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Exhibits �� 2 Happenings ��2-26 Theater �� 5 Sports �� 5 Regional Festivals �� 29

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Vol. 7, Issue 10

October 2012

SPECIAL: Visual Arts �� 31-38

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Positively Division Street �� 45 Historic Happenings ��47-51 Clubs, Classes & More ��52-53 October Gigs �� 53 Dining ��54-55 Advertisers’ Index �� 54

“Here Below,” by the late John Maakestad, computer design in MacPaint, 2008, courtesy of Tom Maakestad. Read more about Maakestad, his current local exhibits and his contributions to the local visual arts scene in Historic Happenings starting on page 47.

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Crossings at Carnegie

Northfield Arts Guild at Allina Clinic

320 East Ave., Zumbrota • crossingsatcarnegie.com 507/732-7616 • M/T/W/F 10am-5pm, Thu 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-4pm “It’s All One Water” – Oct. 1-31 – photographs and poetry interpreting water in all its forms. In collaboration with the Zumbro Watershed Partnership, a nonprofit group promoting clean water and conservation. Opening Reception and Poetry Reading: Oct. 19, 7pm. Participants and guests will stroll next door to the State Theatre to hear poetry included in the exhibit along with a slide show of the photographs.

1440 Jefferson Rd. • M-T 7am-8pm, F 7am-7pm, Sa 9am-3pm Paper Works: Karl Nelson – through Oct. 27 – A series of detailed intaglio prints. Painstakingly made, each abstract image is built up by a series of small dots using a technique called stippling (making one dot at a time with a needle).

Northfield Historical Society

408 Division St. • 507/645-9268 • northfieldhistory.org M-Sa 10am-5:30pm, Su 1-5:30pm 1862 – Through Rice County’s Eyes – the exhibit outlines the tragic events surrounding the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 and explores the stories of the people of Rice County that were involved.

Eclectic Goat – 418 Division St. • 507/786-9595 • Tu/W 10am-5pm, Th 10am-7pm, F/Sa 10am-5pm, Su 12-4pm – More than 120 artists represented. “A shop where...ART RULES!”

Northfield Senior Center Gallery

Flaten Art Museum

Shoger

1520 St. Olaf Avenue • 507/7863556 • stolaf.edu/collections/ flaten • M/T/W/F 10am-5pm, Thu 10am-8pm, Sa/Su 2-5pm Artists on the Hill – through Oct. 12 – works by St. Olaf Department of Art and Art faculty. Exhibit features work of Wendell Arneson, Irve Dell, Jill Ewald, Kate Fisher, Ron Gallas, Mac Gimse, Mary Griep, Christie Hawkins, Arch Leean, John Maakestad, Meg Ojala, John Saurer, Jan Shoger, Christopher Tradowsky and Michon Weeks. Andy Warhol and his Contemporaries: An Urban Milieu – New York in the ’60s and ’70s and Today – Oct. 26-Dec. 9

Northfield Arts Guild

304 Division St. • 507/645-8877 • northfieldartsguild.org M-F 10am-5pm, Sa 10am-3pm Color Stories: Pat Dunn-Walker and Carla Thompson – Through Oct. 26 – Carla Thompson of Northfield and Pat Dunn-Walker of Rochester bring rich hues together in a series of bright acrylic paintings. Pat’s work investigates the formal elements of color, surface and composition. Carla’s work stems from her “interpretation of what the heart endures while praying, weeping, breaking, laughing and healing.” In the Members’ Room: Color, Glass, Passion: Fused Glass by Rose-Marie James – Through Oct. 19 – Rose-Marie James’ colorful fused glass fills the Members’ Room. The process involves multiple pieces of cool glass that are fused into one with the application of heat. Collecting Pages: Mixed Media Works by Lilla Johnson – Oct. 24-Nov. 17 – Lilla presents a combination of mixed media drawings, printed pages and several boxes. Lilla’s imagery reflects the “visual fragments that have become symbols for chapters in her own life.” Opening Reception: Nov. 2, 7-9pm.

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1651 Jefferson Pkwy. • 507/664-3700 northfieldseniorcenter.org Dennis McClintock, photography and Darla Dahl, handbag creations – Through Oct. 2

Life’s Creative Journey: Judy Saye-Willis, various media – Oct. 22-Nov. 25

Paradise Center for the Arts

321 Central Ave., Faribault • 507/332-7372 Tu/W/F/Sa 12-5pm, Th 12-8pm, Su/M closed Carlander Family Gallery: Annual Member’s Show – Through Nov. 3. Showcases members’ artwork and has been a tradition that dates back to the Faribault Art Center, the forerunner of the Paradise Center for the Visual Arts programming.

Paradise Center Health Arts Gallery at District One Hospital

200 State Ave., Faribault Fall Show – Barb Bruns (oil and pastel paintings), Dee Teller (Asian brush work), Julie Fakler (acrylic on hardboard), Mary Ruth (encaustic paintings), Mary Warner (applique using cotton fabric), Tom Fakler (photography) and Paul Swanson (photography).

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 2013 Sogn Series Art Show and Wine Label Contest

Cannon River Winery • 507/263-7400 cannonriverwinery.com • Deadline: Oct. 28 Regional artists are invited to create their interpretation of the Cannon River Winery’s vineyard, winery or award-winning wines. Winning images will be featured on the 2013 Sogn Blanc and Sogn Blush wine labels. Voting will take place Nov. 1-Dec. 2 with winners announced mid-December. Artists will be invited to participate in the Sogn Series Art Show in February, 2013. Contact corinne@cannonriverwinery.com for more info.

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I have not dressed up for Halloween in a gazillion years. Well, sort of. Unless you count last year, when I wore huge, GINORMOUS rhinestone cat-eye glasses to work all day, while maintaing a deadpan expression... that was fun. People actually asked “Are those real?” In the past I have enjoyed creating unique costumes for events such as the Zombie Pub Crawl, Halloween, costume parties, and so forth... but I just haven’t had the time in recent years. This Halloween I’ll keep it simple and be an artist, maybe a writer... or perhaps I’ll be a mom or grandma, better yet, how about a middle-aged rennaissance woman! In other words, I think I will just be myself (which, I’ve been told, can be entertaining in and of itself at times). If you dress up this year, approach it as a reinvention of yourself while staying true to your core. Think outside the costume shop and have fun with it! . “Just be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

Theater

uses multiple Hydes portrayed by members of the cast. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 students and senior citizens. Meshuggah Nuns

All That is Solid Melts Into Air

Oct. 4, 7:30pm; Oct. 5, 7 and 10pm; Oct. 6, 2 and 7:30pm; Oct. 7, 6pm – Haugen Theater, St. Olaf, Northfield Mourning the death of her sister and mother, international businesswoman Claudia Hopewell throws herself into a desperate search for the secret of eternal life, pushing the boundaries of science and spirituality to their limit. Meanwhile, the world around her inches toward war and members of her own family conspire to wrest the company from her control. A visionary look into the future – of technology, war, death, family and love. There will be a post-show discussion on Oct. 6 at 3:30pm with playwright Domini Orlando.

Oct. 26-27, Nov. 1-3, 7:30pm; Oct. 28, 2pm Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault The “Nunsense” sisters are on the “Faiths of All Nations” cruise. When the cast of “Fiddler on the Roof” (except the guy playing Tevye) gets seasick, the captain asks the sisters and Tevye to put on a show. Hilarity reigns supreme on the high seas with songs like Say It In Yiddish, Contrition, In the Convent, and If I Were a Catholic. Directed by Julianna Skluzacek, presented by The Merlin Players. Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater Performance

Rudens “The Rope”

Oct. 27, 7:30pm – Dittmann Center, Wagner/Bundgaard Studio One, St. Olaf, Northfield Based in the Twin Cities for over 10 years, this nationally recognized performance company has been co-directed by Suzanne Costello and Stuart Pimsler since its inception in 1979. Free, but tickets are required and can be picked up in the Dance Main Office (Dittmann 200) beginning Oct. 8. 507/786-3248 for more info.

Miss Twiddle and the Devil

S P O RT S

Oct. 5, 7:30pm; Oct. 6, 4:30pm Christiansen Hall of Music 233, St. Olaf, Northfield An ancient Roman Plautus comedy performed in a musical mixture of English and Latin. Free. Open to the public. No tickets or knowledge of Latin required. Oct. 6, 7pm; Oct. 7, 2 pm – Northfield Senior Center Encore Players present this 3rd annual fall melodrama fundraiser. Tickets $15 and available at the Northfield Senior Center, 507/6643700. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Oct. 12-14, 18-21; F-Sa 7:30pm, Su 2pm Northfield Arts Guild Theater A new and shocking version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of depravity, lust, love and horror. On the fog-bound streets of Victorian-era London, Henry Jekyll’s experiments with exotic “powders and tinctures” have brought forth his other self – Edward Hyde, a sensualist and villain free to commit the sins Jekyll is too civilized to comprehend. When Hyde meets a woman who stirs his interest, Jekyll fears for her life and decides to end his experiments. But Hyde has other ideas, and so the two sides battle each other in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse to determine who shall be the master and who his slave. This intriguing study of the mind

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the home games…

Tuesday, October 2

Volleyball – Raiders Girls vs. Owatonna, 7pm Thursday, October 4

Volleyball – Raiders Girls vs. Red Wing, 7pm Friday, October 5

Football – Raiders vs. Red Wing, 7pm Friday, October 12

Swim & Dive – Raiders Girls Section Tournament, 5pm Saturday, October 13

Swim & Dive – Raiders Girls Section Tournament, 10am Tuesday, October 16

Volleyball – Raiders Girls vs. Academy of Holy Angels Saturday, October 27

Swim & Dive – Raiders Girls Invitational, 10am

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HAPPE N I NG S

Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1

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

Bar Bingo • 4:30pm

Wednesday, October 3

Spikes, Faribault

Lecture: Poet Rodrigo Toscano

Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

Rolvaag Library 525, St. Olaf, Northfield This award-winning experimental poet will speak followed by a Q&A.

Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café, Northfield A gathering of musicians and listeners in a relaxed, informal setting. Along with the music enjoy conversation, camaraderie and perhaps even a few Irish dance steps.

Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

Texas Hold‘em • 8pm

Contented Cow, Northfield An informal weekly gathering of musicians to Toscano play acoustic music with roots in the north, particularly the Nordic countries. Participants and listeners of all ages and levels of experience are welcome. Study Hall • 9:30pm-12am

Contented Cow, Northfield This includes Peter Lynn and Terry VanDeWalker rocking the house with obscure covers and original tunes. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 Bar Bingo • 6pm

Northfield Eagles Club THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4 Rice County Historical Society Fall Banquet/Annual Meeting • 5-8pm

Cathedral of Our Merciful Savior, Faribault Social hour at 5, dinner served at 6 and a brief business meeting at 7. Father Jim Zotalis of the Cathedral of Our Merciful Savior will follow with the keynote on the history of the Cathedral and Bishop Whipple. Tickets are $17.50 for RCHS and Chapter members, $20 non-members and can be purchased from any RCHS board member or at the Rice County Historical Society in Faribault.

