. Whether 25 or 85, you are guaranteed to be on your feet and part of the action. $19 members, $22 nonmembers. Theater: Charlotte’s Web • 7:30pm

Lakeville Area Arts Center See theater page.

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Happenings Saturday, March 16, continued April Verch Band • 7:30pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota Canada’s Ottawa Valley meets Old-Time Appalachia: Crack fiddling, electric step dancing, sweet singing. JUNO Award nominee April Verch and her band will deliver it all at her Bright Like Gold CD release concert. Verch has never sounded more comfortable in her skin than she does now, in the second decade of her career as an internationally touring fiddler, step dancer, singer and songwriter. Are you a musician? Verch is offering a fiddling workshop before the concert. Alison Rae • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Mesmerizing vocals and insightful lyrics – find her original music at alisonrae.bandcamp.com/album/birds. The Ericksons / Adam Svec • 8pm

The Chapel, Northfield The Ericksons are sisters Bethany and Jennifer whose indie-folk music is rich with acoustic guitars, banjo and stunning vocal harmonies. Adam Svec: Folk-pop soaked with melodic twists and turns. Replacement for Death Cab For Cutie, John Vanderslice, Sufjan Stevens. Rock & Roll Revival X • 8pm

Northfield Middle School Auditorium See theater page.

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Contented Cow, Northfield Together for years, this band takes a tune and gives it their own unique twist. Originals plus well-known rock and blues tunes. They know how to play and entertain. Acoustic jazzy kinda stuff. Ted Pretzel and The Experience • 11pm-1am

Contented Cow, Northfield Five guys and many funky-fresh guests who aim to delight you with the grooviest pop, funk, r&b, soul and house tunes – and tonight featuring Clayton in Easy Like Sunday Morning: A St. Patrick’s Day Experience. Sunday, March 17 St. Patrick’s Day Celebration • 12-5pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Wear green and try your luck in winning a Reserve Wine Tasting for Four gift certificate and other fun prizes. Live music by treVeld from 2 to 5pm. A group of string musicians who produces a rare quality of acoustic music that blends genres such as gypsy, swing, old time, Celtic, bluegrass, blues, chamber and Nordic roots and appeals to all ages. Theater: Charlotte’s Web • 2pm

Lakeville Area Arts Center See theater page.

70 for 70 Celebration • 4-6pm

Weitz Center for Creativity, Carleton, Northfield Northfield artist Riki Kölbl Nelson hosts this fundraiser for the education of girls worldwide. Seventy original paintings by Nelson will be on exhibit and for sale. Each painting sold will sponsor the education of one girl in India, Afghanistan or Sri Lanka for one year. Wine, tea and ethnic hors d’ouvres. Free and open to the public. Cash and checks only. More at artabovelaw.com and facebook.com/70forEducation. Monday, March 18 Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen.

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Wednesday, March 20 Bluegrass Jam • 6-8pm

El Tequila, Northfield Bring an instrument or just take it in. For information, call 507/301-9091. Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café, Northfield 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, March 21 Artist Talk: Fred Somers • 6:30-8pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See galleries page. Documentary: Genesis: The Art of Creation • 7pm

Weitz Cinema, Carleton, Northfield Documentary film by Paul Krause on the Fred Somers artistry of Fred Somers. In 2011, Somers received a commission to paint the largest and most meaningful composition of his long career as one of America’s pre-eminent pastel and oil painters. Krause captured the creation from its inception to final installation, revealing Fred’s artistic spirit and genius. The painting was commissioned by the Sisters of St. Joseph. They asked that the painting be inspired by the Book of Genesis, and Fred responded with a composition reflecting sky, earth and water. Open to the public. A reception will follow. For information, call 507/581-3069 or go to DancingSun.biz. Also April 11.

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Friday, March 22

Flaten Lecture: Lex Thompson • 7pm

Dittmann Center 305, St. Olaf, Northfield Photography.

Contented Cow, Northfield Mainstream classic jazz of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and others in the same style.

Battlefield Band • 7pm

Theater: Charlotte’s Web • 7:30pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota The boys of Scotland’s grand flagship band are hopping the pond for a U.S. tour. A bedrock of talent for more than four decades, Battlefield Band continues to lead the way for Scotland with its inspired fusion of ancient and modern traditional music and song. Battlefield is in peak form: Its new album Line-up finds them fresh and invigorated and illustrates yet again that they are among the most relevant contemporary composers and interpreters of Celtic music today. What the supergroup The Chieftains has done for Irish music, Battlefield does for the music of its homeland. Fesler-Lampert Series: Commonweal Theatre Company Presents A Doll’s House • 7:30pm

Shattuck-St. Mary’s, Faribault See theater page. Barb Piper • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield

Modern folk with influences from Hoagy Carmichael, The Beatles and Bonnie Raitt to Susan Tedeschi, Brandi Carlile and Indigo Girls.

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Occasional Jazz • 5-7pm

Lakeville Area Arts Center See theater page.

Lonesome Dan Kase • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield A unique brand of country-blues – for his unique finger-picking style, warm vocals and knowledge of the history of the blues. lonesomedan.com. Paradise Unplugged: Mary Cutrufello • 8pm

Boston’s, Faribault

This Houston-based singer/guitarist was raised in Connecticut, where she grew up idolizing Bruce Springsteen; after graduating with a degree in American history from Yale, she relocated to Texas, where in the years to follow she built a fervent fan following on the local club circuit. Featured on Jimmie Dale Gilmore’s 1996 LP Braver New World and its subsequent tour, that same year Cutrufello self-released her solo debut Who to Love and When to Leave; the record resulted in a deal with Mercury, for whom she recorded When the Night is Through in 1998. No cover.

Timothy Howe • 9pm

Ruby’s Redeye Grill, Lakeville Silky vocals, melodic lines and acoustic guitar. Howe’s been compared to Jason Mraz, Gavin Degraw, Bruno Mars, John Mayer and Howie Day.

Northfield Historical Society Annual Meeting • 6pm

Saturday, March 23

Great Hall, Carleton, Northfield This year the Northfield Historical Society will recognize longtime NHS member, past board member and past City of Northfield Heritage Preservation Commission Chair Bob Will. Cherif Keita, professor of French at Carleton College, will present his research on the inspiring story of a Northfield woman and her husband, both missionaries, who educated and mentored John Dubé, the future leader of South Africa’s African National Congress. The event is free to NHS members (you can join at the door: family $50, individual $40). Doors open at 6, program starts at 7. Cash bar and hors d’oeuvres.

