Events
04 / 8
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm
You are invited to a public reception with Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter. Tuesday, April 8 Noon – 1 pm Carleton College Severance Great Hall Ron Tschetter served in the Peace Corps with his wife in India. He has visited many of the countries where Peace Corps volunteers are currently serving. For more information on the Peace Corps, go to www.peacecorps.gov. Start: 7:00 pm
A service of inspiration and renewal for caregivers will be held Tuesday, April 8, 7 p.m. in the Northfield Retirement Community Chapel. Called “Restore, Replenish, Renew,” this prayer and worship service is designed for anyone who is providing care or services to persons in need. This includes family caregivers, nurses, physicians, healthcare workers, therapists, clergy, volunteers and others. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
A concert performed by the St. Olaf Clarinet Choir, St. Olaf Youth Clarinet Ensemble and St. Olaf Virtuosi Chamber Winds. The concert will be April 8, at 7 PM in Boe Chapel. The last two are new ensembles that Dr. Jun Qian has created and conducted since the fall of 2007. The members of the youth ensemble are high school students from many high schools in the area. The members of the chamber winds are selected through behind-screen auditions and the recommendations of their teachers from the music department. The goal for the group is to explore classical repertoires written for eight to 13 wind players. The program will consist of classical clarinet choir music and Mozart's "Serenade for Woodwinds and horns, K.375." | ||
04 / 9
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
(Submitted by Diethelm Prowe) Wednesday, April 8, 6:30 PM, Dundas City Hall. Please come. Planning for clean-up day. Start: 7:00 pm
Start: Apr 9 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Apr 12 2008 - 7:00pm
St. Olaf Theater department will perform Les Belles-Soeurs April 9-12 at 7:30 PM, with another show on April 12 at 2:00 PM. Tickets are required and are $8. Call 507-786-8987 for tickets. | ||
04 / 10
(all day)
Start: Apr 9 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Apr 12 2008 - 7:00pm
St. Olaf Theater department will perform Les Belles-Soeurs April 9-12 at 7:30 PM, with another show on April 12 at 2:00 PM. Tickets are required and are $8. Call 507-786-8987 for tickets. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Tom Swift, author of Chief Bender's Burden, will read from and discuss his book Thursday, April 10, 7:00 pm at Monkey See, Monkey Read (425 Division St in Northfield, MN). Afterward, Tom will sign books and answer questions. Refreshments will be served.
Library Journal recently gave Tom's book a starred review.
I am currently reading Chief Bender's Burden. I highly recommend this book. Tom's writing style makes this book a great read. The story is engaging and the game sequences are very exciting. Tom has recreated many of the games Bender pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics. The book is currently 20% off the cover price. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm
Just Food's answer to a certain tv chef. For those of us who never seem to quite have enough time to cook dinner - Kirsten will share with us a few quick and delicious meals that can be made in less than half an hour. Come get some great tips for how to prepare nutritious and yummy food that will keep you healthy and happy all week long. As always - recipes will be shared along with sampling 2 - 3 dishes. Water will be available to drink, but feel free to bring a beverage to share. Come prepared to eat! Cost: $15 co-op owners/ $17 non-owner | ||
04 / 11
(all day)
Start: Apr 9 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Apr 12 2008 - 7:00pm
St. Olaf Theater department will perform Les Belles-Soeurs April 9-12 at 7:30 PM, with another show on April 12 at 2:00 PM. Tickets are required and are $8. Call 507-786-8987 for tickets. Start: 9:00 am
End: 6:00 pm
There are several ways you can help Habitat for Humanity make this fundraiser a success: Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
The 8th annual “Arts a la Carte” Evening of the Arts will be held this Friday, April 11th from 6-9 p.m. at Northfield High School. Arts a la Carte is a yearly event that celebrates visual, literary, dramatic, and performance art and is open to the public. This amazing event provides high school students with the opportunity to share their artistic talents and passions with the community. Children and adults will find plenty to do throughout the evening and everyone is encouraged to attend. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 11:00 pm
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm
A Tony Award-winning musical performed by talented local folks on the Arts Guild stage, 411 W 3rd St. Tickets are $14 for adults and $11 for students. Start: 7:30 pm
Start: Apr 11 2008 - 7:30pm
End: Apr 13 2008 - 2:30pm
The performances will take place Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 13 at 2:30 p.m. in Dittmann Center's Wagner-Bundgaard Studio. The event is free and open to the public. Read the rest of the story at stolaf.edu. | ||
04 / 12
End: 7:00 pm
Start: Apr 9 2008 - 7:00pm
End: Apr 12 2008 - 7:00pm
St. Olaf Theater department will perform Les Belles-Soeurs April 9-12 at 7:30 PM, with another show on April 12 at 2:00 PM. Tickets are required and are $8. Call 507-786-8987 for tickets. (all day)
Start: Apr 11 2008 - 7:30pm
End: Apr 13 2008 - 2:30pm
The performances will take place Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 13 at 2:30 p.m. in Dittmann Center's Wagner-Bundgaard Studio. The event is free and open to the public. Read the rest of the story at stolaf.edu. Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
There are several ways you can help Habitat for Humanity make this fundraiser a success: Start: 9:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Join over a half-million people and celebrate the nation’s largest health day for kids—YMCA Healthy Kids Day—Saturday, April Twelfth! It’s a free, fun-filled morning of interactive games, family activity, health give-aways and more…The Y is helping families play more and embrace healthy new life choices.
