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Barefoot Studio .............................................25 Bridge Square Barbers...................................7 By All Means Graphics................................13 Carleton College .........................Inside Front Chapati .....................................................24, 45 City Discount Card ..........................................9

Theater .............................................................................5

College City Beverage .................................16 The Contented Cow.............................25, 45

Local Galleries................................................................6

Creating a Ruckus.........................................10

Left Field...........................................................................8

Eastman Music ..............................................30 Fantastic Sams ...............................................21

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HAPPENINGS – Up Close ......................5-25, 30-31

Contributors: Sherri Faye Susan Hvistendahl Locallygrownnorthfield.org Northfield.org Bonnie Obremski Rob Schanilec

Just Curious: Jon Manners...........................32-34

Northfield’s BEST 2009 ..................................39-42

Just Food Co-op.............................................11

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Clubs, Classes and More..........................................43

KYMN 1080 Radio .......................................47

On the Cover:

A Month at a Glance..........................................26-29

First National Bank .....................Back Cover Froggy Bottoms River Pub ...................9, 45 Pam Gillespie, Realtor® ...............................20

Historic Happenings: Susan Hvistendahl....35-37

The Grand Event Center ............................20

Didja’ Know?: Bonnie Obremski............................38

James Gang Coffeehouse .................10, 46

Sports..............................................................................44 Dining.............................................................................45

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You’ve voted – Turn to pages 39-42 for the results. On the cover we’ve got (clockwise from upper left): Jon Manners, Meredith Fierke, April Ripka, the cast of The Rocky Horror Show (photo by Tom Roster) and the band Last Known Whereabouts.

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Quarterback Club ..................................10, 45 Rare Pair...........................................................18 Rueb-n-Stein ............................................16, 45 St. Olaf College............................Inside Front Schmidt Homes..............................................19 Sisters Ugly .....................................................30 The Sketchy Artist.........................................18 Sweet Pea’s Loft & Toys & Treats ............13 The Tavern......................................................22 Willingers Golf Club................................3, 45

Theater One Act Plays

High School Auditorium Feb. 6 and 7, 7:30 p.m. $5 adults, $3 students.

Steel Magnolias

A New Brain

A New Brain cast

Speech Theater Building, Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf Feb. 12-14, 19-21, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 15, 6 p.m. A New Brain is William Finn’s autobiographical response to an acute medical crisis which, thankfully, he survived. This 1997 musical resounds not with the threat of death, but with the wonder of living. Finn assesses his life as an artist, a gay man, a friend and a son. A New Brain tells the story of Gordon Schwinn, a composer for the children’s show “Mr Bungee’s Lily Pad.” When he is stricken with what seems to be an inoperable brain tumor, Gordon assesses the value he places on creativity, work and those closest to him. Aided by his friend and manager Rhoda, his partner Roger, his mother, and a host of colorful characters, Gordon works through the physical and spiritual ordeal of his medical calamity, gaining keen insight into the blessings and purposes of vocation, love, family and friendship. Directed by Dona Werner Freeman. $8 tickets, reservable by calling 507/786-8987. Vagina Monologues

Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m., Skinner Memorial Chapel, Carleton (fundraiser for the HOPE Center. Tickets $5-$20, sliding scale); Feb. 27 and 28, 7:30 p.m., Buntrock Commons, The Pause, St. Olaf St. Olaf students perform this production by Eve Ensler.

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Northfield Arts Guild Theater Feb. 13, 14, 20 and 21, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 15 and 22, 2 p.m. Steel Magnolias takes place in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by Annelle, her eager new assistant, the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter Shelby is about to marry a “good ole boy.” The characters draw on their underlying strength, love and humor as they navigate life’s choppy waters. Filled with witty repartee and humorously revealing verbal collisions. Adults $13, students $10, available by calling 507/645-8877 or at www.northfieldartsguild.org. The House of Seven Gables

Arena Theater, Carleton Feb. 20, 21, 27 and 28, 8 p.m. The Carleton Players present Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The House of Seven Gables,” a newly commissioned adaptation by nationally acclaimed playwright Barbara Field (The Guthrie Theater’s “Christmas Carol”) with set designs by Tony Award-winning designer John Arnone (“The Who’s Tommy”), original music by Hiram Titus, and directed by Ruth Winer. This is one of the great treasures of American literature. The story of two families, the Pyncheons and the Maules, begins in Puritan New England, with an evil deed, a wrongful witchcraft conviction, and a dying man’s curse; then travels ahead to the

mid-19th century. The novel is melodramatic and plot-driven in the best sense, possessed of mystery, high comedy, romance and ghosts. Its characters are worthy of Dickens. Start with the elderly Pyncheon siblings, Hepzibah and Clifford, who are fragile, fearful and sometimes very funny. Add a lovely young cousin from the country, Phoebe Pyncheon; a mysterious young boarder, Mr. Holgrave, a radical philosopher who currently works as a daguerrotypist; an arch-villain with a heart of stone; and a little boy with an insatiable appetite for gingerbread – you get the picture. Reservations encouraged, 507/222-4471. The Man Who Came to Dinner

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Feb. 20, 21, 26, 27 and 28, 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 22, 2 p.m. “The Man Who Came to Dinner” tripped on the front step of his hosts’ home and is now trapped there for six weeks until the broken bones heal. His hosts are Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Stanley, perfectly nice, conservative, prosperous, provincial, uppercrust folks in a small Ohio town. Their unintendedly long-term guest is Sheridan Whiteside, a famous man of letters, world traveler, hob-nobber with everyone who is anyone – and quick to drop their names. Whiteside is selfish, self-centered, egotistic and manipulative. He’s also aggressively insulting, but with wit – sort of a literate Don Rickles.

AUDITIONS: Too Clever by Half: Diary of a Scoundrel Feb. 8, 2-5 p.m.; Feb. 9, 8-10 p.m. Callbacks: Feb. 11 Northfield Arts Guild Center for the Arts This play, a hilarious social farce set in Moscow in the mid-19th century, will be directed by Marc Robinson. It includes small and large roles, each one unique, interesting and fun to play. Call 507/645-8877 to schedule an audition.

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ArtOnWater 217 S. Water St. • 786-9700 artonwater.com ArtOrg Moving Walls Gallery 200 Division St. • 645-2555 artorg.info

Grezzo Gallery 16 Bridge Sq. • 581-2161 grezzogallery.com

Carleton College Art Gallery One N. College St. • 646-4469 carleton.edu/campus/gallery Modernizing Melodrama – An interdisciplinary investigation of film, theatre, art, media. Exhibition developed by Laurel Bradley, Carleton’s director of exhibitions and Carol Donelan, associate professor of cinema and media studies at Carleton College. Through March 11. Related lectures Feb. 3 and 12 (see happenings listings).

The Flaten Art Museum Dittmann Center 1520 St. Olaf Ave. • 646-3556 stolaf.edu/depts/art/ Gallery closed through Feb. 8. “China and Japan: Art of the Modern Era” – Asian historians consider “the modern era” to date from approximately 1800. Artworks in this exhibit will date from that time through the 1990s. The works range from traditional embroidery and wood block prints to contemporary works with western influence. Feb. 12, 4 p.m., Dittmann Art Center 305 – Story Exchange. Donors of artworks in the above exhibit tell stories about their own collecting or a particular piece of art. Followed 5-6 p.m. with a reception in honor of art donors and the art.

Marv Kaisersatt – “More of My Good Stuff.” Faribault artist Marv Kaisersatt presents incredible wood carvings to astonish and delight. Feb. 20-March 28. Opening reception: Feb. 20, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Northfield Arts Guild 304 Division St. • 645-8877 www.northfieldartsguild.org Beyond Words – oil and pastel landscapes by Northfield painter Fred Somers. Through Feb. 7. In The Other Room: Look Again: Photographs by Beret Griffith Through Feb. 7 Art Leaves No Child Behind – The 2009 All School Art Show. Feb. 11-March 7. Imagination Celebration Feb. 21

Gould Library, Carleton College

Photography: “Portraits of Home: Veterans in Search of Shelter in Greater Minnesota.” The exhibit, focusing on homelessness among Minnesota veterans, runs through March 22. Opening reception and panel discussion, moderated by Julia Reid of Carleton’s ACT Center, Feb. 2, 4 p.m., in the Gould Library Athenaeum. Photos are accompanied by narratives describing difficulties veterans have faced in finding adequate and affordable housing. Documentary photographers represented include Stormi Greener, Cathy ten Broeke, Brian Lesteberg, Scott Streble, Chante Wolf and Carlos Gonzales.

Carlander Family Gallery 321 Central Ave., Faribault • 332-7372 paradisecenterforthearts.org Art Quilt Show – Janet Tangren and Liz Belina. Art quilts use techniques of quilting to create works of art that are not necessarily intended for the bedroom. Through Feb. 14.

Swag Groot Gallery, Dittman Art Center, St. Olaf

“Four Corners, Art Apprentice Show” featuring work by Anya Galli, Molly Nelson, Lisa Skildum and Alex Walton. Through Feb. 15, reception Feb. 12, 4-6 p.m. Sabbatical work by St. Olaf art faculty member Mary Griep Feb. 20-March 15. My Arctic: Siberian School-Children Express Environmental Awareness through Art – Feb. 28-April 5 (in conjunction with Nobel Peace Prize Forum, March 6-7.) Opening reception Feb. 27, 7-9 p.m. with 7:30 p.m. gallery talks by Liz Braun, Woods Hole and Matt Rohn about children and art: why it’s important; why we should pay attention.

423 Division St. • 663-8870 UGLYDOLLS – plush characters with distinct personality.

Art Studios with open hours Barefoot Studio Carla Thompson, artist 418 Division St. • 612/309-6084 www.barefootstudio.net Right Brain Ventures Art Barb Matz, artist 305 So. Water St. • 507/581-0425 www.rbv-Art.com Derk Hansen’s Saddle Tramp Studio 18 Bridge Square • 612/388-4507 www.derkhansen.com Got a studio with open hours? Get listed – neg@northfieldguide.com

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creative human

As I closely observe the natural world, it speaks to me about so much of life – about serendipity More by contacting about life’s interactions jshoger@rconnect.com about destructive forces 507/645-5236 about nature’s cycles and life’s cycles about interdependencies and enduring relationships Professor Emeritus about time and memory Dept of Art & Art History about change and enduring relationships St. Olaf College about permanence and fragility, order and chaos Member about reality and illusion Highpoint Center for Printmaking about adaptability Minneapolis and about new life springing from old The natural objects I observe become windows of insight. My images be they in lithography, woodcut, intaglio or monoprint, are metaphors about our lives’ journeys.

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HAPPENINGS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1 16th Annual Winterfest Noon-4 p.m.

River Bend Nature Center, Faribault Fun for the whole family. Celebrate winter at River Bend! Horse-drawn sleigh rides, kick sleds, snowshoes, camp fire, indoor activities and much more await you! $3/person members; $5/person nonmembers. Guest Artist Concert: Rolf Haas • 3 p.m.

Concert Hall, Carleton Violinist Rolf Haas made his solo debut at age 14 with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He is the recipient of numerous awards and has participated in programs at Meadowmount, Indiana University, Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, Bravo Music Summer String Institute and the International Music Academy in the Czech Republic. Most recently he has played for the State Ballet of Georgia, performed in recital in both Bermuda and the Czech Republic, and also at the prestigious Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.