Grand Opening Celebration • 11am-5pm

Theater: Charlotte’s Web • 7:30pm

No Exit • 9:30pm-close

Babe’s Music Bar, Lakeville Six formerly full-time, touring musicians have joined ranks as a new classic rock band, playing songs that will rock you all over again – the best of classic rock.

Northfield Olive Oils & Vinegars Fruity to spicy and grassy to buttery. Sample quality extra virgin olive oils and balsamic vinegars for every palate and cooking need. Plenty of door prizes. Andrew Walesch • 2-5pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Blues and jazz by “the boy with the voice.” A great variety of classics and originals. Annual Dinner & Auction for the Animals • 4pm

Northfield Eagles Club This annual benefit for Prairie’s Edge Humane Society includes a silent auction (4-6:15pm) and dinner (6:15pm). Guest speaker Kendall Iverson (5:30pm) will share his story of how his adopted dog, that he met while volunteering at Prairie’s Edge, is helping him in his recovery from a recent heart transplant. Tickets: $15.

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Lakeville Area Arts Center See theater page.

Tiptoe Through the ‘60s with Prudence Johnson and Dan Chouinard • 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Take a magical history tour with songs and stories from a revolutionary decade. See all the triumphs, tragedies and trends of the 1960s with more than 300 images on two giant TV screens and sing along to Hit the Road Jack, Surfer Girl, Blowin’ in the Wind, Hey Jude, Hello Dolly and many more. $15 members, $19 nonmembers, $10 students.

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Happenings Saturday, March 23, continued Jivin’ Ivan and the Kings of Swing • 7:30-11:30pm

Signature Bar and Grill, Faribault Classic acoustic swing, hot picking, stellar singing and room to dance.

Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota One of the finest mandolin and fiddle players in acoustic music. Backing him on guitar will be virtuoso Dean Magraw.

Tuesday, March 26 Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

Amanda Rundquist • 8pm Matthew Fox • 8-10:30pm

Jivin’ Ivan (top), Ostroushko

Contented Cow, Northfield American roots music. Sunday, March 24 Maple Syrup Open House • 1-3pm

River Bend Nature Center, Faribault Join the nature center’s sugar bush workers in the great spring tradition of maple syrupin’. Help tap trees, collect sap, observe the evaporation station and taste the final product. Andrew Walesch • 2-5pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Blues and jazz by “the boy with the voice.” A great variety of classics and originals.

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Lakeville Area Arts Center See theater page. Monday, March 25

Peter Ostroushko • 7:30pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield

Theater: Charlotte’s Web • 2pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen. Wednesday, March 27 Bluegrass Jam • 6-8pm

El Tequila, Northfield Bring an instrument or just take it in. For information, call 507/301-9091. Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

Andra Suchy • 8pm

Thursday, March 28 Willie B Blues Band • 6pm

Brickhouse Pub and Grille, Red Wing Willie B formed the Willie B’s Blues Band in the summer of 2010 in Red Wing. Willie’s style is influenced by the “Crunchy Texas Blues Sound” as well as the “Chicago Clean Tone.” Willie has been gigging regularly with a rotating lineup of musicians throughout the Twin Cities Metro. Willie B is a member of the Minnesota Blues Society. Mark Allen and the Key West Rejects • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Originals and favorites from Johny Cash, Tom Petty, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Lit, Buck Cherry and more. Friday, March 29

Dave Hudson • 9pm

Ruby’s Redeye Grill, Lakeville Hudson’s style has been compared to the likes of the Gin Blossoms, U2 and the Counting Crows. A mix of cover songs from the ’80s through today, and originals. Rhino • 9:30pm-close

Babe’s Music Bar, Lakeville A high-energy Twin Cities-based band playing modern, alternative, ’80s and classic rock with twists of country and other surprises splashed in. Saturday, March 30

Don Paulson • 5:30-8:30pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Bluegrass and folk with influences by the likes of The Beatles, Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill and Nickel Creek. Wine and Canvas • 6-8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield A regular guest on “A Prairie Home Companion,” Suchy has performed with such artists as Brad Paisley, Mindy Smith, Emmylou Harris, Chris Thile and Renee Fleming. She has recorded with a wide range of indie, rock, blues and folk acts, including The Honeydogs, Jonny Lang, Peter Ostroushko and Soul Asylum’s Dave Pirner.

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls An evening of painting and sipping on award-winning Cannon River Wines. Learn step by step how to re-create the painting of the day and take your work of art home with you. Pre-registration required – 507/263-7400.

Sonny Bryant of The Platters • 2-5pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls

Wine and Cheese Fondue Pairing • 5-8pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Pair award-winning wines with delicious cheese fondue and dippers. $10 fee to sample the cheese fondue and wine pairings. Claudia Schmidt • 7:30pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota Exploring jazz, folk, blues and world music genres – going deep inside their idioms and then fusing them seamlessly together – is something few musicians can do like Claudia Schmidt does. Watch her tie it all together effortlessly using her silky smooth voice and 12-string guitar. Tangled Roots Bluegrass Band • 7:30pm

Hobgoblin Loft, Red Wing One of the most energetic and entertaining bands to hit the bustling Minnesota Bluegrass music scene. With material ranging from Elvis Presley to John Prine, Bill Monroe and Bruce Cockburn and Buddy Holly to Bruce Hornsby – your everyday Bluegrass band. Relativity • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield A trio playing artists from Missy Higgins and the Avett Brothers to Fleetwood Mac and John Mellencamp to the Indigo Girls, Damien Rice and Sarah McLachlan with the power harmonies of twin sisters Linda Wilson and Sandy Jensen (mandolin, harmonica, percussion) and solid guitar and bluesy vocals by Toby Jensen.

