Events

YMCA After School Open Gym (grades K-5th)

Exercise the sillies out of your kids with Open Gym fun – basketballs, scooters and much more.  Supervised program for elementary school age kids.  Free time and great exercise! Parents – join your children for some afternoon fun.

Mar 26-May 31

Mon 3:15 – 5:00

Thur 3:15 – 5:00

Location:  National Guard Armory 

Members:  Free           Nonmembers:  $5 per visit

To register or for more information please visit our website at www.northfieldymca.org or call 507-645-0088.  Program brochures available on our website. 

YMCA Run-Wiggle -Paint & Giggle (ages 3-K)

Free time for kids after lunch.  Play gym games or paint or color or create a small art project.  We set up the gym with all sorts of activities and options – kids chose!  Fun free time.  New projects every week. Pay one fee and come as often as you like in each 5 week period.  Cost is per child and covers the cost of supplies, equipment and staff and planning.

First session:  Mar 27-Apr 23 and

Second session: Apr 30-May 29

Tues or Fri 1-2:00

Location:  Y Health & Wellness fitness center

Members:  $12/5 weeks          Nonmembers:  $30/5 weeks

YMCA Girl’s Volleyball (3rd -5th grade)

Serve, Set, Bump, Spike!  This once-a-week, clinic for girls in grades 3rd - 5th will provide kids with the skills necessary to play well, exercise their bodies and have fun.  Join us for fun and fitness at the YMCA.

Apr 4-May 10 (6 classes)

Thurs 6:15-7:30

Location:  National Guard Armory

Members:  $10            Nonmembers:  $35

To register or for more information please visit our website at www.northfieldymca.org or call 507-645-0088.  Program brochures available on our website. 

YMCA Soccer  Wee (ages 4-K)

Spring soccer fever!  Join us for some May soccer fun.  We focus on skills and less on competition so your child can enjoy simply playing the game!  Kids work on teamwork, sportsmanship and FUN!  Kids should dress appropriately for the weather.

Mon Apr 30-May 28 (5 classes)

Wee:  5:15-6:00

1-3rd grade:  6:15-7:00

Locations:  Sechlor Park

Members:  Free           Nonmembers:  $35

To register or for more information please visit our website at www.northfieldymca.org or call 507-645-0088.  Program brochures available on our website. 

YMCA Track & Field (ages 3-3rd grade)

Hurdles, 50m run, field events, long jumps, shot put, relays; this program is designed for some fun exercise for kids of all abilities. We’ll stretch muscles, work on good heart health and focus on basic track & field skills. Rain days will be in the National Guard Armory.

Tues May 1-29 (5 weeks)

Wee Ages  3-K: 5:15-6:00

1-3rd grade: 6:15-7:00

Locations:  Washington park (City Hall park)

Members:  $10            Nonmembers:  $35

To register or for more information please visit our website at www.northfieldymca.org or call 507-645-0088.  Program brochures available on our website. 

Carleton and St. Olaf post-graduate studio artists present digital compositions from mixed media scans, graphite drawings, mixed media works on wood, digital photos, ceramic sculptures, and intaglio prints.
 Artists include Becky Carlson, Ann Erickson, Zoe Klosterboer, Jane Meyer, Meagan Nishi, and Kathryn Weaver.

Opening Reception:  Friday, May 4, 7-9pm
 

Rice County Public Health is pleased to announce a series of FREE skills sessions and e-newsletters to help your organization strengthen its employee wellness program. The events will be held periodically through June 2013.

Attend the kick-off meeting on Tuesday, May 15 from 8:15 to 10:30 a.m. in the Teleconference Room at South Central College, 1225 3rd Street SW, Faribault. You will learn about topics for each skills session, build a stronger business case for workplace wellness and gain insights on best practices.

Light breakfast served.

For more information contact Linda Pellowski at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota at 651-662-4536 or Natalie Ginter at Rice County Public Health at 507-332-5921.

Abé Mark Nornes will lecture on the ubiquity of calligraphy in the cinema of East Asia in a presentation entitled “Translating Calligraphy” at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 10 in the Carleton College Weitz Center for Creativity, Room 236. This event is free and open to the public.

Although calligraphy and cinema may, at first glance, appear to be radically different art forms, Nornes argues that in East Asia the two artistic genres have an intimate relationship, and one which helps to tie Korean, Japanese, and Chinese films together to create a regional cinema. He argues that both cinema and calligraphy are built from records of the human body moving in time and space. Given the importance of calligraphy, how is one to go about subtitling a calligraphic script, attaching dull print letters to a text whose visual form is central to its meaning? Nornes will address this and other questions in his presentation.