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Talk: Problems Facing the American Auto Industry as Seen from a German Perspective • 4-5:30 p.m.

Gould Library Athenaeum, Carleton Presented by Robert Eimer, general manager of Roechling Automotive. Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

The Contented Cow Join in on discussions concerning local issues at this “lightly moderated” open forum. For information on topics, go to www.contentedcow.com. Northern Roots Session 7:30 p.m.

The Contented Cow An informal weekly gathering of musicians who play acoustic music with roots in the north, particularly Nordic countries. Participants and listeners at all ages and levels of experience are welcome. Quiz Night • 8 p.m.

The Contented Cow Stop in anytime to sign up. There will be teams of four. There are prizes and the winning team may drink from the “Winner’s Mug” the week following their triumph!

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Exhibit Opening Reception/Panel Discussion: “Portraits of Home” • 4 p.m.

Gould Library Athenaeum See page 6. Poker • 7 p.m.

Froggy Bottoms Play Texas Hold ‘em for points and prizes. Free! Nordic Jam • 7-9 p.m.

The Ole Café This weekly open acoustic jam session plays Nordic Jam from the Nordic countries and their immigrant communities in North America.

Lecture: There Once Was An Indian Village Here • 5 p.m.

Leighton Hall 305, Carleton Jean O’Brien-Kehoe, associate professor of history and American studies at the University of Minnesota, will present this 2009 Carleton College Herbert P. Lefler Lecture, titled “There Once Was an Indian Village Here: New England Local Histories as Replacement Narratives.” O’Brien-Kehoe is a member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and specializes in colonial history and the Native Americans of the Northeast. She is the author of the books, “Dispossession by Degrees: Indian Land and Identity in Natick, Massachusetts, 1650-1790” and “Divorced from the Land: Accommodations Strategies of Indian Women in 18th Century New England,” as well as a number of articles.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Blue Grass and Old Time Jam Session • 7:30-10 p.m.

Lecture: Bibliophiles Delight – Melodramatic Physiognomy • 4:30-5:30 p.m.

The Contented Cow This ongoing event is for bluegrass and old-time musicians of all levels, cultivating an inclusive atmosphere of musicians and an evening of entertainment for the audience.

Gould Library Atheneaum, Carleton Faculty and curator will look at Duchenne de Boulagne, Mecanisme de al Physionomic Humaine (Mechanism of Human Physiognomy), 1862, other volumes, and a tour of Melodrama in the Libe: Highlights from the collections. In conjunction with Modernizing Melodrama exhibit (see page 6).

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New Moon Trio

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5

Contented Cow 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.

Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Froggy Bottoms Ian Alexy

The Tavern Lounge Singer/songwriter/guitarist Ian Alexy offers deft finger-picking, jazzy melodies and heart-warming tales of a well-traveled 20something-year-old. David Singley’s Quartet

The Cave, Carleton FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6

Carey Langer

The Tavern Lounge A solo artist covering six decades and seven styles of music. From The Everly Brothers and Frank Sinatra, and to Rick Springfield, Dave Matthews and Jimmy Eat World as dictated by the audience, personal favorites plus original music.

Convocation: Barack Obama and the Era of the New Black Man • 10:50 a.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7

Skinner Chapel, Carleton Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African-American Studies at Duke University, will speak.

Bagels and Birds • 8:30-9:30 a.m.

High School One Act Plays • 7:30 p.m.

High School Auditorium $5 adults, $3 students. Karaoke • 9 p.m.

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River Bend Nature Center, Faribault Free and open to all ages! Sit back inside with coffee and a bagel to watch the activity in our windows on the wild habitat with a naturalist. Saturday Stroll • 10-11 a.m.

River Bend Nature Center, Faribault Take a Saturday morning stroll to see what’s happening at River Bend in the fall. Each session will explore a different area and have a different theme. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable footwear for hiking. Strolls are not suitable for strollers.

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HAPPENINGS Saturday, Feb. 7 continued Keyfest • 5 p.m.

The Key Awesome music from great Northfield musicians/bands including Addy Payne, Detective Vetriliquist, Aaron Fredrick, Zebra Warning, Joe Dobrow, Broken Treefingers, Riley Mcgillivray, Goat, Feedback Frenzy and D.E.A.F. $2 cover. Proceeds go toward the Union of Youth’s radio show/podcast (Keymn). YMCA Daddy Daughter Dance • 6-9 p.m.

St. Dominic School Gym A young girl’s prom night with strobe lights, dancing and cake, dedicated to the special daddy-daughter relationship. For girls 3-12 with fathers, grandfathers or other male adult. $20/couple, $5 additional child for members; $16/couple, $8/additional child nonmembers. Open Mic Poetry Reading and Writer’s Workshop 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Love is in the air at the Paradise! Open mic poetry with workshops on writing lyrics and poetry and a reading from local poets. Bring your favorite poem or an original to share. Kids’ projects and childcare for kids aged 5+. Refreshments available. $5 suggested donation. High School One Act Plays • 7:30 p.m.

Karaoke • 9 p.m.

L&M Bar and Grill, Dundas DJ Music • 9 p.m.

The Rueb-n-Stein Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Fieldhouse Sing for a drink. Jon Manners

The Tavern Lounge Voted Best of Northfield 2008 by Northfield Entertainment Guide readers. Playing guitar since 1957, Manners has been in bands including: The Stingrays, The Fabulous Intruders, The Critteres, The Sticky Wickets, Yellow Fish, The Glass Eye, The Windjammers, No Dice, Rockaday Jonny, Diesel Goose, Zebra, Berceuse, Shriek, Neoneon, The Kitty Younger Band, Flight Time, The Great? Imposters. In the early ’70s, he associated with Andrew Loog Oldham, one-time producer for The Rolling Stones. Now playing solo, he says “it’s easier to call a rehearsal and it gives me complete control over the songlist.” Northwoods Eclectic

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High School Auditorium $5 adults, $3 students.

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Poker • 7 p.m.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8

Froggy Bottoms Play Texas Hold ‘em for points and prizes. Free!

Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

The Contented Cow Grab a brew and join in a lively local debate.

Nordic Jam • 7-9 p.m.

Northern Roots Session • 7:30 p.m.

The Contented Cow Stop in anytime to sign up. There will be teams of four. There are prizes and the winning team may drink from the “Winner’s Mug” the week following their triumph! MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Man Cave Monday Movie: Slap Shot • 7 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault This escape with your buddies to grunt and guffaw the evening away takes place the second Monday of every month. Just you, some other guys and a 16-foot movie screen showing manly films where things explode, people die and no one cries about it. $5 for the movie, nominal fee for the pizza. More info at info@paradisecenterforthearts.org.

The Ole Café This weekly open acoustic jam session plays from the Nordic countries and their immigrant communities in North America. High School Band Concert • 7:30 p.m.

Middle School Auditorium TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Talk: The Matter of Babylon – Rhetoric and Politics in the Early Middle Ages 4-5:30 p.m.

Gould Library Athenaeum, Carleton Presented by Andrew Scheil, associate professor of English at the University of Minnesota. Full Moon Snowshoe/Hike • 6:30-8 p.m.

River Bend Nature Center, Faribault Enjoy winter at night! Take a moon-lit excursion around the trails. If there’s 6" or more of snow, it'll be snowshoeing. Otherwise, plan to hike. Dress for the weather! Snowshoe rental: $5/person members, $8/person nonmembers. Spring Mellby Lecture: Playing By Ear – A Journey from Classical Violinist to Hardanger Fiddler • 7 p.m.

Christiansen Hall of Music, Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf Andrea Een, associate professor of music. Reception to follow. Blue Grass and Old Time Jam Session • 7:30-10 p.m.

The Contented Cow This ongoing event is for bluegrass and old-time musicians of all levels, cultivating an inclusive atmosphere of musicians and an evening of entertainment for the audience. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Wake-Robin • 1-2 p.m.

Bittersweet A local duo on strings playing Celtic and Civil War period tunes.

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HAPPENINGS Wednesday, Feb. 11 continued Faculty Recital • 7 p.m.

Christiansen Hall of Music, Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf Martin Hodel and Kent McWilliams. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Lecture: Northfield Connect: Civic Engagement in the Local Community • 11:30 a.m.

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theatre, St. Olaf Leaders from various local nonprofit organizations will discuss opportunities to get involved through internships, project work and community-based research. Art Story Exchange, China and Japan: Art of the Modern Era • 4 p.m.

Dittmann Art Center 305, St. Olaf Donors of artworks tell stories about their own collecting or a particular piece of art. Followed 5-6 p.m. by reception in the Flaten Art Gallery. Art Reception: Apprentice Exhibit • 4-6 p.m.

Virginia and Jennifer C. Groot Gallery, Dittmann Center, St. Olaf See page 6. Lecture: Drawn Into Melodrama • 4:30 p.m.

Boliou Hall Auditorium, Carleton New York-based artist Drew Clements presents this lecture in conjunction with Art Gallery exhibit (see page 6).

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Lincoln Birthday Celebration • 7 p.m.

First United Church of Christ Celebrate President Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday with Abe himself (Steve Lawler), presentation (Civil War historian James Stark), an exhibit of Lincoln and Civil War artifacts, and Civil War-era music (Mark and Holly Fischer). The exhibit will include the Rice County Civil War battle flag carried by the Co. C. 6th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry that included the local names of Closson, Bierman, Budd and Hutchinson. $5/person. Proceeds to go toward conservation of the flag. St. Olaf Band Home Concert • 7:30 p.m.

Skoglund Auditorium, St. Olaf Conducted by Timothy Mahr. Theater: A New Brain • 7:30 p.m.

Speech Theater Building, Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf See page 5. Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Froggy Bottoms Mark Mraz

The Tavern Lounge Forget about life for awhile with the piano man. From Billy Joel to Kermit the Frog – Mraz tickles to ivories and entertains requests from the audience.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Convocation: Tyrone Hayes • 10:50 a.m.

Skinner Chapel, Carleton Biologist and herpetologist and associate professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley, will discuss how synthetic chemicals (such as pesticides) interact with hormones in a variety of ways to alter development.

Theater: Vagina Monologues • 7:30 p.m.

Skinner Chapel, Carleton St. Olaf students perform this Eve Ensler production. Fundraiser in support of the Hope Center, tickets $5-20 (sliding scale). Jazz Ensemble Concert • 8 p.m.

Concert Hall, Carleton Directed by David Singley.

Big Screen at the Bend • 7 p.m.

River Bend Nature Center, Faribault Come watch movies on the big screen at River Bend! It’s a fun and free activity for cold, dark winter nights. Call for more details, 507/332-7151. Speech Theater Building, Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf See page 5. Theater: Steel Magnolias • 7:30 p.m.

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See page 5. Dancing People Company Performance • 7:30 p.m.

Dittmann Center, Studio One, St. Olaf The company’s dances ride the fine edge of post-modernism while maintaining a lyricism and humanism. Dances are about people and their innate desire to communicate, connect and discover a common voice. Also Feb. 15.

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Monroe Crossing • Doors open 6:30 p.m.