Tripp Ryder, General Books Manager Carleton Bookstore NEW BOOKS BY WOMEN AUTHORS

Monday, March 11 • 7pm Carleton Alumni Guest House 100 College Street, Northfield

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March Gigs 8 Foot 4 ��2 – Grampa Al’s Acoustic Jam ��Tuesdays – Cow Marty Anderson & The Goods ��9 – Rueb Ben Aaron ��1 – Tavern Mark Allen & The Key West Rejects ��28 – Tavern As Is ��2 – Cow Average Janes �� 16 – Cannon River Winery Willie B Blues Band ��28 – Brickhouse Bad Tangerines ��1-3 – Little Theater Battlefield Band �� 21 – Crossings Bluegrass Jam �� Wednesdays – El Tequila Bruno Sunde Group 3 – Cannon River Winery Sonny Bryant �� 30 – Cannon River Winery Burning Chrome ��9 – Cow BZ Girls �� 1 – Cannon River Winery Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra w/Anna Clift ��9 – St. John’s, 10 – Paradise Carleton Jazz Piano Studio ��5 – Cow David Carter �� Feb. 28 – St. Olaf Cherrygun �� 8 – Babe’s Mary Cutrufello �� 22 – Boston’s Deuces Wild! Dueling Pianos ��8 – Lakeville Arts, 16 – Paradise The D’Sievers �� 9 – Cannon River Winery Sena Ehrhardt Band �� 1 – Wicked Moose The Ericksons �� 16 – The Chapel Express Band �� 1 – Babe’s Joe Fahey ��7 – Tavern Kyle Fletcher �� 15 – Cannon River Winery Luke Fox ��7 – Cow Matthew Fox �� 23 – Cow Carl Franzen & Antonio Monterosso ��5 – Cow The Gogs ��1-3 – Little Theater Anthony Gomes �� 1 – Wicked Moose

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Matthew Griswold ��8 – Tavern Hot ‘n’ Bothered ��1-3 – Little Theater Timothy Howe �� 22 – Ruby’s Dave Hudson �� 29 – Ruby’s Hurricane Harold �� 1 – Wicked Moose Irish Music ��Wednesdays – Hogan Bros Jagged Ease �� 10 – Cannon River Winery Billy Johnson �� Feb. 28 – Tavern Prudence Johnson & Dan Chouinard ��9 – Crossings, 23 – Paradise Lonesome Dan Kase ��22 – Tavern Jivin’ Ivan & the Kings of Swing ��23 – Signature Chris Koza ��2 – The Chapel Carey Langer ��1 – Cow Chris Lawrence �� 1 – Ruby’s Dean Magraw �� 23 – Crossings Paul Mayasich �� 2 – Oak Center Matthew McCright �� Feb 27 – St. Olaf Pamela McNeill/ Music of Fleetwood Mac ��2 – Crossings Mile 5 Band ��1-3 – Little Theater Mark Mraz �� 8 – Ruby’s Sasha Mercedes ��15 – Tavern New Moon Trio ��8 – Cow No Exit ��22 – Babe’s Northern Gael ��15 – Hobgoblin Northern Roots Session �� Mondays – Cow Occasional Jazz �� 22 – Cow Ocelot Revolver ��1 – Cow Optimum Trajectory �� 16 – Cow Peter Ostroushko �� 23 – Crossings Papa Nut Blues Band �� 2 – Covered Bridge Paradise Community Band ��14 – Paradise Tim Patrick �� 2 – Cannon River Winery Don Paulson �� 29 –Cannon River Winery Barb Piper ��21 – Tavern

PKZ �� 9 – Cannon River Winery Rich Prenier ��14 – Tavern Ted Pretzel Experience �� 16 – Cow Alison Rae ��16 – Tavern Jeff Ray �� 1 – Wicked Moose Relativity �� 16 – Cannon River Winery 30 – Tavern Rhino ��29 – Babe’s Rock & Roll Revival ��8-10, 14-16 – Nfld Middle School Amanda Rundquist ��23 – Tavern St. Olaf Handbells ��4 – St. Olaf St. Olaf Orchestra ��10 – St. Olaf Claudia Schmidt �� 30 – Crossings Charlotte Sometimes �� 15 – Cannon River Winery Smokescreen ��15 – Babe’s Andra Suchy ��29 – Tavern Sum of All ��1 – Grampa Al’s Adam Svec �� 16 – The Chapel Sweet Jazz �� 8 – HideAway Daniel Switch �� 15 – Ruby’s Andy Tackett ��2 – Tavern Tangle Roots Bluegrass Band ��30 – Hobgoblin Toaster Fork! �� 15 – Cow treVeld �� 17 – Cannon River Winery Kent Ueland & The Terrible Buttons ��2 – The Chapel Art Vandalay ��9 – Cow April Verch Band �� 16 – Crossings Wake-Robin ��16 – Bittersweet Andrew Walesch �� 23, 24 – Cannon River Winery Tony Williams �� 8 – Cannon River Winery Bob Wootton & Six Mile Grove �� 2 – Grand

Just Curious about

Before the show, I help out by curling the guys’ hair and checking that everything is in order for the quick changes behind stage. I may help by ironing and steaming some of the costumes. During the show I will be in the back helping with whatever comes up, and directing everyone in line for their next song. I make sure that they are wearing the correct costume and accessories for each number.

Michaela Hoffer

The biennial musical extravaganza, Rock & Roll Revival, is back. If you find a shot at a ticket, take it! This show is absolutely amazing – it’s a goose-bump sensation to witness such a large cast of exceptionally talented high school students (with some pretty impressive faculty performers, to boot!). The Entertainment Guide wondered what we should say about a show that needs no introduction. Director Ray Coudret was quick to provide an answer – he suggested we talk to the queen of RRR student support – Michaela Hoffer. What do you do at RRR? I help out with a big

How do you do it so well? I have al-

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aspect of organization for Rock and Roll. This year I helped organize the cast meeting to take measurements of each student. I helped by taking attendance for each practice. The most prominent job that I will be doing, however, is making sure that each student has had fittings for their costumes and that all of the full costumes are together and where they need to be for each show.

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ways been a pretty organized person, so when I was asked to help I knew that I could keep everything in order. It helps that I know all about the making of the show, and I’ve watched everything come together from beginning to end. I love being part of something and feeling like my help is really appreciated and needed.