Northfield Eagles Club

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Barb Piper • 5-7pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Modern folk, vocals/guitar with influences from Hoagy Carmichael, The Beatles and Bonnie Raitt to Susan Tedeschi, Brandi Carlile and Indigo Girls. Fronts the blues/rock band, Top Shelf, and performs with a Faribault musical theater group at Paradise Center for the Arts. Concert: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra • 7:30pm

Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf, Northfield Free.

Theater: All That is Solid Melts into Air • 7:30pm

Haugen Theater, St. Olaf, Northfield See theater page. Mark Mraz • 8:30-11pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Everybody’s favorite “piano man” tickles the ivories and performs favorite sing-along songs, golden oldies and classic covers from the pop music archives. DJ Dance Party • 9:30pm-1am

Spikes, Faribault

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5 Tim Fast • 6-8pm

Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café, Northfield A nationally touring finger-style guitar picking, harmonica bending, singer/songwriter. His music is infused with folk, blues and country, playing both covers and original songs.

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Happenings Friday, October 5, continued Dance: Friday Night Lights • 7pm

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

Shoot Lucy • 9-11pm

Contented Cow, Northfield A Twin Cities-based rock band. Karaoke • 9pm

Rueb ‘N’ Stein, Northfield Unbroken Band

Bar Bingo • 7pm

Spikes, Faribault A rock-driven Minnesota Country band.

Theater: All That is Solid Melts into Air • 7 and 10pm

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6

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

Bagels & Birds • 8:30-9:30am

Theater: Rudens “The Rope” • 7:30pm

Christiansen Hall of Music 233, St. Olaf, Northfield See theater page. Eric Christopher and Anthony Ihrig • 8-11:30pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Known for their solo work and collaborative work with The High 48s and The Minor Planets, Christopher (fiddle, vocals) and Ihrig (banjo, dobrow, guitar, percussion, vocals) are both award-winning composers and musicians, joining forces and bringing their bluegrass chops to the world of modern folk and Americana music, combining smart and thoughtful lyrics with vocal harmonies and expert picking.

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River Band Nature Center, Faribault Open to all ages. Join a naturalist in the comfort of the building to observe bird (and other) visitors to the backyard habitat feeding area. Enjoy coffee and bagels in a relaxed atmosphere while watching the antics of wildlife. Riverwalk Market Fair • 9am-2pm

Bridge Square, Northfield Artists’ and farmers’ market in Bridge Square with many familyfriendly activities. Cannon River Winery’s Eighth Anniversary Party 10am-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Two wine tastings for $8, birthday cake, pin the cork on the wine bottle, wine recognition contest, live music by Switched at Birth (1-4pm).

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Happenings Saturday, October 6, continued

Ulufudu • 6-8pm

40th Annual Sogn Valley Craft Fair • 10am-5pm

Lake Wobegon® Brass Band • 7pm

35200 Cty 24 Blvd, Cannon Falls This is the first of a two-day event. A wide variety of pottery, including functional and sculptural works in raku, porcelain and stoneware, jewelry in silver, gold and beads, painting, photography, baskets, fiber weaving fabric, metalwork and more, with local food vendors. Theater: All That is Solid Melts into Air • 2 and 7:30pm

Haugen Theater, St. Olaf, Northfield A post-show discussion with the playwright follows the 2pm show. See theater page. Theater: Rudens “The Rope” • 4:30pm

Christiansen Hall of Music 233, St. Olaf, Northfield See theater page. Sonny Bryant (of The Platters) • 5-8pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Octoberfest/Multet y • 5-7pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Local seasonal beer, music and Shepherd’s Pie and great traditional Nordic music for your listening pleasure.

Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café First United Church of Christ, Northfield Stirring music of all styles and period from a 30-piece brass band. Special guest Charlie Boone (formerly WCCO-Radio). Tickets $15 and available at First UCC, Coldwell Banker or at the door. 507/645-7532 or firstucc.org for more info. Miss Twiddle Theater: Miss Twiddle and the Devil • 7pm

Northfield Senior Center See theater page.

“Heart Like a Wheel,” Tribute to Linda Ronstadt • 7:30pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota Dianna Parks has assembled a collection of highly skilled local musicians to perform Ronstadt’s fifth solo album, which includes hits like the Grammy-winning “You’re No Good” and her cover of “When Will I Be Loved?” Concert: Consortium Carissimi with Early Music Singers and Collegium Musicum • 7:30pm

Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf, Northfield Directed by Gerald Hoekstra.

Sonny Bryant

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Comedian Roger Radley, with Dave Johnson • 8pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault From the Trump Castle in Atlantic City to Opryland in Nashville to Las Vegas and conventions in Hawaii, this award-winning comedian and Wisconsin native has been performing his own brand of comedy for over 20 years. Radley has produced a radio show for syndication, written and produced television commercials and recently had a part in a movie portraying NASCAR legend Rusty Wallace. Has shared the stage with the likes of George Carlin, Johnny Cash, Tom Jones, Willie Nelson, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Paula Poundstone and Waylon Jennings. $17 members, $22 nonmembers. Texas Hold‘em • 8pm

Northfield Eagles Club Mark Allen and The Key West Rejects • 8-11:30pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Being kicked out of the Keys in August 2004 didn’t get these musicians down. They just packed up their guitars and headed north for a change. Playing favorites from Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, Neil Diamond, Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Lit, Buck Cherry and many more surprises, they have all the bases covered. The Rejects also play a wide repertoire of originals from all of the revolving musician’s catalogs.

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Katy Vernon Debut CD Release Party • 8pm-12am

Rueb ‘N’ Stein, Northfield Opening sets by Minneapolis artists Clay Williams and Simon Husbands and The Blue Mollies. A Minnesota Music Award nominee and very popular on the Twin Cities performance circuit, Vernon is a native of London, England, who moved to the States after meeting her Twin Cities-based husband on a train from Amsterdam to Berlin.

Katy Vernon

Captain May I

Spikes, Faribault Rock out of Minneapolis by Dan Dryden (bass/vocals), Chris Heille (guitar/vocals), Wade Hagblom (drums), and Stibs (guitar/ vocals. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7 40th Annual Sogn Valley Craft Fair • 10am-5pm

35200 Cty 24 Blvd, Cannon Falls This is the second of a two-day event. See Oct. 6 description. Theater: Miss Twiddle and the Devil • 2pm

Northfield Senior Center See theater page.

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Politics and a Pint • 6pm

Happenings Sunday, October 7, continued Tim Patrick and His Blue Eyes Band • 2-5pm

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

Concert: Chapel Choir Vespers • 7:30pm

Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf, Northfield St. Olaf Chapel Choir conducted by Christopher Aspaas. Quiz Night • 8pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Stop in anytime to sign up for this four-person team competition, prizes and the winning team may drink from the Winners Mug the week following their triumph. MONDAY, OCTOBER 8 Bar Bingo • 4:30pm

Spikes, Faribault

Bar Bingo • 3pm

Northfield Eagles

Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

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

Concert: Cellist Astrid Schween and Pianist John Jensen • 3:15pm

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf, Northfield

Study Hall • 9:30pm-12am

Theater: All That is Solid Melts into Air • 6pm Astrid Schween

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

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

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John Jensen

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

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9

Craig and Maren Wasner • 8:30-11pm

Bar Bingo • 6pm

Northfield Eagles Club Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen! WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10 National Stein Hoisting Competition/Beer Tasting • 5pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Sample Sam Adams fare and raise a glass towards national fame. Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

Northfield Eagles Club THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 Reading/Booksigning: Brian Libby • 6-7pm

Buckham Memorial Library, Great Hall, Faribault Libby writes historical fantasy. Limited seating.

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Father/daughter duo. Craig (Over and Back Band/piano) and Maren (recently back from Nashville/guitar) play covers of popular artists such as James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Tom Petty and Vince Gill. A mix between country and folk and blues and funk. DJ Dance Party • 9:30pm-1am

Spikes, Faribault

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12 New Moon Trio • 5-7pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Here’s a taste of 100 years of popular tunes, random requests and spontaneous harmonies featuring Ross Currier on bass, Lance Heisler on drums and Justin London on guitar. Candlelight Evening • 6:30-9:30pm

Thorn Crest Farm, Northfield Music, a bonfire and hayride – all part of an Oct. 5-28 Fall Harvest Festival. $4 admission. thorncrestfarm.com Theater: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • 7:30pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page.

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Happenings Friday, October 12, continued Kevin Kling with Simone Perrin 7:30pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota National Public Radio commentator Kevin Kling delivers a night of side-splittingly funny yet thoughtprovoking storytelling to audiences. Accordionista Simone Perrin will join him on stage. Kling, a lifetime Minnesotan who never let a birth defect or severe motorcycle accident slow him down, takes listeners on a journey through his life that is no less poignant for his humorous style. Jet W. Lee • 8-11pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Art Vandalay • 8-11:30pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Art Vandalay plays a fresh mix of Americana, indie-rock, and laidback country folk that is “impossibly catchy” (Duluth News-Tribune). With their rootsy groove and clever song craft, Art Vandalay is a band that is impossible NOT to have a good time with as one experiences their energetic show. They have been described as “well crafted folk-rock, at times pure mellow magic.” – Twin Cities Daily Planet. Bar Bingo • 7pm

Northfield Eagles Club

Sweet Siren • 10pm-2am

Grandpa Al’s, Faribault Playing hot Top 40 hits along with classic rock and edgy country, this band puts their own flare to the music with hip arrangements. The members have collectively shared stages with over 100 national acts including Joan Jett, Night Ranger, .38 Special, Kansas, Great White, REO Speedwagon and BlackHawk. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 Big Wood Ramble • 9am

Nerstrand Big Wood State Park Runners meet in Nerstrand at St. John’s church for this half marathon, 10K, 5K and 1K kids run. Application by Oct. 8. For details, call 507/789-5497 or go to finalstretch.com. Susan Perry Memorial Walk for the Animals and 5K Dog Run • 9am

Northfield Dog Park 5K Dog Run Shotgun Start at 9am and Family Pet Walk at 10am. Registration forms available at Cannon Valley Vet Clinic, Countryside Animal Hospital, Chuck and Don’s and Fit to be Tri’d. Pet costume contest, games, food, vendors and more. Visit prairiesedgehs. org for online registration and more information.

Karaoke • 9pm

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Riverwalk Market Fair • 9am-2pm

Bridge Square, Northfield Artists’ and farmers’ market on Bridge Square with many familyfriendly activities. AAUW Presentation: Update on the Two State Amendments • 10am

Northfield Senior Center 103 Char Kahler, VP AAUW State Public Policy will present. All are welcome. Fall Festival and Chili Contest • 10:30am-3pm

Downtown Faribault Fun for all ages including a kid’s costume parade kick-off down Central Avenue, pumpkin painting and treasures in the haystack. Events and specials all over downtown Faribault with chili sampling and voting 11am-1pm. 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).

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Bill Koncar • 1-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Popular accordionist who plays a variety of music including polkas, waltzes, fox trots, swing, Latin rhythms and classic rock and pop tunes. Tony Williams • 2-5pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Tony Williams’ solo performance features a variety of classical, flamenco and jazz Bill Koncar originals as well as some Americana/ classic cover songs. During the summer of 2011 he was voted the winner of the KARE 11 “The Voice: Minnesota” contest. John Charles • 6-8pm

Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café, Northfield 3rd Annual American Red Cross “Red Bling Fling” • 6:30pm

Spikes, Faribault Have fun and raise money for the American Red Cross. Women’s style show from Maurices and Creating a Ruckus, and Men’s from Old Navy. Free Admission for entertainment from the POWER HOUSE Band, light meal served, silent auction and live auction. Tickets $25 in advance, $30 at the door.