Monroe Crossing

The Grand Event Center The Midwest’s premier bluegrass and gospel quintet “is an amazingly talented and tasteful group. I still tell folks that they’re the best independent bluegrass band out there.” – Marvin O’Dell, The Grass is Bluer. Special guest: Sawtooth Bluegrass Band. Tickets $12 at the door. Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Rueb-n-Stein Todd Thompson Trio

The Tavern Lounge Local acoustic music.

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Todd Thompson Trio

Theater: A New Brain • 7:30 p.m.

HAPPENINGS Friday, Feb. 13 continued

Karaoke • 9 p.m.

L&M Bar and Grill, Dundas

Area 51 w/Dan Andreasen

Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Contented Cow

Fieldhouse Sing for a Drink

Beatrix*Jar

The Cave, Carleton

DJ Music • 9 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14

Roger Anderson Trio

Documentary Day • 10 a.m., Noon and 2 p.m.

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River Bend Nature Center, Faribault Three different nature/conservation-themed documentaries will be shown on the big screen. Attend one or all. Some documentaries contain material of a sensitive nature, so be sure it is suitable for your children. Call for details.

Live Music

Theater: A New Brain • 7:30 p.m.

Speech Theater Building, Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf See page 5. Theater: Steel Magnolias • 7:30 p.m.

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See page 5. Dancing People Company Performance • 7:30 p.m.

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The Rueb-n-Stein

The Tavern Lounge

Roger Anderson Trio

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Theater: Steel Magnolias • 2 p.m.

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See page 5. Faculty Recital • 3-4:30 p.m.

Concert Hall, Carleton Featuring Mark Krusemeyer, recorders; Janean Hall, harpsichord, organ and fortepiano; and Karen Madsen, cello. St. Olaf Choir Home Concert • 3:30 p.m.

Steel Magnolias Photo by Tania Legvold

Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf Conducted by Anton Armstrong. Theater: A New Brain • 6 p.m.

Speech Theater Building, Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf See page 5.

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HAPPENINGS Sunday, Feb. 15 continued Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

The Contented Cow Join in on discussions concerning local issues at this “lightly moderated” open forum. For information on topics, go to www.contentedcow.com. Northern Roots Session • 7:30 p.m.

The Contented Cow An informal weekly gathering of musicians to play acoustic music with roots in the north, particularly the Nordic countries. Participants and listeners at all ages and levels of experience welcome. Quiz Night • 8 p.m.

The Contented Cow Stop in anytime to sign up. There will be teams of four. There are prizes and the winning team may drink from the “Winner’s Mug” the week following their triumph!

Film on Human Trafficking • 5 p.m.

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater, St. Olaf As part of St. Olaf ’s annual Human Rights Week event, Amnesty International will show a film introducing our chosen spotlight topic, human trafficking. Lecture/Booksigning: Let There Be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark • 7 p.m.

Gould Library Athenaeum, Carleton Lecture, booksigning and (weather permitting) night sky tour through Cowling Arboretum presented by author Paul Bogard, discussing his new book “Let There Be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark.” Bogard will speak on protecting the night sky and the overuse of artificial lights. Poker • 7 p.m.

Froggy Bottoms Play Texas Hold ‘em for points and prizes. Free! Nordic Jam • 7-9 p.m.

The Ole Café This weekly open acoustic jam session plays from the Nordic countries and their immigrant communities in North America.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

Theater Design Forum with John Arnone • 4-6 p.m.

Lecture: John Bowe • 7 p.m.

Leighton 304, Carleton Tony Award-winning scenic designer John Arnone will present this forum. Arnone designed the set for the Players production of The House of Seven Gables (see page 5).

Buntrock Commons, Mane Stage, St. Olaf Activist and author of “Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy” will discuss human trafficking.

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Lecture/ Booksigning: Mike Farris • 7 p.m.

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater, St. Olaf This mountaineer, Hamline University professor and author was on K2 at the time of the fatal accident in 2008. He will reconstruct events leading to the deaths and injuries, explain the problems encountered when climbing K2, and describe how these problems will almost certainly lead to more tragedies in the future. Farris will sign copies of his new book, “The Altitude Experience: Successful Trekking and Climbing Above 8,000 Feet,” after the talk. Blue Grass and Old Time Jam Session • 7:30-10 p.m.

Wake-Robin

Bittersweet A local duo on strings playing Celtic and Civil War period tunes.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Presentation: Doctors without Borders, a Non-medical Perspective Noon-1:15 p.m.

Gould Library Athenaeum, Carleton Doctors without Borders human resources officer Delphine Berringer presents. Lecture: Local Activist Human Rights Panel • 7 p.m.

Buntrock Commons Ballroom, St. Olaf A panel of representatives from the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights and other advocacy groups in the metro area will engage in a discussion pertaining to their work in opposing the practice of human trafficking at the state and local levels.

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HAPPENINGS Thursday, Feb. 19 continued Lecture: Arnold Flaten Memorial Lecture Series • 7 p.m.

Dittmann 305, St. Olaf Lewis Colburn will lecture on mixed media installation and performance and sculpture. Theater: A New Brain 7:30 p.m.

Speech Theater Building, Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf See page 5. High School Orchestra Concert • 7:30 p.m.

Middle School Auditorium

A New Brain cast

Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Froggy Bottoms Mark Mraz

The Tavern Lounge Forget about life for awhile with the piano man. From Billy Joel to Kermit the Frog – Mraz tickles to ivories and entertains requests from the audience.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Convocation: David Quammen and Wallace Stegner 10:50 a.m.

Skinner Chapel, Carleton David Quammen, science journalist and nonfiction writer and contributing writer for National Geographic Magazine and Wallace Stegner, Professor of Western American Studies at Montana State University, will commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin with “Charles Darwin Against Himself: Caution Versus Honesty in the Life of a Reluctant Revolutionary.” Occasional Jazz • 5 p.m.

Contented Cow Art Opening Reception: Marv Kaisersatt • 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Occasional Jazz

Carlander Family Gallery, Paradise Center for the Arts. Faribault See page 6.

Cabin Fever 2 – Library Mini Golf • 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Northfield Library It’s time again to play mini-golf in the library! A 9-hole mini-golf course will be set up throughout the library. Green fees are $5/person or $18/foursome. There will be a driving range for prizes in the meeting room ($5 for five balls to hit the prizes). Sponsored by the Teen Advisory Board of the Northfield Public Library.

FEBRUARY 2009

Northfield Winter Stomp 7-10:30 p.m.

Northfield Armory Community contra dance with music by Contratopia. No prior contra dance or dance partner required. Festive (swing-ready dance attire encouraged!) Dance instruction at 7. $9 adults, $6 students ($20 family cap). Theater: A New Brain • 7:30 p.m.

Speech Theater Building, Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf See page 5. Theater: Steel Magnolias • 7:30 p.m.

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See page 5. Eisenhower Dance Ensemble Performance • 7:30 p.m.

Dittmann Center, Studio One, St. Olaf Considered Michigan’s premier contemporary dance company, the Eisenhower Dance Ensemble has achieved significant critical acclaim as well as enthusiastic audience support. The company tours nationally and internationally with six to eight dancers and presents a concert subscription season in Detroit each year. Theater: The Man Who Came to Dinner • 7:30 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts See page 5.

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Poosa • 8 p.m.

Contented Cow Theater: The House of Seven Gables • 8 p.m.

Arena Theater, Carleton See page 5. Symphony Band Concert • 8 p.m.

Concert Hall, Carleton Directed by Bruce Gleason. Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Rueb-n-Stein ARTech’s Particularly Short Play Festival Joe Meyer

The Tavern Lounge SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Imagination Celebration • 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Theater: Steel Magnolias • 7:30 p.m.

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See page 5. Theater: The Man Who Came to Dinner • 7:30 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts See page 5. Theater: The House of Seven Gables • 8 p.m.

Arena Theater, Carleton See page 5. Northfield Fireman’s Dance – Trailer Trash Doors open 7 p.m.

The Grand Event Center Featuring Trailer Trash and “honky tonk music,” spanning the gamut from country and swing to blues and rock. The six band members have done time in local groups that include the Gear Daddies, Jayhawks, Honeydogs and Stoney Lonesome Bluegrass Band. Tickets $10 at the door or by calling 645-4255.

Northfield Arts Guild An all-day family oriented festival of the arts. Experience hands-on activities from dance to art projects; enjoy samplings from area performers. The event is free and open to the public.

Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Theater: A New Brain • 7:30 p.m.

Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Speech Theater Building, Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf See page 5.

Fieldhouse Sing for a drink.

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L&M Bar and Grill, Dundas DJ Music • 9 p.m.

The Rueb-n-Stein

Lonesome Dan Kase

Guest Recital: Consortium Carissimi • 3:30 p.m.

The Tavern Lounge Think music from O Brother, Where Art Thou? And mix in a little more ragtime and a hint of bluegrass.

Boe Chapel, St. Olaf Founded with the intent of uncovering and bringing to modern day ears the long forgotten Italian-Roman music of the 16th and 17th century, Consortium Carissimi features five male vocalists accompanied by original instruments.

Fish Frye

Contented Cow SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Pancake Breakfast • 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

VFW Theater: Steel Magnolias • 2 p.m.

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See page 5. Theater: The Man Who Came to Dinner • 2 p.m. Fish Frye

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Paradise Center for the Arts See page 5.

Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

The Contented Cow An informal weekly gathering of musicians and friends who love to play acoustic music with roots in the north, particularly the Nordic countries. Participants and listeners at all ages and levels of experience are always welcome. The musical environment is supportive, non-competitive and generally very laid back.

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Quiz Night • 8 p.m.

Froggy Bottoms Play Texas Hold ‘em for points and prizes. Free! Nordic Jam • 7-9 p.m.

The Ole Café This weekly open acoustic jam session plays from the Nordic countries and their immigrant communities in North America. Plenty of dance music. Faculty Recital • 8:15 p.m. Nordic Jam

Christiansen Hall of Music, Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf Christopher Atzinger, piano.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Great Horned Owls • 7:30-9 p.m.

River Bend Nature Center, Faribault Discover the natural history of our earliest nesting birds and then spend some time outside trying to call for and listen to these fascinating nocturnal predators. If the owls aren’t hooting, you’ll go on a hike. The program will start indoors and then more outside so dress for the weather. Blue Grass and Old Time Jam Session • 7:30-10 p.m.

The Contented Cow This ongoing event is for bluegrass and old-time musicians of all levels, cultivating an inclusive atmosphere of musicians and an evening of entertainment for the audience.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Wake-Robin • 1-2 p.m.

Bittersweet A local duo on strings playing Celtic and Civil War period tunes. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26

Wake-Robin

Wine Tasting • 7-9 p.m.

The Grand Event Center This Northfield Liquor Store Wine Club event is free and open to the public. Poetry Reading and Book Signing • 7:30 p.m.

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater, St. Olaf Featuring Kim Ki-Taek. Open Mic • 7:30 p.m.

Contented Cow Hosted by ArtTech and the Key. Theater: The Man Who Came to Dinner • 7:30 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts See page 5.

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MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

16th Annual Winterfest Noon-4 p.m.

Exhibit Opening Reception/Panel Discussion: “Portraits of Home” • 4 p.m.