What prompted your involvement in Rock and Roll Revival? In my sophomore year, I was really excited when I heard about

Rock and Roll because I knew it was a big and popular performance that only happened every other year. I decided to try out. My try-out did not go so well. When I realized that I didn’t make it in I was pretty upset, but then I decided that maybe performing in front of others really wasn’t my thing because I’m such a shy

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person. My mom told me that one of her co-workers was involved back stage with costumes, and through her I was invited to help out. I became majorly involved after school and on weekends, even though if I wasn’t actually performing in it, which I really enjoyed. Had you seen it before getting involved? Another reason that

prompted my involvement was how much I enjoyed the show. I had seen it two times before, in 2007 and 2009. I loved watching and hearing all of the talent that students had, and couldn’t wait until I would be able to be a part of it when I was in high school.

How is this RRR going to different than the one in 2011? I think that Rock and Roll will be pretty different this year; there is a huge cast and a lot of new voices. Also, some of the song choices are pretty familiar, so I think the audience will really enjoy it and have a fun time during the performance. What for you has been the funnest part of the show? I think

the funnest part of the show has been seeing how much talent the students have and getting to know them. It is really amazing how hard everyone works to make the show really come together in the end.

What is the most challenging? The most challenging part of the show would probably be making sure that everything is where it needs to be when it comes time for the show. A run never comes off without a few notable gaffes. What’s the funniest blunder that the audience never noticed?

In the Reelin’ and Rockin’ show of 2011, one of the lead singers chipped his tooth on the mic during the performance. The audience never noticed, and I’m sure he was in a lot of pain, but he kept singing strong through the rest of the song.

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In the three years you’ve been working on it, what moment – on stage or off – stands out? A moment that really

stands out to me was after the final show in 2011. All of the cast and band went to a huge cast party and together we all watched the performance on DVD and congratulated each other for all of the hard work that paid off. What’s been your favorite song? My favorite song, out of all

the performances I’ve seen, is definitely Mr. Bass Man from Palisades Park in 2009.

I understand this year’s RRR includes hits from this century – is there a song or artist you think is missing from this year’s show? I do not think that there are any songs or art-

ists missing. The director, choreographer and song producer spent so much time matching up just the right songs for each lead singer, and created variety throughout the Rock and Roll music genre.

What’s your favorite type of music? Country. Are you musically inclined yourself? I’m not necessarily musically inclined, but I really enjoy singing and I loved being in choir during my freshman and sophomore years. Beyond RRR, where’s your passion? I love being able to help

and care for animals.

Ten years from now – what’s your dream career? To become a veterinarian. I’m accepted to Iowa State University, so I plan on going there in the fall to study Animal Science and Biology to pursue my degree. How often do people misspell your name – and what’s been the worst attempt? People misspell my name pretty often actu-

ally. I will usually just tell someone how to spell it, to avoid their attempt. The worst attempt – probably “McKayla” – not even close!

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HAPPENINGS By Susan Hvistendahl

History Matters at NHS, CFAHS and DHS Next month I will have written 75 “Historic Happenings” for the Entertainment Guide, since February of 2007. So it seems appropriate to honor some of our local historical societies that preserve history for us and to tell a few of their stories. This month, a triple play: the historical societies of Northfield, Cannon Falls and Dundas. Historical artifacts will never be considered “old hat” by the folks at the Northfield Historical Society (“trite from having long been used or known”). But it was an actual old hat that Hayes Scriven, Executive Director of the Northfield Historical Society, and Cathy Osterman, NHS curator, wanted to show me when I visited the archives in February. And the hat had nothing to do with the botched bank robbery attempt of the James-Younger Gang in 1876, which brought fame (and tourists) to Northfield. This hat resurfaced in the course of taking inventory at NHS. In 1983, Wilbur L. McCandless of Pico Rivera, California, donated artifacts which had belonged to his grandfather, James A. Little, a long-time resident of Northfield. Among the artifacts McCandless described in his accompanying letter were a “bullet torn hat he was wearing when severely wounded in Civil War with brass band giving date of wound,” membership badge in post 83 J.L. Heywood Post Grand Army of the Republic and lapel button, a letter from Little to his grandson Wilbur in 1928 describing his experiences in the Civil War and other information including a copy of Little’s service record in History of the 112th Regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the Great War of the Rebellion, 1862-1865, printed in 1885. According to the book excerpt, Little enlisted on March 28 and was mustered on April 25, 1864, for three years. “Severely wounded in action at Utoy Creek, near Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 6, ’64. Appointed Sergeant of Co. F., 65th Ill.” His address at that time was given as Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota. McCandless explained in the letter that his grandfather was uncle to Ruth (Little) Hutton of Farmington and great-uncle and greatgreat uncle to “my many cousins in the Northfield area,” which was his reason for wanting the items to be in Northfield. Curator Osterman says McCandless appears to have sent the objects in April of 1983 in time for a Civil War display. Little’s Civil War hat, torn through with ragged bullet holes, bears mute but eloquent testimony to the horrors of war. Little’s letter to

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Executive Director Hayes Scriven and curator Cathy Osterman of the Northfield Historical Society find hidden gems during archival inventory. For example, James A. Little’s bullet-torn hat from the Civil War battle of Utoy Creek was donated to the Northfield Historical Society by Little’s grandson in 1983, along with a personal account of the battle. This Marc Stewart painting of the battle of Utoy Creek in Georgia in August of 1864 clearly shows Union forces wearing hats like the one in the Northfield Historical Society Archives. Courtesy of AviationArtbyMarcStewart.com.

his grandson Wilbur, age 13, fills in details. Wilbur had asked his grandfather to write down some of his army experiences and on Oct. 10, 1928, from a Soldier’s Home in California, Little complied, saying he would tell of one day’s experience of Aug. 6, 1864. Little said that he rose early, wrote to his wife saying they would probably be in the battle before night and “sat down to put some eyelets in my hat and we were called into line immediately and the thought came to me that perhaps the Johnies would ventilate it before night.” (“Johnnies” were names for the Confederate rebels and “ventilation” referred to bullet holes.) Little wrote that about 15 minutes later “a small cannon ball struck a high stump of a tree and into our company it came injuring the right leg of the man on my left and hit the man on my right, the bottom of his shoe and turning his foot black in one minute…The man on my right injured for life the one at the left hospitalized for three weeks.” Then: “Called into battle at noon by a drunken officer who we always loved when not drunk. He led us right into works the shape of a horseshoe so that the enemy fired from three ways on us.” A man next to him fell dead and Little thought, “A thousand shall fall at thy side and ten at thy right hand but it shall not come nigh thee” but “the boys said I [was] down at the next volley but only laid about half an hour and up and dumped a big [blood] clot from my hat and raised my gun to fire when a comrade said his gun would not shoot so traded guns and sent me to the rear.”

