Events

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Where were you four years ago today? Remember the tragedy (to our roofs) on that fateful day?  This is a video I shot from my house here in Northfield on August 24th, 2006 during the biggest hailstorm in recent history.  

On Wednesday, August 25th, 7-8 p.m, Just Food Co-op is offering a free class on how to deal with all the produce CSA members are getting right now. What to do with all those veggies? Join Molly McGovern Wills, enthusiastic veteran CSA member and imaginative cook, and Betsy Allister of Spring Wind Farm CSA, to discover what can be done.

Molly and Betsy will provide ideas for storing, processing, cooking, and eating those boxes of goodness that you are receiving in late summer. Pick up recipes your family will love and make sure that your vegetables are put to good use along with support for those whose refrigerators are bursting. Call to register - 507-650-0106.

How to Be A-OK in your CSA Fall Edition

• Wednesday, August 25, 7-8 p.m
• Just Food Community Room.
• Cost: FREE
• Register with a cashier or call 507-650-0106

Come to a celebration of the 90th U.S. Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote and the founding of the League of Women Voters! The event will be this Thursday, August 26th, from 6 to 7:30 pm on Bridge Square.

Bring the family and a blanket or lawn chair. The Northfield community will be brought back to the year 1920, with a mayoral proclamation, suffragists in costume, music of the time, and a historical perspective on Northfield during the suffragist movement.

The Farmer's Market in Riverside Park happens on Friday at 11:45am and on Saturday at 9am.

Also on Friday, Occasional Jazz is playing the Cow at 5pm followed by Bonnie and the Clydes at 8pm. Piano man Tim Freeland is playing Butler's from 6-8:30pm. The Tavern Lounge is hosting Relativity from 8-11pm.

The weekly Riverwalk Market Fair and Farmer's Market is happening on Bridge Square and along the riverwalk on Saturday from 9am-1pm. There is a Vintage Baseball game at St. Olaf at 1pm. Dime-Store Watch is playing the Cow at 8pm and The Tavern Lounge is hosting Norwegian Cowboy from 8-11pm.

In conjunction with the Eat Local Challenge, Just Food Co-op will be showing Food, Inc., an Academy Award Nominee for Documentary Feature in 2009.  "In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E.

The Dakota County Fair is happening all this weekend. Romeo and Juliet is being performed in Central Park on Friday and Saturday night at 7pm

Allyson Road Band is playing the Cow on Friday from 5-7pm, followed by the New Moon Trio from 8-11pm. Joe Meyer is playing the Tavern Lounge from 8-11pm.

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The Minnesota Table: Recipes for Savoring Local Food Throughout the Year is a beautiful tribute to the bounty of local food in our state.

Authors Shelley Holl and BJ Carpenter share what they discovered in their travels exploring Minnesota-grown and -produced foods. From springtime asparagus sprouts through delicious fall offerings, the stories and recipes follow the calendar year. Come and hear about their experiences at the front of the Co-op.

Books will be available for purchase and signing on Saturday, September 11, from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

It is a busy weekend in Northfield and its surrounding communities. The Vintage Band Festival is happening Friday-Sunday. Friday and Saturday are Dennison Days. Shakespeare in the Park presents "Romeo and Juliet" in Central Park with nightly performances at 7pm Friday-Sunday.

Also on Friday in theater is YPT's "Going Through a Stage" at 10:00 am at ARTech. The Farmer's Market is in Riverside Park beginning at 11:45am. Jacob Hendrick and Ah-Hem is playing The Tavern Lounge from 8-11pm, and Carleton's Goodsell Observatory Open House is happening from 9:30-11:30pm.

Just Food Co-op is pleased to offer a Level One weekend class of Spring Forest Qigong.  If feeling stress-free, relaxed, and yet filled with energy appeals to you, Qigong (pronounced  chee-gong) may be for you.  In this class you will learn the techniques to help you feel the flow of your energy which can help relieve physical pain, stress, depression and more.

The class will be held in Just Food's Community Room on Friday, August 6, 6:00 - 9:00 pm and Saturday, August 7, 12:00 - 5:00 pm.

The following information submitted by Emma Wilhlem, Northfield High School Class of 1995.

The Northfield High School Class of 1995 will hold its 15-year reunion in Northfield on Saturday, September 25, 2010. All classmates, their guests, and families are welcome to attend an informal gathering from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Odd Fellows Park. Bring your own picnic lunch and beverages, or consider picking up lunch from one of Northfield's great sandwich shops. Registration is not required for this event.

The Saturday evening event will start at the Northfield Golf Club with dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. After dinner, the party will move to the Rueb 'N' Stein, where Priceless, a band featuring classmates Johnny Eells and Tyler Tripp, will provide entertainment in the upstairs area. These two evening events are for classmates and their guests (adults only). The cost is $60 per person, and the Early Bird ticket price of $50 per person will be available through the month of August. Pre-registration at http://northfield1995.eventbrite.com/ is required for the evening events.

The Farmers' Market is happening on Friday at Riverside Park beginning at 11:45am. Piano man Tim Freeland is playing Butler's Steak and Ale from 6-8:30pm. The Cow is hosting Brothers Burn Mountain at 8pm.

On Saturday the Farmers' Market at Riverside Park begins at 9am, and the Riverwalk Market Fair and Farmers' Market is happening from 9am-1pm on Bridge Square and along the Riverwalk. Wendy Russell is playing piano at Butler's Steak and Ale at 6pm and the Tavern Lounge is hosting Norwegian Cowboy from 8-11.

The Rice County Fair is happening every day this weekend. The Farmers' Market in Riverside Park is open on Friday at 11:45am and on Saturday at 9am.

Also on Friday, Big Strong Men is playing the Cow at 5pm followed by Marty Anderson and the Goods at 8pm and The Favourite Child at 11pm. Piano man Tim Freeland is playing Butler's Steak and Ale from 6-8:30pm.

If you’re planning a meeting and wonder what places are available and what they cost, you’ll want to consult the Meeting Room List Margit Johnson and other members of the Northfield League of Women Voters have recently revised.  There are over 20 places listed in Northfield and the surrounding area. The information includes the address and capacity of the site, conditions of use, and the contact person.

Johnson hopes that the community will find this “one-stop shop” a valuable resource. She invites updates and corrections at margit@usfamily.net.