Lecture: Bibliophiles Delight – Melodramatic Physiognomy 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Gould Library Athenaeum

Gould Library, Carleton

Concert Hall, Carleton

Poker • 7 p.m.

Talk: Problems Facing the American Auto Industry as Seen from a German Perspective • 4-5:30 p.m.

Froggy Bottoms

Lecture: There Once Was An Indian Village Here 5 p.m.

Clubs & Classes on 43

Leighton Hall 305, Carleton

Sports on 44

Gould Library, Carleton

Blue Grass and Old Time Jam Session • 7:30-10 p.m.

Dining on 45

Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

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River Bend Nature Center Guest Artist Concert: Rolf Haas • 3 p.m.

The Contented Cow Northern Roots Session 7:30 p.m. , Contented Cow Quiz Night • 8 p.m.

The Contented Cow

8 Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

The Contented Cow

Nordic Jam • 7-9 p.m.

The Ole Café

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Man Cave Monday Movie: Slap Shot • 7 p.m.

Talk: The Matter of Babylon – Rhetoric and Politics in the Early Middle Ages • 4-5:30 p.m.

Wake-Robin • 1-2 p.m.,

Northern Roots Session 7:30 p.m. , Contented Cow

Paradise Center for the Arts

Quiz Night • 8 p.m.

Froggy Bottoms

Gould Library, Carleton

The Contented Cow

Nordic Jam • 7-9 p.m.

Full Moon Snowshoe/ Hike • 6:30-8 p.m.

Poker • 7 p.m.

The Ole Café High School Band Concert 7:30 p.m.

Middle School Auditorium

Bittersweet Faculty Recital • 7 p.m.

Christiansen Hall of Music, Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf

River Bend Nature Center Spring Mellby Lecture: Playing By Ear – A Journey from Classical Violinist to Hardanger Fiddler • 7 p.m.

Christiansen Hall of Music, Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf Blue Grass and Old Time Jam Session • 7:30-10 p.m.

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FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Convocation: Barack Obama and the Era of the New Black Man 10:50 a.m.

Bagels and Birds • 8:30-9:30 a.m.

The Tavern Lounge

Skinner Chapel, Carleton

David Singley’s Quartet

High School One Act Plays • 7:30 p.m.

River Bend Nature Center, Faribault Keyfest • 5 p.m., The Key

Froggy Bottoms Ian Alexy

High School Auditorium Karaoke • 9 p.m., Rueb-n-Stein New Moon Trio, Contented Cow Carey Langer, The Tavern Lounge

The Cave, Carleton

River Bend Nature Center, Faribault Saturday Stroll • 10-11 a.m.

YMCA Daddy Daughter Dance 6-9 p.m., St. Dominic School Gym Open Mic Poetry Reading and Writer’s Workshop • 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts High School One Act Plays • 7:30 p.m.

High School Auditorium Karaoke • 9 p.m.

L&M Bar and Grill, Dundas DJ Music • 9 p.m., The Rueb-n-Stein Karaoke • 9 p.m., Fieldhouse Jon Manners, The Tavern Lounge Northwoods Eclectic

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Lecture: Northfield Connect: Civic Engagement in the Local Community • 11:30 a.m.

Convocation: Tyrone Hayes 10:50 a.m., Skinner Chapel, Carleton

Documentary Day • 10 a.m. Noon and 2 p.m.

Big Screen at the Bend • 7 p.m.

River Bend Nature Center, Faribault

Viking Theatre, St. Olaf

River Bend Nature Center, Faribault

Theater: A New Brain • 7:30 p.m.

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf

Theater: Steel Magnolias • 7:30 p.m.

Northfield Arts Guild Theater

Dancing People Company Performance • 7:30 p.m.

Art Story Exchange, China and Japan: Art of the Modern Era • 4 p.m.

Dittmann Art Center 305, St. Olaf Art Reception: Apprentice Exhibit 4-6 p.m.

Virginia and Jennifer C. Groot Gallery, Dittmann Center, St. Olaf

Dancing People Company Performance • 7:30 p.m.

Dittmann Center, Studio One, St. Olaf

Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Boliou Hall Auditorium, Carleton

Theater: Vagina Monologues 7:30 p.m., Skinner Chapel, Carleton

Lincoln Birthday Celebration • 7 p.m.

Lecture: Drawn Into Melodrama 4:30 p.m.

Jazz Ensemble Concert • 8 p.m.

L&M Bar and Grill, Dundas Karaoke • 9 p.m., Fieldhouse DJ Music • 9 p.m., The Rueb-n-Stein

First United Church of Christ

Concert Hall, Carleton

Roger Anderson Trio

St. Olaf Band Home Concert 7:30 p.m.

Monroe Crossing • doors open 6:30 p.m., The Grand Event Center

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Skoglund Auditorium, St. Olaf

Karaoke • 9 p.m., Rueb-n-Stein

The Tavern Lounge

Theater: A New Brain • 7:30 p.m.

Todd Thompson Trio, The Tavern

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf Karaoke • 9 p.m., Froggy Bottoms Mark Mraz, The Tavern Lounge

Live Music

Area 51 w/Dan Andreasen

Contented Cow Beatrix*Jar, The Cave, Carleton

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SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Theater: Steel Magnolias 2 p.m., Northfield Arts

Theater Design Forum with John Arnone 4-6 p.m.

Lecture: John Bowe 7 p.m., Buntrock Commons,

Wake-Robin • 1-2 p.m.

Guild Theater Faculty Recital 3-4:30 p.m.

Concert Hall, Carleton St. Olaf Choir Home Concert • 3:30 p.m.

Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf

Leighton 304, Carleton Film on Human Trafficking • 5 p.m.

Viking Theater, St. Olaf Lecture: Let There Be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark • 7 p.m.

Theater: A New Brain 6 p.m.

Gould Library, Carleton

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf

Froggy Bottoms

Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

Nordic Jam • 7-9 p.m.

The Contented Cow

The Ole Café

Bittersweet

Mane Stage, St. Olaf Lecture/Booksigning: Mike Farris • 7 p.m.

Viking Theater, St. Olaf Blue Grass and Old Time Jam Session • 7:30-10 p.m.

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Poker • 7 p.m.

Northern Roots Session 7:30 p.m., Contented Cow Quiz Night • 8 p.m.

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Pancake Breakfast 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., VFW

Poker • 7 p.m.,

Froggy Bottoms

Great Horned Owls 7:30-9 p.m.

Wake-Robin • 1-2 p.m.

Theater: Steel Magnolias 2 p.m., NAG Theater

Nordic Jam • 7-9 p.m.

River Bend Nature Center

The Ole Café

Theater: The Man Who Came to Dinner • 2 p.m.

Faculty Recital • 8:15 p.m.

Blue Grass and Old Time Jam Session • 7:30-10 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts

Christiansen Hall of Music, Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf

Bittersweet

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Guest Recital: Consortium Carissimi • 3:30 p.m.

Boe Chapel, St. Olaf Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

The Contented Cow Northern Roots Session 7:30 p.m., Contented Cow Quiz Night • 8 p.m.

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THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Presentation: Doctors without Borders, a Non-medical Perspective • Noon-1:15 p.m.

Convocation: David Quammen and Wallace Stegner • 10:50 a.m.

Imagination Celebration 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Northfield Arts Guild

Skinner Chapel, Carleton

Gould Library Athenaeum, Carleton

Theater: A New Brain • 7:30 p.m.

Occasional Jazz • 5 p.m.

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf

Lecture: Local Activist Human Rights Panel • 7 p.m., Buntrock

Contented Cow

Theater: Steel Magnolias • 7:30 p.m.

Art Opening Reception: Marv Kaisersatt • 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Northfield Arts Guild Theater

Commons Ballroom, St. Olaf Lecture: Arnold Flaten Memorial Lecture Series • 7 p.m.

Dittmann 305, St. Olaf Theater: A New Brain • 7:30 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts Cabin Fever 2 – Library Mini Golf • 6:30-8:30 p.m., Northfield Library

Theater: The Man Who Came to Dinner • 7:30 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts Theater: The House of Seven Gables • 8 p.m.

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf

Northfield Winter Stomp 7-10:30 p.m., Northfield Armory

High School Orchestra Concert 7:30 p.m., Middle School Auditorium

Theater: A New Brain • 7:30 p.m.

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf

Northfield Fireman’s Dance – Trailer Trash • Doors open at 7 p.m.

Karaoke • 9 p.m., Froggy Bottoms

Theater: Steel Magnolias • 7:30 p.m.

The Grand Event Center

Mark Mraz, The Tavern Lounge

Northfield Arts Guild Theater

Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Eisenhower Dance Ensemble Performance • 7:30 p.m.

L&M Bar and Grill, Dundas DJ Music • 9 p.m., The Rueb-n-Stein Karaoke • 9 p.m., Fieldhouse Lonesome Dan Kase, Tavern Lounge Fish Frye, Contented Cow

Dittmann Center, Studio One, St. Olaf Theater: The Man Who Came to Dinner • 7:30 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts Poosa • 8 p.m., Contented Cow

Arena Theater, Carleton

Theater: The House of Seven Gables • 8 p.m.

Arena Theater, Carleton Symphony Band Concert • 8 p.m.

Concert Hall, Carleton Karaoke • 9 p.m., Rueb-n-Stein ARTech’s Particularly Short Play Festival Joe Meyer, The Tavern Lounge

Wine Tasting • 7-9 p.m., The Grand

Convocation: Kent Wommack 10:50 a.m., Skinner Chapel, Carleton

High School Choir Concert • 7:30 p.m.

Exhibit Opening Reception • 7-9 p.m.

Theater: The Man Who Came to Dinner • 7:30 p.m.

Poetry Reading and Book Signing 7:30 p.m., Viking Theater, St. Olaf Open Mic • 7:30 p.m.

Flaten Art Museum, St. Olaf

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Theater: The Man Who Came to Dinner • 7:30 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts Karaoke • 9 p.m., Froggy Bottoms Mark Mraz, The Tavern Lounge

Paradise Center for the Arts Theater: The Vagina Monologues 7:30 p.m., Buntrock Commons,

The Pause, St. Olaf Theater: The House of Seven Gables 8 p.m., Arena Theater, Carleton

Boe Chapel, St. Olaf Paradise Center for the Arts Theater: The Vagina Monologues 7:30 p.m., Buntrock Commons,

The Pause, St. Olaf Theater: The House of Seven Gables 8 p.m., Arena Theater, Carleton Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Last Known Whereabouts

L&M Bar and Grill, Dundas Karaoke • 9 p.m., Fieldhouse DJ Music • 9 p.m., The Rueb-n-Stein Jeff Ray, The Tavern Lounge

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Marty Anderson and the Goods

Karaoke • 9 p.m., Rueb-n-Stein Jeff Thompson, The Tavern Lounge

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HAPPENINGS

Thursday, Feb. 26 continued

Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Froggy Bottoms

Theater: The House of Seven Gables • 8 p.m.

Arena Theater, Carleton See page 5. Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Rueb-n-Stein

Mark Mraz

The Tavern Lounge Forget about life for awhile with the piano man. From Billy Joel to Kermit the Frog – Mraz tickles to ivories and entertains requests from the audience.

Jeff Thompson

The Tavern Lounge

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Convocation: Kent Wommack • 10:50 a.m.