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Happenings Saturday, October 13, continued Rocktoberfest: Chad Johnson, Savannah Stuckmeyer and The Key West Rejects • 7pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Regional bands take the stage in this one night only, not-to-bemissed jam session and benefit concert for the Paradise Center for the Arts. All proceeds help support future programming and educational opportunities. $10. Jivin’ Ivan and the Kings of Swing • 7:30-11:30pm

Signature Bar and Grill, Faribault Classic acoustic swing, hot picking and stellar singing. Ben Brien (acoustic bass), Mark Whillock (drums), Michael Hildebrandt (violin, tenor guitar, banjo, and anything else he feels like playing) and Dallas Musselman (vocals). Theater: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • 7:30pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page.

Ann Reed with Joan Griffith 7:30pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota A Minnesota native who’s traversed the country singing and playing, Ann Reed ducks into Crossings with Joan Griffith for a night of music. Reed and Griffith are veterans of the touring musician’s trade and both have their share of honors.

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Matthew Griswold • 8-10:30pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Acoustic/folk rock/pop.

Relativity • 8-11:30pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Voted one of Northfield’s best bands, this trio plays music from popular artists such as Missy Higgins and the Avett Brothers as well as many classic rock tunes from bands like Fleetwood Mac and John Mellencamp to such varied artists as the Indigo Girls, Damien Rice and Sarah McLachlan. Sit back and enjoy power harmonies by twin sisters Linda Wilson and Sandy Jensen (who also adds mandolin, harmonica and percussion) and solid guitar and bluesy vocals by Toby Jensen. Texas Hold‘em • 8pm

Northfield Eagles Club 8th Street Duo • 9pm-1am

Rueb ‘N’ Stein, Northfield Chad Johnson and Russell Franek. These Northfield natives are known for their spot-on harmonies and diverse acoustic style. Their music is at the crossroads between rock and country with a touch of modern folk. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 Bill Koncar • 1-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Popular accordionist who plays a variety of music including polkas, waltzes, fox trots, swing, Latin rhythms and classic rock and pop.

Theater: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • 2pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 Bar Bingo • 6pm

Northfield Eagles Club

Bar Bingo • 3pm

Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

Northfield Eagles Club Politics and a Pint • 6pm

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

Contented Cow, Northfield Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen! WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

Quiz Night • 8pm

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

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15

Northfield Eagles Club

Bar Bingo • 4:30pm

Spikes, Faribault

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18

Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

Lecture: Medieval Art

Dittmann Center 305, St. Olaf, Northfield Anne Derbes, Professor of Art History at Hood College, will speak on the frescoes in the baptistery in Padua, Italy.

Study Hall • 9:30pm-12am

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

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Barb Piper • 5-7pm

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a Sustainable Career as an Independent Artist – Panel Discussion, 5:30-6:30pm. The workshops are free.

Candidate Question Time: Mayor and At-Large • 7-9pm

Occasional Jazz • 5-8pm

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Theater: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • 7:30pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page.

Christopher Anders • 6-8pm

Mark Mraz • 8:30-11pm

Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café Exhibit Opening Reception/Poetry Reading: “It’s All One Water” • 7pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota See galleries page. Bar Bingo • 7pm

Spikes, Faribault

Northfield Eagles Club 7th Annual Northfield Harvest Stomp • 7-10:30pm

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 Pert’ Near Sandstone Concert/Workshop 4:15/7:30pm

Newhall Auditorium, Shattuck-St. Mary’s, Faribault Concert: 7:30pm – An American string band playing old-time music off the back porch without the hillbilly. Opening acts are Spontaneous Construction with Mike Hildebrandt, followed by heartfelt blues and spirituals by Charlie Parr. $8. Workshops precede the concert. Workshop I: Songwriting with Pert’ Near Sandstone, 4:15-5:15pm. Workshop II: Building

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

Northfield Armory A community contra dance with music by Contratopia. No prior contra dance experience or dance partner required. Dance instructions at 7. All are welcome. Dance participation recommended for those 10 years and up. $9 adults, $6 students (family cap $25). Theater: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • 7:30pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page.

Jeff Ray • 8-11:30pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Mighty fine guitar and harp. Ray walks a thin line between blues and folk, one minute strutting a slide-guitar ballad on the resonator guitar, the next minute blasting off into a one-man-band train ride. “Ray has a quality that could only come by blending the birthplaces of Bob Dylan and the blues” (Des Moines Register). Karaoke • 9pm

Rueb ‘N’ Stein, Northfield Bad Girlfriends • 10pm-2am Jeff Ray

Grandpa Al’s, Faribault

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Original singer/songwriter. A child of the new acoustic pop rock wave with an engaging stage presence and lively music. This high-energy acoustic guitar player will be sure to have you off your seat and wanting more. Takin’ it to the Limit: A Tribute to the Eagles • 7:30pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota Two groups of incredibly talented musicians come together to perform music by one of the greatest rock bands of all time. St. Cloud bands The Fabulous Armadillos and Collective Unconscious regularly perform sold-out shows. Theater: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • 7:30pm

Riverwalk Market Fair • 9am-2pm

Bridge Square, Northfield Artists’ and farmers’ market on Bridge Square with many familyfriendly activities. Eighth Annual Studio ArTour • 10am-6pm

Cannon Falls, Northfield, Faribault This is the first of a two-day event featuring 24 open art studios showcasing the works of 52 regional artists. Art enthusiasts have the opportunity to meet the artists, see demonstrations and collect one-of-a-kind works. Held at the height of fall color, The Studio ArTour is considered one of Minnesota’s most beautiful studio tours. For a taste of some of the artists involved, check out the multi-page ad on pages 40-44. Maps will be provided at local shops and online at StudioArtour.com.

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Joel Kachel • 2-5pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page. Texas Hold‘em • 8pm

Northfield Eagles Club Karaoke • 8:30pm

Northfield Eagles Club Why Not? • 8-11:30pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Ray Coudret, Joel Cooper and Carey Langer present harmonies and familiar songs.

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Happenings Saturday, October 20, continued Rice County All Stars • 9pm-12am

Rueb ‘N’ Stein, Northfield A blend of originals and classics, The RCAs are Aaron Anderson of Mr. Sticky and Harmonic Voodoo, Aaron Hagenson of the Last Known Whereabouts, Peter Lynn of Slack and Daylight and Terry VanDeWalker of the Big Wu.

Bar Bingo • 3pm

Northfield Eagles Club Politics and a Pint • 6pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Join in on discussions concerning local issues at this “lightly moderated” open forum. For topics, go to contentedcow.com. Concert: St. Olaf Orchestra • 7:30pm

Skoglund Center, St. Olaf, Northfield St. Olaf Orchestra with tour soloists. Conducted by Steven Amundson. Quiz Night • 8pm

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21

Cannon Falls, Northfield, Faribault This is the second of a two-day event featuring 24 open art studios showcasing the works of 52 regional artists. See Oct. 20 description.

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

Theater: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • 2pm

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22

Eighth Annual Studio ArTour • 10am-6pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See theater page.

Bar Bingo • 4:30pm treVeld • 2-5pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls A group of string musicians who perform music that blends genres such as gypsy, swing, old time, Celtic, bluegrass, blues, chamber and Nordic roots.

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Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

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

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23

Matt Arthur and the Bratlanders • 8-11:30pm

Bar Bingo • 6pm

Northfield Eagles Club Acoustic Jam Session • 7:30-10pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen! WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Matt Arthur and the Bratlanders play original foot-stompin’ protest songs, hollerin’ gospel blues, and classic covers from such American legends as Johnny Cash, Leadbelly, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Hank Williams. DJ Dance Party/Zombie Night • 9:30pm-1am

Spikes, Faribault Zombie attire encouraged. Zombie music. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26

Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto and Russian Program • 7pm

Sheldon Theatre, Red Wing With piano soloist Aaron Bartz.

Texas Hold‘em • 8pm

Northfield Eagles Club

Theater: Meshuggah Nuns • 7:30pm Aaron Bartz

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25 Pianist Lori Sims • 7pm

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf, Northfield

High School Choir and Orchestra Concert • 7:30-10pm

Candidate Question Time: Second and Third Wards • 7-9pm

Matthew Griswold • 8-11:30pm

Contented Cow, Northfield

Middle School Orchestra and Choir Concert • 7:30-9pm

Middle School Auditorium, Northfield Lori Sims

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Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page.

Middle School Auditorium, Northfield Tavern Lounge, Northfield Acoustic/folk rock/pop. Bar Bingo • 7pm

Northfield Eagles Club Ted Pretzel Experience • 9pm-1am

Contented Cow, Northfield

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Happenings

Friday, October 26, continued Karaoke • 9pm

Rueb ‘N’ Stein, Northfield SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 Riverwalk Market Fair’s Fall Festival 9am-2pm

Bridge Square, Northfield The weekly artists’ and farmers’ market with a special harvest celebration full of family-friendly events including handson activities and games for kids, artists’ demonstrations and free tastings from a cornucopia of local, sustainable farmers and food artisans. Daniel Switch • 1-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Acoustic cover artist with great guitar ballads. Bats, Bones & Bonfires: A Halloween Extravaganza! • 4pm-8pm

River Bend Nature Center, Faribault Open to all ages. Bring your little ghouls, goblins, princesses and superheroes out to River Bend for some spooky fun at the Nature Center. This annual Halloween event has fun for the whole family: horsedrawn wagon rides, a bonfire, (bring your own) s’mores, a horribly educational Yucky Nature Haunted House, the bounce house and ghoulish games. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Bruno Sunde • 5-8pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Hallowine • 7-10:30pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls The winery is transformed into The Haunted Winery! Trick-or-Treat for wine, games, monster music, dancing, spooktacular catered appetizers and a costume contest. Best costumes and game winners will win prizes from the Ghost Hosts. $35/ person, pre-registration required, 21+. 507/263-7400 to register. Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto and Russian Program • 7pm

First United Church of Christ, Northfield With piano soloist Aaron Bartz.

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Jivin’ Ivan and the Kings of Swing 7:30-11:30pm

Signature Bar and Grill, Faribault Classic acoustic swing, hot picking and stellar singing. Ben Brien (acoustic bass), Mark Whillock (drums), Michael Hildebrandt (violin, tenor guitar, banjo, and anything else he feels like playing) and Dalla Musselman (vocals). Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater Performance • 7:30pm

Dittmann Center, Wagner/Bundgaard Studio One, St. Olaf, Northfield See theater page.

Peter Yarrow • 7:30pm

Crossings at Carnegie, Zumbrota Peter Yarrow of the legendary folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary comes to Zumbrota! Yarrow is a singer and songwriter whose social commentary has always been part of his music and his life. Yarrow co-wrote one of Peter, Paul and Mary’s most famous songs, “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” and his songwriting also worked its magic with “Day is Done,” “Light One Candle” and “The Great Mandala.” Theater: Meshuggah Nuns • 7:30pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page. Texas Hold‘em • 8pm

Northfield Eagles Club Halloween Party and Costume Contest 8pm-12am

Carbone’s Pizza, Northfield Amanda Rundquist • 8-11:30pm

Tavern Lounge, Northfield Hailing from Stockholm, Wisconsin, Rundquist is a critically-acclaimed pop folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. amandarundquist.com.