Start: 10:00 am
End: 12:00 pm
Montessori Teacher Trainer Nimal Vaz, along with Robin Moore, Landscape Architect, and Thomas Berry, Theologian-Philosopher, shows how the naturalized schoolyard brings the child into contact with the natural world and the universe. The video introduces teachers and parents to the necessity of outdoor learning environments for preschool and elementary classrooms. Montessori Children's House is at 2400 Division Street South. 507.645.2445 | www.mchnorthfield.com Start: 7:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm
A Tony Award-winning musical performed by talented local folks on the Arts Guild stage, 411 W 3rd St. Tickets are $14 for adults and $11 for students. | ||
04 / 13
End: 2:30 pm
Start: Apr 11 2008 - 7:30pm
End: Apr 13 2008 - 2:30pm
The performances will take place Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 13 at 2:30 p.m. in Dittmann Center's Wagner-Bundgaard Studio. The event is free and open to the public. Read the rest of the story at stolaf.edu. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:30 pm
A Tony Award-winning musical performed by talented local folks on the Arts Guild stage, 411 W 3rd St. Tickets are $14 for adults and $11 for students. Start: 3:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Printmakers Jan Vicar and Kristyna Pojerova did not travel 4500 miles just to give an ordinary art exhibit! On Sunday April 13, from 3 pm to 9 pm, the ArtOrg gallery exhibit called "Czech Printmaking 2008" will open. The exhibit will feature work from eight contemporary printmakers from the Czech Republic, and the addition of about 20 artists from the University of Minnesota Printmaking Collaborative called "The Bohemian Press". We are expecting a great turnout and we are roasting a pig! Please join us! We recommend that everyone attend this opening event. There will be additional gallery hours announced on our website. | ||
04 / 14
Start: 3:30 pm
End: 4:30 pm
Start: 7:00 pm
St. Olaf Classic American Film Festival is showing Invasion of the Body Snatchers Monday, April 14, 2008 at 7:00 PM at Viking Theater in Buntrock Commons. The event is free and open to the public. | ||
04 / 15
Start: 7:00 pm
The first day of the James Baldwin Film Festival includes Witness James Baldwin (1991) at 7:00 p.m. and Go Tell It On the Mountain (2004) at 8:00 p.m. Part of Carleton College's week-long symposium: Contemplating James Baldwin. Start: 8:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
He will deliver a lecture titled "Norway and the United States in the Next Century: Working Together in our Changing World" on Tuesday, April 15, from 8-9 p.m. in the Valhalla Room of the Kings' Dining Room in Buntrock Commons, with a reception to follow. In addition, a coffee reception will be held in his honor on Wednesday, April 16, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. in the Heritage Room of Buntrock Commons. Both events are free and open to the public. Read the rest of the story at stolaf.edu. | ||
04 / 16
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
A number of Northfield organizations, along with other national, state and community groups, are joining forces to highlight the importance of advance healthcare decision-making — an effort that has culminated in the formal designation of April 16 as National Healthcare Decisions Day . The main event of the day will include a presentation and panel discussion about advance care planning and advance directives (in accordance with Minnesota state laws) from 1 to 2 p.m. in the Northfield Public Library, followed by free consultations until 5 p.m. Panelists who will discuss advance care planning and advance directives include a local social worker, a nurse practitioner, a family member, a chaplain, an attorney and a physician. Start: 7:00 pm
Day two of the James Baldwin Film Festival includes James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1990) at 7:00 p.m. and a repeat showing of Witness James Baldwin (1991) at 9:00 p.m. Part of Carleton College's week-long symposium: Contemplating James Baldwin. | ||
04 / 17
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04 / 18
Start: 7:00 pm
The 11-song CD is a guitar-and-mandolin-driven exploration of the band's Midwestern roots. You can hear several songs from the CD on their MySpace page and watch video clips from their current tour at www.jaybercrow.com. Start: 7:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm
A Tony Award-winning musical performed by talented local folks on the Arts Guild stage, 411 W 3rd St. Tickets are $14 for adults and $11 for students. Start: 8:15 pm
Formed in 1992, the Arianna String Quartet garnered national attention by winning the Grand Prize in the 1994 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and First Prize in both the Coleman and Carmel Chamber Music Competitions. They were also Laureates in the 1999 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition. Read the rest of the story at stolaf.edu.