Skinner Chapel, Carleton Kent Wommack, who has been with the Nature Conservancy since 1982, will speak about the organization’s ongoing efforts. Exhibit Opening Reception • 7-9 p.m. Kent Wommack

Flaten Art Museum, St. Olaf Gallery talks at 7:30 (see page 5).

Theater: The Man Who Came to Dinner • 7:30 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts See page 5. Theater: The Vagina Monologues • 7:30 p.m.

Buntrock Commons, The Pause, St. Olaf See page 5.

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Last Known Whereabouts

Theater: The House of Seven Gables • 8 p.m.

Contented Cow Voted Best of Northfield 2009 by Northfield Entertainment Guide readers! Exciting, high-energy contemporary bluegrass music, blending traditional string band music with rock, folk, country and blues influences. Band includes: Jake Stroup, mandolin and vocals; Aaron Hagenson, guitar and vocals; Carl Haskins, bass; and, Aaron Cross, fiddle.

Arena Theater, Carleton See page 5.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28

The Tavern Lounge Guitar and harp. Ray walks a thin line between blues and folk, one minute strutting a slide-guitar ballad on the resonator guitar, the next minute blasting off into a one-man-band train ride.

High School Choir Concert • 7:30 p.m.

Boe Chapel, St. Olaf Theater: The Man Who Came to Dinner • 7:30 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See page 5. Theater: The Vagina Monologues • 7:30 p.m.

Buntrock Commons, The Pause, St. Olaf See page 5.

FEBRUARY 2009

Karaoke • 9 p.m.

L&M Bar and Grill, Dundas

Jeff Ray

Karaoke • 9 p.m.

Fieldhouse Sing for a Drink DJ Music • 9 p.m.

The Rueb-n-Stein Jeff Ray

Marty Anderson and the Goods

The Contented Cow The “Goods” music is a blend of Americana and country alternative sound with lots of Bob Dylan as well as new music like Wilco and Ryan Adams.

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get this from my dad. He built the house I grew up in, an ongoing project from the time I was one until I was into my 20s. I had plenty of opportunity to lend a hand. He was also the building editor at House Beautiful Magazine for a time. Back in 1979, at his encouragement, I attended The Guitar Research & Design Center in Vermont, a six-week course, building an acoustic guitar. Since then I’ve built many. The one I gig with is one of mine. Until that time Connie was doing all the picture framing at The Art Store. Since I was basically unemployed and had an aptitude for woodworking, and she was more than busy, I took it on and have been doing it ever since. It’s a good fit for me, I like problem solving. I’m definitely project oriented.

Just Curious… And so a few quick questions and answers. By Rob Schanilec

RS: Do you build guitars for other people, too? Jon: I have. I had hoped when I started that it would be a business. But I soon realized that it just wasn’t feasible. RS: How many guitars do you use that you’ve built? Jon: Probably eight or nine. Recently I built two acoustic electric hybrids. I don’t use those when I’m gigging – those I use for recording and doing lead work.

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RS: Tell me about your coming to Minnesota. Jon: I’ve been in Northfield for 30 years. I met my wife Connie in Santa Cruz, California. We were both working at Palace Arts. She wanted to come here because she’d grown up in Minneapolis and I followed along. I would have followed her anywhere. RS: If she was from Minneapolis, how was it you guys decided on Northfield? Jon: Well, she did. She chose Northfield because of the two colleges. She wanted to open an art store and Northfield seemed like the place.

Jon Manners has played music nearly every year of his life. His first guitar showed up for his 8th birthday. The guitar he uses today when he plays the Tavern Lounge or the Contented Cow is one he built himself. In between he’s played in more bands than – well – there have been a lot of bands! Suffice it to say he’s never strayed from music and has several uninterrupted decades under his belt.

RS: How long have you had Custom Framing Studio? Jon: In this location? Right here five years, but I’ve been framing in town for 30.

RS: Tell me about Jon Manners today. Jon: Well, as much as I’d like to, I can’t really make a living as a musician. But I can as a picture framer. I’ve been framing for 30 years. When my wife and I moved to Northfield we opened up The Art Store (formerly on Division Street). We sold it four years back and morphed into Custom Framing Studio (on Fifth Street). I’ve always enjoyed checking out how things are put together. I

RS: Tell me about your business. Jon: I enjoy framing unusual things. I’ve framed belt buckles and badges. I framed a bathrobe coming out of a shopping bag. People want the strangest things. Figuring out how to approach an odd project is fun. Kids art is great. Framing real artwork is the best. RS: Tell me about family. Jon: I have two kids – Nick is 24. He’s at Berkeley in the chemistry department. Andy is 29 and lives in St. Paul. He’s into sociology and demographics at the U. They’re both in grad school. Couple of hard workers, great students. Wonderful kids. I wish they were around more. RS: Do they play music? Jon: Andy does, he has a classical guitar. I gave

Fresh off the bench, Jon just finished this guitar as we were going to press.

Left to right: Age 8 with his fist guitar – a turquoise Stella with a bucking bronco on it. 9th Grade Jon says “goodbye” to his band, the Intruders, bossa nova and The Book of Love, and “hello” to the British Invasion. Age 14 and playing the New York World’s Fair.

him lessons when he was young – he played in a rock band in high school – Plumber’s Crack. Then he stopped playing pretty much until he went to Spain for a semester and became interested in Spanish music. He’s actually quite good but he doesn’t play nearly enough now. RS: What do you think of the music scene in Northfield? Jon: For being such a small town there’s a lot going on, and I think more all the time. When I first moved here I played in bands – I played in Flight Time, the Kitty Younger Band, Neoneon and the Hubcaps. Then I went solo. A lot easier, though I do miss having a combo. I could easily play four times a month. I’ve got three clubs that I’m rotating, all I need to do is add one more and I’ll be set. RS: You’ve gone solo now for how long? Jon: Eight years or more at the Tavern, pretty much once a month. I also play in Burnsville at a place called Jo Jo’s, and at The Busted Nut in Hastings. RS: Do you play other people’s covers or your own originals? Jon: Both. I could probably do three sets of my own tunes, but generally I do covers as well. Tom Waits, John Hiatt, Elvis Costello. RS: You list your influences as including Waits, Hiatt and Costello, as well as Otis Redding, Dr. John and Frank Zappa. What is it within this pretty broad range that ties them together? Jon: They’re all people I like. I like music that comes from an original, authentic source – somebody who has a personality of their own. RS: You’ve got a MySpace page. How does that work for you? Do you use it for communications? Jon: On MySpace I actively look for and add people. There are a lot of places to post things – not just MySpace –

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I’ve got music and videos up everywhere. YouTube, Garageband, Facebook. The list goes on. There are a lot of outlets. I post things all over the place because you never know where people are going to find you. RS: What are you hoping for when you post things? Jon: You never know what’s going to come up. I just like to be out there. Somebody might come along and say, “Hey – I could use one of these songs in a video I’m doing.” It’d be kind of like winning the lottery and it costs nothing. RS: Do you use it sell your CDs? Jon: I’ve got several CDs. Truthfully, though, CDs are not a big seller, people just aren’t getting their music that way anymore. They download MP3s. And they pretty much don’t pay for them either. That’s just the way it’s going. Musicians are going to have to make their money other ways. Performances, selling T-shirts – I don’t know – but it doesn’t seem like it’s through CDs. I’ve got boxes and boxes of CDs in my basement. RS: Of yours? From your beginnings? Jon: I’ve even got some vinyl. At this point I suppose I’ll just sell off what I’ve got cheap and call it a day. RS: As a musician – does it bother you that so much of the music is being gotten for free? Jon: It doesn’t bother me too much because I never made any money off it anyway. Do you really think it hurts Elvis Costello that people are getting his music for free? He’s doing fine. RS: You’ve stuck with your music from a very early age. You have to have a passion and belief in it to do it that long. Jon: I just enjoy it. It’s always been something that I did well. I struggled the first couple years, but pretty fast I had a knack for it. When I was 18 I was hot. RS: How so? Jon: I was playing a lot. I had a band. I’d been playing in bands since I was 13 and getting a lot of gigs at the high schools and the country clubs. I had an audition with Sid Bernstein (legendary impresario who brought the Beatles to America) in New York – CBS Records brought my band into

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gradually add and expand, I think that’s the problem with just jumping in on Jimi Hendrix, you never start out really small. You need to start small to grow organically. RS: If you’re doing your own thing you never really lose your place, I suppose. Jon: Oh, I can get lost. But chances are nobody can do me better than I can. That’s basically why I started writing songs, because it’s easier for me to sing my own than to sing somebody else’s. RS: How is it when you’re performing at the Tavern – what is it that you like from the audience? Jon: I like there to be an audience. Sometimes you play there and it’s pretty quiet. Sometimes the place is packed and it’s really noisy, people shouting to talk over you and it’s a battle. There are times when it’s difficult to hear myself. Jon, third from left, at 27.

the studio and checked us out. We opened for the Lovin’ Spoonful. We were looked at to be on Ed Sullivan. There were all sorts of things along the way. We won a battle-of-thebands contest and got to play at the New York World’s Fair. RS: You guys looked pretty legitimate. Jon: Oh yeah, we were. When I was in that group I was probably 14. RS: How many instruments do you play? Jon: I play a lot, but I don’t play them all at the same level. I’m pretty good on saxophone – tenor and alto – when I made my CD, “Frankie Said,” I wanted to have a mandolin, so I bought one. It’s not that I can really play mandolin, but I can come up with parts. I also bought an upright base for that CD. That was really frustrating to learn to play, but I got it. I figured out how to approach it and I got parts down and used it. I may use it again. RS: So you’re still learning. Jon: Oh yeah. I’d like to practice more. But right now I’m trying to concentrate on writing more songs. I’ve been out of that for a while. But a month or so ago I started writing again. I want to get a whole new batch of songs. RS: Do you try to mimic some of the people you really like? Jon: I don’t really. A lot of guys latch on to, say, Jimi Hendrix, and they’ll just dive in and they never come up again. I could do that now, cop some licks, it wouldn’t hurt me, probably be a good thing, but a lot of people start out that way and then can’t find their way to their own voice. I started taking lessons when I was eight. I took them through high school. Junior high is when I first got in a band. I’d already been playing guitar six years. All of a sudden I didn’t have sheet music in front of me and it was like going back to day one. If I’d been taught from the beginning how to improvise, start with a little bit and fool around with that little bit and then

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RS: How do you handle that when it gets too loud? Jon: Just try and make do. I learned a long time ago you’ve got to play for yourself for it to really work. I have some speakers that I bring along with me when I play because I like to hear what I’m doing. I put them behind me so it sounds good for me. I’m good as long as it sounds right to me. I think you’ve got to make yourself happy when you play. It’s great when everything’s clicking and you can tell people are into it. You can get a real lift, a high, you’re on top of the world and you can’t do anything wrong. RS: What do you consider to be your first years of performing, age-wise? Jon: When I was 13. That band [the Stingrays] had an accordion and a trumpet and a drummer and myself. We did Bobby Vinton tunes. Duane Eddy. The Ventures. All instrumentals. RS: Were you good? Jon: I don’t know. I’m not sure. We were probably good for our age. RS: You had a hippie stage. Jon: Oh yeah, I’m still a hippie, I just don’t have the hair anymore! In this picture (above), taken in Santa Cruz, I’m 27 years old. My brother Mike played drums. RS: Looking back do you have a favorite decade for your music? Jon: I’ve always liked playing in bands, but I’ve really enjoyed the recent years the most. I have so many more tunes of my own and my songwriting is far better than it was in earlier stages. It’s cool to have your own tunes, each one takes on its own little identity, has a little life of its own. RS: Your most enjoyable point, then, is right now. Jon: Yes. Find out more at www.myspace.com/jonmanners and www.jonmanners.com. Jon will be appearing at The Tavern Lounge, Saturday, Feb. 7.