Cemetery Stories • 3:40-9:40pm

Northfield Cemetery Under the October moon, the Historical Society presents actors portraying famous Northfielders at their gravesides. For information or to reserve your spot call 507/645-9268. Groove Factory and Ashantology • 10pm-1am

Rueb ‘N’ Stein, Northfield Two of Carleton’s most popular bands – Groove Factory followed by Ashantology, a hip-hop, jazz fusion collective and winner of the 2012 Carleton College “Battle of the Bands.”

Concert: St. Olaf Cantorei • 7:30pm

Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf, Northfield Conducted by James Bobb. Quiz Night • 8pm

Outakes/Halloween Bash

Spikes, Faribault

District Band Concert • 7pm

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28

Northfield High School Gym

Andrew Walesch • 1-4pm

Cannon River Winery, Cannon Falls Blues and jazz by “the boy with the voice.” A great variety of classics and originals. Theater: Meshuggah Nuns • 2pm

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See theater page. Andrew Walesch

Bar Bingo • 3pm

Northfield Eagles Club

Politics and a Pint • 6pm

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

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Happenings Thursday, October 18, continued Northern Roots Session • 7:30-9pm

Contented Cow, Northfield An informal weekly gathering of musicians to play acoustic music with roots in the north, particularly the Nordic countries.

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Study Hall • 9:30pm-12am

Contented Cow, Northfield This includes Peter Lynn and Terry VanDeWalker and these guys really rock the house – digging deep into obscure covers and original tunes. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30 Bar Bingo • 6pm

Northfield Eagles Club Acoustic Jam Session 7:30-10pm

Contented Cow, Northfield Every Tuesday night show up with your unplugged instrument of choice and jam – or just show up and listen! WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31 Traditional Irish Music Session • 7-9pm

Hogan Brothers Acoustic Café, Northfield A gathering of musicians in a relaxed setting. Enjoy conversation, camaraderie and perhaps even a few Irish dance steps. Texas Hold‘em • 8pm

Northfield Eagles Club

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Regional Festivals Autumn. The sun shines golden from crisp, azure skies and the urge to ramble county roads is fierce - so indulge it. And with the abundance and quality of festivals that Southeastern Minnesota and Western Wisconsin scatter among all that color-dipped foliage, the destinations are as satisfying as the trip itself. If you’re a festival/event organizer – contact us for inclusion in our next listing. Octoberfest USA

46th Annual Fall Festival of the Arts

Red Wing Holiday Stroll

Thorn Crest Farm Fall Harvest Festival

Flyway Film Festival

Christmas on the Farm

Oct. 18-21 Pepin, Wisconsin • flywayfilmfestival.org

Nov. 25 – Waseca • farmamerica.org St. Olaf Christmas Festival

Harvest Moon Festival

Nov. 29-Dec. 2 – Northfield stolaf.edu/christmasfest/

Oct. 19-20 – Farmington dakotacity.org/calendar.html

Sogn Valley Craft Fair

100 Ladies and Gentlemen Craft Show

Oct. 6-7 – Sogn • sognvalleyartfair.com Johnny Appleseed Festival

Oct. 6 – Lake City lakecity.org/johnnyappleseed.html History Fest

Oct. 10-13 – Mankato • historyfest.com Fall Festival and Chili Contest

Oct. 13 – Faribault, MN faribaultmn.org/mainstreet/

Oct. 19-21, 25-28, Nov. 1-4, 8-11, 10am8pm – 507/789-6223 American-made items including baskets, pine and oak furniture, floral, clothing, fall and Christmas decorations, jewelry, etc. Scarecrow contest on the lawn. Wheelchairs OK. South Central Minnesota Studio Art Tour

Christmas in the Village

Nov. 30 – Owatonna steelecohistoricalsociety.org/events.php Winter Walk

Dec. 6 – Northfield • northfieldchamber. com/living/communitycalendar.php Vintage Band Festival

Aug. 1-4, 2013 – Northfield vintagebandfestival.org

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Quilting by the River: Annual Alma Quilt Show

Oct. 13 – Mankato, MN

Oct. 20-21 – Faribault/Northfield/Cannon Falls • studioarttour.com

Mankato Craft Fair

Oct. 5-7 – Pepin County, WI freshart.org

Fresh Art Fall Tour

Oct. 5-28 – 11885, Cabot Ave., Dundas, MN • thorncrestfarm.com

Nov. 25 – Red Wing redwingholidaystroll.com

Oct. 13-14 – Red Wing redwingartsassociation.org/fall_arts.htm

Sept. 28-Oct. 6 – La Crosse, WI oktoberfestusa.com

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Section “Here’s to freedom, cheers to art. Here’s to having an excellent adventure and may the stopping never start.” – Jason Mraz …and here’s to 5 years of celebration. Thank you, artists – for all you inspire.

“My experiences as a registered nurse have often influenced the art I create and help to explain my point of view. My current work reflects an interpretation of objects through collage or assemblage art. I hope that you can see that I enjoy creating art that is fun and a bit of a surprise – and you are the first to see my Ice Cream Sundae of pudgy people.” Finding Jane: Work featured in Mankato Magazine March 2012

Is an award-winning wildlife and landscape artist, paints super-realistic landscapes, dreamscapes and skies. He paints both in the studio and “en plein air,” always with an eye out for the transcendent and spiritual plus factor. These “Windows on Paradise” are a portal into the inner worlds where dreams, visions and catharsis await and we all can find a key to our deepest source of meaning and comfort. Mark lives in Northfield with his partner, Suzanne. Finding Mark: Windows on Paradise Gallery at 904 Division St. S, Northfield; available for viewing by appointment • markdaehlin.com • mark@aart.org • 612/327-9667

Is a watercolor artist living in Northfield, who devotes a great deal of time to painting and teaching watercolor classes. When choosing something to paint, Kathy always looks to the beauty of the world around her and is especially attracted to floral compositions, as well as scenes of the Cannon River throughout the year. Kathy earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in education, and spent 20 years as an elementary classroom teacher. Shortly before retiring in 2007, she took her first painting class and has since focused her time and energy on her newfound passion! Finding Kathy: Various galleries in Northfield • kmillerwatercolors.com.

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Dennis became very active in the arts culture of Northfield before he had a permanent Northfield residence. This year was his third year in the Riverfront Art Festival during Defeat of Jesse James Days and he can be found every Saturday through mid-October at the Riverwalk Market Fair. His art is on display at the Northfield Senior Center and in the new gallery space at the Archer House. Before moving to Minnesota, Dennis lived and worked near Austin, Texas, where his images were displayed and sold in galleries, gift shops and restaurants, including the West Gallery at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Dennis is truly a contemporary photographer, using all the tools of digital image capture and post-processing. His subject matter ranges from scenic landscapes, nature and wildlife to historic architecture, including some of the well-known churches and buildings in the Northfield area. Finding Dennis: Dennis@McClintockPhotoGraphics.com • mcclintockphotographics.com • 507/412-0765

“I live on a farm overlooking Sogn Valley near Cannon Falls, Minnesota. I love my surroundings and am inspired by nature and the changing seasons. Painting outdoors, en plein air, is my favorite approach. I’m in the fresh air – I can take my easel on a trip to the lake or park or on a hike to a hilltop vista. Maybe best of all is when I paint the barn or the maple tree in my own back yard. Why pastels? The intense colors capture the richness of the natural world.” Becky Jokela has been teaching art to Zumbrota-Mazeppa high school and elementary students since 1985. She began studying art at the University of Oregon and later graduated with a degree in Art Education from the University of Minnesota. Finding Becky: beckyjokela.com • bjokela@gmail.com

Le Ann lives in North Mankato and says, “I am a painter who gathers inspiration from life situations. I enjoy putting a thoughtful, sometimes humorous spin on my personal view of the world. Acrylic paint and acrylic/mixed media are two mediums I enjoy working with.” Le Ann’s exhibitions include The Owatonna Art Center, Waseca Art Center, St. Peter Art Center, Carnegie Art Center [Mankato] and the Minnesota State Fair Visual Art Show. Le Ann is a Visual Art Educator at Mankato West High School. Finding Le Ann: lryan1@isd77.k12.mn.us

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Is a longtime Northeast Minneapolis resident and has done commission artworks since 2008 (portraits, landscapes, photography and more). Justin says, “I got very serious about portraiture, realism and commission works in 2008 when I started working for Lee’s Gallery (now “On The Spot Gallery”) at Mall of America. Lately, I’ve been commissioned for wedding photography and family portraiture projects, but have also done a lot of work for music promotion (cd covers, flyers, banners etc.) I’m also a spoken word/Hip-Hop artist.” Finding Justin: Work on display at On The Spot Gallery at Mall of America; Dunn Bros. Coffee Freight House in Minneapolis; Music Release on Oct. 20. Facebook: /justin.whitman1

Is a visual artist living and working in Northfield, MN. Lilla spent her childhood in Venezuela and upstate New York where she attended classes at Chautauqua Institution. She pursued scientific illustration in college, creating work for several departments at Cornell University. After years in marketing and advertising, Lilla returned to her creative pursuits and received an MFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Lilla’s interest and skills in drawing have expanded into the worlds of printmaking, artist books, and painting. Her subject matter reflects paths of her personal life: motherhood, child attachment and adolescence, death and abandonment. Finding Lilla: Her works are in the permanent collection of such institutions as the Weisman Museum of Art, Target Corporation, Northfield Hospital and the Patterson Library. Studio: 101 E 5th St., Studio #303 Northfield • lillart.com • lillart@me.com

Is the owner of The Barefoot Studio in Northfield. She paints bright acrylic paintings on wood and canvas. Carla says, “I have a strong connection and curiosity with trees and plants. I am intrigued by the patterns they create with the sky and air as their background. I love the sound of leaves in the wind. Because of this relationship, the elements of nature often appear in my paintings. To me they represent the passage of time, spiritual energy, presence and hope.” Finding Carla: Northfield Arts Guild Gallery “Color Stories,” Sept. 26-Oct. 26; Sogn Valley Craft Fair, Oct 6-7; Abode Gallery, Stockholm, Wisconsin; Northfield Arts Guild Shop; Digs Studio, Minneapolis; and The Fine Craft Collective, Northfield, November and December • barefootstudio.net

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Julie creates vibrant original domestic animal paintings and pet portraits using acrylic on hardboard. Forget human models, Julie’s “preferred models” are chubby cats in addition to animals of all sorts such as dogs, chickens and goats. Julie’s exhibitions include the Paradise Center for the Arts, the Northfield Arts Guild, the Lanesboro Art Center, the MCAD-Foundation Program Exhibition in Minneapolis and the Paul Watkins Gallery in Winona, MN. Finding Julie: jmfstudio.us • juliefakler@gmail.com

