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Contents

Exhibits ��2 Theater ��4 June Shorts ��5-6 Happenings �� 7-26 your source for happenings since 2005

Special Music Section ��27-39

Vol. 8, Issue 6

Historic Happenings: Laura MacKenzie ��45-49

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Vintage Band Festival 2013 �� 50

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Clubs, Classes & More �� 52

Publisher: Rob Schanilec By All Means Graphics

Advertisers’ Index �� 53

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Contributors: Felicia Crosby Susan Hvistendahl Locallygrownnorthfield.org Northfield.org Northfield Music Collective

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Online: at northfieldguide.com! A flippin’ cool digital edition, downloadable PDF, archives and content submission form.

It’s that time of year again when the Entertainment Guide dedicates a section to the music-makers in the area. Put a face to the name and maybe a fact to the funk. It’s our biggest music section yet – take it all in on pages 27-39.

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Crossings at Carnegie

320 East Ave., Zumbrota • 507/732-7616 crossingsatcarnegie.com • M/T/W/F 10am-5pm, Th 10am8pm, Sa 10am-4pm HeeJune Shin, Wendy Westlake: Paintings. Opening Reception: June 15, 2-4pm

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Flaten Art Museum

1520 St. Olaf Ave. • stolaf.edu/collections/flaten • 507/7863556 • M/T/W/F 10am-5pm, Th 10am-8pm, Sa/Su 2-5pm

Northfield Arts Guild

304 Division St. • 507/645-8877 • northfieldartsguild.org M-F 10am-5pm, visit website for weekend hours An Exquisite Body of Work – through June 8. A mixed media exhibit featuring work from the Northfield High School honors program. The 12 senior artists are: Mari Arneson, Eme Gruenhagen, Zoe Henson, Mari Hougen-Eitzman, Henry Jokela, Justin Malecha, Jordan Ohmann, Lauren Pryor, Kellen Robideau, Frannie Seitz, Kylie Sletten and Amelia Wykes. The mediums they are working in include clay, charcoal, spray paint, watercolor, acrylic and mixed media. Voyage of Discovery and Reflections – June 12-July 28. Paintings and photographs by Kathy Miller and Ena Cisewski. Miller is a Northfield watercolorist who has won recognition for her gorgeous, naturalistic renderings of flowers, plants and still lifes. This exhibit is the capstone event for a Southern Minnesota Arts Council Grant in which Miller will unveil a new body of work that explores peonies, water lilies, reflections and aspen trees from varying points of view. Accompanying the watercolors will be Cisewski’s photographs from a Montana ghost town. Through abandoned windows she captures the beauty of surface and form that often escapes our attention yet is ever present. These two artists come together to offer us a path of discovery and an opportunity to reflect. Opening Reception: June 14, 7-9pm. In the Members’ Room:

Riki Kölbl Nelson: Öffnen - Offen – June 12-July 21. Opening Reception: June 14, 7-9pm.

Northfield Historical Society

408 Division St. • 507/645-9268 • northfieldhistory.org M-Sa 10am-5:30pm, Su 1-5:30pm The History of Northfield’s Restaurants – Small businesses come and go, but in Northfield there are several restaurants that for decades have survived hard economic times as well as changes of ownership and of people’s food choices. This exhibit highlights some of these long-standing enterprises and their broader history.

Northfield Senior Center Gallery

1651 Jefferson Pkwy. • 507/664-3700 northfieldseniorcenter.org Walter See, Patricia Oates and Robert Oates – May 29-June 30. Three self-taught artists. Bob and Patricia Oates live on an

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apple orchard in Sogn Valley; both are painters, and Bob is also a wood carver. Bob carves both small, intricate pieces with fine tools, and large trunks with a chain saw. Walter See taught himself oil painting at the age of 70 and enjoys painting golf courses and copying old masters. Opening Reception: June 7, 7pm.

Paradise Center for the Arts

321 Central Ave., Faribault • 507/332-7372 Tu/W/F/Sa 12-5pm, Th 12-8pm, Su/M closed Mural Society Recycled Art Sale – Sale: June 13-15. Carlander Family Gallery:

Paula Levine & Ethel Schochet: Going Home – through June 11 Chris Holmquist: Ceramic and Digital Combine for Success and Mary Singer: Water, Land and Sky – June 18-August 6. Opening Reception: June 21, 5-7pm. Vranesh Boardroom Gallery:

Artist Anthony Matzke – Traditions with a Twist – through June 11 Donna Carver – Eclectic Recollections – June 18-Aug. 6. Opening Reception: June 21, 5-7pm. Corey Lyn Creger Memorial Gallery:

Faribault Area Learning Center – High School Students – through June 11

Paradise Center Health Arts Gallery at District One Hospital

200 State Ave., Faribault Featured Artists: Linda Van Lear (oil paintings), Ted Posthumus (pencil), Tom Fakler (digital photography), Kathy Miller (watercolor), Joannie Johnson (oil on canvas), Ivan Amman (intarsia), Janet Tangren (machine embroidered quilt art), Carol Scott (watercolor and gouache).

Studio Elements

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

CALL FOR ARTISTS Riverfront Fine Arts Festival

Submission deadline: June 14 • Festival Dates: Sept. 7 and 8 Open to all professional or emerging artists, 18 years or older. All works must be the final product of an original design. Call 507/645-8877 or go to northfieldartsguild.org for an application.

Paradise Center for the Arts

PCA is seeking submissions of recent work from visual artists for exhibitions for 2014. The Paradise Center Healing Arts Program at District One Hospital is also looking for 14 2D artists to be featured for four-month exhibits.

Self-Portraits

The Northfield Arts Guild is seeking self-portraits for a July 31-Sept. 7 gallery exhibit. Deadline July 15. More at northfieldartsguild.org.

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Theater

The Seven Year Itch

June 14-16 and 20-22; Th-Sa 7:30pm, Su 2pm Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault With his family away for their annual summer holiday, New Yorker Richard Sherman decides he has the opportunity to live a bachelor’s life – to eat and drink what he wants and basically to enjoy life without a wife and son. The beautiful but ditsy blonde from the apartment above his catches his eye. He is tempted but does he succumb? Witness the hilarity along the way as we find out the answer. Directed by Julianna Skluzacek.

shore who disguises herself as her twin brother Sebastian. Thought by all to be Sebastian, Viola must ward off the affections of the fair Olivia even while falling head over heels in love with the Duke Orsino. Directed by Susan Dunhaupt. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 students and seniors and available at northfieldartsguild.org. Best of Broadway and Film

June 29, 7:30pm; June 30, 2pm Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Southern Minnesota’s best singers are back again for this fifth annual show of everyone’s favorite show tunes. Always an audience favorite, this year’s show will have all your favorite singers and even add in some newcomers. Tickets: $15 members, $19 nonmembers, $10 students.

Jesus Christ Superstar

June 20-22, 27-29, 7:30pm; June 23, 2pm Little Theatre, Owatonna Musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Tim Rice, sponsored by Wenger Foundation, directed by Jeffrey Jackson. Twelfth Night

June 21-23 and 27-29, 7pm Central Park, Northfield The Northfield Arts Guild Theater presents this theater in the park production. A much loved and hilarious offering from the Bard, Twelfth Night tells the tale of Viola, a young woman washed up on

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Local Artist Brings Best of Show and the Magnificence of Spring to her Arts Guild Exhibit

“As a flower bud holds within it so much potential and in time springs forth a fragrant floral display, so too is an artist’s paintbrush as it touches the canvas with dreams of what will come to be.”

Cello Jello and More

Performing under the attention-getting name Jelloslave, this ensemble of four brings a unique sound to the Crossings in Zumbrota June 29 at 7pm. The quartet pairs cellos with drums, including tablas used in Sikh devotions for an eclectic, explorative experience. Their original repertoire offers a mesmerizing fusion of jazz, Afro-Caribbean, Middle Eastern and Indian rhythms, to surprising pop music interpretations. In addition to the compositions of cellists Jacqueline Ultan and Michelle Kinney, Jelloslave’s eclectic repertoire includes works by JS Bach, Manuel de Falla, tangos by Astor Piazzolla, and songs by George Harrison, Leonard Cohen and Led Zeppelin.

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Watercolorist and Northfielder Kathy Miller has expressed on canvas the resplendent beauty of a Minnesota season that seems to have been mostly a dream this year with her Northfield Arts Guild exhibit, Voyage of Discovery and Reflections, June 12-21 with an opening reception June 14 from 7 to 9pm. Viewers of her work will see why she recently received the prestigious “Best of Show” award from the Minnesota Watercolor Society’s Juried Spring Show. Megan Ryan, who judged the competition, commented, “Kathy’s approach…springs forth with dazzling life, and a relevancy that is freshly observed. ‘White Peonies’ grabbed my heart and wouldn’t let go.” Miller’s impetus behind this current exhibit is a quote by Marcel Proust, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” A flurry of talent streams from Miller’s paintbrush as she finds new ways of seeing and interacting with nature. For more information, visit www.kmillerwatercolors.com.

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Opera Under the Stars

Lighting the Skies of Northfield – for Danny

On May 6 our good friend Danny Freeman of Northfield passed away. His irreverent wit, gentleman charm and boundless friendship will be sorely missed by everyone he knew. Somehow amongst his many theatrical roles, announcing for Defeat of Jesse James Days bank raids, sporting events and KYMN Radio, and countless volunteer hours through several communities, he managed every year, oftentimes single-handedly, to walk the streets and raise the funds needed for Northfield’s annual fireworks display. His 4th of July torch has not dimmed, but rather been taken up in his honor by friends and family. The Northfield Area Foundation has made a $5,000 matching gift towards this year’s fireworks, which will be sponsored by the Northfield Historical Society and the Northfield Area Foundation. Please consider a contribution – and know that, as Danny said so many times, every dollar counts. Contributions can be made out to the 4th of July Committee and sent to Dan Freeman 4th of July Memorial Fireworks Fund, 408 Division St., Northfield, MN 55057 or given online at danny4thfund.org/ Freeman is a past board member of the Northfield Area Foundation and board member and past president of the Northfield Historical Society.

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In appreciation of five decades of generous community support, Minnesota Opera is presenting a free outdoor concert performance of Puccini’s La bohème as an encore to its 50th anniversary season at Shattuck-St. Mary’s in Faribault June 16 at 7pm as a culmination of the Faribault Heritage Celebration. This family friendly event features the Minnesota Opera Orchestra and Chorus and a cast of opera’s most beloved characters performing the heartwarming love story that inspired the Broadway musical, Rent. Bring a picnic, family and friends and enjoy a relaxed summer night to remember. Tickets are free.Visit mnopera.org/opera-under-the-stars for more information.

Fine Wine and Local Art

It’s that time of year again for the annual Wine & Art Crawl. Cannon River Winery in Cannon Falls is one of five wineries taking part in this progressive event June 22 and 23 from 12 to 5 pm. Enjoy great local wine paired with exciting local art at each winery. Pick up a wine trail passport and get it stamped at each winery to get a complimentary glass of wine. The following artists will be at Cannon River Winery: Beth Bacon, Barb Bruns, Leisa Luis Grill, Sue Carmody, Jill Ballard, Andy Klingsmeyer and Brianna Martin. The other wineries on the trail are WineHaven Winery & Vineyard (Chisago City), Northern Vineyards Winery (Stillwater), Saint Croix Vineyards (Stillwater) and Falconer Vineyards (Red Wing). More details at cannonriverwinery.com.

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SATURDAYS: DJ Music • 9pm

Howlin’ Brothers • 7:30pm

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

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota A Nashville-based band that, though they certainly incorporate bluegrass rhythms, say they’re better described as Americana, where multiple hyphens are the norm and boundaries are not.

Contented Cow, Northfield

All Request Dance Party 9:30pm-midnight

Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

TUESDAYS: Open Mic Night 7pm-midnight

Free Jukebox Saturday Night

Spike’s Bar and Grill, Faribault Chess Night with The Bishop • 7-9pm

Babe’s Music Bar, Lakeville WEDNESDAYS: Babe’s Bar Bingo • 7pm

Babe’s Music Bar, Lakeville THURSDAYS: Water Pong Tourneys 9-11pm

Babe’s Music Bar, Lakeville DJ Dance Party • 9:30pm

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

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

Corner Room, Rueb ‘n’ Stein, Northfield A weekly gathering of musicians and listeners who love Irish music. Open to all players of traditional Irish music – come for jigs, reels, airs, the occasional song, good spirits and good company. Listeners most welcome – this is the session’s third year in Northfield. Gnarly Charlie • 8pm

The Contented Cow, Northfield THURSDAY, MAY 30 8th Annual Taste of Northfield • 5-10pm

Bridge Square, Northfield Food tastings from local restaurants, beer and wine gardens, bank raid re-enactment, live local music and street dance. More at nddc.org. Dave Mehling • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield An eclectic mix of original pop a la Jeff Buckley and Elliot Smith with some inspired performances of standards ranging from Billy Holiday to Phillip Glass. He has shared the stage with Low, Clem Snide and Andrew Bird. A Duluth native, he currently writes and performs in Minneapolis. See davemehling.bandcamp.com/.