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HAPPENINGS NORTHFIELD STYLE By SUSAN HVISTENDAHL

John North’s Ties to Abraham Lincoln President Abraham Lincoln never set foot in Northfield. Nevertheless, as the nation celebrates the 200th birthday of Lincoln on Feb. 12, Northfield can claim a special tie to one of our most revered presidents through the town’s founder, John North. North, a native of New York, was an ardent abolitionist. He engaged in anti-slavery debates and attended the first state abolition convention in 1835 at Utica. While attending Wesleyan University in Connecticut, he became an agent of the Connecticut Anti-Slavery Society. In 1849, he moved to St. Anthony in Minnesota with his second wife, Ann Loomis North, and opened a law office there. In 1851, on Jan. 1, he became a member of the territorial legislature and in the very next month introduced a bill founding the University of Minnesota. In 1855, the Minnesota Republicans organized in the parlor of the North home in St. Anthony, the same year that North developed the town site of Northfield and built two mills on the Cannon River. His family joined him in Northfield in 1856, and the next year he led the Republican wing of the Minnesota constitutional convention, arguing for suffrage for both women and blacks. So, it was no surprise that, in 1860, North was chairman of the Minnesota delegation to the Republican National Convention. In 1924, John North’s daughter Emma wrote a magazine story, “Memories of a Frontier Childhood.” In it, she portrayed herself as a “little calico-clad, pink sun-bonneted child of eight years,” and she recalled her father’s trip that spring to “some immensely important meeting in a far-away place called Chicago.” North’s “interests extended over a larger field than was circumscribed by his saw-mill and his gristmill on either side of the swift-flowing Cannon River,” and now he was a delegate to the “great Republican Convention,” said Emma. As John North

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a child, she was aware that politics of the time had to do with “affairs of the colored people” and Emma wrote that she always “caught somehow the trumpet note of championship” when her father discussed “this oppressed race.” A black minister had been a guest at their home and Emma also remembered rising to the occasion “as a true daughter an abolitionist” when a “little colored girl was brought to our school – offering at once to share my seat with her.” North’s family in Northfield eagerly awaited the letters from Chicago. They learned that meetings were in an immense wooden building which Emma said “bore a name particularly attuned to my frontier ears – the ‘Wigwam,’ the very name of the Indian tents with which I was familiar.” Emma said that, after some difficulty selecting a candidate (it had come down to Seward and Lincoln, with Minnesota supporting Seward) and amid excitement and enthusiasm, word came that “they had come to agreement on some one called Abraham Lincoln.” Another letter from North told the family that he had been sent by rail with others to Lincoln’s home in Springfield to “tell him the great news.” When North got back to Northfield, said Emma, he told the family of his visit to the “tall, grave, kindly man and his ‘lady’ in the plain home, and of the celebration through the town.” North’s biographer, Merlin Stonehouse, in John Wesley North and the Reform Frontier (1965), wrote that the official delegation was received by Lincoln in his back parlor. Lincoln accepted the nomination, “shook each by the hand, and harked to each name, all with an attentive ease and grace that surprised some of them.” After supper, the delegates heard speeches at the state capitol, saw a fireworks display and boarded the train back to Chicago at midnight. North campaigned in Illinois for Lincoln and after the election joined other office seekers in Springfield, asking to be appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs. Lincoln was noncommittal, but did invite North to join him and his wife on the train to Chicago to meet the vice presidential candidate Hannibal Hamlin and also invited North to the inauguration.

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Historic Happenings continued from previous page. North’s financial situation was precarious, as a result of his costly promotion of a railroad, and North had to sell some railroad bonds just to buy new clothes for the inauguration. Stonehouse reported that the “weather cleared as Lincoln stood on the crude scaffolding to deliver his address, the clouds parted, and a star shone in daytime above his head,” which was given “mystical significance” by the crowd. Hoping to press his case for an appointment, North wrote, “Things are in a whirl and I must grind out something in a week.” On March 7, North called on the president at the White House but, said Stonehouse, the Minnesota delegation was “not about to cut themselves off from lucrative patronage and perhaps graft by allowing the appointment of a man of North’s principles” to the post North desired. They hoped that North could be “made governor of a distant territory where his criticism and competition for local office would be removed from Minnesota.” President Lincoln appointed North to be surveyor-general of the new territory of Nevada, which was to be cut off from Utah Territory. Emma, looking back on that time, was frightened to see how far away the area looked on a map, and North wrote the family that he “felt at first he could not think of it,” but after friends talked of the mining opportunities available there, North accepted.

then traveled by ship via Panama, California and by stage across the Sierra Nevada to Nevada territory. North was the first federal officer on the scene and was admitted to practice at the Nevada bar but, he wrote his family, “we shall have to wait for law practice until after the legislature meets and gives us some laws.” Ever industrious, he planned the development of Washoe City, a sawmill and Minnesota Mill. Emma said social conditions were chaotic and the first legislature made corrective laws which quite commonly could not be enforced, with gambling, highway robbery and murder continuing to be rampant. Emma wrote, “I think an engraved portrait of President Lincoln was the only picture on our walls, for, like my mother’s piano, the old engravings remained behind, in Minnesota.” In July of 1862, North’s federal surveyor position ended with consolidation of Nevada and California offices. Lincoln then named North to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court and judge of the District Court of Nevada Territory, based seven miles away in Virginia City. The stakes were high. “In response to judicial decisions,”

Emma wrote: “My mother, always courageous, faced the situation with the indomitable spirit which was continually an inspiration as well as a comfort and source of strength to my father.” Emma wrote touchingly of familiar spots in Northfield “growing dearer with the thought of leaving them,” such as the “substantial house of wood with its long piazza where we could play, and where the ever interesting stagecoach passed and re-passed daily.” She wrote of their pet fawn Jennie and giving away “our fine red and yellow sleds,” named Gypsy, Pony and Young American, “on which we had gaily dashed down the slowclad hill-side all the winter past.” In the midst of dismantling their household came word that Fort Sumter had been fired upon and President Lincoln called for first volunteer soldiers for the Civil War. Emma watched wagons pass by the door, filled with men who were friends and neighbors, all carrying flags. Household goods were shipped around Cape Horn and John North and an aunt went ahead, arriving in Nevada on June 22, 1861. The rest of the family stayed for a year on a family farm in New York, North’s home state, Accused of taking a bribe while a Nevada Territorial Supreme Court justice, John North pled his case to Abraham Lincoln.

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wrote Emma, “stocks in San Francisco jumped or dropped. Men who had invested heavily grew wildly jubilant – or shot themselves.” In 1863, North was president of the constitutional convention in Nevada to prepare for statehood, just as he had been for Minnesota earlier. It took a second convention and a push from Lincoln to bring about statehood. Lincoln was counting on Nevada’s vote as a state to support the 13th amendment abolishing slavery. Lincoln was quoted as saying, “It is easier to admit Nevada than to raise another million of soldiers” for his armies and “to fight no one knows how long.” The state of Nevada voted for the amendment. An interesting side note is that John North knew the brothers Orion and Samuel Clemens during this time. Orion Clemens was secretary of the territory and lived in Carson City. Sam (“Mark Twain”) was city editor of “Territorial Enterprise” in Virginia City. Sam Clemens had accepted a challenge to a duel and North warned him that he would impose a two-year sentence on him if he did not get out of town. “He wouldn’t pardon us out to please anybody,” wrote Mark Twain in his book “Roughing It.” One of their guests was the Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the State of Minnesota, who held the post North had hoped to get. Emma wrote that this was “an interesting meeting between this man who had had to face the subsequent Indian troubles of Minnesota [1862] and the man who had escaped them.” In 1864, while North served on the Nevada Territorial Supreme Court, a powerful attorney named William Stewart accused North of taking a bribe in a mining case. North pled his case to Lincoln, but resigned on Aug. 22, 1864, and in December instituted a defamation suit against Stewart and a newspaper that had backed Stewart’s claims. The Supreme Court referred the action to three referees in September of 1865 and North was found blameless. By this time, North’s position as a federal judge had ended with Nevada statehood, he had sold his property and was preparing to move

to Tennessee as a carpetbagger (he would later return to the west to found the towns of Riverside and Oleander, California, in 1870 and 1881 respectively). In the spring of 1865, when the North family was living temporarily in Santa Clara, California, word came of an unimaginable tragedy. Emma recalled that, “In the midst of national rejoicing that the Rebellion was at last put down, I came in from school one day to find my mother lying upon a couch and sobbing. When she could speak, she told me that President Lincoln had been assassinated. The whole world seemed suddenly to turn dark.” Emma found a letter that Ann North had written to her parents, describing the reaction in this town, “since the dreadfulness of the assassination came,” where “Every house of loyal citizens is draped in mourning…all business has stood still…Strong men weep…Many so overcome with grief as to be obliged to take to their beds.” Emma concluded her recollections with the words, “A band of crepe about my arm, grave and reverent, I walked in the sad little procession to the village church, no more the small sun-bonneted child who had perched on the zigzag fence five years before, but one who had come to see and feel and a little, perhaps, to understand something of that larger, broader world which had begun to be her own.” John North returned to Minnesota in 1883, visiting Northfield and the University of Minnesota campus. He also made a last speech at a reunion of abolitionists in his native New York. John North died on Washington’s birthday on Feb. 22, 1890, and is buried in Riverside, California. Thanks to Jeff Sauve of the St. Olaf Archives for finding the 1924 magazine article by John North’s daughter Emma North Messer and for providing links to the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress. A version of this story is also featured in the Northfield Historical Society’s Winter 2009 newsletter, “The Scriver Scribbler,” which is edited by Sauve, and is available at NHS and online at www.northfieldhistory.org. Photo of John North courtesy of NHS.