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04 / 19
Start: 11:00 am
End: 8:00 pm
Jill will be at the gallery all day this Saturday. Regular hours are 11 am - 8 pm. Please stop in to meet her and to see her new work. The exhibition closes April 26th. Further information is available at www.artonwater.com or call 507-786-9700. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Cooking Presentation with Catherine at Olson Brothers Construction 5990 110th St. E. Learn how to make Classic Tortilla Soup! MMMM...that sounds good
Also tour the "Builder's Dream Home" This timeless custom home has every upgrade. Exotic hardwood floors, radiant tile flooring, custom mission style kitchen cabinetry by Northfield Kitchen Concepts, Corian countertops and sink, and Zodiaq island. Exterior features Hardy plank siding, Timberteck deck, concrete driveway and extensive landscaping. This exquisite rambler has 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, and a 3-car heated garage. Situated on 1.10 wooded acres. Start: 2:30 pm
End: 3:30 pm
Setting the Tone in Kitchens & Baths at Olson Brothers Construction Model Home 2205 Carter Court Northfield, MN 55057
Hosted by Northfield Kitchen Concepts and Three Pines. Come join us at the model and enjoy an educated tour of the home. This spacious, well-designed one level townhome has all the upgrades at a fraction of the cost. Cherry cabinetry & granite countertops designed by Northfield Kitchen Concepts. Full basement, incredible master suite, hard wood floors, separate main floor laundry and a bright four-season porch that walks out to the generous cedar deck. Convenient location by parks and walking trails.
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm
A Tony Award-winning musical performed by talented local folks on the Arts Guild stage, 411 W 3rd St. Tickets are $14 for adults and $11 for students. Start: 7:30 pm
The program will include two operatic transcriptions: an operatic ballet by Gustav Holst from The Perfect Fool and Richard Wagner's Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral from Lohengrin -- the work that established Wagner as a "revolutionary" composer. Read the rest of the story at stolaf.edu.