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The Battle of Utoy Creek took place Aug. 5-7, 1864, in Fulton County, Georgia, and ended with a Confederate victory with an estimated 850 casualties and losses on the Union side and 35 for the Confederacy.

photos at $2 a dozen of the shirtless duo, eyes open, blood dripping from their fatal wounds.

Scriven told me about how NHS came to have a set of Sumner’s glass Little said he spent four months in the hospiplate negatives showing Miller, tal and then joined the regiment at Pulaski, Chadwell and the outlaws captured Tennessee. At the end of his letter, Little or killed at Hanska Slough near wrote: “Received three trains of prisoners at Madelia a couple weeks after the Wilmington NC. The worst sight of my life. raid. Ira Sumner’s son, Stuart (who Love to everybody. Father and Grandfather.” was also a photographer), owed money to Elmer Nystuen, Phillips A Civil War exhibit will be at the Northfield 66 Gas Station owner in Northfield, Original glass plate negatives from Northfield phoHistorical Society from August to November tographer Ira E. Sumner were donated by Benjamin and gave Nystuen the 12 negatives this year and you will be able to see Little’s Nystuen to the Northfield Historical Society in 2007. in lieu of payment. Nystuen passed hat and letter to his grandson on display at Images shown here are of James-Younger gang them along to his son, Benjamin. members Bill Chadwell (left) and Clell Miller (right), that time. Benjamin then donated them to both killed by Northfielders during the 1876 bank Of course, there is a permanent exhibit at raid. Courtesy of the Northfield Historical Society. the Northfield Historical Society in the museum devoted to the 1876 bank raid. 2007 when he came from Colorado On display are photos of James-Younger Gang members taken by for his 50th St. Olaf College reunion. Northfield photographer Ira E. Sumner. Sumner’s most famous “That is why I am 100 percent certain this is a Sumner,” said photos are the ones taken of the propped-up bodies of Clell Miller Scriven of a photo he was showing me, noting that photos of the and Bill Chadwell, the two outlaws killed by valiant Northfieldgang had been taken by other photographers, as well. ers during the First National Bank robbery attempt. Pictures were taken as a matter of course for identification purposes (the gang I asked Scriven if the historical society ever gets negative feedback did not announce themselves as the James-Younger Gang during from displaying these graphic images, including offering them the raid) and the enterprising Sumner sold more than 50,000 in postcard form. He said, “It’s history and it sells. Not that many people get offended by it necessarily. It’s more of, ‘Oh, that’s kind of

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weird.’ You can’t get any more unique than a picture of some dead robbers. People found it interesting back then and we still do today.” Scriven is a Nerstrand native who became exhibits coordinator at the historical society after graduation from the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 2005 and was named executive director the next year. He is chairman of this year’s Defeat of Jesse James Days, Sept. 4-8, the largest all-volunteer festival in Minnesota. This year’s motorcycle event, Outlaw Run, will be held on Aug. 10 and Cemetery Stories on Oct. 19. A fund-raiser called “Hops, Grapes and History,” featuring a beer and wine tasting event and Bob Wootton (who was guitarist with Johnny Cash) with Six Mile Grove will be held March 2 at the Grand. For further information about NHS holdings and activities, see northfieldhistory.org and Northfield Historical Society on Facebook. The Northfield Historical Society was formed in 1976 and established a museum in the Scriver Building at the site where the thwarted bank robbery occurred, 408 S. Division St. Hours: Mon-Sat., 10-5; Sun. 1-5. Phone: 507/645-9268. During a visit to the museum of the Cannon Falls Area Historical Society, my eyes were drawn to a striking display of red leather buckets, which seemed almost like objects of art to me. Such buckets were put to use fighting two terrible fires that raged through Cannon Falls in 1884 and 1887. Pictures at the museum showed the charred ruins left behind and a stunned gathering of citizens observing the devastation. Zachary Wareham, the director of the museum, later provided me with the May 27, 1887, Cannon Falls Beacon account of the May 20 fire. The headlines said it all:

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The Cannon Falls Museum is located in Firemen’s Hall, built in 1888, which served as Cannon Falls’ fire station until 1946. The Museum Director Zachary Wareham (left) and assistant curator Ryan Foster (a junior at CFHS) enjoy sharing local history with visitors to the museum. On display at the Cannon Falls Museum are buckets (left) of the type used in bucket brigades for fighting fires in the 19th century. Wareham believes the buckets in their collection date to the Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 formed in 1892. Courtesy of Cannon Falls Museum.

“REDUCED TO ASHES. Cannon Falls Visited by a Disasterous Conflagration. Twenty-Seven Business Houses in Ruins. Two-Thirds of the Business Part of Village Gone.” The story described how the fire bell had “aroused our quiet village” at 10:30 p.m. Seven buildings were on fire within the first 20-30 minutes, then flames swept across the street to engulf many others: “Everywhere that it seemed possible to check the rolling torrent of fire men worked with blistering hands and faces, and only retired to another point when all hope was lost.” Within an hour and a half, most of Cannon Falls businesses – hardware, dry goods and furniture stores, saloons, harness, blacksmith and shoe shops, a hotel, bank, warehouse and the like – were “a smouldering heap of ruins, and $125,000 worth of property was a smoking heap of debris.” The pa-

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President Calvin Coolidge (top left), with first lady Grace Coolidge and Minnesota Governor Theodore Christianson at the dedication on July 29, 1928, of the memorial to Col. Colvill, seen below. Above, Cannon Falls residents gather in stunned disbelief in the aftermath of the May 20, 1887, fire which destroyed 27 bus inesses. Photos courtesy of Cannon Falls Museum.

buckets returned to the water source in the other line.” The first fire department in Cannon Falls, organized in 1874, had purchased a hook and ladder truck for $600. Wareham assumes the apparatus may have been stored in a downtown building which burned in the fire.

