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Come one, come all to the 2018 annual meeting of Northfield Citizens Online, a/k/a Northfield.org.

We will be meeting on Thursday, Dec. 20, at 10:00am in the back room at Tandem Bagels, 317 Division Street. 

Bring your ideas and enthusiasm. 

Date:   December 1, 2018

SUBJECT: Snow Emergency

Date Snow Emergency is declared: 12/01/2018

Date residential streets will be plowed: 12/01/2018 & 12/02/2018

Date all downtown parking lots except 5th & Washington Street are closed: 12/02/2018

Northfield High School seniors Siri Lindell and Erin Gunn will lead the procession Friday, Dec. 7, at the 43rd annual Lucia Fest sponsored by the Northfield Swedish Club.

Area residents of Swedish descent, or those interested in Swedish customs, are invited to join the festivities beginning at 6 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church, 500 Third St. West in Northfield. The celebration includes a potluck supper, a Lucia processional and pageant, live fiddle music, the singing of Swedish carols, and folk dancing.

The 2018 Lucia attendants are Libby Brust, Claire Casson, Grace Casson, Tegan Chadwick, Lucy Graham,Brooke Green, Teagan Green,Penelope Johnson,Sylvia Koenig, Annika Korynta, Elsa Nystrom,Ava O’Neill,Charlotte Otterblad, Ruby Otterblad,Astrid Peterson White, Lenyn Pfau, Vilma Turunen, and Eva Wolfson.The star boys are Avery Chadwick, Jim Graham, and Karsten Korynta.

Join local residents of Swedish descent in celebrating the beginning of the Swedish Christmas season. This free, family friendly event includes a potluck supper, a Lucia processional and pageant, live fiddle music, the singing of Swedish carols, and folk dancing. Everyone—young and old, singles and families, Swede and non-Swede—is invited to attend. Bring your own tableware, two dishes to pass, and one dozen cookies.

The Guild regrets to announce that the upcoming Joe Henry concerts in Northfield, Chicago, Minneapolis, and Ann Arbor are all postponed due to a medical issue (non-life threatening) which has made travel impossible. Our sincere apologies. The Northfield Arts Guild show has been rescheduled for Friday, February 15, 2019. Clarence Bucaro will still open the show. Tickets already issued for the November 17 show will be honored on February 15, 2019. Thank you for your understanding and patronage.  For more information visit https://northfieldartsguild.org/event/411-joe-henry/ or contact theater@northfieldartsguild.org.

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Northfield-Last evening’s election resulted in the voters not passing the special city referendums in Dundas and Northfield.  There were many voters on both sides of the issue in both communities: 4,358 (44.56%) yes and 5,421 (55.44%) no in Northfield and 372 (48.95%) yes and 388 (51.05%) no in Dundas.

Purple Door Youth Theater, an educational branch of the Northfield Arts Guild, will host auditions and technician interviews for the non-musical version of The Wizard of Oz  from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, Dec 10 and Wednesday, Dec 12.  Auditions for the all-student production of this beloved classic tale take place at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street W., Northfield. 

Last season’s Purple Door Youth Theater production of Les Misérables School Edition won Best Theater Production from Southern MN Scene magazine. 

Purple Door Youth Theater, an educational branch of the Northfield Arts Guild, will host auditions and technician interviews for the non-musical version of The Wizard of Oz  from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, Dec 10 and Wednesday, Dec 12.  Auditions for the all-student production of this beloved classic tale take place at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street W., Northfield. 

Last season’s Purple Door Youth Theater production of Les Misérables School Edition won Best Theater Production from Southern MN Scene magazine. 

Purple Door Youth Theater, an educational branch of the Northfield Arts Guild, will host auditions and technician interviews for the non-musical version of The Wizard of Oz  from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, Dec 10 and Wednesday, Dec 12.  Auditions for the all-student production of this beloved classic tale take place at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street W., Northfield. 

Last season’s Purple Door Youth Theater production of Les Misérables School Edition won Best Theater Production from Southern MN Scene magazine. 

Local native animals are subjects of an exhibit of fabric art by Northfield artist Toni Easterson at River Bend Nature Center in Faribault. Easterson’s fourteen portraits reveal her close connections to the animals she sees from her window - a mink, an egret, a turtle, a rabbit, a bluebird, among others. She uses fabric pieces given to her by friends and transformes them into remarkable creatures. An egret’s plume, for example, was part of a lace wedding gown. 

Come to the Ole Artisan Bazaar and find a great gift for yourself or others while supporting local artisans. There are scarves, hats, photography, cards, jewelry, honey, wooden bowls, ornaments, candy, pottery, mittens, textiles, prints and so much more. Come and see!

Local authors Karen and Dennis Vinar will talk about their book How Did You Find Me ... After All These Years, on Thursday, November 8, at 7:00 pm at the Northfield Public Library.

A love story for all people who have ever been in love, this true story follows the trials and tribulations of a 13 year old girl who was an A student and a 15 year old boy who was an average student in a small west central Minnesota town - population 595, in the late 1950's.  The boy was in athletics and the girl was in senior high band.  With not much to do i this small town, they would go to dances in the school cafeteria after home football games.  They knew how to do the jitterbug, but they waited for the slow dances so they could hold each other.  They fell in love, but their happness was short lived until 55 years later.  How did they find each other?  How did they find their daughter? [more...]

As the winter approches, your immune system needs to be prepared.  Dr. Noel Aldrich will review the key nutrients your immune system requires and what are the frequent items that weaken  your immune sytem.  Quality food choices will be included in this free seminar presentation along with a handout on Thursday, November 1, at 6:30 pm at the Northfield Public Library.

Dr. Noel Aldrich is a Licensed Nutritionist in Northfield.  He is a senior consultant with Nutrition Proportion located at 153 Water St. Northfield.