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04 / 20
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:30 pm
A Tony Award-winning musical performed by talented local folks on the Arts Guild stage, 411 W 3rd St. Tickets are $14 for adults and $11 for students. Start: 3:30 pm
Prior to the concert on Sunday, Andrew Carter -- the English composer for whom the festival has been named -- will discuss his work Thursday, April 17, at 11:30 a.m. in Christiansen Hall of Music, Urness Recital Hall. The Thursday and Sunday events are free and open to the public and will be streamed live and archived at stolaf.edu. | ||
04 / 21
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
Preregistration required at Just Food Co-op or by calling 507-650-0106. Learn the basics of residential rainwater collection and management, as well as how to build your own rainbarrel on Monday, April 21 at 6 p.m. at the Just Food Co-op Event Space, 516 Water St. S. Instructor Daniel Jones is an environmental scientist who has been in natural resource management for 18 years. He designed and build his own rainwater collection system four years ago and is currently adding to his system. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
St. Olaf Classic American Film Festival is showing Taxi Driver Monday, April 21, 2008 at 7:00 PM at Viking Theater in Buntrock Commons. The event is free and open to the public. | ||
04 / 22
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Preregistration required at Just Food Co-op or by calling 507-650-0106. Is your garage or basement full of stuff that you only use occasionally? Do you find yourself purchasing tools for a one-time project? Come learn how a west side neighborhood has begun sharing everything from tools and games to trucks and trailers, and building community along the way. Attendees that are preregistered on or before Monday, April 21, will be given template documents that you can use to start your own neighborhood share. Held Tuesday, April 22 at 7 p.m. in the Just Food Event Space (previously the Mercantile) 516 Water St. S. Start: 7:00 pm
Submitted by The River City Raven
“Chicago Cubs” is an exploration of the life and times of one of the most recognizable franchises in professional sports. Pairing historical black-and-white images with photographs of the modern game, the book celebrates more than a century of ups and (mostly) downs in the history of a team known for its diehard fans. Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Boe Memorial Chapel. The 14 men of the choir are professional singers and the 25 boys attend the Saint Thomas Choir School, the only church-affiliated residential choir school in the United States and one of only four such schools remaining in the world. The choir school offers extensive musical training for boys in grades three through eight. Members include John Carson, 12, son of St. Olaf faculty member Catherine Rodland '87. Read the rest of the story at stolaf.edu. | ||
04 / 23
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Preregistration required at Just Food Co-op or by calling 507-650-0106. Are you itching to eradicate dust bunnies? Dying to declutter cabinets? Instructor Olivia Frey will help us figure out how to clean up our act both healthily and responsibly. She'll share tips on cleaning products as well as household organization. Class will be held on Wednesday, April 23 at 7 p.m. in the Just Food Event Space (previously the Mercantile) at 516 Water St. S. | ||
04 / 24
Start: 11:00 am
End: 11:45 am
Both events are free and open to the public. The convocation will be streamed live and archived online. Start: 7:00 pm
Preregistration is required at Just Food Co-op or by calling 507-650-0106. Join instructor Dan Borek as he talks about how solar heating and photovoltaics may benefit your eco-conscience and your pocketbook. Class will be held on Thursday, April 24 at 7 p.m. in the Just Food Event Space (previously the Mercantile), 516 Water St. S. Start: 7:00 pm
3rd Annual Spring Lecture hosted by the St. Olaf Society of Ancient History. It is part of the St. Olaf College 2007-2008 Theme Global Citizenship. | ||
04 / 25
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm
This is the last weekend for the ArtOrg gallery exhibit "Czech Printmaking 2008". Here is a photoset of the opening of the show, which was a big success--drawing about 200 people. Friday, April 25 from 5 to 7pm, and Saturday and Sunday April 26-27 from 1 to 4pm is the last chance to see this wonderful show--and take home some wonderful art created over 4500 miles away!. We also put one of the main artists, Jan Vicar, up on our gallery site, so see a few pieces of Jan's work here. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
The Very Short Play Festival is back. 20 plays. 2 nights. No play over 10 minutes long. Tickets are $7 per night. Performances at Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 W 3rd St. Tickets available online or at the Northfield Arts Guild office: 507-645-8877 Names of the playwrights and their plays, and a cool poster to download, after the jump. Start: 7:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm
This year's selections for the Very Short Play Festival at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater represent a wide variety of work from playwrights young and not-as-young, novice to expert, with material ranging from silly to introspective to even more silly and less introspective. Each night will show a series of plays, each one 10 minutes or shorter. Each night of the Very Short Play Festival is different. Friday will feature plays written by many Northfield youth, and Saturday will see plays from adult playwrights from as far away as some place called Mankato, wherever that is. If you want to see all the plays you need to buy TICKETS for both nights - $7 for Friday, $7 more for Saturday. 645-8877 for more information. Start: 7:30 pm
End: 10:30 pm
The Zillionaires are playing upstairs at Northfield's Rueb 'N' Stein this Friday night, April 25th. This half-local band plays a great variety of music—covers and originals—and it's ALL suitable for dancing. Doors open at 7:30, music is from 8-10:30, and there's no cover charge (but feel free to contribute to the tip box if so inclined). Bring your friends! Make new friends! Have an all-around good time! | ||
04 / 26
Start: 9:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
Our group has been working on this project for three years and we have cleared about two or three acres thus far. In order to keep buckthorn out of the twenty or so acres of wooded area, we will need our efforts to grow—hopefully faster than the buckthorn. Start: 9:00 am
End: 3:00 pm
Spring is a time of new life, so give yourself the space to create the life you’ve wanted. Attend the Spring Renewal Retreat at the Archer House on Saturday, April 26, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and be guided into spring with four workshops. Elizabeth Child, yoga instructor, kicks off the retreat with breath work and light stretching, followed by Life and Career Development Counselor Dr. Christine Oatis-Skinner’s workshop “Let Your Light Shine.” In the afternoon, Life and Personal Development Coach Deborah Schmidt-Erickson leads “How to Discover Yourself and Live ‘On Purpose,’” and Mary Kathleen Fransen, Clinical Social Worker, leads “Creatively Constructing Support for Your Life.” Start: 10:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
Test Drive the ZENN all-electric car! ZENN representatives will be in the Just Food parking lot (516 Water St. S.) to answer questions and let you take the ZENN car on a test drive from 10-4 on Saturday, April 26. Start: 10:00 am
End: 1:00 pm
CRSS would be a public charter school with an academic curriculum focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), in addition to traditional subjects. It is proposed to open fall of 2009. The school envisions being the preeminent leader in STEM education by combining academic rigor with social responsibility and mastery of the process of scientific inquiry. Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
This is the last weekend for the ArtOrg gallery exhibit "Czech Printmaking 2008". Here is a photoset of the opening of the show, which was a big success--drawing about 200 people. Friday, April 25 from 5 to 7pm, and Saturday and Sunday April 26-27 from 1 to 4pm is the last chance to see this wonderful show--and take home some wonderful art created over 4500 miles away!. We also put one of the main artists, Jan Vicar, up on our gallery site, so see a few pieces of Jan's work here. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Has a tampon ever made you look forward to your period? Does your maxi pad make you smile? Nope. Most menstrual products only make the whole affair more uncomfortable. What's up with that? Women deserve better. Women deserve Party In My Pants. On Saturday, April 26 at 2 p.m., come meet Luci Daum, the woman who designed the re-usable, eco-friendly feminine products sold at Just Food (you may have also bought one of her really cool hats this winter). She'll share with you the benefits of these products and answer any questions you may have. This gathering will be held at the Just Food Event Space (previously the Mercantile) at 516 Water St. S. Due to limited seating, preregistration is required by calling 507-650-0106 or stopping by Just Food. Start: 3:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Jill Enestvedt's April 2008 art exhibition of 28 new original acrylic and paper collages ends Saturday, April 26th. Join the artist at a Closing Reception from 3 pm - 9 pm in the gallery. We will provide refreshments and you can see a few more works which have just been added to the show...but it all ends Sat nite. See you in the gallery! Start: 7:00 pm
This is a good chance to catch the band in an early-evening, family-friendly setting; our next show is Sat., May 10th at the Contented Cow. Hope to see you Saturday night! Start: 7:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm
This year's selections for the Very Short Play Festival at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater represent a wide variety of work from playwrights young and not-as-young, novice to expert, with material ranging from silly to introspective to even more silly and less introspective. Each night will show a series of plays, each one 10 minutes or shorter. Each night of the Very Short Play Festival is different. Friday will feature plays written by many Northfield youth, and Saturday will see plays from adult playwrights from as far away as some place called Mankato, wherever that is. If you want to see all the plays you need to buy TICKETS for both nights - $7 for Friday, $7 more for Saturday. 645-8877 for more information. Start: 7:30 pm