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HAPPENINGS Thursday, May 30, continued

Shaw Brothers • 9:30pm-close

Babe’s Music Bar, Lakeville A high-energy rock pop and country band – a definite dance attracter.

Open Jam Night • 9-close

Shenanigan’s, Rosemount

Slapshot • 10:30-close

FRIDAY, MAY 31

Grampa Al’s, Faribault

Smokin’ in Steele BBQ and Blues

Steele County Fairgrounds, Owatonna Twelve blues acts over two days. Many free events for the whole family. A lot more at smokininsteele.com/. Carleton Jazz Piano Studio • 5-7pm

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The Contented Cow, Northfield This is an end-of-the-term musical tradition at the Cow. Happy Otherwise • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Happy Otherwise is Josie Johnson, a singer/songwriter with a voice like hot chocolate and an eclectic musical sensibility that will both charm you and send chills up your spine. The Faribault native has been recording and playing in Portland, Oregon, and is releasing her highly-anticipated debut CD later this spring. Hear samples of her work on facebook.com/HappyOtherwise. Matthew Griswold • 8-10:30pm

The Contented Cow, Northfield Matthew Griswold supplies bone shakin’ voodoo grooves. His brand of foot-stompin’ folk-rock pays a tribute to the Delta Blues with a side order of thistle and shamrock. Expect a repertoire of classic covers, reinvented traditionals and well-crafted originals. See matthewgriswold.net.

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Riverwalk Market Fair • 9am-1pm

Bridge Square, Northfield Minnesota’s only combined artists and farmers market, back for a fourth season. Local and organic farm produce, art and fine craft, artisan foods and Northfield’s favorite bread and pastries. Weekly mix of entertainment and youth activities ranges from hammer dulcimer music to breakdancing. New vendors always welcome. Riverwalk: The Art of a Summer Saturday. More at RiverWalkMarketFair.org. Faribault Youth Hockey 5K Family Fun Run/Walk • 9am

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HAPPENINGS Saturday, June 1, continued June Bloom • 11am-6pm

A Great River Road Wine Trail Event The first of a two-day annual event. Each winery will have wines paired with delicious local foods. Tickets $25/person advance, $30 at the door and includes a wine trail glass and six-bottle wine tote. Designated driver tickets $10 (includes everything but the wine). Go to cannonriverwinery.com for more. Mark Cameron Band and Kelly Richey • 12pm

Smokin’ In Steele Blues Festival, Owatonna The Mark Cameron Band is Mark Cameron (lead vocals,/songwriter guitar), Bill Keyes (harmonica, vocals), Scott Lundberg (bass guitar, vocals), John Benedict (drums, vocals) and Sheri Cameron (flute, percussion, vocals). The Kelly Richey Band features heavy, riff-soaked blues guitar driven headfirst into monster funk bass lines and rock/hip hop infused backbeats. Locklin Road • 1-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Minneapolis Irish folk and Celtic group with Sheri O’Meara, Dan Kowalke and Gregg Weigand.

Optimum Trajectory • 7-9pm

The HideAway Coffeehouse and Wine Bar, Northfield A jazz quintet based in the Twin Cities. Their repertoire spans jazz classics from the ’30s-’50s as well as contemporary jazz and originals. Band members include Ira Adelman (alto and tenor saxophones), Garth Anderson (drums), Jeff Gurney (acoustic and electric bass), Steve Hillson (trumpet and flugelhorn) and Tim McNamara (guitar). Their music can be heard at optimum-trajectory-jazz.com. All tips will be donated to Northfield’s Community Action Center – so show your appreciation! Paul Christian • 7pm

Prairie Pond Vineyard and Winery, New Prague “...sounds great. I don’t think Paul Christian will ever escape the Chris Isaak comparisons completely because they both have fabulous voices...” – Americana UK; “Paul Christian has a great feel for what music should sound like...” – Matt Malley (The Counting Crows) Pull Start Diesel’s Tribute to Waylon Jennings • 7:30pm

Ashes for April • 5-8pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Four guys, six acoustic instruments and retro pop songs. Includes Lincoln Ashbury (acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals), Chubby Ashton (upright bass, vocals), Rocco C’Ash (drums, percussion) and Mickey Mash (acoustic guitar, banjo, vocals).

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Country music fans of all ages can’t help but be drawn to the outlaw music of Waylon Jennings. Paradise welcomes Pull Start Diesel as they pay homage to one of music’s biggest legends. Tickets: $15 members, $19 nonmembers, $10 students.

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PERFORMANCES OUTSIDE OF NORTHFIELD WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 7:00 • Nerstrand, Grace Lutheran Church ��Medevi Brunnsorkerster Swedish Brass Band THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 7:00 • Faribault, Central Park Band Shell ��Dodworth Saxhorn Band 7:00 • Owatonna, Central Park ��Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Band 7:00 • Red Wing, First Lutheran Church �� Kentucky Baroque 7:00 • Cannon Falls, Thursday Fun Fest ��Newberry’s Victorian Cornet Band 7:30 • Chatfield, City Park ��Independent Silver Band FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 7:00 • New Ulm, B & L Terrace �� Original Drachenfelser Musikanten (Germany) 7:00 • Cannon Falls, St. Ansgar’s Church ��Ehnstedt’s Octet (Sweden) SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 2:00 • Minneapolis, Minnehaha Falls Band Shell��Ehnstedt’s Octet (Sweden) 3:00 • St. Peter, Minnesota Square Park Pavilion �� Medevi Brunnsorkester (Sweden) 7:00 • St. Peter, Chankaska Winery�� Medevi Brunnsorkester (Sweden) 7:00 • Scandia, Gammalgarten Museum ��Ehnstedt’s Octet (Sweden) 7:00 • New Prague, Council Square (Street Dance) �� Eine Kleine Dorfmusik Kapelle (Austria) SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 2:00 • New Ulm, Schell’s Biergarten �� Eine Kleine Dorfmusik Kapelle (Austria) 2:00 • Cannon Falls, Civil War Memorial Concert: Cemetery �� Wisconsin 1st Brigade Band 3:00 • New Prague ��Medevi Brunnsorkerster Swedish Brass Band park concert MONDAY, AUGUST 5 8:00 • Cannon Falls, Music and Movies �� Original Drachenfelser Musikanten (Germany)

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HAPPENINGS Saturday, June 1, continued Sasha Mercedes • 8pm

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

SUNDAY, JUNE 2 June Bloom • 11am-6pm

A Great River Road Wine Trail Event The last of a two-day annual event. See June 1 description. Brooke Ellis • 1-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls A 20-something-year-old singer/songwriter from Hastings who plays guitar, keyboards and ukulele. Originals as well as covers.

Paul Klein and Friends • 8pm-12:30am

The Contented Cow, Northfield St. Olaf alumni playing blues and jazz.

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Jerry Rodes Band • 9:30pm

Shenanigans, Rosemount Nathan Rodes Stone on lead vocals and guitar, Jonathan Moeller on lead guitar and background vocals. Rockfist • 10:30pm-Close

Grampa Al’s, Faribault An eclectic mix of favorite party rock songs featuring superb harmonies, enjoyable song selections and a polished show. Everything you would expect from a professional cover band. Taylor Robert Baggott • 10-11pm

The Contented Cow, Northfield Taylor Baggott’s golden voice is a beautiful instrument. Classically trained in opera and musical theater, he can adapt his voice to any style. “The best singer I know, with amazing songwriting” – Marcus Hanson, manager of In Pulse.

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Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

The Contented Cow, Northfield An informal weekly gathering of musicians to play acoustic music with roots in the north, particularly the Nordic countries. Participants and listeners of all ages and levels of experience are welcome. TUESDAY, JUNE 4 Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

The Contented Cow, Northfield Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen! WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5 Traditional Irish Session • 7-9pm

Rueb ‘n’ Stein Upstairs, Northfield Winner of Carleton College’s Battle of the Bands in 2011 and 2013. A talented collection of musicians featuring a full horn section. Expect favorite cover tunes by Stevie Wonder, Ray LaMontagne, Kanye West, Whitney Houston and more. THURSDAY, JUNE 6 1st Thursday Fun Fest • 5-8pm

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HAPPENINGS Thursday, June 6, continued Northfield Community Band • 7-8pm

Bridge Square, Northfield Local talent fills the Square with good ol’ hometown sounds. Ian Thomas Alexy • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield This singer/songwriter/guitarist offers deft finger-picking, jazzy melodies and heart-warming tales of a well-traveled 20-somethingyear-old. Known for both his work as a solo artist and with the national-touring Americana roots duo Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank. ianalexy.com. Open Jam Night • 9-close

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The Chapel, Northfield Broke Folk Records, a local youth music label, is hosting a showcase of its signed youth artists. Performers include: Helen Forsythe, Max Weaver, Alex Webb, Beau Mansfield, Parker Ousley, Karl Amundson, Floot Platune, Jimmy Debt’s Liberty Orchestra and more. Proceeds will go towards record releases, recording equipment, pizza, instruments, comic book printing, blank cassette tapes, books, guitar strings, old vinyl records, lawyers and skinny jeans. But mostly music stuff. $5 students, $10 adults. Sweet Jazz • 7-9pm

The HideAway Coffeehouse and Wine Bar, Northfield The name says it all. Christina Schwietz (vocals), Peter Webb (keyboard), David Miller (drums, flugelhorn, melodica) and Bruce Jensen (bass).

FRIDAY, JUNE 7

Lou and Peter Berryman • 8pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota These musical humorists have delighted audiences nationwide for more than 35 years. Lou writes the melodies, sings and plays accordion and piano. Peter writes the lyrics, sings and plays 12-string guitar.

An Evening Out with Charlie Maguire 5-11pm

Faribault American Legion Dinner, silent auction and entertainment by Charlie Maguire: Minnesota historian, folksong writer and musician. Sponsored by the Rice County Historical Society. Mark Grim • 6-8pm

Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café, Northfield Singer/songwriter/guitarist. Repertoire includes songs by The Beatles, Everly Brothers, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Chuck Brodsky, and Nigel Egg as well as a variety of lesser known blues and well-received original songs.

Ben Aaron • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Original folk, blues and Americana songs. Find him at benaaronmusic.com. Shoot Lucy • 8-10:30pm

The Contented Cow, Northfield A Twin Cities-based rock band.

The Art-full Splash • 7pm

Northfield Senior Center A tri-fecta of events: Concert by Seasoned Singers (women’s chorus directed by Donna May), art gallery opening reception (featuring art work of Walter See, Patricia Oates and Robert Oates) and an artist demo of chainsaw carving (with refreshments). A $5 free will offering is suggested.

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Tavern Lounge, Northfield Up and coming singer/songwriter Joe Fessler is well-known on the coffee house circuit in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. Inspired by artists like The Fray and John Mayer.

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Marty Anderson and the Goods • 8-11pm

Peace Lutheran Church Neighborhood, Faribault Jason Weisman • 1-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls While interjecting a good helping of musicianship back into traditional vocal crooning and original arrangement with his instrumental work, Weismann takes his years of traditional jazz studies along with years as a featured soloist to the band stand.

The Contented Cow, Northfield Joe Fessler The “Goods” music is a blend of Americana and country alternative sound with lots of Bob Dylan. They do some glam-era adaptations that really rock, as well as new music like Wilco and Ryan Adams. My Drunk Uncle • 9:30pm

Shenanigans, Rosemount Uncle Bill is the lead vocalist and auxiliary instrumentalist, Uncle Jim is guitar and backup vocals, Uncle Brady is bass and vocals and Uncle Ryan is percussion and vocals. Enjoy modern and classic rock covers with some blues, hip-hop, R&B and pop. Gel • 10:30pm-Close

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Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Tony Williams’ solo performance features a variety of classical, flamenco and jazz originals as well as some Americana/classic cover songs. During the summer of 2011 he was voted the winner of KARE 11’s “The Voice: Minnesota” contest. MONDAY, JUNE 10 Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

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Downtown Farmington The second of this five day celebration. See June 11 description. Randall Ferguson • 7pm

Rosemount United Methodist Church, Rosemount A combination recital/lecture/demonstration spanning 500 years of acoustic guitar music. See Ferguson bio on page 24.