“I tend to notice the large within the small, the meaning within the tossed-off phrase. Within the ordinary moment, the often-hidden can reveal itself. I try to bring that to light in my work. All art probably requires collaboration between the artist (or author/speaker) and the viewer (or reader/listener). In this interaction, the viewer/reader/listener also becomes a creator, participating in the making of the thing being made. In this way, every piece of art changes once it becomes something viewed by others. It is both something made by the artist and also something made by the viewer, as it is seen/felt/experienced/discussed.” Finding Doug: doug@redwoodblock.com • redwoodblock.com

Juliane fell in love with clay as a student at Carleton College. She went on to receive her MFA and pursue numerous artist residencies, most recently at The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China. Since traveling to China, she has been exploring how two-dimensional underglaze paintings merge with glazed, three-dimensional pieces. In addition to functional ware, Juliane makes porcelain sculptures and installations that often involve recurrence of smaller forms. She is attracted to the rhythm that is generated when they repeat and begin to energize the space around them; this repetition also engages the viewer. Finding Juliane: Exhibition at Red Star Studios in Kansas City this winter and the Houston NCECA Conference in March. julianeshibata.com

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Is inspired by nature: “I love to spend time outdoors and many of my paintings were inspired by hiking, camping, kayaking, biking and skiing. Often I paint landscapes, with or without people in them. Sometimes I experiment with abstracts in the attempt to capture a feeling rather than a literal reproduction of an experience. Earlier work includes portraits, while experimenting with limited palette paintings. I enjoyed the challenge of using one dominant color and simple shapes to explore a theme. I work in oils on canvas to pursue undulating lines, sharp edges, and soft textures. I often use my fingernails and hands to push, scrape, add or remove paint. My paintings often appear at their best in a slightly dimmed light to encourage the viewer to dream and to contemplate inner horizons.” Finding Joannie: jmjohnsonart.com

“I have been creating stained glass art since 2002. Stained glass to me is poetry in a visual perspective. The interpreter takes from each piece something that is relevant to them and they can visualize their own verses from each piece and color. I like to create pieces that represent the outdoors as well as historical landmarks. I also like to do pieces that represent my faith journey. Stained glass to me is my escape into another realm where I can be creative as well as expressive and each person who views it can take from it their own story.” Finding Lucky: Draw of the Luck • Luckyrimpila.com

“I am a visual artist who specializes in portraits of the human face. I’m inspired by life’s events and motivated by realism. Experiencing emotional states of mind that are powered within ourselves help me channel the emotions into a piece of artwork that tells a story on its own. I am an ex-felon who developed my artistic ability to make it through life’s problems. I would say a way of expression into art shows the truth whether people can visualize from the same or similar experiences.” Finding Tony: tonydonartist@gmail.com

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“I make functional high-fire stoneware pottery. When I design a pot, my first consideration is functionality: how it will be used, what will make it satisfying to use, what design features will make it give good service. My second consideration is aesthetic: what will make the piece pleasing to touch, to hold, to look at, to eat out of, what will give enduring interest, delight and satisfaction to the user. When I decorate a surface, I find that the landscape around me is what enters my mind: the fields, the hills, the trees, the grasses – particularly the grasses. As the prairie species that we planted around our house grow up and fill in, I am drawn to them and want to reference them on the surface of my pots.” Finding Barbara: Prairie Creek Pottery • zaveruha.com

Is a Northfield artist working in pastels and oils. He began painting in his 40’s under the mentorship of stained glass artist David Kjerland. William’s early career as a writer and journalist taught him to believe that art ought to tell a story and evoke an emotional response from the viewer. For instance, Sunflowers shows the viewer the exuberance and turmoil of growth, while Invitation evokes feelings of loneliness and/or anticipation. Both works have been exhibited in Northfield and Minneapolis. Finding William: William has exhibited at Jack Wold Fine Arts on Minneapolis’ Nicollet Mall. Limited edition prints will soon be available. warossman@gmail.com

“I am a photographer, a capturer of events large and small, moments ordinary and extraordinary. I create images in the camera but I create art, and alter perception, in the digital darkroom. I do this because the combination of moment and artistic vision will never again be quite the same. In addition to being a photographer, I’m a software engineer, designing and building relational databases, software and database-driven websites. The combination of technical and artistic skill I bring to my photography enables me to create compelling images and displays. My work has won many awards, been shown in galleries and published in calendars, magazines and websites.” Finding David: Whether you need event photography, post-processing expertise or presentation assistance, contact me by email at dperez@dperezphoto.com or at 507/645-5895.

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“My work consists mostly of functional serving pieces and whimsical one-of-a-kind leaf faces. My handbuilt pieces usually involve leaf imprints where the item becomes a bowl, plate or hanging leaf face. I teach pottery classes at the Paradise Center for the Arts, as well as staff our Tuesday morning Open Pottery Studio. I just can’t seem to call myself ‘an artist.’ I have always been unable to ‘just sit’ and once I dabbled in clay, it stuck to my hands, my clothes and my heart. Now I mix enjoyments, working on the wheel and handbuilding where I use nature to fuel my creativity. Hopefully my style will excite you!” Finding Dianne: The Paradise Center in Faribault and The Eclectic Goat in Northfield; contact through either venue.

“I work in printmaking, paper and jewelry design. My intention is to capture the expression of the human condition that defines humanity as just the essence of being itself; but on the contrary what we react to is the language and behaviors demonstrated through expressions as our life stories unfold and tell how we function within our spaces, which then questions the real essence. My style is organic and sculptural. I work with materials that connect with all my senses and aesthetics, which include semiprecious stones, leather, silver, gold and wood, most of which are found and recycled.” Finding Marybeth: South Central MN Art Tour, Oct 20-21, Art Show in February 2013 at the Carnegie Arts Center, Mankato MN. Studio location: behind the Nutting Block building in Northfield • coylemb@mac.com

“My earliest memory is of playing with play dough and now here I am playing with clay for a living. The millefiore process of stacking colors together to form a cane that can be sliced to reveal a tiny design or picture never ceases to amaze me. I use these tiny slices to construct larger sculptures of whimsical women and animals. Sometimes it seems that these women and creatures just climb out of my piles of polymer clay. I hope those that experience my sculptures can feel some of that childhood magic that I feel as I play with my clay.” Finding Layl: Arts festivals and galleries nationwide and at Clay Squared to Infinity in Minneapolis. Her work can also be found in numerous books and publications • layl@claysquared.com

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“My process for creating jewelry begins with finding recycled objects such as bottle caps, glass rings and steel charms. I allow the materials, whether they are handmade, recycled or found, to guide my designs. It is not only the jewelry components that inspire me, but the process by which I wire wrap them together. Using traditional jewelry making techniques, I combine these found objects with gemstones, metal or leather. I find gratification in bringing together unexpected components. With each new design, I strive to create meaningful, beautiful jewelry that women want to wear every day.” Finding Heather: heather@lawrenzjewelry.com • lawrenzjewelry.com

Is a 26 year experienced glass artist and owner of Dream in Glass Studio, in New Prague, MN. She began kiln forming glass in the early 1990s. Her European background and life in Africa have enriched her creations with elements of vibrant colors and light saturation. Moving to Minnesota pushed her interest to larger scale: stained glass, sandblast etching, fused art glass, hand painting glass round out Rose-Marie’s repertory. She has lately dedicated her time mostly to fusing glass. Rose-Marie says, “Hot glass is mesmerizing when you see it melting, moving like a river of lava, and forming ribbons and shapes, creating its own design. So unpredictable but so awesome.” Finding Rose-Marie: Her glass art can be found in many private collections in Europe, Florida and in the Twin Cities, local galleries and at dreaminglassstudio.com.

“I live and love to paint in this beautiful city of Northfield. Area landscapes, such as Lyman Lakes (shown here) are my favorite subjects. And oil portraits of people and pets increasingly find their way from my easel onto waiting walls. Still life rounds out ‘everything else’ I love to paint. Since returning to Northfield, a major goal has been realized with my recent exhibit at the Northfield Senior Center. Next is my hope for a 2013 exhibit at the Northfield Arts Guild.” Finding Marsha: MKMK Studios • mkmkpainter@gmail.com • 612/245-2339

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Seth Coleman

By Rich Larson Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to introduce you to Seth Coleman, front man of Wisconcentration Camp. “I was kind of wondering what you were going to ask me about,” he says. “Like is this going to be a straight interview? Are you going to ask me about my influences?” Ok, Seth. Sure. Who are your influences? “Harold Stassen. It’s his stick-to-itiveness that I admire the most.” “And the Ramones.” “But mostly Harold Stassen. One of the worst days of my childhood was finding out that the Ramones didn’t really all have the same last name. They weren’t even brothers. Did you know that Dee Dee Ramone was born in Budapest?” Actually, that was Tommy Ramone, but you do not want to stop Seth when he’s on a roll. Seth’s a big guy with a deep gravelly voice, black hair to match his Ramone’s-style leather jacket, and the demeanor of a black lab who’s been promised a treat. Nearly every sentence he utters is followed by a staccato, guttural chuckle, like he wants to make sure you know he’s saying funny stuff. He is, to be sure. But he’ll help you out, just in case. It’s a surprisingly endearing quality. His band isn’t quite so cuddly. Wisconcentration Camp is an old school, in your face, mad about everything, loud, obnoxious, punk rock band. And they are the next big thing to come out of Northfield. “We’ve been together for about a year. Plank (bassist Justin Plank) and I have always kind of messed around since high school. And for years, I tried to convince Derek (Haars, on guitar) and Joe (Heinz, on drums) to start something. Finally about a year ago, after playing in a whole bunch of bands, they came to me and said ‘We’re sick of this’ (chuckle). ‘We hate hippies (chuckle). All they do is stand there with their arms crossed and yell at you when they have to pay for a ticket.’ So we started playing this music that hippies don’t like. In fact, the reason we’re together is to prove you don’t have to have a capo to play music in this town.” Now, personally, I happen to like all those whiny little geeks. Most of them are friends of mine (you know who you are). But I take his point. The one thing the local music scene can lack is diversity. Wisconcentration Camp certainly changes that. What they lack in sensitivity, they make up for in aggression. As it turns out, that can

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be a problem. “There aren’t too many places for us to play around here. We can’t play at the Key, because I got kicked out of the Key. The Tavern isn’t exactly a good venue for us. I don’t think anyone would come see us at the Rueb. We can play the occasional late night show at the Cow, and hopefully we’re going to start getting some shows at the Cave, but really we’re going to have to play in Rochester or in the Cities if we want gigs.”