End: 10:30 pm
The 2nd Annual Northfield Earth Day Contra Dance
Free Admission! (a $5 voluntary donation will be requested to benefit environmental projects - to be announced). An all community contra dance - everyone welcome! (participation in the dance is recomended for ages 10 and up - a dance area will be provided for younger children). Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm
The Very Short Play Festival is back. 20 plays. 2 nights. No play over 10 minutes long. Tickets are $7 per night. Performances at Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 W 3rd St. Tickets available online or at the Northfield Arts Guild office: 507-645-8877 Names of the playwrights and their plays, and a cool poster to download, after the jump. | ||
04 / 27
Start: 8:00 am
End: 12:30 pm
Adults eat for $6 and kids 12 & under are only $3. Special thanks to Upper Lakes Foods for donating the food! Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
This is the last weekend for the ArtOrg gallery exhibit "Czech Printmaking 2008". Here is a photoset of the opening of the show, which was a big success--drawing about 200 people. Friday, April 25 from 5 to 7pm, and Saturday and Sunday April 26-27 from 1 to 4pm is the last chance to see this wonderful show--and take home some wonderful art created over 4500 miles away!. We also put one of the main artists, Jan Vicar, up on our gallery site, so see a few pieces of Jan's work here. Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Tickets are $25 ($13 donation value) and may be purchased at: Start: 7:30 pm
The ensemble was founded in 1988 to give adult singers in the Northfield area the opportunity to perform with a first-rate, auditioned choral ensemble. During the past two decades the choir has grown in size from 18 to 34 voices, and also added a women’s ensemble, so that in 2008 there are 46 participants. | ||
04 / 28
Start: 3:32 pm
Hornbacher's new book describes her battle with bipolar disorder, which remained misdiagnosed by doctors until she was 23. Madness depicts her struggle to cope with a disease that has afflicted her with extreme mood swings and led to self mutilation and eating disorders, among other problems. Read the rest of the story at stolaf.edu. Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
St. Olaf Classic American Film Festival is showing Godfather I Monday, April 28, 2008 at 7:00 PM at Viking Theater in Buntrock Commons. The event is free and open to the public. | ||
04 / 29
Start: 7:00 pm
You Be the Jury - Consensual Sex or Criminal Sexual Conduct? 7pm Tuesday April 29, 2008 Science Center room 280, St. Olaf College, 1500 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfield Refreshments Provided Sponsored by:
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04 / 30
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Cohousing is a type of collaborative housing that provides the opportunity for people to live together as a close-knit neighborhood while maintaining all the benefits of private home ownership. It is characterized by private residences with all the features of conventional homes (kitchen, living-dining room, bedrooms), but with access to extensive common facilities, including a community house. | ||
05 / 1
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 3:00 pm
Northfield Relaxed Homeschoolers Join us for informal weekly gatherings this summer at Oddfellows Park (Forest Avenue and Lincoln Street) on Thursdays between noon and 3 pm. This is a secular support group for unschoolers and relaxed homeschoolers in and around Northfield. We are open to families with children of all ages. Opportunities to arrange for fieldtrips, family activities, classes etc. Prospective homeschoolers are also welcome. First gathering is on Thursday May 1st, 12-3 pm (In case of rain, meeting will be cancelled) RSVP to Josefina da Fonte Hanson 507-645-5561 josefina.dafonte@gmail.com Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:46 pm
KITCHEN SPRING SPRUCE UP CLASSES Thursday, May 1 at 6:30-8:00pm or Saturday, May 3 at 10:00-11:30am Easy Ways to spruce up and organice your home (no charge for class. limited space available. call or stop by to sign up for class) Hosted by Kitchen & Bath Designers DeLora & Renee Northfield Kitchen Concepts 507-664-9530 Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm
Start: 7:30 pm
Start: May 1 2008 - 7:30pm
End: May 3 2008 - 7:30pm
If you happened to see dancers moving to the beat of conga drums on the lawn outside St. Olaf's Dittmann Center recently, you were actually being treated to a sneak peek of the Companydance Spring Concert that will be held on campus May 1-3. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. each night in Kelsey Theater, which is located in the Speech/Theater Building. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 507-786-8987. Read the rest of the story at stolaf.edu. | ||
05 / 2
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Start: May 1 2008 - 7:30pm
End: May 3 2008 - 7:30pm
If you happened to see dancers moving to the beat of conga drums on the lawn outside St. Olaf's Dittmann Center recently, you were actually being treated to a sneak peek of the Companydance Spring Concert that will be held on campus May 1-3. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. each night in Kelsey Theater, which is located in the Speech/Theater Building. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 507-786-8987. Read the rest of the story at stolaf.edu. Start: 10:10 am