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Faribault This is the second of a five-day event. Carnival at the Park • 5-11pm, Central Park Amablu Cheese History • 2pm, Cheese Cave Store Mayor’s Reception • 4:30-7pm Family Fun Night and Karaoke • 7-10pm, Central Park Stone House Bus Tour • 7pm, City Hall Farmington Dew Days

Downtown Farmington The third of this five day celebration. See June 11 description. Northfield Community Band • 7-8pm

Bridge Square, Northfield Local talent fills the Square with good ol’ hometown sounds. Matthew Griswold • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Matthew Griswold supplies bone shakin’ voodoo grooves. His brand of foot-stompin’ folk-rock pays a tribute to the Delta Blues with a side order of thistle and shamrock. Expect a repertoire of classic covers, reinvented traditionals and well-crafted originals. www.matthewgriswold.net.

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Faribault This is the third of a five-day event. All-City Garage Sale Free Community Lunch • 11am-1pm, Trinity Lutheran Church Craft Show • 10am-10pm, Central Park Farmer Seed and Nursery Tours • 1, 2 and 3pm Classic Car Show • 6-10pm, 400/500 block downtown Bingo • 12-9pm, Central Park Faribault Woolen Mill Tours • 2 and 2:30pm Carnival at the Park • 3-12pm, Central Park Historic Downtown Tour • 6pm, Buckham Library Dance and Beer Garden with Uncle Chunk • 8-12pm, Central Park Farmington Dew Days

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Downtown Farmington The fourth of this five day celebration. See June 11 description. New Moon Trio • 5-7pm

The Contented Cow, Northfield Here’s a taste of 100 years of popular tunes, random requests and spontaneous harmonies featuring Ross Currier on bass, Lance Heisler on drums and Justin London on guitar.

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HAPPENINGS Friday, June 14, continued Exhibit Opening Reception: “Voyage of Discovery and Reflections” and “Öffnen - Offen” • 7-9pm

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Whoops-a-Daisy • 7pm

Prairie Pond Vineyard and Winery, New Prague Acoustic rock/country/folk by Brian Smith (Whoops) and Shelley Galvin (Daisy) – good friends whose musical journey together started when playing on a worship team at church. They are currently in a band together called Wreckless, but decided to take their acoustical passions on the road in forming Whoops-a-Daisy. Theater: The Seven Year Itch • 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page.

Mother Banjo CD Release Show • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield A New England-raised, Minneapolis-based songwriter who plays lively originals and unique covers of songs that she calls “pub gospel.” Her new album, The Devil Hasn’t Won, shows why Mother Banjo has been hailed for her poetic songwriting and powerful vocals, winning praise of such artists as Josh Ritter and John Gorka. Mother Banjo has been featured nationally on CMT.com, SiriusXM Radio, and National Public Radio. “An outstanding poet” - Inside Bluegrass Ova Yonder • 9-11pm

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Downtown Farmington The last of this five day celebration. See June 11 description.

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Take a stroll through the Cannon River vineyard and enjoy a picnic among the beautiful rolling hills of Sogn Valley. Pack your own picnic with, of course, Cannon Valley wine. Art Exhibit Opening Reception 2-4pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota See gallery page. Andrew Walesch • 2-5pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Blues and jazz by “the boy with the voice.” A great variety of classics and originals. Mark Grim • 5-7pm

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HAPPENINGS Saturday, June 15, continued Jivin’ Ivan and the Kings of Swing 7:30-11:30pm

Signature, Faribault Classic acoustic swing, hot picking and stellar singing. More at jivinivanandthekingsofswing.com. Rob Meany • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield An award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist from Bloomington. Meany is best known as the singer/keyboardist for the pop-rock group Terramara. He is also a versatile solo artist performing both original and popular songs in the styles of Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds and Harry Connick Jr. Dances of the Summer Opener • 8pm-12:30am

Northfield Armory This is the first of what we hope will be many 16+ dances. $10 cover. Bring ten friends and get in for free. Information at 612/4623415.

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The Contented Cow, Northfield Together for years, this band takes a tune and gives it their own unique twist. Originals plus well-known rock and blues tunes. They know how to play and entertain. Acoustic jazzy kinda stuff. American Road House • 9:30pm

Shenanigans, Rosemount Chris Brooks • 10pm

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SUNDAY, JUNE 16 Faribault Heritage Festival

Faribault This is the fifth of a five-day event. Heritage Hustle 5K Run/ Walk • 8am, Rice County Fairgrounds Classic Car Show • 9am-3pm, Over and Back Band TeePee Tonka Park Ecumenical Gospel Service featuring The Over and Back Band • 10am, The Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour. More at overandbackband.com Stone House Bus Tour • 1:45pm, City Hall Theater: The Seven Year Itch 2pm

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Minnesota Opera: “Opera Under the Stars,” La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini • 7-10pm

Zulpher Parade Field, Shattuck-St. Mary’s, Faribault In appreciation for five decades of generous community support, Minnesota Opera presents a free 50th Anniversary Season encore. This family friendly event features the Minnesota Opera Orchestra and Chorus and a cast of opera’s most beloved characters in this outdoor performance of the heartwarming love story that inspired the Broadway musical Rent. MONDAY, JUNE 17

Northfield Community Band • 7-8pm

Bridge Square, Northfield Local talent fills the Square with good ol’ hometown sounds. Theater: The Seven Year Itch • 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page.

Theater: Jesus Christ Superstar • 7:30pm

Little Theatre, Owatonna See theater page. Barb Piper • 8pm

Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

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

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FRIDAY, JUNE 21 Exhibit Opening Reception: Chris Holmquist, Mary Singer and Donna Carver • 5-7pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See galleries page.

Traditional Irish Session • 7-9pm

Odd Fellows Park, Northfield Books & Stars presents a taste of the south with Cajun Dixie flavor. THURSDAY, JUNE 20 Jivin’ Ivan and the Kings of Swing • 7pm

Central Park, Faribault Classic acoustic swing, hot picking and stellar singing. Free. More at jivinivanandthekingsofswing.com.

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HAPPENINGS Friday, June 21, continued Theater: Twelfth Night • 7pm

Central Park, Northfield See theater page. Thea Groth • 7-9pm

Wake-Robin • 12-1pm

Bittersweet, Northfield Wake-Robin is John Hanson and Brad Easterson, playing live acoustic (mostly Celtic) and traditional American music including Civil War tunes.

The HideAway Coffeehouse and Wine Bar, Northfield Bassoonist Thea Groth is an international orchestral, chamber and solo musician who made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2009. For more, see her bio on page 30.

Wine & Art Crawl • 12-5pm

Theater: The Seven Year Itch • 7:30pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls A fantastic and engaging acoustic artist who plays a large variety of well-known covers with great guitar ballads.

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page.

A Three Rivers Wine Trail Event Wake-Robin The first of a two-day event. Enjoy great local wine paired with exciting local art at each winery. Go to cannonriverwinery.com for more. Daniel Switch • 1-4pm

Theater: Jesus Christ Superstar • 7:30pm

Average Janes • 5-8pm

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

Garnet Rogers • 8pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota A musician with a rich, compelling baritone, able to deliver passionate, poetic lyrics that carry listeners away. Whether the song is a ballad, a rock song or an acoustic folk tune, Rogers connects with the audience. Listeners are invited to bring non-perishable foods or personal care items to donate to the Zumbrota Area Emergency Food Shelf. Rich Prenier • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield One-half of the popular duo, The Tumeni Brothers, Prenier covers a wide and eclectic range of music from artists like Matchbox 20, Eric Clapton, Incubus, The Beatles, Alice Cooper and, yes, even Lady Gaga. North of Nowhere • 8-10:30pm

Theater: Twelfth Night • 7pm

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Little Theatre, Owatonna See theater page. Why Not? • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield A three-piece band that covers hits from the ’50s to today. With their tenacious ability to string songs together, they’re often referred to as a “human jukebox.” Why Not? brings great vocals and instrumentation – and a whole lot of fun – to every performance.

The Contented Cow, Northfield Out of Prior Lake, this rock/alt-country band has influences including Cross Canadian Ragweed, The Band, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Drive-By Truckers, Neil Young,Byrds, Tom Petty and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Bonnie and the Clydes • 8-10:30pm

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Babe’s, Lakeville The supreme party band.

Hicktown Mafia • 10pm

Spike’s, Faribault A high-energy ready-to-party band playing country with a kick and rock with an attitude.

The Contented Cow, Northfield Take a step back and resurrect songs of love, peace and flower power from the late ’60s and early ’70s. The Bonnie is Bonnie Jean Flom. The Clydes are Bill McGrath and Scott McMillan. Shenanigans, Rosemount Audiences are taken on an over-the-top, wildly fun trip through the best eras of rock and pop music. SUNDAY, JUNE 23 Wine & Art Crawl • 12-5pm

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A Three Rivers Wine Trail Event The last of a two-day event. See June 22 description.

Riverwalk Market Fair • 9am-1pm

Sasha Mercedes • 1-4pm

Bridge Square, Northfield Minnesota’s only combined artists and farmers market, back for a fourth season. Local and organic farm produce, art and fine craft, artisan foods and Northfield’s favorite bread and pastries. Weekly mix entertainment and youth activities ranges from hammer dulcimer music to breakdancing. New vendors always welcome. Riverwalk: The Art of a Summer Saturday. More at RiverWalkMarketFair.org.

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Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls A feisty folk-rocker that draws you in with her compelling and powerful vocal stylings. Lyrical, genre-bending, thought-provoking, inspiring, catchy, easy to relate to and easy to listen to. Find her at sashamercedes.com. Theater: Jesus Christ Superstar • 2pm

Little Theatre, Owatonna See theater page.

Theater: Twelfth Night • 7pm

JuneBug Kick Off: The Eastside Collective • 9-11pm

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Central Park, Northfield See theater page.

The Contented Cow, Northfield An eclectic mix of energetic soul, gospel, R&B, funk and rock.

Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

Theater: Twelfth Night 7pm

Central Park, Northfield See theater page. Long Time Gone Bluegrass Band • 7pm

TUESDAY, JUNE 25 Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

The Contented Cow, Northfield Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26

Long Time Gone Bluegrass Band

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Northfield Community Band • 7-8pm

Bridge Square, Northfield Local talent fills the Square with good ol’ hometown sounds. JuneBug Music Festival

Traditional Irish Session • 7-9pm

Spring Creek Park, Northfield Books & Stars presents a rockin’ music-filled evening.

The Contented Cow, Northfield Carey Langer • 7-8:30pm A solo artist covering six decades and seven styles of music. From The Everly Brothers and Frank Sinatra to Rick Springfield, Dave Matthews and Jimmy Eat World, plus original music. Martin Anderson and the Goods • 9-10:30pm The “Goods” music is a blend of Americana and country alternative sound with lots of Bob Dylan. They do some glam-era adaptations, as well as new music like Wilco and Ryan Adams. Toaster Fork! • 11pm-12:30am Original music from alt-country to straight up rock and roll, blues and punk.

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HAPPENINGS Thursday, June 27, continued Theater: Jesus Christ Superstar • 7:30pm

Little Theatre, Owatonna See theater page. Billy Johnson • 8pm

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Tavern Lounge, Northfield “Commitment-free rock ‘n’ roll. While he’s been moonlighting with George Scot McKelvey in the B-Team, former Hillcats singer Billy Johnson confirms he belongs on the A-list alongside G.B. Leighton as one of the Twin Cities’ best feel-good, blue-collar, barroomrousing tunesmiths with his first solo album, tellingly titled It’s a Good Life.” – Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune. Billy has opened for the BoDeans, Five For Fighting, Train, Poco, Paul Thorn, Van Hunt, Lowen and Navarro, Old 97s and many more. billyjohnsonmusic.com. Open Jam Night • 9-close

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Theater: Jesus Christ Superstar • 7:30pm

Sixth Annual Celebrate Dundas Community Festival

Dundas The first of a family friendly two-day event filled with activities for all ages. Dukes baseball and clinic, pancake breakfast, bike decorating and family ride, dog activities, horse-drawn historic tours, mill stories, one-day museum, food vendors, children’s carnival and ArtOrg steamroller printmaking. Full schedule at cityofdundas.org. JuneBug Music Festival

The Contented Cow, Northfield Occasional Jazz • 5-6:30pm Mainstream classic jazz of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and others in the same style. Why Not? • 7-8:30pm A three-piece band that covers hits from the ’50s to today, Why Not? is guaranteed to get everyone in the audience tapping their toes. With their tenacious ability to string songs together, they’re often referred to as a “human jukebox.” Why Not? brings great vocals and instrumentation – and a whole lot of fun – to every performance. Shoot Lucy • 9-10:30pm A Twin Cities-based rock band. Theater: Twelfth Night • 7pm

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Central Park, Northfield See theater page.