That’s a shame, because Wisconcentration Camp’s original material is highly entertaining. Go find them on Facebook or Soundcloud and take a listen. Don’t do it in your office, though. Or around small children. Or if you’re susceptible to seizures. Coleman is a – let’s not say “failed,” let’s say “on hiatus” – standup comic who spent some time working the comedy clubs in Los Angeles, and it shows in his lyrics. The music is a blend of punk and thrash metal, the vocals sound a little better than something you’d hear on a Motorhead album, and the lyrics are sometimes amusing, sometimes pretty funny, and sometimes hilarious. On stage, Coleman will enhance those songs with some theatrics. Props, even. And as you would guess, those props are not for the squeamish. “If you come out to see us, it’s a good idea to leave your sense of decency at home,” he says. Frankly, as you read this, there’s a chance Coleman is in jail. WC is scheduled to play at the Lowbrow – High Octane show a few days from this writing. During our conversation, he described a bit he wants to do on stage that involves fake blood, and…well… um…just go check Northfield Patch for the local police blotter. Hopefully you won’t find Seth’s name. While I can’t condone acts that would jeopardize one’s ability to legally leave the city limits, I do think it’s pretty great to have a band around here that’s willing to challenge the norm, and raise some eyebrows. You don’t have to like the music; frankly they’d be surprised if most of you did, but you have to respect the source. Coleman and the rest of the guys in the band are classic outsiders and misfits (Except for Plank. Mr. Hotty Chapati himself has another on-the-rise band you may have heard of called Gospel Gossip). He was raised in a strict Pentecostal household, which is not something he found very appealing. This music, and all that goes with it, are vehicles he uses to work out some of those lingering issues. “One of our songs, ‘Left A Stain,’ has been on the shelf for years. It’s something Joe and I wrote when we were 16,” he says at the ripe old age of 30. So, there’s some genuine teen angst in this music? “You can call it honest if you want. I just think it’s fun to play,” he says with another guttural laugh. “But, honestly, don’t write about us like we’re some super serious group. We’re more like a version of Spinal Tap that could kick your ass.”

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HISTORIC

HAPPENINGS By Susan Hvistendahl

John Maakestad: A Life of Art and Action “We were built and now stand on the shoulders of Giants.” This was the shared sentiment of the St. Olaf College Department of Art in the wake of losses of Reidar Dittmann, Arch Leean and John Maakestad at the time of Maakestad’s passing this year. Dittmann, after whom the building housing the Art Department is named, died Dec. 29, 2010, Arch Leean on April 22, 2011, and Maakestad on April 10, 2012. The Flaten Art Museum in the Dittmann Center opened an exhibit called “Artists on the Hill” last month featuring works of Leean, Maakestad, faculty emeriti A. Malcolm Gimse and Jan Shoger, along with present members of the department. The show of paintings, drawings, prints, textile, sculpture, ceramics, photography and video plus media combinations will run through Oct. 12. In addition, Leean’s highly praised series of 40 drawings based on The Book of the Revelation of John from 1980 will be featured from Oct. 26 through Dec. 2 at the Virginia and Jennifer C. Groot Gallery within the Dittmann Center. Maakestad’s son, artist Tom Maakestad, is putting together a joint show of their art at the Northfield Arts Guild that will run from Oct. 31 to Nov. 30. The exhibitions will provide local residents with a unique opportunity to see the art of two of the “giants” of Manitou Heights who will be forever remembered by their students and colleagues. (See

“Hedge Row,” oil on canvas, 1965. Both images courtesy Flaten Art Museum, St. Olaf College.

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Left: John Maakestad, 1955, courtesy St. Olaf College Archives. Above: an early work of Maakestad, courtesy Tom Maakestad.

box at end for Arch Leean.) In 1979 John Maakestad was in a reflective mood as he talked to Robert Phelps of the St. Olaf News Bureau about a 30-year retrospective of his works which was opening at the college’s Steensland Gallery. He told Phelps, “Every once in a while, I think about doing something entirely different. But I know I never will. A long time ago, I made a commitment to being a professional artist and that’s what I am. I feel an obligation to keep moving and growing, and I have to believe I’m adding something to the world.” The retrospective included paintings, graphics and sculpture. The paintings, predominantly landscapes, were influenced by the “rolling countryside of southeastern Minnesota” and “the rugged grandeur of Washington’s Cascade mountain country,” places close to his heart. Summers spent teaching art at the Lutheran retreat center of Washington’s Holden Village, wrote Phelps, “have promoted a love affair with that terrain which provides a contrast with his natural habitat.” Maakestad’s work became more abstract in the 1960s and Maakestad told Phelps that his most recent work was an attempt to make the invisible visible. history continued on next page

“Something Piscatoria,” serigraph on paper, 1969.

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“I suppose that is what artists always try to do,” said Maakestad. “I’ve had this image of art as a rainbow between now and eternity – a way of making the things we feel concrete, to somehow make the feelings of the spirit tangible.” He described his style as starting with a “chaotic scribble,” and “then I try to impose an order on that with vivid colors.” His technique lately had been to “put strips of masking tape over the scribble and paint in color between the strips.” And when painting becomes tedious, “I change the medium – to drawing or sculpture.” While this interview from 1979 focuses on his art, mention is made of his running, cross country skiing, riding his bicycle from his farm home near the edge of Nerstrand woods to campus – the types of pursuits which define Maakestad as much as his artistic life. In fact, he had just taken up bicycle racing and had won the 100-mile Defeat of Jesse James race that September which he had co-organized. Maakestad came to St. Olaf College from Rochester, where his father was a Lutheran pastor. He graduated with a major in art and English in 1950. At St. Olaf, Maakestad was influenced by Arnold Flaten who had established the Art Department in 1932. Maakestad met his wife, Bobbie Shefveland, on campus and they were married in 1951. After serving in the U.S. Army, he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1955 from the University of Iowa with an emphasis in studio art and art history. Maakestad joined the St. Olaf art faculty in 1956, teaching painting, drawing, design, printmaking, sculpture and art history, coordinating college exhibitions and collections and designing sets

for the St. Olaf Christmas festival for 20 years through 1977. Mac Gimse, now professor emeritus of the St. Olaf Art Department, recalled the designs which sparkled with “the oddest details, like cardboard wrapped in aluminum foil, which moved in the slightest air and reflected the tiniest light. His double dodecahedron stars, ingeniously hot-glued together and hung in Skoglund gym, out-dazzled the greatest ballroom.” Maakestad once said he considered his festival work, which he kept and stored in his barn for many years, as some of his best art, seen by almost 100,000 people. In 1968, Maakestad began the first of eight years as chair of the Art Department and, in 1969, he started summers of teaching at Holden Village in Chelan, Washington, and began mountain climbing. Near Nerstrand, he became heavily involved in the Society for the Preservation of the Valley Grove Church Building. Saved from being razed, the church had a celebration of its 150th anniversary last month. On Oct. 4,1983, the St. Paul Dispatch took note of a “Maakestad Family Show and Tell” exhibit at the Northfield Arts Guild Gallery where six Maakestads, led by “Papa John” with his landscapes, displayed 71 pieces of art in a variety of mediums and styles. John’s wife, Bobbie, wove poetry into quilts and tapestries. The oldest son, Erik, then teaching sculpture at the University of Illinois, exhibited sculpture in clay and steel and mixed media in the show, while his wife, Susan, showed her oil paintings. Jon, then on the staff at the Walker in Minneapolis and at galleries in Washington, D.C.,

Left: John Maakestad “Land Ribbons,” 1986, acrylic on canvas. Right: Mac Gimse “Manitou,” 2012, wood and metal – a tribute to Maakestad. Photos courtesy Flaten Art Museum, St. Olaf College.

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showed some of his cherry wood and walnut carvings influenced by Flaten. Tom, a free-lance graphic designer who had studied at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, showed water colors. John Maakestad said that their youngest son Rolf, a junior at Luther College, was the only “maverick” not represented. Maakestad told the reporter, “I always tell people, jokingly, that I stood behind each one with a baseball bat and said, ‘Paint or sculpt, darn you.’” What really happened, he said, was, “We gave them crayons, paper, paints and clay and let them ruin the house and clutter it up with all the messy stuff they could.” One of Maakestad’s sabbaticals was the topic of the Manitou Messenger of Oct. 31, 1986. He had researched modern, Renaissance and baroque art, “looking for women artists and the presentation of women in Western European art,” having noticed that only a few women John Maakestad with an acrylic, circa 1986. Photo courtesy St. Olaf College Archives. artists were mentioned in major art textbooks. Maakestad felt the need “to give more recognition to women and their if he stopped beside the road for tire repairs, passersby would offer contributions,” Jan Shoger told me. He began teaching a “Women to help and end up inviting him for a meal and to stay overnight. in Visual Arts” seminar in 1986. Shoger (who was chair of the Art The News story said that at Whitefish, Montana, a host “barbeDepartment from 1991 to 1994, taught at St. Olaf for 20 years and cued a moose roast in his honor.” He rode with three other bikers is now professor emeritus) said that “people responded so well that through Montana and North Dakota, encountering 104 degrees we eventually added it to the curriculum.” and a headwind at Williston, N.D. Bobbie Maakestad told me that Shoger provided me with an example of Maakestad’s teaching style. the “most fun” he had was “being able to say he had done it.” When he would teach a 20th century art history course, the room A retrospective of Maakestad’s art opened at St. Olaf’s Steensland was darkened in order to show slides of the works. Gallery on Jan. 15, 1994, in anticipation of his coming retire“We called art history courses Art in the Dark,” said Shoger. “Esment after 37 years of teaching. Pieces included oil on canvas, oil pecially if the class was after lunch, he would find students falling pastel on paper, mixed media, acrylic on canvas and ink on paper. asleep, dozing off. Often if he saw two or three falling asleep, he Shoger told me that Maakestad chose the title of this exhibit: “A would say, ‘Now this next oil painting is done by Mickey Mouse’ Pilgrimage: I’ll Tell You Where I’m Going When I Get There.” She and he would go on and talk about the art method and the rest explained, “John was a really curious and inventive person who was of the class would laugh. So that would wake up the student who so comfortable with changing media. His hiking in the Cascades was sleeping. He could go back and say ‘Oh, I think I misspoke. It were his own pilgrimages. He felt deeply, spiritually, that life was wasn’t Mickey Mouse after all.’ He tried humorous things to get the a journey to carry out some new ideas, that he never knew exactly kids to stay with him in Art in the Dark.” where it was going to take him next. He was always open to someArtist Jill Ewald, director of the Flaten Art Museum for the past de- thing new that was coming up.” cade, came to study at St. Olaf as an adult in 1985 and “just wanted The booklet for the exhibit provided the opportunity for Mac to make art,” not study art history. At his memorial, she said, “Then Gimse (who had been hired by Maakestad in 1970) to write about I took art history from John, who made it come alive. Every artist/ his colleague. art period/architecture he talked about was in a greater context “John Maakestad has the largest brain of anyone I have ever that connected cultures, worlds, times. He opened my mind and known. Yes, his head takes an unusually large hat, but I am refereyes. He taught me to love art history as part of art making. And to ring to his brain power. He has enormous storage capacity that embrace life. Gentle, funny, thoughtful man.” updates itself by going from the old file folders to microchip The summer of 1987 was highlighted by an adventure which took memory….John has the rare synaptic power to bring back images place after the annual stay at Holden Village. A headline in the and ideas in combinations that dazzle a lesser mind.” Northfield News of Aug. 20, 1987, read, “Maakestad Bikes 2,000 Gimse also wrote of how Maakestad was imbued with “outside air.” Miles on Cross-Country Trip,” from Washington to Nerstrand. Nature envelops him, but “it is a spiritual nature as he conceives Bobbie Maakestad told me at the opening of the current art exhibit it. The world is alive with a glow even in the dead of winter.” at St. Olaf that her husband had talked of doing this so often that Landscapes “unfold in sketches as he walks through them,” and “I called his bluff and insisted he do it.” He had told the reporter, “prairie vistas almost roll onto paper as he rides his bicycle across “When Bobbie left for home, she left me standing by the side of the Nebraska. Mountains and glaciers cascade from his pen.” Gimse road. I watched her drive away – and I cried!” She drove home in concluded, “When we join him at his artist’s table, he serves us his three days; he biked it in 21 days, riding over mountain ranges and love of nature as the bread of human existence. His cup gives off using back roads as much as possible. Shoger recalled hearing that history continued on next page