per said Northfield “responded promptly” to a wire for help, which perhaps “saved further conflagrations” and added, “We must not forget a word of praise for our ladies who exceeded if possible the men in carrying goods from the burning buildings, carrying water, and everywhere proving themselves heroines and braved the perils of the night with the most unflinching courage and fortitude.” The paper lamented that a town “of this size and enterprise” lacked the organization and apparatus “to retard the march of the fire fiend,” which would perhaps have confined the fire to the first seven wooden buildings. “And now after the first shock and gloom has passed away, hope on silvery wings is coming to our rescue and we hope to see many substantial blocks go up this summer.” The next year, 1888, the city constructed the Italianate Firemen’s Hall which served as the fire station until 1946. It was the city library from 1953 to 1977 and in 1979 the Cannon Falls Area Historical Society was formed to use this building as a museum under sponsorship of a woman’s group called the Tuesday Club. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places as one of the oldest (if not the oldest) surviving fire halls in the state. It is not surprising that firefighting equipment is part of the collection here. Wareham said buckets were certainly used to fight both fires and probably would have been organized in old-fashioned bucket brigades, “which worked in two lines of able-bodied people. Buckets would be filled by a person at the water source and then continuously passed up the line towards the fire, then the empty

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Also at the museum I took note of pictures of President Calvin Coolidge visiting Cannon Falls on July 29, 1928. I knew that President Barack Obama had a town hall gathering at Lower Hannah’s Bend Park in Cannon Falls on Aug. 15, 2011. But what was our 30th president doing in town 85 years ago? (The taciturn president was known as “Silent Cal” for his lack of loquacity. A famous story is of a young woman sitting next to him at a dinner party who told him she had made a bet she could get three words out of him. He replied, “You lose.”) Coolidge was in town to dedicate a memorial in the Cannon Falls Cemetery to the most revered name in town history: William J. Colvill, Jr., a famed Union colonel in the Civil War. It may seem strange but, although Colvill was buried in Cannon Falls, he actually never lived in Cannon Falls. Colvill was a native of New York who in 1854 migrated as a young man to Minnesota, opening a law office in Red Wing and starting a newspaper there. When the Civil War broke out, Colvill became the first man from Goodhue County to volunteer (at age 31) and became captain of Company F, 1st Minnesota Regiment. Coolidge paid tribute to Colvill and the Minnesota volunteers before more than 25,000 onlookers that day. He said, “Heroic deeds have about them an element of immortality. We stand in reverence before those who perform them and cherish their memory down through the ages.” Coolidge noted: “When Pres. Lincoln called for volunteers to prevent dissolution of the Union, this was the first regiment offered. It gave valiant service upon many a resolutely contested field, but its most conspicuous record was made at Gettysburg on the second day of that decisive battle.” As the Confederates moved forward on July 2, 1863, “The gallant

First Minnesota led by Colonel Colvill at once responded with an impetuosity that broke the first and second line of the enemy and stopped the advance. When the action was over but 47 men of the 262 who began the charge were still in line. The remaining 215 lay dead or wounded on the field…By holding the Confederate forces in check until other reserves came up, it probably saved the Union Army from defeat…The whole of the North would have been open to invasion, and perhaps the Union cause would have been lost.” Coolidge said that First Minnesota members “are entitled to rank as the saviors of their country.” Colvill went on to serve as Minnesota attorney general and in the Minnesota state legislature. He died on June 13,1905, while attending a reunion in Minneapolis of veterans of the First Minnesota, and was buried in the Cannon Falls Community Cemetery next to his wife, Jane Elizabeth (Morgan) Colvill, who had died in 1894. Colvill’s siblings had followed him to Minnesota and had connections to Cannon Falls. In a Cannon Falls Beacon article of July 28, 1994, Kathy Ericson wrote that Colvill’s sister, Elizabeth, and husband, William Tanner, settled near Cannon Falls and are considered founders of the Episcopal Church. Their son, William, was executor of the estate of Colvill’s wife and president of the local cemetery association, which may explain their burial in Cannon Falls. There is a replica of his gravesite statue in the Minnesota State Capitol, Red Wing has a Colvill Park and a section of Minnesota State Highway 19 from Gaylord to Red Wing was named in his honor in 1931. Wareham is a native of Cannon Falls with a BA from St. Stephen’s University in New Brunswick and an MA in history at the University of New Brunswick. He returned to Cannon Falls in 2007, began volunteering at the Cannon Falls Museum and was hired as museum director in March of 2011. Wareham also teaches gymnastics to boys and girls at the Northfield Gymnastics Club and is the Boys’ Team coach. Wareham has worked to improve the website which is now at sites. google.com/site/cannonfallsmuseum/ and is using Facebook as “Cannon Falls Area Historical Museum” to communicate online. He is in the process of cataloguing the collections, which include such things as residents’ military service records, a Swedish farmer’s daily journal covering the years 1869-1903, numerous photos, books, newspapers and the like. Many temporary displays

have been put up to showcase holdings and a traveling exhibit on Stanton Airfield was set up for the Northfield Historical Society, was viewed in Cannon Falls and now is permanently on display in Stanton. Wareham told me his favorite part of the job is “meeting people and listening to their stories, sharing our history and helping patrons with research.” One challenge the museum has is the issue of storage, which will be alleviated temporarily when the library moves out of the city hall and some collections can be stored there. The museum was helped recently by a donation of shelving from the Northfield Historical Society, after NHS had received a grant to replace the shelves they had. Wareham said he is excited about an upcoming renovation project “so that we can care for our collections better and share our history,” a process that will be aided by off-site storage. The Cannon Falls Museum of the Cannon Falls Area Historical Society is located at 206 West Mill St. Hours: Friday 1-5, Sat. 10-4. Phone: 507/263-4080. The genesis of the Dundas Historical Society was a tour of the Mill City Museum in Minneapolis, taken by Dundas residents Michelle Millenacker and Glenn Switzer in 2003. The couple was impressed by the museum, which was built into the ruins of what was once the world’s largest flour mill. Millenacker told me that they noticed there was “no reference in particular” to the milling history of the Dundas-Northfield area. And Millenacker got to thinking about the ruins of the Archibald Mill in Dundas and speculated that “if that mill is not somehow preserved, it will disappear in my lifetime.” Then Switzer (who is the current mayor of Dundas and owner of Switzer’s Nursery and Landscaping business) looked at her and said, “So what are you going to do about it?” Millenacker, a history buff who has a psychology practice in Northfield, was daunted at first at the idea of starting a historical organization (“like having a whole other job that you’re doing for free”). But in 2005 the all-volunteer Dundas Historical Society was formed as a legal non-profit by a small group of interested people with Millenacker as its president. On June 22-24, 2007, Dundas had a community celebration for its Sesquicentennial (150th anniversary). The society set up a “one

The deteriorating condition of the historic Dundas Archibald Mill on the west bank of the Cannon River led Michelle Millenacker (inset) to form the Dundas Historical Society in 2005. Mill photos courtesy of John McCarthy, Dundas City Hall.