Little Theatre, Owatonna See theater page.

Mark Allen and the Key West Rejects • 8pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Mark Allen and a cast of talented musicians performing favorites from the likes of Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Foo Fighters and Buck Cherry, along with a repertoire of original tunes. More at thekeywestrejects.com. Shirts and Skins • 9:30pm-Close

Babe’s, Lakeville Shirts and Skins has performed at most of the major Midwest nightclubs and festivals. Combine high energy, an incredible stage presence and above average vocals and musicianship with what they call in the music business “the X factor” and you have one of the hottest young rising bands in the region. Sterns County 17 • 10pm

Spike’s, Faribault Top 40 country hits presented with an explosive rock and roll edge and a high-energy stage show.

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This is the time of year when Northfield’s #1 Fireworks Fundraiser, Danny Freeman, would’ve been asking for your help. In his memory, we’re keeping that tradition alive. Contributions can be made out to the 4th of July Committee and sent to Dan Freeman 4th of July Memorial Fireworks 408 Division Street, Northfield, MN 55057 or give online at danny4thfund.org

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June 12 - July 21 Opening Reception June 14, 7-9pm

THEATER IN THE PARK

“TWELFTH NIGHT” by William Shakespeare

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Performances on June 21, 22, 23, 27, 28 and 29. No matinee performances.

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JuneBug Music Festival (continued)

Sixth Annual Celebrate Dundas Community Festival

Dundas The second of a two-day event. See June 28 description. Riverwalk Market Fair • 9am-1pm

and the gorgeous-voiced Ann Fee. From Etta James to KISS – five decades of music delivered so that you can hear the band AND the person next to you. Rich Relations • 7-8:30pm Stone Soup • 9-10:30pm A hearty broth of rock and blues from a time when it hit you in the chest and lifted you straight up. Breathe the air, stir the pot, share the wine and start feeling fine. Skeleton Club • 11pm-12:30am Cedar Paddle • 5-8pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Classic rock, covers, folk and Jimmey Buffet.

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls An award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist from Bloomington. Meany is best known as the singer/keyboardist for the poprock group Terramara. He is also a versatile solo artist performing both original and popular songs in the styles of Elton John, Billy Joel, Ben Folds and Harry Connick Jr.

Theater: Twelfth Night • 7pm

JuneBug Music Festival

Theater: Jesus Christ Superstar • 7:30pm

The Contented Cow, Northfield New Moon Trio • 3-4:30pm 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. The Frye • 5-6:30pm You’ll hear eclectic pop, old country and fresh originals from this Mankato-based duo featuring a Neil Young-sounding Joe Tougas

Central Park, Northfield See theater page.

Theater: Best of Broadway and Film • 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page. Little Theatre, Owatonna See theater page.

Jelloslave • 7pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota An ensemble pairing cellos with drums, including tablas used in Sikh devotions. The Jelloslave sound, draws from the European classical tradition reflected in the cellos, the Hindustani classical rhythms of the tablas, and a continuum of international drumming styles. Jack Klatt • 8pm

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Tavern Lounge, Northfield In authentic troubadour tradition, Jack Klatt has traveled through the highways and bi-ways of America, Europe and Canada with his guitar. He entertains with his boisterous finger-picking style and whiskey-worn voice, continuing in the tradition of folks like Utah Phillips, Blind Willie MacTell and Townes Van Zandt. In 2011, with his band The Cat Swingers, Klatt released a critically acclaimed collaborative album with a number of veteran Minnesota legends including Spider John Koerner, Dakota Dave Hull, Cornbread Harris and Charlie Parr. Mississippi Roll has since garnered praise from California to the UK and has been featured on Minnesota Public Radio’s Heartland Radio and 89.3 The Current. Biggest Dance of the Summer • 8pm-12:30am

Northfield Armory 16+ dances. $10 cover. Bring ten friends and get in for free. Information at 612/462-3415. SUNDAY, JUNE 30 Theater: Best of Broadway and Film • 2pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page. Jagged Ease • 2-5pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Regulars on the Southern Minnesota music scene, Jaggedease is an acoustic duo playing originals and covering many genres from easy-going lounge to blues-driven ballads. More at jaggedease.com.

My songs always sound a lot better in person than they do on the record. ~ Bob Dylan

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RA N DA L L F E R G U S O N Classical Guitar ~ Flamenco Guitar ~ Renaissance Lute Studied with guitarists Michael Hauser, John Duarte and Carlos Barbosa-Lima. Has performed in flamenco clubs in Madrid, Spain, and in Mexico City, Veracruz and Merida, Mexico. He appeared on the Mexican Tonight Show, “Anoche,” on Mexican National Television. In addition to performing and private instruction, he is in his 37th year as music instructor in the Farmington school district. He also teaches several classes in world ethnomusicology and music history through the Department of Continuing Studies in the Graduate School of Hamline University, St. Paul. Ferguson lives in Northfield with his wife Audrey, Chow chows Teddy and Luti and Riley, the Manx cat. “In a combination recital/lecture/demonstration format, I play and talk about the history and evolution of the guitar, its design and music. Using both antique and modern instruments, my performance spans 500 years of acoustic guitar music. My repertoire ranges from Renaissance court music to the exciting syncopated dance rhythms of Spanish flamenco. In my program, I use several instruments, from Renaissance lute and vihuela to present day concert guitars. “My guitars date from 1785, 1830, 1855, and 1900 to present. They were top of the line concert instruments in their day, built by historically significant luthiers. In addition to being marvelous guitars, they are incredibly beautiful works of art. In a program, I generally use 12-15 instruments.” Upcoming gig: • A recital/lecture/demonstration at Rosemount United Methodist Church, June 12, 7 pm. For more: 507/581-0412 or rferguson@charter.net

S H O OT L U C Y Right from the get-go these Minneapolis-based boys will put a smile on your face. There is nothing fancy or pretentious here, just good ol’ American rock n roll poised with tongue firmly planted in cheek. Their Midwestern charm matched with clever wit and straight-ahead song structures recall the best works by early R.E.M., The Jayhawks and the Gin Blossoms. If you’re looking for strong independent rock with a jangly country edge and a sense of humor, Shoot Lucy is sure to satisfy. Upcoming gigs: • June 7, 8 pm – The Contented Cow, Northfield • June 28 – JuneBug Music Festival, The Contented Cow, Northfield More at: dave@shootlucy.com, shootlucy.com or 612/599-5478

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T H E LO N G S H OT S An energetic and progressive four-piece bluegrass band with 16 and 17 year-old members. Carl Sones (guitar, vocals), Sophie Galep (mandolin, fiddle, vocals), Helen Forsythe (banjo, vocals) and Gaby Regnier (bass) grew up immersed in music, with childhoods attending bluegrass festivals, music workshops and camps. The four came together to turn their music hobby into a band to share their talents with the bluegrass and roots music community in the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. Upcoming gigs: • Friday, May 31, 9:30pm, Minnesota Homegrown Kick-off Music Festival, Richmond, MN • Aug. 8-11, Minnesota Bluegrass and Old-Time Music Festival, Richmond, MN For more: Facebook or sophie.galep@gmail.com

I C A N TA N T I C H A M B E R C H O I R S After recently completing 25 years of making fine choral music in the Northfield area, I Cantanti Chamber Choirs are now gearing up for the next quarter century. The annual Nine Lessons and Carols Concert will be presented late this year in Northfield and Faribault. Founder, Wayne Kivell, continues to direct I Cantanti (mixed voices) and Le Donne (women’s voices). For more: icantanti-choirs.org

B I L L M c G R AT H McGrath is a Northfield vocalist, born and raised in Stillwater, who plays acoustic guitar and bass guitar. He does not write songs. He does not use picks. He does not make CDs. His goal is to re-create versions of the songs that helped him get through young adulthood, circa 1970. A successful gig, for him, is one in which audience members feel like one of the band. Bill plays with Bonnie and the Clydes and facilitates other types of live music events. Upcoming gigs: With Bonnie and the Clydes: • Saturday, June 22, The Contented Cow, Northfield • Thursday, Aug. 1, The Tavern Lounge, Northfield • Saturday, Aug. 10, The Contented Cow, Northfield For more: billmcgrath52@gmail.com or 507/645-7660

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JON MANNERS Back in November, I performed for the 411 Concert Series with John Gorka. That was one of the most memorable gigs I’ve ever played. The Northfield Arts Guild Theater is a great venue, as is The Paradise Theater in Faribault where I also had a show. I was at The Fine Line, The 331 Club, The Amsterdam Bar, Wild Tymes, Acadia and The Driftwood in the Twin Cities. I’ve written a good number of songs. I really like to have new material to work on, so I’ve been holed-up in my little recording studio, or my “man-cave” as Connie calls it. After all these years I’ve finally discovered that I’m most prolific during a full moon, especially when it comes to writing lyrics. Music generally keeps my head spinning. And then there’s my day-job at Custom Framing Studio. I manage to exercise, too, though I don’t get outside nearly enough. But, I’ve now got a chainsaw so that’ll be changing, or should I say “chainging?” Later this summer I’ll be reuniting with the band I played with back in the mid-’60s. I haven’t played with these guys in 45 years. The reunion will be in Norwalk, CT. We’ll be performing a lot of British Invasion numbers, which were prime fodder for our

songlist back in the day. I now have a paisley shirt, skinny tie and Beatle boots. I’m ready. My drummer, John E. Dotson, went on to play with The Boxtops, so I’m sure we’ll hit The Letter. Another song with a story is Younger Girl. My band was The Critters. We were opening act for The Lovin’ Spoonful and had been playing Younger Girl for at least a year before it came out on the radio and became a hit single. Everyone thought it was my band but it was the New Jersey group of the same name. We didn’t exactly deny it. We finally did change our name to The Sticky Wickets. It was all very amusing and probably led to a few good gigs. I’ve found these British Invasion numbers are fun, I’ll probably throw a few of them into my regular set, especially if anyone calls out for them. Friend me on Facebook. Spotify, anyone? My cds are at http://www.cdbaby.com/ cd/jonmanners Upcoming gigs: • June 1, 2-4pm – Morristown Festival More at: jonmanners.com/

T H E A G R OT H Bassoonist Thea Groth is an international orchestral, chamber and solo musician who has performed on stages throughout the United States, Canada and Brazil. Prior to her recent move to her hometown of Northfield, she performed regularly in the New York metropolitan area. In 2009, Groth made her Carnegie Hall debut alongside members of the Manhattan School of Music Chamber Sinfonia and the New York Philharmonic. Groth can be heard on the recording Passaggi with The Hartt School Wind Ensemble released on the Naxos Wind Band Classics label. Upcoming gigs: • June 21, 7-9pm – The HideAway Coffeehouse and Wine Bar, Northfield For more: Find her on Facebook

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D AV I D U L L M A N David Ullman According to No Depression, “David Ullman sings with a passion and clarity that belies his relative rookie status.” No Depression hails his latest album, Light the Dark, as “striking and sincere. Every track reflects the strength of an artist possessed, one benefiting from both confidence and craft. There’s nothing halfway or compromising about what Ullman does; he puts his all into every offering and the results bear that out, even on first hearing.” A moody mix of haunted hymns, blasphemous ballads and folk-rock redemption songs, Light the Dark was recently released in a limited-edition LP/CD combo package on Ullman’s own label, Dreaming Out Loud Records, and the singer-songwritter is currently plotting a summer tour – with confirmed dates in Akron (Ohio), New York City and Chicago. Building a devoted fan base one passionate, furrow-browed performance at a time, the now 33-year-old Ullman began playing clubs, coffeehouses and bars in and around Kent, Ohio, in 2005 while finishing college and working 12-hour nights in a plastics factory. He’s since left both factory and college life behind, relocating to Northfield and taking his tattered green Doc Martens and his bloodied, battered Martin guitar on the road.

Regardless of the setting, whether it’s opening for acts like Need To Breathe, Chelsea Crowell, Iris DeMent, Hamell On Trial or Rusted Root on theater and club stages; returning to his old stomping grounds to play in the Kent State Folk Festival; headlining his own annual gig in Ohio at Akron’s Musica; or a private house concert, Ullman’s most valuable asset is his ability to relate to an audience. Listeners easily identify with the extreme highs, the obliterating lows and the hazy in-betweens reflected in his songs. Slightly gravelly vocals, which crescendo from the barest whisper to a barely-controlled roar, lend Ullman’s earnest and raw confessions a grace and sincerity rarely found in today’s music. “For me,” he says, “even though I might sing about intense, sad-sounding subjects, the goal is always to transcend the darkness by giving voice to it. It’s catharsis. I don’t usually sing songs when I’m happy. I guess you could say I sing sad songs to get happy.” Upcoming gigs: • Aug. 15 – Musica, Akron, OH • Aug. 16 – The Living Room, New York, NY • Aug. 17 – The Elbow Room, Chicago, IL More at: www.davidullman.net; download a track from Light to Dark at noisetrade.com/davidullman (click on the album image).