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Left: John Maakestad, circa 1994, photo courtesy St. Olaf College Archives. Right; “Here Below,” computer design in MacPaint, from cover art of devotional book Daily Text 2009, courtesy of Tom Maakestad

the aroma of spiritual insight that baffles us in its execution, but inspires us by its energy and other-worldly origins. Thank you, John, for being our host at this latest feast!” A feast of another kind took place at the retirement party for Maakestad. Shoger told me that they had a party catered at the Minnesota Zoo after its closing hours. Invitations went out to colleagues and art majors, past and present, with instructions to come in animal costumes. “Ed Sovik and his wife came as toucan birds with great big beaks, Mac Gimse came as a gorilla,” said Shoger. There were perhaps 250 people at the dinner. There also was an opportunity to hold iguanas, rabbits and so on in the “feel and touch room” and they had a “This is Your Life, John” showing of more than 100 slides put together with the help of his wife, Bobbie. Shoger said, “It was one of the best parties we had for the Art Department and John really enjoyed it.” In the first autumn of Maakestad’s retirement, he made a series of pen and ink drawings of the Nerstrand Big Woods which he showed in a Northfield Arts Guild exhibit with his daughterin-law Susan. In a Northfield News story of Feb. 9, 1996, he described how he drew trees, after photographing them: “Trees are added and subtracted at will. They bend to converse with each other and some old maples are hard of hearing. Some younger trees get restless and start rocking a bit.” Maakestad was in the Northfield News again on May 30, 1997,

as a result of a horrific van explosion in Apple Valley. The interior of the van burst into flames when a “gas can sitting in the rear passenger area tipped over and ignited. Maakestad was burned so quickly and seriously he could not escape from the vehicle. A passing driver pulled him out and saved his life. Within seconds, the empty vehicle coasted to a curb where it exploded.” His burns covered over 20 percent of his body and grafts for third-degree burns were necessary. Shoger told me his recovery was “long and difficult,” but he developed a “real camaraderie” with other patients in the burn unit and during rehabilitation after skin grafts. “He really felt he had been given a second life, he felt completely renewed and energized” and threw himself into his art work with renewed vigor. He continued to have many art shows, including through his last year. On April 10, 2012, Maakestad completed his life’s pilgrimage, dying of pneumonia at the age of 83 while visiting in Arkansas with his wife Bobbie. Bobbie Maakestad told the Star Tribune of April 14, 2012, that hearing from his former students “gave him the most joy, knowing that something he did enriched their lives.” I asked L.K. Hanson, St. Olaf Class of 1966, to say a few words about his mentor. Hanson, long-time artist of the Star Tribune who still has a regular Monday Opinion Exchange feature called “You Don’t Say,” responded: “John was my faculty adviser when I started at St. Olaf in 1962. I was 19, literally straight off the farm. Never had an art class. Never met a real artist. More than anything else, I will forever remember John as a warm guiding presence in my artistic and creative development. We were, in some ineffable way, kindred spirits; brothers in artistic sensibility, in outlook and in sly mischiefmaking. He encouraged me when I started doing ‘The Uglies’ cartoon strip in the Mess, and was ever the enduring fan.”

L.K. Hanson, Bobbie Maakestad and Tom Maakestad at the opening of the current St. Olaf Flaten Art Museum exhibit, “Artists on the Hill: Department of Art and Art History,” on display through Oct. 12.

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When Hanson encountered difficulties his sophomore year, Maakestad “urged me to continue at St. Olaf, telling me that I could be the artist I wanted to be if I was willing to do the

work. Over the years, we stayed in touch. Throughout his later life, John was unfailing in his interest in my creative efforts, always encouraging, always ready with a Maakestadian observation. He holds a special place in my heart – and always will – as a testimony to the power of art and of enduring friendship.” At the funeral service at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Northfield on April 21, Wendell Arneson (who joined the St. Olaf art faculty in 1978 as a sabbatical replacement for Maakestad) quoted Dr. Seuss: “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

Arneson said of Maakestad, “Always a kind word, wisdom, and twinkle when sharing advice…Many of our lives here today have changed in subtle, endearing, and sensitive ways because of the life journey of John Maakestad…He has always filled my heart with immeasurable love, respect and admiration. Thank you, John. We, I, will smile because you happened.” Thanks for assistance with this story to Jeff Sauve, Jill Ewald, Jan Shoger, Wendell Arneson, L.K. Hanson and Tom Maakestad.

Arch Leean: From Flintstones to Fusions “Yabba Dabba Doo!“ People of a certain age remember the catch phrase of the “The Flintstones,” a stone-age family from Bedrock. Arch Leean, a Wisconsin native, worked as a film animator from 1957 to 1964 for California studios such as Hanna Barbera of “Flintstones” fame, Walt Disney and Jay Ward (“Fractured Fairytales”) before coming to St. Olaf to teach art from 1964-1993.

dependent films was “Fusions,” a computer film with dance and electronic music which was presented from 1982-86 in Minneapolis, Northridge and Los Angeles, Kansas City and Portland, Oregon. Leean was chair of the Art Department from 1978-83. Leean and his wife Mary, who became assistant director of foreign student services, led international studies terms in the Far and Near East in 1974 and 1983. He had met his wife when she was a secretary for St. Olaf’s Dean of Women, Gertrude Hilleboe. He was then working for the Ed Sovik-Arnold Flaten architectural firm and taught art classes with them at St. Olaf from 1953-54 after graduation from the Univ. of Wisconsin and two years as an Air Force pilot. The Leeans were married in 1955 in London, where he was studying at the Slade School of Art. Leean made films for teaching purposes at a Lutheran retreat center for Iron Curtain refugees in England which sparked an interest in this medium and led to a master’s at Columbia University in film and then at the Univ. of S. California in animation. After seven years working in animation, he returned to academia at St. Olaf in 1964.

The exhibit booklet from “Artists on the Hill” (at the Flaten Museum through Oct. 12) lists Leean’s artistic activity of “documentary, animation and live action films, drawings, paintings, computer enhanced drawings and prints and sculpture.” Two works from his 1980 Revelation Series at this exhibit will be followed by the complete series of 40 drawings in the Groot Gallery Oct. 26-Dec. 2. Leean said that The Book of the Revelation of John has to be “one of the most visually fascinating accounts ever written. It begs for interpretation, yet it rewards one who only reads or listens to the story…I hope the process of combining visuals and words can also provide assistance to the reader or listener who wants to become more familiar with the book without pretending to understand all that it contains.”

Above: Arch Leean with drawings from his 1980

After retirement in 1993, the Leeans moved to Reed Springs, Missouri, near Branson, where they had built a “dream house.” After a threeyear struggle with a rare degenerative brain disorder, Leean passed away on April 22, 2011.

Revelation Series, courtesy St. Olaf College At a faculty reception upon his retireArchives. Below: “The New Jerusalem” from ment in May of 1993, Art Department Series, courtesy Flaten Art Museum, St. chair Jan Shoger praised him as “a person Revelation Olaf College. who has kept alive the tradition of Arne Among the memories shared at Leean’s Flaten, who founded the St. Olaf Art Dememorial service in Missouri was one from a partment; an enormously inventive, creative man; a man who with former St. Olaf art student: “Arch’s figure drawing classes showed his gentle manner has reached and inspired many, many students.” me to see and draw critically and intelligently. My recent ‘Arch moAmong his many accomplishments: establishing the first color ment,’ however, was when my 10-year-old son asked me to teach graphics computer lab. Shoger told me that because of Leean’s him how to animate a Calvin and Hobbes comic. My son and I knowledge, St. Olaf had computer courses in the studio art depart- spent a weekend working out the story, drawing, photographing ment ahead of other colleges and universities, with “eager students and compiling all the images…because I had the honor of knowthat wanted to find out about this new equipment.” Among his in- ing a great man who taught me magic.”

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Third Monday of the month, 7pm, Ivan Whillock Studio, Faribault

Cannon Valley Civil War Round Table

Rice County Historical Society, Thursday. Oct. 18, 7-9pm – Monthly on the third Thursday Crossings at Carnegie – www.crossingsatcarnegie.com, 507/732-7616 – Classes in the arts for preschoolers to adults. Write What You Wish You Knew: A Workshop on Using Research in Prose Writing Projects – Oct. 20, 9am-12pm – Join novelist and creative writing instructor at St. Olaf, Jenny Dunning, for a workshop on research in writing, including what you want to research, interviewing, research strategies, and suggestions about how to use research in your writing. Cub Scout Pack 300 – 612/490-4048, cubs300.org Just Food Co-op, Northfield – 507/650-0106 Mondays: Knitting Night, 7-9pm, 507/645-6331 Intro to Infant Massage – Oct. 8, 6:30-7:30pm Homeopathy and Acupuncture – Oct. 11, 7-8:30pm Make your own Kombucha – Oct. 20, 12-2:30pm Kid Class: Bento Boxes! – Oct. 30, 6-7pm 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.

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Northfield Arts Guild – 507/645-8877 – Find classes for kids and

adults at northfieldartsguild.org.

Northfield Buddhist Meditation Center – Children’s Circle Class (ages 3-9), Sundays, 3-4pm – Children and their parents

meditate, do yoga and learn about Buddhism in a fun, peaceful atmosphere of exploration. Everyone welcome. Northfield Public Library – 507/645-6606 First Steps Early Literacy Center, Mon, Fri, Sat, 10-12pm A parent or caregiver-directed activity center where toddlers and preschoolers are surrounded by alphabet manipulatives, concept books, board books and puzzles, all designed to be a fun learning experience. Patty Cake Infant Lapsit, Tue, 10-11am – Specially designed to encourage development of language and motor skills by incorporating books with simple songs, rhymes and fingerplays. For ages 6-18 months with parent or caregiver. Toddler Rhyme Time, Wed, 10-11am – A time to encourage development of language and motor skills by integrating movement, songs, books and rhymes for kids ages 18 months to 3 years with parent or caregiver. Preschool Story & Craft Time, Thu, 10-11am – Stories and a craft for the “just about ready for school crowd.” For those who are ready to sit and listen to a picture book, sing songs and create a small art project. Northfield Public Schools Community Services

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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, third Thursday of each month, 6-8pm. 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. Drawing 101: Thursdays, Oct. 11, 18, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15 (6 sessions), 6-8pm. Members $84/non-members $108. Introduction to basic principles of drawing, textures, rendering, transparent objects and how to create a more professional look in your artwork. Based on the representation of flowers, fruits, still life objects and the human head. All materials provided. Instructor: George Ponticas Northfield Area Family YMCA – 519 Division Street, Northfield, MN 55057, 507/645-0088, northfieldymca.org Kids Night at the Y, Friday, Oct. 5, 5-8pm, National Guard Armory, Northfield – Kids get their own special night away from parents and parents get a night without kids. An evening of fun activities, themed games, crafts and more. Dinner is included in the price of the program and is served at 5:30 pm. Ages 3-10. Register online: northfieldymca.org. Members: $10 each for first two children, $5/add’l child; community members: $15 each for first two children, $10/add’l child