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A sampling of the 20 Views of Dundas – clockwise from upper left: “Ted Reuvers defeats NFL arm wrestling champ Ed White at L & M Bar with Marguerite, Larry and Joanne Anthony watching,” by Alexander Hage; “Bill Nelson” – “Bill Nelson is central to the Dundas team the Dukes,” in a ball park built “with love and hard work,” by Fred Hagstrom; “Harvest” – “The role of wheat in the history of Dundas makes a close connection with my own growing up on a family farm,” by Ray Jacobson; and “The Postman” – The postmaster held a dead ocelot which once “terrorized” Dundas, by Scott West. Images courtesy of ArtOrg

Dave Machacek of ArtOrg (a Northfield arts organization, which is now relocating to Cannon Falls) was among those looking through the photographs at City Hall in 2007. Millenacker said, “He got this idea to do a Twenty Views of Dundas commemorative album. We thought it would be phenomenal.” As described on the ArtOrg

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For further information about the Dundas Historical Society, contact Michelle Millenacker at 507/664-9481.

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Millenacker would also like to see that whatever museum may be established can be used by Dundas residents as a gathering spot for the town. The historic Archibald Mill, which inspired formation of the society has been purchased by the City of Dundas and, said Millenacker, “We hope to work with them regarding preservation.”

The Twenty Views of Dundas can be seen at artorg.info/?page_id=296 and a collection of Dundas historical photos at artorg.info/?page_id=2119.

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Dundas had a population of 547 in 2000 and now has about 1,400 residents, so the society has hopes for future growth. A long-term goal of the Dundas Historical Society is to have a museum which lasts more than a day, where the society can collect and display artifacts. Currently, society members safeguard Dundas memorabilia in their homes and some is stored at the police station. Frandsen Bank at 715 Stafford Road North has a rotating display case on historic themes and Arlene Williams told me the next one will be springtime Dundas community sports, including the Dundas Dukes.

The resulting art work was of such high quality that a set was accessioned into the permanent collection at the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota. Participating artists were Kari Alberg, James Boyd Brent, David Burt, Hope Cook, Mac Gimse, Alexander Hage, Fred Hagstrom, Marty Harris, Ray Jacobson, Lilla Johnson, Scott King, Sharol Nau with Pat Lampe, Meg Ojala, Gaylord Schanilec, Diane Schrader, Carol Van Sickle, Fred Somers, Carolyn Swiszcz, Xavier Tavera and Scott West.

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“We thought it was sort of a one-shot deal,” said Millenacker, but then people would ask, “What is next year going to be like?” Now “Celebrate Dundas” is becoming an annual event. This year’s dates are June 28-29, beginning with a Dundas Dukes baseball game on Friday. A popular event is a baseball clinic for the kids held with the Dukes. The society is soliciting photographs of former Dundas businesses to be scanned and put on display for the one-day museum.

website, the 2008 collaborative print project engaged 20 artists to interpret Dundas history in a work of art and, working together with an art printer, they “created hand-pulled sets of prints in a very limited edition size.” About one-third of the artists came from Dundas, another third from Northfield and the rest from the Twin Cities and a couple other locations. The artists had access to old photographs online and many met with residents and visited town sites for inspiration.

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

Third Monday of the month, 7pm, Ivan Whillock Studio, Faribault Crossings at Carnegie – crossingsatcarnegie.com, 507/7327616 Classes in the arts for preschoolers through adults. Beginning Woodcarving – March 9, 9am-4pm. Explore the world of woodcarving through this hands-on beginner’s class. Experienced woodcarvers will also find much to learn and enjoy. Learn the basic techniques focusing on safety, proper use of the tools and wood selection. After the lunch break, carvers can select a main project to work on under the watchful eye of instructor Chris Whillock. Choose from whittling projects, walking sticks, santas, animals, figures, woodspirits and more. Tools are available for use and/or purchase. All materials are provided and additional take-home projects will be available for purchase. Ages 14-adult. Cub Scout Pack 300 – 612/490-4048, cubs300.org Just Food Co-op, Northfield – 507/650-0106 Mondays: Knitting Night, 7-9pm, 507/645-6331 MOMS Club – northfieldmomsclub@gmail.com – First Wednesday of each month, 10am, St. Peter’s Church, Northfield. 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 northfieldartsguild.org. Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forum Residency – Thursdays March 7-21, Apr. 4; 5:15-6:15pm. This intensely powerful group will be in residence to create a piece based on “Alice in Wonderland” to be performed at the Weitz Center on April 11. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to work with this groundbreaking group of percussive dancers. Ages 15+. $36 members, $40 nonmembers. Introduction to Handbuilding – Thursdays, March 21, Apr. 4-18; 6:30-8:30pm. This ceramics class is designed to teach people to make pots, trays, boxes, mugs and small bowls. An excellent introduction to ceramics taught by Glynnis Lessing. Ages 19+. $72 members, $80 nonmembers, $24 materials. Music Together – starting March 18, 10-week sessions; Mondays 6:45-7:30pm, Wednesdays 10-10:45am, Thursdays 10-10:45am. All children are musical. Come and sing, play instruments and dance with your infant, toddler or preschooler. These developmentally appropriate classes guide young children through the crucial early stages of music development. Instructed by Anna Lisa Rustad. Ages 0-5 years. $135 members, $150 nonmembers, second sibling is half price, second siblings eight months and younger are free. All children must be registered, regardless of age.