THE ZILLIONAIRES Wendy Smith and The Zillionaires have played together since 2001 or was it 2002? It’s been a while. We come from a variety of Minnesota bands. roots, blues, country and rock and roll – a night with The Zillionaires covers a lot of musical territory. We play originals and covers – just don’t expect a lot of top 40 or hits of yesteryear. Top 40 and pop hits are AOK – we just don’t play them much. Parties, clubs, shows, special events. See us in Minneapolis, Northfield, or a town near you. More at: facebook.com/thezillionairesmusic or thezillionaires@gmail.com

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P OT L U C K A N D T H E H OT D I S H E S Potluck and the Hot Dishes made their debut in 2010 at an artist’s studio in Northfield. Sweetly melodic, Potluck delivers a blend of urban-folk, pop and alt-country with soaring three-part harmonies. Carolyn Buzza, Tim Buzza and Terra Widdifield are classically trained singers who belt out driving toe-tappers and croon heart-rending ballads. Instrumentals include Tim on guitar, Steve Botts on bass, Hayden Grooms on drums and Terra on banjo, harmonica and if you’re lucky, the accordion.True to their “Potluck” namesake, when the band performs, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Steve Botts has played music with friends for 20 years, and his 1976 Les Paul has been gently weeping since he picked up the bass for Potluck and Hot Dishes. When not hugging trees as an environmental scientist, he explores the wilds of the Midwest with wife Lisa and son Campbell. Carolyn Buzza is married to Mr. Potluck and mother to two mini-hot dishes. She has sung in choirs all her life but this is her first time in a band. She jokes that joining Potluck is her mid-life crisis. By day Carolyn works at the University of Minnesota, raising money for health-related research and education.

L E F T- H A N D E D E N T E R TA I N M E N T Left-Handed Entertainment – the great music cheerleader of Southern Minnesota. With so much amazing talent in this region, there has to be somebody who can organize an event and put that talent in the best possible light. We bring you great tribute shows at Northfield’s Contented Cow: Dylanfest, The Northfield Beatles Tribute, Cows, Colleges and Satisfaction – A Tribute to the Rolling Stones and the Neil Young event – Down By the River. We’re very excited about our Johnny Cash Tribute project. We’ve partnered with the Paradise Center for the Arts and Grampa Al’s in Faribault to bring you something very special. Beginning June 6, every Thursday night we’ll present Paradise Live at Grampa Al’s. Two to three bands will play each week. During their 45-minute sets, we’ll ask them to play three Johnny Cash songs, and from that group we’ll select eight bands to play at the Paradise’s Tribute to the Man in Black, Oct. 12. More at: rich@left-handedentertainment.com

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Tim Buzza grew up in central Illinois and started his first band at 12. He is a Minneapolis Public School music teacher and composes music for an internet gaming company. He is married to a hot dish and is also the band’s cook (no hot dish). Hayden Grooms’ first pro gig was at 13, as a fill-in drummer at the Keystone Tap in Davenport, IA. Since then he has played it all: country, metal, punk, jazz, alternative and rock. Hayden, his rock star wife and two music-loving kids are giving the Partridge family a run for their money. Hayden is a video production consultant. Terra Widdifield quickly put her music degree to use by joining a local trip-hop band. (Hers was the first harp to grace the stage at Lee’s Liquor Lounge.) Now, when not explaining how Potluck and the Hot Dishes got its name, Terra works in music administration at St. Olaf College and tends to a small and earnest poodle. Upcoming gigs: • July 27, 7-9pm – The Contented Cow, Northfield • Aug. 19, 7pm – Music and Movies at the Bandshell, Cannon Falls More at: Facebook, potluckandthehotdishes.com or potluckandthehotdishes@gmail.com

PRAI RI E DOG FIGHT CLU B Prairie Dog Fight Club is a “Dad Band” (except that one of them is a mom). A bunch of middle-aged fogies playing mostly classic rock, blues and country covers. There are two rules in this band: 1.) It has to be fun, and 2.) It can’t suck. Those rules apply both for the band and the audience. PDFC was started by three early ’90s St. Olaf alums (Travis Penrod, Rich Larson, Kate Pehrson), who were soon joined by a masterful rhythm section (David Card, Dave Damme) from Prior Lake. A little while later, they were able to talk a heavy metal guitar hero (Jason Swick) into slowing down enough to play with them. Finally, they found their finishing touch – a Northfield gentleman farmer (Ed Treinen) who seems to have been born with a harmonica in his hand. This is a band with wisdom under its belt. They play for the fun of playing first and foremost, and that translates from the stage to everyone else in the room. Upcoming gigs: • July 19 – Rice County Fair, Faribault • July 20 – the Lakefront Music Festival, Prior Lake More at: Facebook: Prairie Dog Fight Club or rich@left-handedentertainment.com

D AV I D K . M I L L E R Pianist. After a career teaching music and performing in Oregon, Miller returned to his native Minnesota and discovered the rich music scene in Northfield. Just in the last month, he played piano with the I Cantanti Chamber Choirs at their 25th Anniversary Concert, with University of Minnesota violinist Can Canbolat at Skinner Chapel, and with his duo partner Richard Collman performed the final program of the Staples Motley Arts Council 2012-13 concert season.

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David is available to play elegant music for weddings, receptions, parties and business events. He offers a large repertoire, portable equipment if needed and reasonable rates. More at: musicmanmiller@charter.net, 507/301-3316

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S HAU NA BREYER Shauna Breyer, Northfield, recorded her first EP with noted producer Micky James in New York last year. James wrote and produced all the songs for the popular TV show Criss Angel Mindfreak as well as his show in Las Vegas in the Luxor titled, Believe. She has received phone calls asking her to audition for next season from the XFactor and America’s Got Talent after her videos were viewed on YouTube. Upcoming gigs: • June 15, 12 noon – Faribault Heritage Celebration, Faribault • Aug. 2, 7:30pm – Cancer Stroll, Rice County Fairgrounds, Faribault More at: reverbnation.com/shaunabreyer facebook.com/pages/Shauna-Breyer-fan-page/222918081079636 youtube.com/user/Shaunabreyermusic

K I L DA H L A N D VO N D E R H A R R , working without a net Kildahl and Vonderharr were the 2012 champions of the Minnesota International Blues Challenge competition in the duo category. Kit Kildahl and Steve Vonderharr have played blues music in Minnesota for more than 30 years. In 2011 the pair combined their talents to form a Maxwell Street style blues duo. The combination produced a tasteful and original sound due to their individual mastery of several blues styles. Their musical sensibilities require that they challenge each other to perform each song with a renewed sense of energy and spontaneity that engages the audience and satisfies the soul. More at: reverbnation.com/kildahlvonderharr or boomstevev@aol.com

M A N I TO U R E G I M E N TA L B R A S S B A N D Civil War-era brass music – Comprised of St. Olaf students, MRBB converted their Scandinavian style into a revival of the brass field bands that played during the War Between the States, and added a rope tension drum. They’ve performed at the Fort Snelling Minnesota Historical Society Civil War Conference, the Northfield Library Centennial and at Fort Ripley, for the opening of the Minnesota Historical Society’s Civil War Exhibit. More at: www.vintagebandfestival.org/manitou-regimental-brass-band

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C A N N O N VA L L E Y REGIONAL ORCH ESTRA CVRO is part of the Northfield Arts Guild family, drawing its members from the south metro area. Each year they perform a repertoire of concerts that include classical symphonic works, compositions by area composers, children’s concerts, festivals and balls. They’ve performed with vocal soloists, choral ensembles, the Cannon Valley Youth Orchestra, I Cantanti Choir and the String Fever Bluegrass Band. Upcoming gigs: • Oct. 25-26 –Sheldon Theater, Red Wing • Dec. 14-15, – Northfield Middle School/Kenyon High School • March 1-2, 2014 – UCC Church Northfield/St. Ansgar’s Church, New Prague • May 3-4, 2014 – St. John’s Church, Northfield/St. Ansgar’s Church, Cannon Falls More at: www.cvrorchestra.org

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Alison Rae began her music career when her band was signed to a label in Memphis at the age of 18. After touring the country for four years and two records later, Rae returned to her roots in Minnesota, and began working on a solo career. She sang on two Lifescapes Lullaby Records for Target Stores produced by friend and fellow musician Tim Frantzich. In 2007, Rae independently released her first solo record Birds, featuring such luminaries as John Munson (bass) of Semi Sonic fame, Joe Savage (pedal steel player/Prairie Home Companion), Peter Ostroushko (mandolin), Tim Frantzich and Noah Levy (drums).

once a month show at the Tavern Lounge, also in Northfield.

She has performed and was interviewed on both The Morning Show and the Local Show on MPR’s 89.3 The Current and played many Twin Cities venues including The Fine Line, The Dakota, The Varsity Theater, Pantages Theater, Bryant Lake Bowl Theater, The Turf Club, Cafe Barbette, 331 Club, 400 Bar and The Cedar Cultural Center. She has played many times at the Contented Cow in Northfield, as well as a

Rae lives in Northfield with her husband, Steven, and her son, August. She cooks at Just Food Co-op, Northfield and at Carleton College’s Nutting House.

Rae just released a new EP I wrote you a letter, her most personal and courageous work to date. Rae recorded and co-produced I wrote you a letter with her cousin Peter Miller of We are the Willows, and Jeremiah Satterthwaite. Together they played almost all the instruments on the recording except for strings (arranged by Peter), and pedal steel (Luke Jacobs of Austin, Texas). You can hear her single, Hide and Seek, played on the Local Current...or better yet, call and request it.

“The Twin Cities music scene is propped up by an army of young songwriters with old souls… One of the most arresting is Alison Rae. Her talent has instantly hushed the room.” Jim Walsh More at: alisonrae.bandcamp.com/

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SWEET JAZ Z The name says it all. Sweet Jazz is based in Northfield and has been performing locally for parties, celebrations and special events since 2006, starting back then with just Christina Schwietz doing vocals and Peter Webb on piano in an exploration of jazz vocal standards. From those beginnings they expanded to include David Miller on drums, flugelhorn, melodica and several bass players: currently Bruce Jensen. Over time they have built a large repertoire of songs – mainly from the jazz world – in many different styles, including originals by their pianist, Peter Webb. Upcoming gigs: • June 7, 7-9pm – The HideAway Wine Bar and Coffeehouse, Northfield More at: math.umn.edu/~webb/SweetJazz/

RICE COU NTY ROOSTERS The birds have flown the coop. Or so it may have seemed over the past year with the members of the Rice County Roosters. With the primary membership focusing their creative chops in crafting some of the best country music the planet has seen in decades via other projects, the collective that is the Roosters has never sounded stronger. The main faces from stand-out original country acts Hutch, Little Omar, The Steve Delwiche Band, and Wesley Church and the Fabulous Vanguards make the Roosters look like a young, southern Minnesotan version of The Highwaymen to many. The band hopes to capitalize on this promise with their debut record (tentatively titled Cock n’ Roll) due out in 2014 on Rice County Records. Upcoming gigs: • May 31, 10pm – St. Olaf Reunion Weekend Tent, Bridge Square, Northfield More at: Facebook.com/ricecountyroosters

RED HOU S E RECORDS BARN FEST Red House Records celebrates its 30th anniversary at the fifth annual Barnfest Music Festival in Red Wing on Aug. 3, 1-7:30pm. Kids 12 and under are free and this ultra-family-friendly affair includes KIDFEST, a separate set of performances and activities in the air-conditioned barn plus splash area, kiddie pools and hoses to cool off young and old alike. And everybody will enjoy performers such as John Gorka, Michael Johnson, Tracy Grammer, Peter Ostroushko, Chastity Brown, The Roe Family Singers, Molly Maher, Eric Peltoniemi and more. More at: redhouserecords.com/barnfest.html