Y Kids’ Cooking Club, Monday, Oct. 22, 5-6:30pm, Church of St. Dominic Kitchen, Northfield – Calling all budding young chefs: get your hands dirty in the kitchen whipping up delicious and healthy homemade food. Learn basic cooking techniques and eat the yummy final product. Focus is on building healthy and good-for-the-environment eating habits. Parents are welcome and encouraged to participate at no additional cost. Grades 4-6. Register online: northfield ymca. org. Members: $10, community members: $15. Y Fall Family Runs – 5K, Saturday, Oct. 27, 9am, Kids ½ Mile 9:45am, Kids Obstacle Course 10am, Riverside Park Pavilion, Northfield – A great event for the entire family! Run or walk a 5K route along the Cannon River, over the pedestrian bridge and along the Mill Towns Trail. Grab friends and family and join us for an excellent morning of exercise and social wellness. Pumpkins for the kids. T-shirt included for 5K participants. Proceeds benefit Y teen programming. Register online: northfieldymca.org. 5K – $15 by Oct. 19, $18 after Oct. 19, Kid ½ Mile and Kids Obstacle Course – Free. Family Fun Night at the Y, Sunday, Oct. 28, 4-6pm, National Guard Armory, Northfield – Come to the Y and play together as a family. We will play games, have scavenger hunts, special family challenges and more. Activities will be appropriate for children ages 3 and up. Register online: northfieldymca. org. Members: $10/family, community members: $20/family

Rice County Historical Society, Faribault

507/332-2121, rchistory.org Civil War Class Series – Oct. 16-Nov. 6, 7pm – Barry Adams will present a cumulative four-week course on local involvement in the Civil War. Adams is a retired Licensed Gettysburg Battlefield guide who lives in Owatonna. The focus of his course will be on Rice and Steele County Civil War military volunteers. Cost for the series is $20. Reservations are encouraged. Contact the Rice County Historical Society at (507) 332-2121 with any questions. River Bend Nature Center, Faribault, 507/332-7151 – Classes and activities at rbnc.org. History Tours of River Bend – Join a naturalist for a journey back in time to discover the history of the land. Travel is by golf cart. Tours last 1.5 hours and can accommodate up to five people. Call to schedule. Donations welcome. Preschool Nature Play: Fall FunDate – Oct. 6, 9:30am-12pm – Preschool ages welcome if accompanied by an adult. Registration is not required. Fall is the perfect time of year to be outside. Here you’ll enjoy the season with a variety of leaf activities, exploration and discovering what animals are doing in the fall. 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.

October Gigs The 8th Street Duo ��13 – Rueb Acoustic Jam Session �� Tuesdays – Cow Mark Allen & the Key West Rejects ��6 – Tavern Christopher Anders �� 19 – Hogan Bros Matt Arthur & the Bratlanders ��25 – Tavern Ashantology ��27 –Rueb Bad Girlfriends �� 19 – Grandpa Al’s The Blue Mollies �� 6 – Rueb Sonny Bryant ��6 – Cannon River Winery Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra w/Aaron Bartz ��26 – Sheldon; 27 – First UCC Captain May I ��6 – Spikes John Charles �� 13 – Hogan Bros Collective Unconscious ��20 – Crossings Consortium Carissimi with Early Morning Singers ��6 – St. Olaf Contratopia ��19 – Nfld Armory Eric Christopher and Anthony Ihrig �5 – Tavern The Fabulous Armadillos ��20 – Crossings Tim Fast �� 5 – Hogan Bros Groove Factory ��27 – Rueb Matthew Griswold ��13 – Cow; 26 – Tavern Irish Music Session �� Wednesdays – Hogan Bros Jivin’ Ivan & the Kings of Swing �� 13, 27 – Signature Chad Johnson �� 13 – Paradise

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Jet W. Lee ��12 – Cow Joel Kachel ��20 – Cannon River Winery Key West Rejects �� 13 – Paradise Bill Koncar ��13, 14 – Cannon River Winery Lake Wobegon® Brass Band ��6 – First UCC Mark Mraz ��4, 18 – Tavern Multet y ��6 – Cow New Moon Trio ��12 – Cow Northern Roots Session ��Mondays – Cow Occasional Jazz ��19 – Cow Charlie Parr �� 19 –Shattuck Tim Patrick & His Blue Eyes Band ��7 – Cannon River Winery Simone Perrin ��12 – Crossings Pert’ Near Sandstone ��19 – Shattuck Barb Piper ��4, 18 – Cow Power House ��13 – Spikes Jeff Ray ��19 –Tavern Ann Reed with Joan Griffith ��13 – Crossings Relativity ��13 – Tavern Rice County All Stars ��20 – Rueb Amanda Rundquist ��27 – Tavern St. Olaf Cantorei �� 28 –St. Olaf St. Olaf Chapel Choir ��7 – St. Olaf St. Olaf Orchestra �� 21 – St. Olaf

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra ��4 – St. Olaf Astrid Schween and John Jensen ��7 – St. Olaf Shoot Lucy ��5 – Cow Simon Husbands ��6 – Rueb Lori Sims ��25 – St. Olaf Spontaneous Construction ��19 – Shattuck Savannah Stuckmeyer �� 13 – Paradise Study Hall ��Mondays – Cow Sweet Siren �� 12 – Grampa Al’s Bruno Sunde ��27 – Cannon River Winery Daniel Switch ��27 – Cannon River Winery Switched at Birth ��6 – Cannon River Winery Ted Pretzel Experience ��26 – Cow treVeld ��21 – Cannon River Winery Ulufudu �� 6 – Hogan Bros Unbroken Band ��5 – Spikes Art Vandalay ��12 – Tavern Katy Vernon ��6 – Rueb Wake-Robin ��13 – Bittersweet Andrew Walesch ��28 – Cannon River Winery Craig & Maren Wasner ��11 – Tavern Why Not? ��20 – Tavern Clay Williams ��6 – Rueb Tony Williams ��13 – Cannon River Winery Peter Yarrow ��27 – Crossings

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Contented Cow

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.

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

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Basil’s Pizza Palace – 301 Water St. S, Northfield • basilspizza. net • 507/663-1248 – Sun-Th 5pm-1am, Fri/Sat 5pm-2am. Dine-in, take-out, delivery, pizza, pasta, subs, gyros and salads. Serving Northfield for more than 50 years.

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.

The Break

Dairy Queen

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680 Professional Dr., Northfield • TheBreakBilliards.com 507/340-8263 – Mon-Sat, noon-midnight. Appetizers, Heggies pizzas, beer and wine. Spend $15 or more on food/beverages and shoot pool for free. Carbone’s Pizza & Sports Bar

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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, 10pm-12am. Half-price appetizers Mon-Fri 3-7pm. 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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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., North-

field – Family restaurant offering authentic Mexican cuisine as well as wonderful margaritas and more. Froggy Bottoms River Pub

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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.

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Faribault Main Street Fall Festival ��30 Faribo Insurance ��28 First United Church of Christ Concert ��28 Mark Fischer, Piano Service ��56 Froggy Bottoms River Pub ��30 Gooters �� 12 Graphic Mailbox ��23 HideAway Coffeehouse & Wine Bar ��1 Hogan Brothers’ Acoustic Cafe ��39 Jenkins Jewelers ��front banner Johnny Angel’s Eatery & Pub ��7 Michael Jordan, Realtor ��52 Just Food Co-op ��24 KYMN 1080AM, Kymnradio.net ��8 Dianne Kyte, Realtor ��5 Larson’s Printing ��26 Left Field ��4 Left-Handed Entertainment ��5 David Ludescher for City Council �� 21 Galen Malecha for County Commissioner ��46 Merlin Players ��46 MKMK Studios �� inside back Northfield Arts Guild �� 15 Northfield Eagles Club ��6 Northfield Harvest Stomp ��6 Northfield Historical Society ��17 Northfield Lines ��22 Northfield Liquor Store �� 10 Northfield Hospital & Clinics ��11, 46 Northfield Senior Center �� 13

Palestine Fair �� 15 Paper Petalum ��27 Paradise Center for the Arts ��1 Paul Swenson Photography ��4 Pink Posh Boutique ��27 Rhonda Pownell for Mayor ��9 Prairie’s Edge Humane Society ��25 Professional Pride Realty ��20 Quarterback Club �� 16 The Rare Pair ��27 Riverwalk Market Fair �� back cover William Rossman, artist �� inside back Rueb ‘N’ Stein �� 13 St. Olaf College Flaten Art Museum ��7 St. Olaf College Performing and Visual Arts �� 15 Schmidt Homes Remodeling ��22 Shattuck-St. Mary’s �� 18 Shopping Opener ��26 Sisters Ugly ��27 The Sketchy Artist ��26 Southern Minnesota Studio Artour ��40-44 State Bank of Faribault ��25 State Farm, Mark Quinnell ��30 Streitz Heating ��39 Thorn Crest Farm ��39 Three Links �� 16 Verizon Wireless ��55 Vohs Floors �� 10 Welcome Services ��39 Witt Bros., Service, Inc ��4

The HideAway

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

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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. James Gang Coffeehouse & Eatery – 2018 Jefferson Rd., Northfield 507/663-6060 • Mon-Fri 6am-8pm, Sat-Sun 7am-5pm – Voted Best Coffeehouse in southern Minnesota. Fresh daily roasted coffee. Wraps, soups, sandwiches, salads, desserts, ice cream and non-espresso drinks. Free wireless internet and business catering available.

J. Grundy’s Rueb ‘N’ Stein

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503 Division St., Northfield • ruebnstein.com • 507/645-6691 • 11amclose – 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. 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.

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The Ole Store Restaurant – 1011 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield • 507/7869400 • olestorerestaurant.com – Mon-Th 11am-9pm, Fri/Sat 11am10pm (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 – 410 Division St., Northfield 645-8392 – Opens 6 a.m. Tuesday-Saturday – Owned and operated by the Klinkhammer family since 1949. Quality baking from scratch using delicious family recipes with no preservatives. Custom cakes, homemade breads, donuts, pies, cookies, espresso, lunch and more. Quarterback Club

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116 3rd St. W., 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.

The Tavern of Northfield – 212 Division St., Northfield • 507/6630342 • 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.

PIANO TUNING • REPAIRS • REGULATION humidity control

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Mark Fischer

Piano Tuning and Service

“C” in the middle just like the piano

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Fresh Produce

An abundance of locally grown organic vegetables, seasonal flowers, fresh eggs, and delicious artisan pastries and savories.

Fine Art

A juried selection of paintings, ceramics, glass, sculpture, jewelry and much more!

Family Fun

Each Saturday offers a mix of live music, kid’s art activities, face painting and more.

Every Saturday from June through October, 9am to 2pm in Historic Downtown Northfield on Bridge Square

www.RiverwalkMarketFair.org Be a Riverwalk Market Fair Vendor!

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Join us for one Saturday, or for twenty-one. Minimal per-day fee. To apply, visit our website or email info@riverwalkmarketfair.org.

and Debit Cards Welcome!