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Water cooler essentials on hot button topics

By Bonnie Obremski, locally•grown RepJ

A New Age in Journalism? Every morning, I wake up, pop my head through my sandwich board and, lifting from the knees, begin walking around town proclaiming the death of journalism as we once knew it and the coming of a mysterious savior who may or may not be me – a burgeoning writer who is working on the Representative Journalism Project in conjunction with three bloggers at LocallyGrownNorthfield.org. Naturally, I’ve met with skepticism, including my own. But lately, I haven’t felt alone in my quest to discover a new way of publishing news. That’s because more and more people seem to be curious to find out if the power of the pluggedin masses could be harnessed and used to improve the flow of important information. Jaci Smith, managing editor of the Northfield News, touched on it in an editorial Dec. 5 titled, “Sticking to the Plan.” She discussed how Victor Summa, a member of the Northfield Economic Development Authority, posted a comment on LocallyGrownNorthfield.org under a story I wrote about the authority’s participation in a decision to build a new municipal liquor store. “I found it disturbing that Summa chose to publicly comment about some of the proposals,” Smith wrote. “After all, he’s serving at the pleasure (and on behalf) of the public and that makes his personal opinion somewhat irrelevant, not to mention the fact that the city’s clear intent was for the process – at this point – to be private. It seemed to me he violated the intent if not the actual rules of the process.” At the conclusion of the editorial Smith wrote, “This is

about journalism in the new era of the Internet and blogs and online comments to news stories, and when – or if – speculation does more harm than good, so I’d respectfully ask the commentary focus on that.” Perhaps too predictably, most of the many comments below Smith’s story had to do with Summa and not “journalism in the new era.” I have had similar experiences calling out to the general public for input on LocallyGrownNorthfield and getting either no reply, or answers beyond the scope of the information I could use to help me write a news story. In the case of Smith’s calling out, the act seems almost contrary to the sentence she wrote about the irrelevance of the personal opinion of a public official. Or, maybe it simply indicates that there is a time and place for public input: It’s appropriate for readers to write opinions below a professionally written piece, as long as...well, what? As long as the reader is not a public official expressing personal thoughts on a municipal matter? As long as people express themselves in a way that exhibits common courtesy? What are the rules, do we need more of them, and if they existed, could online conversations really be more fun and productive? As I see it, there are some people who look at the information flowing on the Internet with an air of Manifest Destiny. It is an untapped resource that, with the right mechanism, can be used in a good and powerful way. Other people see it more as a plague, an unstoppable flood of information where good is inextricably tied with bad. I think it’s a little bit of both, and in either case, no one has figured out what to do. Still, many people continue to try. Mid-January, Northfield Citizens Online, which governs Northfield.org, brought together some of the major providers of information in the city. Those people included Sam Gett, publisher of the Northfield News; Griff Wigley, founder of Locally Grown Northfield; Doug Bratland board member of Northfield.org; Jeff Johnson, owner of KYMN radio; Rob Schanilec, publisher of the Northfield Entertainment Guide; Brendon Etter an independent blogger; and Paul Hager, director of NTV. Each took a few minutes to explain themselves and the audience (including the bartenders) asked a few questions afterward. I’m not sure if anyone drew any grand conclusions as a result of the meeting. It was clear that each of the panelists had varying levels of success filling a particular niche, but no one entity appealed to an exceptionally larger group than the others.

NCO forum panelists and moderator are (left to right): Rob Schanilec, Jeff Johnson, Paul Hagar, Ellen Iverson (standing), Doug Bratland, Brendon Etter and Sam Gett.

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Should we just leave it at that? Or is there a way to build a large, diverse community around the exchange of information? What would it take to ensure that the information exchange deepened true understanding about important issues? Perhaps a journalist, a strategically located professional journalist, like me, could help find a way. Or, maybe we’re just not finished breaking that journalism we once knew. But should we keep aspiring to retro-fit a newspaper or a blog? Or should we really look at all the new tools we have and use them to build something completely new? There’s still plenty of space on my sandwich board for creative scribbling.

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Here are the results of the Northfield Entertainment Guide and Locally Grown readers poll of the Best of Northfield. Hundreds of ballots and one hands-down winner – that would be you for having such great stuff to choose from! So take a gander at our readers’ picks and get out there and enjoy! And make mental notes for January 2010 when we’ll do it again. Congratulations to all! NOTE: Runners up listed alphabetically, not by place

Musicians

Photo: Tom Roster

Performance Rocky Horror Show

Northfield Arts Guild Theater Cast: Adam Andreasen, Melinda Emanuel, Ann Etter, Brendon Etter, Hannah France, Mary Hahn, Nathan Kuhlman, Eddie Martin, Elizabeth Mitchell, Raelene Ostberg, Michael Pender, Megan Proft, Paul Seguin, Shari Setchell; Artistic staff: Holly Berg, Ryan Blankenberger, Helen Dillon, Jane Fenton, Christopher Ganza, Libby Glimsdal, Mary Hahn, Sara Larson, Stacy Mittag, Myrna Mibus, Kristin Ostebee, Paul Ostebee, Melissa Pizarro, Jessica Ruona, Paul Seguin, Shari Setchell; Band: Aaron Anderson, Christopher Ganza, Jaime Rossow

MALE

Jon Manners There’s more on Jon starting on page 32 – or catch him live Feb. 7 at the Tavern. RUNNER UP: Mark Mraz

FEMALE

BAND Last Known Whereabouts

Meredith Fierke Northfield’s up-andcoming – and NEG’s best female musician two years running. RUNNERS UP: Christina Schweitz Wendy Smith

Festival Defeat of Jesse James Days Since 1948, this second weekend in September has been transforming Northfield into a circus of celebration and repeated defeats of the James-Younger Gang! RUNNERS UP: June Bug More at Taste of Northfield www.djjd.org.

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RUNNERS UP: Gospel Gossip The Zillionaires

High-energy contemporary bluegrass music by Jake Stroup, mandolin and vocals; Aaron Hagenson, guitar and vocals; Carl Haskins, bass; and, Aaron Cross, fiddle. Catch them Feb. 27 at the Contented Cow.

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gallery gallery Northfield Arts Guild

304 Division St. • www.northfieldartsguild.org

t s i t r April A Ripka R U N N ER S U P: Jill Enestved t • Nick Sincl air

RUNNERS UP: ArtOnWater • Grezzo

WOMEN’S othing l C Rare Pair

Buy Gifts Sketchy Artist 300 Division St.

RUNNERS UP: Anna’s Closet • Sisters Ugly

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RUNNERS UP: Ragstock • Target

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RU NN ER S UP: Anna’s Closet Present Perfect

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Music

VENUE

The Contented Cow 40

RUNNERS UP: Ragstock • Target

RUNNERS UP: The Grand The Tavern Lounge

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e é e t f f t o a L C e i k o o C Goodbye

Blue Monday 319 Division St.

RUNNERS UP: The HideAway • James Gang Coffeehouse Ole Café • Quality Bakery

Hamburger/ Cheeseburger

Breakfast The Tavern

212 Division St. The Tavern Special – one of the best deals in town!

Rueb-n-Stein 503 Division St. www.ruebnstein.com Housed in three of Northfield’s oldest buildings, this restaurant/bar has been serving Northfield since 1969.

RUNNERS UP: Ole Café Quarterback Club

Lunch

RUNNERS UP: Quarterback Club The Tavern

Hogan Brothers

Groceries

415 Division St. Without a doubt – that special sauce worked its magic here!

Just Food Food Co-op Co-op Just 516Water WaterSt. St. Water St. 516 www.justfood.coop www.justfood.coop www.justfood.coop

RUNNERS UP: Chapati • Tiny’s Dogs All Day

RUNNERS UP: Cub Foods • Econo Foods

Dinner

Indian fare extraordinaire!

Blog

WebSite

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Chapati

214 Division www.chapati.us RUNNERS UP: El Tequila • The Tavern

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RUNNERS UP: Froggy Bottoms Rueb-n-Stein • The Tavern Bar NOTE: Runners up listed alphabetically, not by place

Biking

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Carleton Arboretum 301 Water St.

Pizza RUNNERS UP: B&L • George’s Vineyard

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The Contented Cow

RUNNER UP: Mills Town Trail

Family Outing Carleton Arboretum RUNNERS UP: Downtown • Jesse James Lanes

Reading/ Studying Northfield Public Library RUNNERS UP: Goodbye Blue Monday • YMCA

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RUNNERS UP: Carleton Library Goodbye Blue Monday

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Clubs, Classes and More… Glass Garden Beads Beading Class – 507/645-0301 First and third Mondays • Call for other class information. River City Books Fiction Book Club – Monday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m., The HideAway – The club is free and new members are welcome. Participants receive discounts on selected books. This month’s book is “Divisadero” by Michael Ondaatje. Clean Your Home Naturally: A Social Workshop – Feb. 4, 6:30-8:30 p.m., call 507/581-9032 for location – Learn the health effects of toxic commercial cleansers, how to clean naturally and inexpensively and how to mix up simple home-made cleaners. Presented by Katie Milbrett of Whole Home Eco-Friendly Housecleaning. $25 (includes refreshments and supplies). Space is limited, call to register. Northfield Public Library – 507/645-6606

Beginners intro to Ancestry.com Feb. 12, 7-8:30 p.m. Learn the basics about genealogy online and Ancestry.com. Call to register, 645-1802. Adventure Girls, 7 p.m. – Book club for girls ages 9+. First Steps Early Literary Center, Mon, Fri and Sat, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (for children 6 months-4 years) Infant Lapsit, Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Toddler Rhyme Time, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Preschool Stories and Crafts, Thursdays 10 a.m. Carleton ACT Story Hour, Saturdays 11 a.m. Just Food Co-op – 507/650-0106

Tuesdays: Knitting Night – 7-9 p.m., 507/645-6331 – Knit, chat, share ideas and get help. Shopping Co-op on a Budget, Feb. 19, 6:30-7:30 p.m. – Just Food Event Space – Learn secrets for how to shop for natural, organic foods without breaking the bank. You’ll get coupons and resources for how to make the most of your money and your diet. Taught by Liz McMann, education and project coordinator at Mississippi Market Co-op in St. Paul. This is a free event. Living Green: Consumer Guide to Natural Products, Feb. 21, 11 a.m.-noon – Just Food Event Space – Join local business owner, Teresa Andrys of SunLeaf Naturals, for a lively discussion and hands-on session about natural products and imposters! Teresa has spent 20 years developing products for national companies within the personal care and home fragrance industry. This session will give you the terminology and tools to read labels and find “clean” products that will benefit your health and the environment.

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The Key – 507/663-0715

Mondays: Book Club, 5-6 p.m. Tuesdays: Photo Club, 5-6:30 p.m., Art Project Night, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays: College Prep – 7-8:30 p.m. Learn about the ACT, financial aid, how to write a college essay, etc. The Key will pay for college applications for those not able. Most who show up are paired with a caring and knowledgeable adult. Fridays: Movie Night, 7-9 p.m. Sundays: Writing Workshop, 3-5 p.m. Game Night at Sweet Pea’s Toys and Treats – 507/6456555, Thursdays, 5-7 p.m. Fun, prizes and family time! Northfield Karate Club – 612/216-1206, Mondays and Wednesdays (6-7:15 p.m.) and Saturdays (12-1 p.m.) Free classes in traditional Okinawan karate. Held at the dance studio in Carleton’s Recreation Center. All ages welcome. My Eyes…My Heart… – 507/650-0340 Call for scrapbooking class information. Paradise Center for the Arts – 612/216-1206

Contact Paradise for information, or go to www.paradisecenterforthearts.org. Batik Class – Feb. 7 and 8, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. $120 members/$130 non-members Adult Painting Class – Feb. 17-March 10, 1-3 p.m. Art After School – Klemer Family Classroom – Mondays 4:30-5:30 p.m. Kindergarten-6th grade. From painting to clay, printmaking to sculpture. Our experienced instructors will lead students through each project using basic art skills, concepts and creative exploration. $50/4 weeks for members, $60/4 weeks for nonmembers. Kids Art Workshops – Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. (kindergarten-8th grade) – Rubbings, collage, clay and more! Choose any four sessions for just $50 for members. ($60 for non-members.) PJ’s Fabric and Crafts – 507/301-3323 Call Penny for class information. River Bend Nature Center – 507/332-7151

Nature-oriented activities. Contact River Bend for information, or go to www.rbnc.org. Skating

Open Skate at Northfield Arena ($1 admission) Tues. Feb. 3 and Thur. Feb. 5, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sun. Feb. 8 and Sun. Feb. 22, 1:15-2:15 p.m. Tue. Feb. 10, Thu. Feb. 12, Mon. Feb. 16, Tue. Feb. 17, Thu. Feb. 19, Tue. Feb. 24, and Fri. Feb. 27, 12-1:30 p.m. Outdoor rinks, lit 4-10 p.m., are maintained through midFebruary at Babcock Park, the Ice Arena, Sibley School, City Hall, Way Park and Greenvale School.