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T H E V I N TA G E B A N D F E S T I VA L In 2006 a festival was held in Northfield that brought the music of the past alive and attracted 10,000 people. In 2010 it happened again and featured 25 bands giving 100 concerts, drawing musicians – and audiences – from across the globe. This year –2013 – it’s back, Aug. 1 to 4. This internationally acclaimed celebration honors the music and instruments of a bygone era, and showcases vintage-style bands in outdoor locations throughout Northfield. Watch for updates on an event that’s become a Northfield tradition in future issues of the Entertainment Guide or go to their website for a full schedule and more. Upcoming gigs: • Aug. 1-4 – Headquartered out of Northfield (in the Entertainment Guide offices on Bridge Square) and making music across many communities including Cannon Falls, Chatfield, Faribault, Kenyon, New Prague, Owatonna and Red Wing. More at: Vintagebandfestival.org vintagebandfestival@gmail.org

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R E L AT I V I T Y Voted one of Northfield’s best bands by readers of this magazine, Relativity is known for power harmonies by twin sisters Linda Wilson and Sandy Jensen (who also plays mandolin, harmonica and percussion) and the solid guitar playing and bluesy vocals of Toby Jensen. Relativity plays contemporary songs from artists such as The Lumineers, The Civil Wars and the Avett Brothers as well as older classic rock favorites by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, the Indigo Girls and Damien Rice. Upcoming gigs: July 20, 8-11 pm, The Tavern Lounge, Northfield July 27, 5-8 pm, Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Aug. 17, 5-8 pm, Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Aug. 31, 8-11 pm, The Tavern Lounge, Northfield Sept. 21, 1-4 pm, Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Sept. 28, 8-11 pm, The Tavern Lounge, Northfield For more: relativitytheband.com/ facebook.com/relativitymusic or 507/301-9736

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B O O M B O O M ST E V E V A N D T H E K N O C KO U T S “Steve Vonderharr is a blues player with heart. He plays and sings with the kind of passion and character that is rarely displayed by musicians of any persuasion. Steve V’s harmonica work is both assertive and sensitive, seamlessly moving through a range of emotion and skill. His playful demeanor and his compassion for people and music make him a class act.” – Kurt Koehler, editor/publisher, Twin Cities Blues News Upcoming gigs: • May 31, 8-11 pm – Kildahl, Vonderharr & Pengra Trio – Grand Kabaret, New Ulm • June 7 – Willow River Blues Festival with Reverend Raven and the CSAB

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Northfield’s Laura MacKenzie: Celtic Music Wizard You cannot be much more of a “townie” than Laura MacKenzie, even though she left Northfield for a while before returning in 2011 to live on the same street where she grew up. Laura’s roots here are strong: Her paternal grandfather Kenneth J. McKenzie (the spelling was changed to MacKenzie by Laura’s father, Donald) was the only Northfield mayor elected to three successive terms and her maternal grandfather, Thomas E. Rankin, was a distinguished Carleton College English professor. Her parents, Don and Marian MacKenzie, ran a well-known Northfield gift shop on Division Street, called MacKenzie’s, for more than 25 years. Laura has been making a distinctive mark on the local music scene while continuing her career of accomplishments beyond her hometown. After meeting Laura a couple years ago, I started taking note of references to her that were popping up in the media. The Star Tribune called her a “Celtic music wizard” who is “one of the Land of Lakes’ best-known exponents of pan-Celtic culture on flutes, whistles, bagpipes, concertina and vocals.” I saw regular news items about her appearances at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, known as one of the best world music venues. Last year she was awarded a $25,000 McKnight Fellowship to pursue her musical passions. I knew of her talent, and her sheer joy in sharing her love of music, from going to Traditional Irish Music Sessions, which she organized soon after she moved back to Northfield. They were held first at the Contented Cow, then Hogan Brothers and now are at the Rueb ‘N’ Stein (503 Division St.) every Wednesday night from 7 to 9 p.m. Musicians and listeners come to enjoy “jigs, reels, airs, the occasional song, good spirits and good company,” as the gatherings are described in the Entertainment Guide. Laura told me participants learn from each other by paying attention to what the others are playing: “They make notes and they go home and learn the tunes and come back – that’s just exactly what it’s all about.”

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Clockwise from left: Laura MacKenzie with pipes, concertina and gemshorn on settee from MacKenzie’s Gifts; with wooden mid-19th century style flute; and her senior photo, Northfield High class of 1969.

Laura (known as Laurie in her youth) started playing flute in fourth grade at Washington Elementary School, taught by band director Jim Anderson in what she remembers as a “chilly, dark, kind of dank basement” of the school. Choir and madrigals were also important to her in junior high and high school, under Yosh Murakami (an inspiration to many students from 1951 to 1968). “Yosh was very charismatic,” Laura said. “We all just loved him, would do just anything for him and sang well for him.” She also played flute in both the band under Russell Pesola and the orchestra under Paul Stoughton in high school. All in all, she had “wonderful, wonderful musical experiences” in Northfield schools. Her Scottish heritage was not emphasized as she was growing up. In fact, Laura didn’t realize until she was in college that the Rankin name on her mother’s side of the family was Scottish. She did know the MacKenzie name was Scottish, of course, and she got a somewhat odd reminder of that from her father, Don MacKenzie, one Christmas in the 1960s. He gave her an envelope with $50 in cash with a note that it was “For bagpipes.” Since they had never talked about her playing bagpipes and Scottish music was not heard much amidst the Scandinavian songs more common to Northfield, Laura accepted the money politely but was “kind of embarrassed by this present.” It was not until after her father died in 1971 that

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Left (l to r): Anna Vasquez, Carolyn Boulay and Laura MacKenzie as the Supremes in Lorie Line’s Pop Chamber Orchestra, c. 2004. Above (l-r): Sean O’Driscoll, Frank McCourt and Laura MacKenzie in McCourt’s “Irish Stew” at St. Paul’s History Theatre, 1992.

“Something snapped for me and now I play at least a half a dozen different types of bagpipes and never looked back.” After Laura graduated from Northfield High School in 1969, she went to Beloit College in Wisconsin with a double major in classical music and anthropology. Beloit had a system where students took a term of four months off to work somewhere in a field connected with their major. Laura went to Scotland because her sister, Rhoda (a Carleton College graduate), was living there. Laura worked in the traditional music archives of the University of Edinburgh School of Scottish Studies and found herself “stunned” by the traditions found at “this treasure trove of field recordings of traditional singers and pipers and fiddlers and Gaelic speakers.” Through her work Laura was able to meet “some real traditional Scottish musicians,” including an elderly piper that her supervisor took her to meet at the end of a long, narrow, “kind of mysterious” alleyway not far from the Edinburgh Castle. She took lessons from him “on the practice chanter for the highland pipes,” an instrument for learning piping techniques for the Scottish highland pipes. He introduced her to the classical music, called pibroch, as well as marches and reels and jigs. Laura said she was “enthralled with my lessons and I loved it so much that I went back to Beloit and wanted to dedicate my recital to this pipe major, George Stoddart.” Her approach to music had changed and she “wasn’t so keen” on being a musician in the Western classical sense, which created a falling out with the music professors at Beloit. So Laura cancelled her recitals for the music major and spent time finishing up a degree in anthropology. But her studies of anthropology and music brought her to the study of ethnomusicology, the anthropology of music, which “made me think about the context I wanted to practice music in, in my own community.” After graduation from Beloit, Laura spent half her time in Northfield to be with her widowed mother, Marian, and half her time in St. Paul where she found others who shared her passion for traditional music. In Northfield she worked for S. Eugene Bailey,

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In St. Paul, an old Irish pub called O’Gara’s hosted Irish music sessions a couple times a week, presided over by Martin McHugh, a musician who had emigrated from Ireland in the 1950s. “He taught us tunes and how to play for dancers,” said Laura, and she and others who were “hooked” on this music formed an Irish dance band called the Northern Star Céilí with McHugh. Laura played flute, Irish style wooden flute and tin whistles with the band from 1976 to 1983 in dance halls around the upper Midwest, helping spark a revival of this form. She also studied Irish step dancing herself.

In the mid-’70s, Laura and her group of friends decided to go to Ireland “to see if we were getting this music right.” Every year or so Laura (with or without companions) would “save up all my pennies and take a backpack and a tent and a sleeping bag and go over for a few months just for the music,” hitchhiking from place to place. Laura said she was just “compelled to do this” in order to play with musicians at their sessions and she called it a “golden period of time, really wonderful.” She was able to learn from many musicians “that are considered legendary in the history of Irish music,” most of whom are now deceased. In 1984, Laura worked as a production assistant for Garrison Keillor’s show Prairie Home Companion for a year and could have continued working for National Public Radio, but “I wasn’t interested in becoming a lifer there.” She wanted to be able to concentrate on her music and impending motherhood, as she and then-husband, musician Dean Magraw, were expecting their son Dugan. Motherhood and music worked out well, with Dugan going along with her to many kinds of musical events and with Laura’s mother Marian helping out with her grandson. By this time, Marian MacKenzie was Marian Rolvaag, since she had reconnected with Karl Rolvaag at their 50th Northfield High School reunion in 1981 and married the former Minnesota governor in 1982. MacKenzie’s Gifts was closed and the couple resided in northern Minnesota before returning to Northfield a few years later, before Rolvaag’s death in 1990. Laura said that Karl Rolvaag by that time had gotten through rough patches in his life, was still a beloved politician and was a great stepfather for her and a wonderful grandfather for her young son, as well. Laura said, with a laugh, “I got to be half-Norwegian for a few years.” (Laura’s mother died in Northfield in 2003.) Laura’s talents have provided her with many unique professional opportunities. In 1985, she was selected to be in the original concert series in New York City called “Cherish the Ladies,” which featured noted women in Irish music in America. In 1992, Laura performed for several months with Sean O’Driscoll (currently a member of the Irish Rovers) and Frank McCourt in Irish Stew at

Clockwise from upper left: “Laura and the Lads” – Michael Bissonnette, Laura MacKenzie and Gary Rue; Laura MacKenzie and Dáithí Sproule; Andrea Stern performs with Laura MacKenzie as “Willow Brae”; “Ross and MacKenzie” – Ross Sutter and Laura MacKenzie.

the History Theatre in St. Paul. The work was made up of portions of what came to be published as McCourt’s Pulitzer Prize winning book Angela’s Ashes. In 1996, Laura produced the music and performed as a musician in the onstage cast of She Stoops to Conquer at the famed Guthrie Theater. Laura told me that was the “best job I’ve ever had, for the wonder of working so closely and for so long with that level of professional artistry.” From 1997 until 2005, Laura did extensive touring with Lorie Line’s Pop Chamber Orchestra. It was a time of Riverdance, of jumping on the “Celtic bandwagon,” and Laura said she was hired “as kind of a novelty/specialty act in her ensemble, playing pipes and some whistle and flute.” Laura found that she was adept at theatrical choreography and what Laura calls “stunt piping,” as she made her way through throngs on stage. Vast sums of money were spent on “fantastic costumes,” with frequent changes of clothing, jewelry, wigs and shoes. “I learned how to run in stiletto heels as well as dance in them,” Laura told me.

The project closest to her heart of late has involved producing the CD The Master’s Choice, which had its launch on May 17 at the Celtic Junction in St. Paul. The CD features her mentor in Irish music, Martin McHugh, playing traditional Irish music on button accordion with Laura on flute, whistle and concertina and Dáithí Sproule of the Irish super group Altan on guitar. Laura said she has been thrilled to be able to honor McHugh in this way for his role in sustaining traditional Irish music in Minnesota, as well as for inspiring her life’s work.

Laura has been given many awards and honors, including recognition as a Master Folk Artist by the Minnesota State Arts Board (1998), receiving a Bush Foundation Fellowship in Traditional and Ethnic Performing Arts (2009) and winning a 2012-2013 McKnight Artists Fellowship for Performing Musicians. Out of the 94 soloists and ensembles who applied for the McKnight, four of the seven finalists were awarded $25,000 to support their careers on the basis of performances in front of a panel last year. Laura said she “pulled out all the stops” to demonstrate her versatility on wooden flute, tin whistle, concertina, Scottish smallpipes and border pipes. She also sang, did some pieces accompanied by piano, percussion and guitar, talked a bit about traditional music, “all within 20 minutes. I worked h-a-a-a-a-rd during that 20 minutes!” she said. Laura made use of some of her McKnight funds on a recent trip to Ireland and Scotland. In Ireland she attended a flute meeting of 48 wooden flute players in a small village in West County Cork, with five master musicians of different styles giving presentations and classes. Even traditional music does not stay static, Laura told me, as playing styles are still evolving. It was exciting for her to learn firsthand from the players things which can’t be taken from recordings or YouTube. She also went to the Lowland Border and Piper Society annual meeting in Scotland. One of the few Scottish smallpipe players in Minnesota, Laura enjoyed the chance to get “kind of refreshed” with these players.