Northfield Public Library – 507/645-6606

First Steps Early Literacy Center, Mon., Fri., Sat., 10-12pm. Hands-on fun for children and their caregivers. Drop in anytime and you will find a fun-filled room with many early learning toys and books. A volunteer is on hand to assist you. Paper Craft Club, Tue., 3:30-5pm. Make cool snowflakes, pop up cards and more. Drop in or stay the whole time. Learn a new skill every week including origami. For ages six and up. Patty Cake Infant Lapsit, Tue., 10-11am. Specially designed to encourage development of language and motor skills by incorporating books with simple songs, rhymes and fingerplays. For ages 6-24 months with parent or caregiver. Toddler Rhyme Time, Wed., 9:30-10:30am. A time to encourage development of language and motor skills by integrating movement, songs, books and rhymes for kids ages two to three with parent or caregiver. Preschool Story & Craft Time, Thu., 10-11am. Stories and a craft for the just-about-ready-for-school crowd. Especially for those who are ready to sit and listen to a picture book, sing songs and create a small art project. Lego Club, Thu., 3:30-5pm. Basic lego pieces provided, just bring your imagination. Ages six and up. Poetry Patch with St. Olaf Students, Sat. bi-weekly, 12-1pm. If you’re a K-8 kid that loves Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky or maybe even Shakespeare, you’re invited to join members of the St. Olaf Poetry House for this program for aspiring young poets. Includes cookies, poetry reading, arts and crafts and more. Contemporary Women Writers Book Group, Tues., March 19, 7-8pm. Staff member Joan Ennis leads this book group.

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507/664-3649 Grandparent Information Night • Thu., March 14, 6:307:30pm, NCRC Parent Ed. Room. If you are going to be a new grandparent, come spend an hour with a parent educator and other new grandparents. Register by calling 507/664-3649 or visiting the Community Services link at nfld.k12.mn.us and registering for class no. 505-W13. Heart to Heart: Understanding Key Cardiovascular Tests • Tue., March 19, 6:30-7:45pm, Northfield High School Auditorium. Two physicians will share their expertise on what key cardiovascular tests are, when they are appropriate, what the results mean and which steps should be taken for optimal heart health. There is no fee but registration is required. Call 507/664-3649 or visit the Community Services link at nfld.k12. mn.us and register for class no. HEART-W13A Northfield Senior Center – 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, Thursdays, 6-8pm. Bring a project and share in the fun. Free. Northfield Buddhist Meditation Center – Children’s Circle Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault – 507/332-7372 Class (ages 3-9), Sundays, 3-4pm. Children and their parents Find art-related classes for kids and adults at meditate, do yoga and learn about Buddhism in a fun, peaceful paradisecenterforthearts.org. atmosphere of exploration. Everyone welcome. Break – Theatre Intensive – March 18-21; 10am-12pm. Explore the wonderful world of theatre with instructor Maria Markman. During this intense theatre class you’ll learn movement, memory, theatrical skills and more. Wear comfy clothes, closed toed shoes and a smile. Grades third-fifth. $42 members, $54 nonmembers. Check us out online at www.northfieldguide.com

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River Bend Nature Center, Faribault, 507/332-7151 – Classes

and activities at rbnc.org. Naturally Healthy Homes – Saturday, March 16, 10-11am. Maybe your New Year’s resolutions included “be healthier” or perhaps you are just tired of paying for expensive cleaners that don’t work that well. Whatever the case, you will leave this program with green strategies for cleaning your home at a fraction of the cost for name-brand cleaners. Bring an empty spray bottle and take home an easy-to-make, all-purpose cleaner from ingredients you probably already have in your pantry. $3/ person; free for River Bend members.

Secure Base Counseling Center, Northfield –

securebasecounselingcenter.com – 507/301-3412 Mindful Parenting – 4th Saturday each month, 2-3pm. Parenting is an challenging opportunity to practice being present and mindful. This discussion group supports its members as they apply mindfulness practice to parenting. Blended Families – 4th Tuesday each month, 7-8pm. Couples who bring children together from previous relationships have an opportunity to create a whole new family. This blending of families brings with it many rewards and many challenges. This group supports its members as they celebrate lovely aspects and grow through challenges of life in a blended family.

VFW Club, Northfield – 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.

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507/645-0676 • Facebook: Castle Rock N Roll Bar and Grill – 111am (every day). Great burgers and pizza, with daily specials. Located at the corner of Hwy. 3 and Cty. Rd. 86. Private party room available.

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closed Mondays – Cuisine of India. Variety of curry and Tandoori entrees including a large selection of vegetarian items. Wine and beer.

Cocoa Bean – 515 Division St., Northfield • 9:30am-6am, 7 days a week • 507/645-5322 – Fresh crepes, Belgian waffles, hot coffee, chai, tea and more.

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302 Division St. S., Northfield • 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. Culver’s

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421 Division St., Northfield • 507/664-0400 Mon-Fri, 6am-10pm, Sat-Sun 7am-10pm – Cozy bistro atmosphere serving unique appetizers and sandwiches. Coffee drinks, wine and beer specialties. Hogan Brothers’ Acoustic Cafe – 415 Division St., Northfield • 645-6653 • Sun-Tue 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri and Sat 9 a.m.-10 p.m. – Hot hoagies since 1991. Also soup, sandwiches, Espresso, gourmet coffee and ice cream. J. Grundy’s Rueb ‘N’ Stein

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503 Division St., Northfield • 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. Johnny Angel’s Eatery & Pub

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645-8392 – Opens 6 a.m. Tuesday-Saturday – Owned and operated by the Klinkhammer family since 1949. Quality baking from scratch using delicious family recipes with no preservatives. Custom cakes, homemade breads, donuts, pies, cookies, espresso, lunch and more.

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116 3rd St. W., Northfield • 507/645-7886 • Mon-Sat 6am-9pm, Sun 10:30am-8pm – Family friendly dining in Northfield for 37 years. House specialties include broasted chicken, BBQ ribs and flame-broiled hamburgers. 4452 40th St W, Webster • 952/652-2700 • Tu-Th 5-9 pm, Fri-Sat 5-10 pm, Sun 5-8:30 pm – Owned by the Ettlin family for 35 years, Ranchero steaks are among the best in Southeast Minnesota. For traditional German fare try the Pork Schnitzel with German beer. Excellent food, fine service, a true supper club experience. The Tavern of Northfield – 212 Division St., Northfield

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