End: 10:45 am
The 40-minute event, which is open to the public and which will be streamed live and archived online, will begin with a procession of faculty in academic regalia. After the event, scholarship donors and their student recipients will have the opportunity to meet one another during a special luncheon. For the rest of the story, visit stolaf.edu. Start: 2:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm
Toxic substances arising from technological developments have significantly impacted our world during the past century. As part of the 10th annual Honors Day Science Symposium this Friday, May 2, three environmental experts from across the country will come together at St. Olaf College to consider what it means to thrive in a "toxic" world. Their lectures will be streamed online. All Science Symposium events are free and open to the public. Each of the three experts will examine the impacts of toxic waste from a different perspective. Warren P. Porter, professor of zoology and environmental toxology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will kick off the symposium by addressing the health effects of pesticides. Porter's research focuses on how environmental contaminants affect the nervous, endocrine and immune systems, as well as developmental processes. His lecture will begin at 2:15 p.m. Friday. Start: 7:30 pm
The Northfield High School Theater presents “Holiday” by Philip M. Barry. This rarely produced and beautifully written piece takes place in 1927 in the home of a wealthy bank baron. Within the confines of this posh home, the characters explore the themes of love, success and happiness. Performances take place in the High School Auditorium and are on May 2nd, 3rd and 9th and 10th at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for students. Tickets are available at the door or at the NHS activities office. Start: 9:30 pm
End: 11:30 pm
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(Submitted by Jerry Bilek)
The St. Olaf College Dance Department will present its annual Veselica Spring Concert April 11-13, featuring dances from the Czech Republic, England, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Scotland, Uzbekistan and the Transylvanian region of Romania. 
(Submitted by Virginia Kaczmarek)
Journalist and former financial analyst Edward Hadas is convinced that the underlying principles of modern economic theory -- that all people are essentially selfish and materialistic -- are an incomplete version of human anthropology that leads to an incomplete economic theory. He'll discuss this little explored line of thinking during a lecture at St. Olaf College Monday, April 14, titled "Human Goods, Economic Evils: A Moral Approach to the Dismal Science."
As part of his tour through the Midwest, Norwegian Ambassador to the United States Wegger Strommen will visit St. Olaf College April 15-16.
The Arianna String Quartet, one of America's finest chamber ensembles, will perform at St. Olaf College on Friday, April 18. The performance will begin at 8:15 p.m. in Urness Recital Hall, Christiansen Hall of Music. It is free and open to the public. 
The St. Olaf Band will perform its annual Spring Concert on Saturday, April 19, under the baton of guest conductor Russell Pesola '61. The concert, in Boe Memorial Chapel at 7:30 p.m., is free and open to the public. It also will be streamed live and archived online.
St. Olaf College is presenting the Andrew Carter Festival Sunday, April 20, at 3:30 p.m. in Boe Memorial Chapel. The concert will feature the St. Olaf Orchestra along with the St. Olaf Choir, St. Olaf Chapel Choir and St. Olaf Cantorei choral ensembles. The performance also will include St. Olaf faculty members John Ferguson and Catherine Rodland '87 on organ, Martin Hodel on trumpet and soprano Tracey Gorman '93. 
We may have had a lousy start to spring, but baseball season continues at my favorite local book haunt. That’s because Steve Johnson, author of Chicago Cubs Yesterday & Today, will appear at 
The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, a choral ensemble from New York that is considered one of the finest in the world, will perform at St. Olaf College Tuesday, April 22. 
St. Olaf College will honor French computer scientist Jean-Marie Laborde with an honorary degree during a convocation ceremony Thursday, April 24, at 11 a.m. in Boe Memorial Chapel. Laborde also will present a lecture on dynamic geometry Tuesday, April 22, at 1:30 p.m. in room 282 of the Science Center.
Minnesota author Marya Hornbacher will read and discuss her new book, Madness: a Bipolar Life, at St. Olaf College Wednesday, April 30, at 7 p.m. in the Kings' Dining Room of Buntrock Commons. Following the discussion she also will be available for a book signing.
See new artwork by Carleton Art Interns and St. Olaf Art Apprentices in a new gallery exhibit at the 
St. Olaf Professor of Sociology Samiha Sidhom Peterson will deliver the address during this year's Honors Day celebration Friday, May 2, beginning at 10:10 a.m. in Boe Memorial Chapel. The event recognizes St. Olaf students who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.3 or above (on a 4.0 scale), students receiving special honors and senior students who are members of honor societies.