AUDITIONS for The Odyssey are Wed and Thurs, April 3 and 4:  7:00 – 8:30 pm at the downtown Guild, 304 Division Street S., Northfield. 

You may come at 7pm or you may register for another time in advance at  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYyIRtoRGo5CJIaJfl-5Anp86hXhQdF2MV9Ng4Q76mbkLC2w/viewform

The Odyssey, directed by Marc Robinson, is auditioning for several adult roles of various ages and physical types. Adults aged 18-30 are especially sought for this opportunity. Many roles will be doubled; we are looking for people who are willing to explore multiple characters. This is a large cast production. 

AUDITIONS for The Odyssey are Wed and Thurs, April 3 and 4:  7:00 – 8:30 pm at the downtown Guild, 304 Division Street S., Northfield. 

You may come at 7pm or you may register for another time in advance at  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYyIRtoRGo5CJIaJfl-5Anp86hXhQdF2MV9Ng4Q76mbkLC2w/viewform

The Odyssey, directed by Marc Robinson, is auditioning for several adult roles of various ages and physical types. Adults aged 18-30 are especially sought for this opportunity. Many roles will be doubled; we are looking for people who are willing to explore multiple characters. This is a large cast production. 

Monday, April 1, 2019

Contact:    Michelle Mahowald
Communications & Human Resources Director
(507) 645-3012
michelle.mahowald@ci.northfield.mn.us   

Northfield-The City is asking for public input about snow removal in the city after a record year of snow using Polco, a public engagement platform.

Residents can participate on Polco by downloading the Polco app for Android or iOS, or visiting the City’s web page on Polco at https://polco.us/groups/city/northfield-mn.  QR codes on our fliers allow easy access to the Polco website. Residents’ individual information is never shared and cannot be accessed by the City.

The first Saturday of every month, Jim Caswell will be collecting electronics, appliances, tools and scrap metal at First Unite Church of Christ, 300 Union Street, Northfield from 20 a.m. until noon. Examples of what you can bring AT NO COST: Computers, printers, modems/routers, phones, cables, dehumidifiers, microwave ovens, air conditioners, toasters, refrigerators, tools, batteries, scrap metal. Thin TVs or monitors are OK to bring, but old-fashioned, bulky TVs or monitors will only occasionally be accepted. There will be a fee of $5 to $40, depending on size. For questions about items or to schedule a separate pickup or drop-off, call: Jim Caswell: 651-214-3857.

ISAIAH Faith leaders in Northfield have invited Rep. Todd Lippert (DFL) and Sen. Rich Draheim (R) to a community forum Sunday, April 7, 2:30-4:00 p.m. at Church of St. Dominic, 104 Linden St. N.,  Northfield, MN.

The meeting will provide a forum for an exchange of ideas between residents of Minnesota District 20 and their state legislators. The focus will be on how to create a caring economy where every Minnesotan family - no matter what they look like, where they come from or how much money they have - can thrive in a robust multi-racial democracy that recognizes the dignity of every person.  Topics to be covered include:

Paid Family and Medical Leave
Freedom to Drive: Driver's Licenses for All
Protecting and Expanding MinnesotaCareMoving Minnesota to 100% Clean Energy.

Author William Kent Krueger will be at the Northfield Middle School Auditorium on Thursday, April 18 at 7:00 pm to discuss his mystery novels and the writing process.  The event is free and open to the public.

The event is sponsored by the Northfield Public Library and is part of the SELCO Minnesota author tour.  Because Krueger has always drawn a large crowd, the library reserved the Middle School auditorium for the event.  No tickets or reservations are needed.

Krueger writes a mystery series set in the north woods of Minnesota.  His protagonist is Cork O'Connor, the former sheriff of Tamarack County and a man of mixed heritage - part Irish and part Ojibwe.  His work has received a number of awards, including the Minnesota Book Award, the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award, the Anthony Award, and more.