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Laura presents concerts, programs and workshops at festivals, schools and other community venues, both as soloist and with others. She has duo programs with Gary Rue, Dáithí Sproule, Ross Sutter (as Ross & MacKenzie), and performs as Laura MacKenzie and the Lads, Willow Brae (with harpist Andrea Stern) and Northern Gael (with Sutter and Danielle Enblom). Laura’s partner, Gary Rue, is on the faculty of McNally Smith College of Music and has an impressive musical background, as well. He is a performer, composer, songwriter, creator of more than 70 musicals for theater and was music director of Hall of Fame singer/ songwriter Gene Pitney from 1986-2006. He is known locally for playing in the rock group Sleepers. Laura said his playing guitar with her is “quite a departure from the music he spent his life cultivating,” and it was a challenge at first, but “now people are re64 Years of Quality Bakery in Northfield

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ally impressed with the unique quality that he brings to this type of music.” The couple really enjoys and appreciates all types of music. Laura gives lessons on an array of wind instruments at her office/ studio at Celtic Junction in St. Paul (thecelticjunction.com), which has become a community hub for Celtic traditional music since its founding in 2009, and in her Northfield home. Tracks of songs can be heard and CDs ordered from her website lauramackenzie.com, which also has biographical information, pictures and a schedule of Laura’s upcoming performances this summer in Minnesota (Cannon Falls, Bloomington, St. Paul, Hovland, Hokah, Red Wing and Rochester), Wisconsin (Danbury and Bayfield), Ohio (Dublin) and Vermont (Huntington). Laura returned to live in Northfield for the “quality of life of the home base,” at a time when she still has the “strength and energy to keep bouncing all over with my career” while also becoming “a contributing member” of her hometown. She appreciates the many cultural advantages of living in a town with two colleges, Carleton and St. Olaf, which are “so open and welcoming” to collaboration with the community. And she loves being able to go out and about “without fear, for the most part,” having lived before in parts of the Twin Cities where “I would run from my car to my back door.” She said, “My first few months in Northfield, every day I could feel that the built-up layers of the city defense shell were cracking and shedding and falling into the streets as I would go for walks. A wonderful feeling.” And it is wonderful for Northfield to have the “Celtic music wizard” back home.

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Laura MacKenzie’s Roots in Northfield Run Deep This notice appeared in the Northfield News of Sept. 21, 1895: “K.J. McKenzie, Veterinary Surgeon, Graduate of Ontario Veterinary College. Office at Dr. Dodd’s old stand.” Laura MacKenzie’s paternal grandfather was back in Northfield to stay.

Isabella’s Nova Scotia roots were “very significant” to her. Laura said, “I was literally moved to tears and I sang for her a song in Scots Gaelic at her grave, as I am certain she would have come to Minnesota with that language still with her.”

According to his obituary, Dr. McKenzie was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1868 and had moved with his parents, Daniel and Belle (Isabella) McKenzie, to Northfield at the age of nine, attended schools here, then returned to Canada to veterinary college before heading back to Minnesota for good. In 1903, McKenzie was appointed to the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, the same year he married Mabel Bierman Budd. He served 12 years on the city council and was the only one of 24 mayors in Northfield’s history to be elected mayor for three successive terms. In a salute to “Doc” on the 50th anniversary of his arrival in town, the Northfield News of Sept. 20, 1945, noted that “this scrappy Scotchman” had “returned to active practice serving Northfield community farmers during an acute wartime shortage of veterinarians.” He was thanked “for the constructive service that you have rendered,” with hopes that he could be “granted a bill of good health for another decade a least.” But it was not to be. McKenzie died Jan. 30, 1946, at the age of 77.

Laura’s maternal grandfather, Thomas Rankin, was a professor of rhetoric at the Univ. of Michigan who came to Carleton as a professor of English in 1928, when Laura’s mother Marian was 13. Rankin was a distinguished faculty member, serving as head of the department for 14 years until his retirement in 1946. A noted scholar and critic in English and American literature, he also authored a dozen successful textbooks before his death in 1953. Marian Rankin married K.J. McKenzie’s son Donald McKenzie (who later changed the spelling to MacKenzie) in 1936. A decade later, they became co-owners of the Valet Dry Cleaners in Northfield with Don’s brother Lauren (Lauren was killed in a hunting accident in 1953).

Laura has done some tracking of her McKenzie roots in Canada and is particularly inspired and thrilled by the knowledge that Scots Gaelic would have been the main language of her ancestors because she is “very interested in the language in the musical sense.” In the course of researching the songs, music and dance of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Laura was able to locate Dr. K.J. McKenzie’s parents’ marriage records in Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, and these records led her to visit the extremely rural area of Canada where her great-grandparents, Daniel and Isabella, were born. She later found their graves near Rush City, Minn. (Chisago County) in a very rural cemetery. Laura had to scrape the sod off to read Isabella’s gravestone and was amazed to see the words “Born in Nova Scotia” appear, since it is “extremely rare” to see a birthplace on a gravestone. So, Laura believes that

Don and Marian MacKenzie bought the gift shop of Marie and Barbara Piesinger at 405 Division St. in January of 1957. By this time, Rhoda, Janet and Laura had been born and grew up with their last name on display in the store’s name: MacKenzie’s Gifts. Laura remembers helping with “stamping the receipt books and making bows for gift wrapping on a hand-cranked machine. It was wonderful having a sort of home away from home downtown.” Laura said her parents had “amazingly eclectic tastes” and remembers sales of fine china and flatware, cards and candles, exotic teas and spices, incense and other goods from a connection in India, modern teak products and Whitman’s candies. Many Northfielders tell her they remember “with sparkling eyes going into the store as children to select a beautiful little china figurine” from a case near the front of the store, for themselves or as a gift. Laura said growing up with the MacKenzie’s shop gave her an “especially strong foundational connection to Northfield which would last, and draw me back.”

Clockwise from left: Laura MacKenzie’s paternal grandfather Kenneth McKenzie was a veterinarian and three times mayor of Northfield; MacKenzie’s Gifts was at 405 Division St. Laura’s father, Don, hand cut the wooden letters at home; Don and Marian MacKenzie, Laura MacKenzie’s parents; Laura MacKenzie’s maternal grandfather, Thomas E. Rankin, was a noted Carleton professor.

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Take in the Cultural Scene – Vintage Band Festival 2013 Cultural influences from all over the world contributed to the rich history of American brass bands. Attendees of this summer’s Vintage Band Festival will hear this richness expressed through the performances of a number of ethnic bands, including several from Minnesota. Here’s a look at some of those bands participating in the Aug. 1-4 festival: The Brass Messengers started as a street band playing the music of the Caribbean and Balkans (brassmessengers.com/). This Minneapolis-based band is well-known for its lively performances and its involvement in the Heart of the Beast May Day Parade. “Our music of choice is anything that fits in the twisted brass tubing, from originals to covers from around the globe, as long as it makes a joyful noise.” The entertainment band tradition of klezmer, secular Jewish music that originated in Eastern Europe, will be represented at the Vintage Band Festival by the Klezmerica band of the Twin Cities. Also known as the Frozen Chosen, Klezmerica has played all over the United States, in Canada and Israel (frozenchozen.com/). Traditional Mexican music styles of mariachi and banda also have influenced the American brass band sound. Minneapolisbased Mariachi mi Tierra has performed widely around the country, and at events closer to home, like Minnesota

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

Check out The Great Southern Minnesota Music & History Tour!

June Gigs 8 Foot 4 ��20 – Babe’s Ben Aaron �� 7 – Tavern Acoustic Jam Session ��Tuesdays – Cow Ian Thomas Alexy �� 6 – Tavern Mark Allen and the Key West Rejects ��28 – Tavern American Road House ��15 – Shenanigans Martin Anderson and the Goods ��8, 27 – Cow Ashes for April ��1 – Cannon River Winery Average Janes �� 22 – Cannon River Winery Taylor Robert Baggott �� 1 – Cow Lou and Peter Berryman ��7 – Crossings Bonnie and the Clydes ��22 – Cow Chris Brooks ��15 – Spike’s Mark Cameron Band ��1 – Smokin’ In Steele Cedar Paddle �� 29 – Cannon River Winery Paul Christian �� 1 – Prairie Pond Vineyard The Eastside Collective ��26 – Cow Brooke Ellis ��2 – Cannon River Winery Randall Ferguson ��12 – Rosemount United Methodist Church Joe Fessler �� 8 – Tavern The Frye ��29 – Cow Gel �� 8 – Grampa Al’s Gottadidat �� 19 – Odd Fellows Park, Northfield Mark Grim ��7 – Hogan Brothers, 15 – Cow Matthew Griswold ��13 – Tavern Thea Groth ��20 – HideAway Hicktown Mafia ��20 – Spike’s Jagged Ease �� 20 – Cannon River Winery Jelloslave ��29 – Crossings Jensen and Bugge ��11 – Cow

Jivin’ Ivan and the �� 15 – Signature Kings of Swing 20 – Central Park, Faribault Billy Johnson ��27 – Tavern Kickstart ��7 – Babe’s Jack Klatt ��29 – Tavern Paul Klein and Friends �� 1 – Cow Carey Langer ��27 – Cow Locklin Road ��1 – Cannon River Winery Long Time Gone Bluegrass Band �� 27 – Central Park, Faribault Charlie Maguire 7 – Faribault American Legion Rob Meany ��15 – Tavern 29 – Cannon River Winery Sasha Mercedes �� 1 – Tavern 23 – Cannon River Winery Minnesota Opera ��16 – , Shattuck Mother Banjo ��14 – Tavern My Drunk Uncle ��8 – Shenanigans New Moon Trio ��14, 29 – Cow Northern Roots Session ��Mondays – Cow Northfield Community Band ��Thursdays – Bridge Square North of Nowhere ��20 – Cow Occasional Jazz ��28 – Cow Optimum Trajectory ��1 – HideAway , 15 – Cow Outtakes ��7 – Spike’s Ova Yonder �� 5 – Rueb, 14 – Cow The Over and Back Band 16 – Heritage Festival Paradise Comm Band �� 12 – Heritage Festival Barb Piper ��20 – Tavern Pop Rocks �� 15 – Heritage Festival Rich Prenier ��20 – Tavern

Pull Start Diesel �� 1 – Paradise Center Traditional Irish Session ��Wednesdays – Rueb Kelly Richey ��1 – Smokin’ In Steele Rich Relations ��29 – Cow Roadhouse 6 ��14 – Babe’s Justin Roberts ��12 – Central Park, Northfield Rockfist �� 1 – Grampa Al’s Rock Godz ��22 – Shenanigans Jerry Rodes Band ��1 – Shenanigans Garnet Rogers ��20 – Crossings Seasoned Singers ��7 – Northfield Senior Center Shirts and Skins ��28 – Babe’s Shoot Lucy ��7, 28 – Cow Skeleton Club ��29 – Cow Sterns County 17 ��28 – Spike’s Sticks-n-Tones ��26 – Spring Creek Park, Northfield Stone Soup ��29 – Cow Sweet Jazz ��7 – HideAway Daniel Switch �� 22 – Cannon River Winery Toaster Fork! ��27 – Cow treVeld ��8 – Cannon River Winery Unbroken ��8 – Spike’s Uncle Chunk �� 14 – Heritage Festival Wake-Robin ��22 – Bittersweet Andrew Walesch ��15, 16 – Cannon Riv Winery Jason Weisman ��8 – Cannon River Winery Whoops-a-Daisy �� 14 – Prairie Pond Vineyard Tony Williams ��9 – Cannon River Winery Why Not? ��22 – Tavern , 28 – Cow

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Clubs, Classes and More… Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls –

cannonriverwinery.com, 507/263-7400 Wine Club with a Book Problem – June 27, 6-8pm – This month’s book is The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum, by Kim Izzo and Cheri Walsh . Read, drink great wine and enjoy wonderful conversation. There is a $10 pre-registration fee to participate each month. Wine and Yoga – June 28, 6-8pm – $20/person includes yoga class, healthy snacks and glass of wine. Pre-registration required. Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota – crossingsatcarnegie.com, 507/732-7616 Classes in the arts for preschoolers through adults. Summer Camps – June 17-Aug. 19 – Worlds of art experiences await at Crossings summer camps. Explore clay, fabric, music, drama, writing, room décor projects and more. Week-long and longer day camps for preschoolers through high school seniors. In the Middle: Writing for Middle Grades and Young Adults – June 22; 10am-1pm – Middle grade and young adult fiction is for readers from late elementary to high school and features characters near that age group. Discuss MG/YA, what makes it accessible, interesting and relatable to young readers and current trends. You’ll gather ideas and play with voice and narration. Instructor Jacqueline West is the author of the best-selling middle grade fantasy series The Book of Elsewhere. Hobgoblin Music Loft, Red Wing – hobgoblin-usa.com, 877/866-3936 or eve@stoneyend.com Just Food Co-op, Northfield – 507/650-0106 Mondays: Knitting Night, 7-9pm, 507/645-6331 Lakeville Area Arts Center – 952/985-4640 Find art-related classes for at lakevilleareaartscenter.com MOMS Club – northfieldmomsclub@gmail.com – First Wednesday of each month, 10am, St. Peter’s Church, Northfield. If you are a full-time or part-time stay-at-home mom, this club may be for you. MOMS Club is a local chapter of the International MOMS Club, an organization dedicated to providing support and a sense of community for stay-at-home moms. Northfield Arts Guild – 507/645-8877 – Get ready for summer! Check out the new summer schedule – 53 classes with eight new instructors and 18 new classes for kids, adults and families. Visit northfieldartsguild.org to register online. Summer Arts Camps – beginning June 17 – for kids grades five to eight. Have fun making pottery, pop-up structures and journals. Learn how to paint with acrylics and watercolors. Learn the basics of printmaking and mixed-media drawing. Each class is $24 members, $27 nonmembers plus material fees. Scholarships available. Northfield Buddhist Meditation Center – Children’s Circle Class (ages 3-9), Sundays, 3-4pm. Children and their parents

meditate, do yoga and learn about Buddhism in a fun, peaceful atmosphere of exploration. Everyone welcome.