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S P O R T S

Here are the home games.

Monday, February 2

BASKETBALL – Carleton Women’s vs. St. Olaf, 5:45 p.m. Carleton Men’s vs. St. Olaf, 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, February 3

GYMNASTICS – Raiders Girls’ vs. Farmington, 6:30 p.m. BASKETBALL – Raiders Boys’ vs. New Prague, 7:30 p.m. HOCKEY – Raiders Girls’ vs. Shakopee, 7:30 p.m. DANCE TEAM – Raiders Girls’ vs. TBA, 7:50 p.m. Wednesday, February 4

Saturday, February 14

TRACK AND FIELD – Carleton Men’s hosts Meet of the Hearts, 11:30 a.m. BASKETBALL – Carleton Women’s vs. Macalester College, 1 p.m. St. Olaf Women’s vs. Saint Mary’s University, 1 p.m. Carleton Men’s vs. Macalester College, 3 p.m. St. Olaf Men’s vs. Saint Mary’s University, 3 p.m. HOCKEY – St. Olaf Women’s vs. University of St. Thomas, 7 p.m.

BASKETBALL – Carleton Women’s vs. St. Mary’s University, 7:30 p.m. St. Olaf Men’s vs. Saint John’s University, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 15

Thursday, February 5

BASKETBALL – Raiders Girls’ vs. Hutchinson, 7:30 p.m.

SWIM & DIVE – Raiders Boys’ vs. Farmington, 6 p.m. HOCKEY – Raiders Girls’ vs. Farmington, 7:30 p.m. ACADEMIC CHALLENGE – Raiders vs. Academy of Holy Angels, Hutchinson, New Prague, Prior Lake and Red Wing

Wednesday, February 18

Friday, February 6

Thursday, February 19

BASKETBALL – Raiders Boys’ vs. Red Wing, 7:30 p.m. HOCKEY – Carleton Men’s Club vs. Northwestern, 10 p.m. TRACK AND FIELD – Carleton Women’s hosts St. Benedict’s and Winona State Saturday, February 7

WRESTLING – Raiders vs. New Prague, Southwest, PlainviewElgin-Millville, 10 a.m. SWIMMING AND DIVING – Carleton Men’s and Women’s vs. St. Olaf, 11 a.m. BASKETBALL – Carleton Women’s vs. University of St. Thomas, 1 p.m. St. Olaf Women’s vs. Bethel University, 1 p.m. Carleton Men’s vs. University of St. Thomas, 3 p.m. St. Olaf Men’s vs. Bethel University, 3 p.m. HOCKEY – St. Olaf Women’s vs. Bethel University, 7 p.m. Carleton Women’s Club vs. Anarchy, 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, February 10

TENNIS – Carleton Women’s vs. College of St. Benedict, 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 17

BASKETBALL – Carleton Women’s vs. Augsburg College, 7:30 p.m. St. Olaf Women’s vs. Macalester College, 7:30 p.m. TENNIS – Carleton Women’s vs. Bethel University, 6:30 p.m. HOCKEY – Raiders Boys’ vs. Academy of Holy Angels, 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 20

HOCKEY – St. Olaf Men’s vs. Augsburg College, 7 p.m. Carleton Women’s Club vs. Golden Stars, 10:15 p.m. BASKETBALL – Raiders Boys’ vs. Shakopee, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 21

SPEECH – Raiders vs. TBD, 3 p.m. HOCKEY – St. Olaf Women’s vs. Augsburg College, 7 p.m. Carleton Women’s Club vs. Ice Pack, 9:30 p.m. TRACK AND FIELD – St. Olaf Men’s Track and Field Tostrud Classic Tuesday, February 24

BASKETBALL – Raiders Boys’ vs. Farmington, 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 27

SWIMMING AND DIVING – Carleton Men’s and Women’s host Northfield Invitational, 4 p.m. BASKETBALL – Raiders Girls’ vs. Prior Lake, 7:30 p.m. HOCKEY – Raiders Boys’ vs. New Prague, 7:30 p.m.

BASKETBALL – Raiders Girls’ vs. New Prague, 7:30 p.m. HOCKEY – Carleton Women’s Club vs. Cheap Skates, 10:15 p.m. TRACK AND FIELD – Women’s Indoor Track and Field Ole Open

Wednesday, February 11

Saturday, February 28

BASKETBALL – St. Olaf Women’s vs. Gustavus Adolphus, 7:30 p.m.

HOCKEY – Carleton Men’s Club vs. Bethel at Shattuck-St. Mary’s, Faribault, 7 p.m. followed by alumni game at 9. Carleton Women’s Club vs. Ice Pirates, 10:15 p.m. TRACK AND FIELD – St. Olaf Men’s Indoor Track and Field Qualifier

Thursday, February 12

TENNIS – Carleton Women’s vs. St. Mary’s University, 6 p.m. WRESTLING – Raiders vs. Prior Lake, 7 p.m. HOCKEY – Raiders Boys’ vs. Red Wing, 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 13

BASKETBALL – Raiders Boys’ vs. Academy of Holy Angels, 7:30 p.m. HOCKEY – St. Olaf Men’s vs. University of St. Thomas, 8 p.m.

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For updates, locations or more information, go to: www.stolaf.edu/athletics/ – www.carleton.edu/athletics/ – www.missotaconference.org – www.northfieldknights.com – www.dundasdukes.com

DINING

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Chapati

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214 Division St. • 645-2462 (office 645-1665) www.chapati.us • Closed Mondays – Cuisine of India. Variety of curry and Tandoor entrees including a large selection of vegetarian items. Wine and beer. Contented Cow

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302 Division St. S. • 645-1665 • www.contentedcow.com 3 p.m.-close – British-style pub with authentic British specialties as well as a variety of soups, salads and sandwiches. Extensive patio overlooking the Cannon River. Great selection of imported and domestic draft beer as well as a full selection of wine and spirits. El Tequila – 1010 Hwy. 3 S. • 664-9139 • 11 a.m.-10 p.m. – Family restaurant offering authentic Mexican cuisine as well as wonderful margaritas and much more. Fieldhouse Sports Bar and Grill

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620 Water St. • 645-8139 • Open daily at 11 a.m. – A wide selection of delicious entrees in a sports bar atmosphere, featuring burgers, pasta, ribs, steak and much more. Friday night fish fry and daily lunch specials Monday–Friday. Froggy Bottoms River Pub

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305 S. Water St. • 664-0260 • www.froggybottoms.com • MonSat 11 a.m.-close – New lunch menu! Steaks, salads, pasta and much more. Wide selection of beers and wines. Non-smoking restaurant with cozy atmosphere, thousands of frogs and a beautiful outdoor patio overlooking the Cannon River. The HideAway – 421 Division St. • 645-0400 • Mon-Wed • 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Th-Sat 6 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun 7 a.m.-5 p.m. – Cozy bistro atmosphere serving unique appetizers and sandwiches. Coffee drinks, wine and beer specialties. Hogan Brothers’ Acoustic Cafe – 415 Division St. • 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.

Northfield Golf Club 707 Prairie St. • 645-4026 northfieldgolfclub.com • Tue-Sat 11 a.m.-9 p.m., dinner menu available starting at 5 p.m.; Sun and Mon 11 a.m.-8 p.m., luncheon menu available – The upper level of the clubhouse, with a breathtaking view of the historic Northfield course, offers a complete restaurant/lounge area. An exquisite array of entrees is professionally prepared by Executive Chef Rafael Perez and staff. Ole Café See page 15 151011 St. Olaf Ave • 645-2500 • Mon-Fri 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m.;

Sat 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun 9 a.m.-2 p.m. – A coffee shop and cafeteria-style eatery with soups, salads, build-your-own sandwiches, panninis, and during dinner hours – build-you-ownpasta bar. A retail bakery with cakes, cheesecakes, cupcakes, cookies, bars and breakfast pastries. A pizza bar and fine beers and wines. Quality Bakery and Coffee Shop – 410 Division St.

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. Quarterback Club

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116 3rd St. W. • 645-7886 • Mon-Sat • 6 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. – Family friendly dining in Northfield for 37 years. House specialties include broasted chicken, BBQ ribs and flame-broiled hamburgers. The Tavern of Northfield

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212 Division St. • 663-0342 • Sun-Thu 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri-Sat 6:30 a.m.-11 p.m., lounge open daily 3 p.m.-midnight – Located in the historic Archer House since 1984, The Tavern hosts casual dining with a wide variety of homemade menu items and specials daily featuring fresh fish on Fridays and prime rib on Saturdays. The Tavern Lounge sports a deck overlooking the Cannon River, appetizers and a full bar with live music Thur-Sat. Tiny’s Dogs All Day – 321 Division St. S. • 645-6862 • Mon-

2018 Jefferson Rd. • 663-6060 • Mon-Fri 6 a.m.-8 p.m., SatSun 7 a.m.-5 p.m. – Voted Best Coffeehouse in southern Minnesota. Fresh daily roasted coffee. Wraps, soup, sandwiches, salads, desserts, ice cream and non-espresso drinks. Free wireless internet and business catering available.

Thu 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Fri 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.-2 p.m. – Historic former pool hall, Tiny’s continues to delight patrons with great hot dogs, sandwiches, non-alcoholic beverages and snacks. Features include New York-style coneys, Chicago-style Vienna Beef, as well as Tiny’s own classic dog. Since 1947 Tiny’s has offered Northfield’s largest selection of specialty tobaccos and quality cigars.

J. Grundy’s Rueb-N-Stein

Willingers Bar & Restaurant

James Gang Coffeehouse and Eatery

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503 Division St. • 645-6691 • www.ruebnstein.com 11 a.m.-close – Great burgers and famous Ruebens. Casual relaxing atmosphere. Huge selection of imported and domestic beers, fine spirits and wines. Game room, happy hour 3:30-6 p.m., Karaoke on Fridays at 9 p.m. Get your venue listed here or with a display ad in the next Guide – very cool exposure at a very affordable price. Contact Abby – 507/663-7937 or abby@northfieldguide.com

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6900 Canby Trail, Northfield • 952/652-2500 • Sun-Thurs 11 a.m. -9 p.m.; Fri-Sat 11 a.m.-10 p.m. – High above the course, with views of Willingers Golf Club’s fairways, greens, lakes, wetlands, ponds and trees, this venue offers dining with casual, upscale cuisine. Enjoy dinner or simply a beverage at

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