Award winning, bestselling author Beverly Lewis will be touring the Midwest in promotion of her latest release, The Tinderbox, a stand-alone novel set in her beloved Lancaster County and featuring her trademark look at Amish family life.

Thursday, April 11, at 2:00 pm in the library meeting room, Northfield Public Library.

All programs are free and open to the public.

Lewis is not only the leading author of Amish fiction, but also its pioneer: she created the genre with the release of her first adult novel, The Shunning, in 1997. The resulting surges in both reader interest in and publisher output of Amish fiction gained national attention, garnering coverage by Time magazine, the BBC World News Service, the Wall Street Journal, and Nightline, among others.

About The Tinderbox

Award winning, bestselling author Beverly Lewis will be touring the Midwest in promotion of her latest release, The Tinderbox, a stand-alone novel set in her beloved Lancaster County and featuring her trademark look at Amish family life.

Thursday, April 11, at 2:00 pm in the library meeting room, Northfield Public Library.

All programs are free and open to the public.

Lewis is not only the leading author of Amish fiction, but also its pioneer: she created the genre with the release of her first adult novel, The Shunning, in 1997. The resulting surges in both reader interest in and publisher output of Amish fiction gained national attention, garnering coverage by Time magazine, the BBC World News Service, the Wall Street Journal, and Nightline, among others.

About The Tinderbox

A good time for discussions of

race in Northfield

Professor Adriana Estill & Leadership Coach Sarah Carlsen

Reading the book is useful, but not essential for participation in these events.

A good time for discussions of

race in Northfield

Music and Race:  Reflections and Resonances

         Professor Steve Kelly

Reading the book is useful, but not essential for participation in these events.

Anyone interested in Palestine/Israel is invited to attend a discussion of current events and the book, “The Lemon Tree,” at a meeting next month. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 2, 2019, in the Fireside Room at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 500 Third St. W., Northfield. The next meeting is scheduled for May 7, 2019.

“The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East,” by Sandy Tolan, tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a Palestinian and an Israeli.

The State of the City Address was held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 18, 2019 at Carleton College Weitz Center in the magnificent Kracum Performance Hall.

Follow this link to watch the Event https://youtu.be/Izy4eyEJqDc

The Secret Garden plays at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater weekends April 12-28 with Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30pm and Sunday matinees at 2pm.  This enchanting classic of children’s literature is re imagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of ‘Night Mother.  

Orphaned in India, young Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his invalid son Colin. The estate’s many wonders include a magic garden which beckons the children with haunting melodies and the “Dreamers”, spirits from Mary’s past who guide her through her new life, dramatizing The Secret Garden‘s compelling tale of forgiveness and renewal.

“Elegant, entrancing…The best American musical of the Broadway season.” –Time

The Secret Garden plays at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater weekends April 12-28 with Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30pm and Sunday matinees at 2pm.  This enchanting classic of children’s literature is re imagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of ‘Night Mother.  

Orphaned in India, young Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his invalid son Colin. The estate’s many wonders include a magic garden which beckons the children with haunting melodies and the “Dreamers”, spirits from Mary’s past who guide her through her new life, dramatizing The Secret Garden‘s compelling tale of forgiveness and renewal.

“Elegant, entrancing…The best American musical of the Broadway season.” –Time

The Secret Garden plays at the Northfield Arts Guild Theater weekends April 12-28 with Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30pm and Sunday matinees at 2pm.  This enchanting classic of children’s literature is re imagined in brilliant musical style by composer Lucy Simon and Marsha Norman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of ‘Night Mother.  

Orphaned in India, young Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his invalid son Colin. The estate’s many wonders include a magic garden which beckons the children with haunting melodies and the “Dreamers”, spirits from Mary’s past who guide her through her new life, dramatizing The Secret Garden‘s compelling tale of forgiveness and renewal.

“Elegant, entrancing…The best American musical of the Broadway season.” –Time