Northfield Public Library – 507/645-6606

First Steps Early Literacy Center, Mon., Fri., Sat., 10-12pm (closed Memorial Day). Infant Lapsit, Tue., 10-11am (no class June 4). We Dig Kindergarten, Tue., 1-2pm Toddler Rhyme Time 1 and 2, Wed., 9:30-10:25am and 10:3011:30am (no class June 5). Dig into Reading, Wed., 1-3pm Preschool Story & Craft Time, Thu., 10-11am (no class June 6). We dig LEGOS, Thu., 12-2:15pm. Northfield Job Club, June 13 and 27, 2:30-3:30pm – Network with others, learn and practice your job skills, get feedback and support. Henna! Teen Program, June 17, 6-8pm Contemporary Women Writers Book Group – June 18, 7-8pm – Staff member Joan Ennis leads this book group. Northfield Community Services – 507/664-3750, nfld.k12.mn.us/communityservices/ – Classes in the arts for preschoolers through adults. Summer Community Band – Wednesdays through June 26, High school band room – Interested in performing in the Northfield Community Band? Simply show up at rehearsal. The Band performs at Bridge Square every Thursday evening in June from 7 to 8pm. Email Mary.Williams@nfld.k12.mn.us for more information. Summer ECFE – Tue. June 18-Aug. 20 except July 2, 9, 30 and Aug. 6; 6:30-7:30pm; Tyler Park – Try new outdoor activities and games for the whole family and get to know other families in the area. Great for younger children ages birth-five years. Northfield Senior Center – northfieldseniorcenter.org 507/664-3700. Programs for active older adults in a premier fitness facility with an indoor pool and certified fitness instructors. Bike club, hiking trips, ping pong, nutrition talks, art classes, writing classes, card groups, dining center, fitness classes and more. Northfield Yarn – 507/645-1330 – Open Stitching, Mondays, 6-8pm at the Contented Cow, Northfield. Bring a project and share in the fun. Free. Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault – 507/332-7372 Find art-related classes for kids and adults at paradisecenterforthearts.org Kids Explore Watercolors – June 24 and 26, 1-3pm – Ages 9-14 explore watercolor painting by learning beginning watercolor techniques and basic composition ideas. Instructed by Tim Malz. $28 members, $36 nonmembers, $15 supplies. River Bend Nature Center, Faribault, 507/332-7151 – Classes and activities at rbnc.org. In June, River Bend will start an Outdoor Adventures Program, a new branch of programming that seeks to engage youth and adults in a variety of outdoor recreation activities and gear rentals. Topics will include camping, fly fishing, archery, slacklining and rock climbing. Many of the programs are designed for those with limited experience who are looking to try something new outside. Pre-registration required for most programs, visit rbnc.org/outdooradventures for details and to register. VFW Club, Northfield – Sundowners Car Club

First Wednesday of each month, 7:30pm. Anyone who has an interest in street rods, customs, antiques, special interest or foreign is welcome to attend.

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Gooters Dough to Go �� 26 HideAway Coffeehouse and Wine Bar �� 20 Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café �� 17 Johnny Angel’s Eatery & Pub ��6 Pat Johnson, Realtor �� 17 Just Food Co-op ��1 Know How Brewshop ��11 KYMN Radio �� 44 L&M Bar and Grill �� 21 Landmark Homes �� 15 Larson’s Printing ��4 Left Field ��7 The Local Joint �� 43 Daniel Martin, Practitioner �� 20 Merlin Players �� 13 Kathy Miller, Watercolorist �� 48 Minnesota Opera �� inside back cover Mr. JST Technology Consulting �� 41 Nest Midwest �� 42 Northfield Arts Guild �� 25 Northfield ArtsTown �� 48 Northfield Dance Academy �� 21 Northfield Historical Society �� 42 Northfield Lines �� 21 Northfield Liquor Store �� 41 Northfield Olive Oils & Vinegars �� 41 Northfield Retirement Community �� 24 Northfield Senior Center �� 17

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Need that special party invitation for graduation? Call By All Means Graphics today. Your hometown print shop. 17 Bridge Square, Northfield. 507/663-7937.

Custom window treatments. Hunter Douglas dealer. Northfield. 507/645-9470 mabelsdraperies@alderks.com.

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Flyers, brochures, business cards, newsletters, magazines, promotional materials. Call us today. 507/663-7937.

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Quality you can stand on.

Elegant music. Weddings, receptions, parties and business events. 507/301-3316. Musicmanmiller@charter.net.

Commercial and Residential. USA manufactured and Green floors & carpet. Dundas 507/271-6657. Quality Service Since 1946. Environmentally friendly Marmoleum dealer. Beautiful floors naturally. Faribault. 507/334-9287

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DINING A&W

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404 Wilson Ave. NW, Faribault • 507/334-9379 – Old-fashioned restaurant and drive-in, bringing people together to share great food, great root beer and friendly hospitality. Enjoy our signature root beer in a cold frosty mug for a truly one-of-a-kind taste and don’t forget the A&W original Coney Dog. Carbone’s Pizza & Sports Bar – 620 So. Water St, Northfield, MN

55057, 507/645-2300, carbonesnorthfield.com, Mon-Sat 11-1am, Sun 11am to midnight. Family friendly sports bar. Monthly and daily food and beverage specials. 2-for-1 happy hour daily, 11am-7pm, 10pm12am. Half-price appetizers Mon-Fri 3-7pm. Castle Rock N Roll Bar and Grill – 27798 Chippendale Ave

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

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960 Highway 3, Northfield • 507/645-7700 • culvers.com/restaurants/northfield/ • 10:30am-7pm – Culver’s ButterBurgers use fresh, never frozen 100% Midwest beef. Our fresh frozen custard is made daily from real Wisconsin dairy. For something different, try the hearty tenderness of beef pot roast, the grilled-up-fresh goodness of a rueben or the hand-battered North Atlantic cod filet. 900 N Highway 3, Northfield • 507/645-8912 • dairyqueenofnorthfield.com • Feb-Apr: 10am-9pm, May-Aug: 10am-10pm, Sept-Oct: 10am-9pm – Dairy Queen treats and cake, homemade or southern style BBQ brisket sandwiches and famous juicy Polish hotdogs. Home of the Blizzard. El Tequila – 1010 Hwy. 3 S. • 664-9139 • 11 a.m. -10 p.m.,

orthfield – Family restaurant offering authentic Mexican cuisine as N well as wonderful margaritas and more. Flicek’s Sports Bar & Grill

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Chapati

214 Division St., Northfield • 645-2462 • chapati.us, closed Mondays – Cuisine of India. Variety of curry and Tandoori entrees including a large selection of vegetarian items. Wine and beer.

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114 Main St. S., Lonsdale • 507/744-5164 • Mon-Thurs 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10 pm, Sun 12-9pm – Healthy, fresh American bistro cuisine using only the finest ingredients and fresh products. Check out their interactive website, fliceks.com. Dine in, take out or delivery within 10 miles after 5pm.

Contented Cow

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Froggy Bottoms River Pub

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

307 S. Water St., Northfield • 507/301-3611 • Sun 11am-9pm, Mon/ Tue 11am-11pm, Wed-Sat 11am-1am – Upper-class bar food including appetizers, salads, burgers and more. Open for lunch and dinner. Entrees starting at 5pm. The HideAway

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Hogan Brothers’ Acoustic Cafe

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421 Division St., Northfield • 507/664-0400 Mon-Fri, 6am-10pm, Sat-Sun 7am-10pm – Cozy bistro atmosphere serving unique appetizers and sandwiches. Coffee drinks, wine and beer specialties.

415 Division St., Northfield • 645-6653 • Sun-Tue 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri and Sat 9 a.m.-10 p.m. – Hot hoagies since 1991. Also soup, sandwiches, Espresso, gourmet coffee and ice cream.

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

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37592 Goodhue Ave., Dennison 507/645-6666 • Tue-Thu 4pm-2am, Fri-Sun 12pm-2am – American (Traditional), Italian, Pizza, Sandwiches. Nightly specials include Wednesday-Baby Back Ribs; ThursdaySpecialty Pasta; Friday-Fish Fry; Saturday-King Cut Prime Rib. L&M Bar & Grill

The Tavern of Northfield

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212 Division St., Northfield • 507/663-0342 • tavernofnorthfield. com • Sun-Thu 6:30am-10pm, Fri-Sat 6:30am-11pm, lounge open daily 3pm-midnight. Located in the historic Archer House since 1984, The Tavern offers 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.

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224 Railway St. N, Dundas • 507/645-8987 – Great burgers, cold beer, pizza, breakfast cooked to order and daily lunch & dinner specials. The friendly place to go in Dundas. Mandarin Garden Restaurant – 107 East 4th St., Northfield •

507/645-7101 – MandarinGardenNorthfield.com, Lunch: Wed-Fri 11:30am-2pm, Dinner: Tue-Thu 4:30-9pm. Fri/Sat, 4:30-10pm. Authentic Peking and Szechuan cuisine, freshly prepared, dine-in or takeout, since 1981. The Ole Store Restaurant – 1011 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield

507/786-9400 • olestorerestaurant.com – Mon-Th 11am-9pm, Fri/ Sat 11am-10pm (breakfast: Sat 7am-12pm, Sun 7am-1pm) – Contemporary dining with neighborhood charm. Relax at a table with linens and fresh flowers or sit in our cozy lounge. A full menu including appetizers, rustic flatbread pizzas, salads, soups, entrees, steaks, fresh seafood, sandwiches and gourmet desserts. Reservations available. Quality Bakery and Coffee Shop

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410 Division St., Northfield • 645-8392 – Opens 6 a.m. TuesdaySaturday – 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., Northfield • 507/645-7886 • Mon-Sat 6am-9pm, Sun 10:30am-8pm – Family friendly dining in Northfield for 37 years. House specialties include broasted chicken, BBQ ribs and flame-broiled hamburgers.

2013-2014 Calendar Evening at the Opera

Friday and Saturday, October 25-26 Sheldon Theatre, Red Wing with Minnesota Opera Workshop Two performances: Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, Soloists

Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet

Saturday and Sunday, December 14-15 Northfield Middle School • Kenyon High School Symphony Orchestra, Dance Visuals

Barber Violin Concerto, Beethoven Choral Fantasy Saturday and Sunday, March 1-2 UCC Church, Northfield • St. Wenceslaus Church, New Prague Symphony Orchestra with Choir

Vive La France!

Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4 St. John’s Church, Northfield • St. Ansgar’s Church, Cannon Falls Full Symphony with Deesa Staats, Mezza Soprano Soloist

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opera under the stars

la boheme Sunday, June 16, 7pm Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, Faribault In appreciation for five decades of generous community support, Minnesota Opera presents a

FREE, outdoor concert performance of La bohème as an encore to its 50th Anniversary Season. Culminating the Faribault Heritage Festival and hosted by Shattuck-St. Mary’s School, this family-friendly event will take place on the picturesque parade field. Bring a picnic (or enjoy a delectable array of dining options on site), and enjoy a relaxed summer night to remember.

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www.RiverwalkMarketFair.org Saturdays 9am to 1pm June 1 thru October 26

Historic Downtown Northfield on Bridge Square

Riverwalk Vendors Wanted! One Saturday, or twenty-one. $15 or less per day. Visit our website or email info@riverwalkmarketfair.org.

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