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Here you’ll find what’s going on in Northfield – music, food and fun.

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The “Best of Northfield” votes are in! Find out who has Northfield’s best women’s clothing, latte, happy hour, website and so much more on pages 28-31. It’s no surprise that many of the categories were tight races...so we’ve included runners up as well. Now you know where to get the best – but don’t stop there – check out all Northfield has to offer and whet your appetite for next year’s annual Entertainment Guide/Locally Grown Best of Northfield survey.

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It’s never a challenge to fill this publication with great local talent and happenings. This month, however, is also ripe with a very impressive influx of visiting acts to our fine city. On Feb. 23, the Grammy-nominated Lost Bayou Ramblers will perform at Carleton (pictured on the cover and see page 18). As well, ArtOrg has been booking a full menu of acts, local and beyond, for the upstairs Rueb this past month and are carrying that torch into a well-lit February. See the Friday listings for more on Dreamland Faces, The Wapsipinicon, The Sizzling Eggheads, Multe, Foot-Notes, MedusaHead Cabaret, Ted King and the Dada Chacha, Mister Sticky and Toaster Fork.

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There’s a lot more local and visiting amusements to be had. Here’s your Guide to the month of February. Enjoy!

Badbrain ...........................................................9 Beef O’Brady’s ................................................6 Carleton College .....................Inside Front Chapati.....................................................18, 36 China Buffet .................................................36 Community Resource Bank ..................37 The Contented Cow............................19, 36 digs ......................................................................5 Echo ..................................................................18 Mary Fiebiger, psychologist ..................10 Fieldhouse .....................................................10 First National Bank ................Back Cover Freeman’s Formal Wear..........................27 Froggy Bottoms River Pub................8, 36 Pam Gillespie, Realtor®............................13 The Girls Concert........................................14

Vol. 4, Issue 2 February 2008 18 Bridge Square Northfield, MN 55057 507/663-7937 neg@northfieldguide.com Publisher: Rob Schanilec By All Means Graphics

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Contents

The HideAway......................................14, 36 Hogan Brothers’ Acoustic Cafe .....13, 36 James Gang Coffee House ..............13, 36 Jesse James Lanes .....................................11

Art Exhibits ......................................................................3 Local Focus: Nick Sinclair .......................................4

Managing Editor: Christine Bernier Visual Arts Guy: Nick Sinclair Advertising Guru: Abby Erickson

Online: Go to northfieldguide.com for your month of happenings, downloadable PDF of this publication, and a submit-an-event form. Be sure to send us photos and descriptions of what we’re missing and/or what’s coming up! Advertisers: Contact Abby for details at abby@northfieldguide.com or 663-7937 – help the Guide support your establishment.

KYMN 1080 Radio .....................................22 NDDC ...............................................................22

Theater .............................................................................5

Northfield Construction Company ....15

HAPPENINGS – Up Close ......................6-19, 24-25

Northfield Liquor Store .............................8

A Month at a Glance..........................................20-23

Writers: Christine Bernier Susan Hvistendahl

Just Food Co-op...........................................15

Northfield Skating School......................16 Northfield Winter Stomp .........................7

Sports..............................................................................26

Paper Petalum ...............................................6

Clubs, Classes and More..........................................26

Paradise Theater....................................5, 17

Family Friendly Fun ...................................................27

A Peaceful Touch ........................................12 Perkins............................................................36

Historic Happenings: Susan Hvistendahl....32-33

Present Perfect ............................................17

Just Curious: Joey Cherney ..........................34-35

Quarterback Club ......................................36

Eats & Drinks ...............................................................36

Rare Pair ........................................................36 Rueb ‘n’ Stein........................................24, 36 St. Olaf College ........................Inside Front Schmidt Homes...........................................33

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Sisters Ugly ...................................................19 The Sketchy Artist.....................................24 SNAP ................................................................10 Sweet Pea’s Loft..........................................35

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Grammy-nominated Lost Bayou Ramblers will bring their Cajun/Zydeco sounds to Carleton’s Great Hall Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. Left to right are Andre Michot, Louis Michot, Chris Courville, Cavan Carruth and Alan LaFleur. See page 18.

The Tavern of Northfield .......................36

Photo by Zack Smith

Women & Kids on Division ...................25

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Tiny’s Dogs All Day ...................................36 Willingers Golf Club .............................1, 36

ArtOnWater 217 S. Water St. • 786-9700 artonwater.com “Art Touring, a showcase of regional artists, studios and galleries” ArtOrg Moving Walls Gallery 200 Division St. • 645-2555 artorg.info Carleton College Art Gallery One N. College St. • 646-4469 carleton.edu/campus/gallery

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“Functional Sculpture: Furniture from the Upper Midwest” When does furniture become art?

The Flaten Art Museum Dittmann Center 1520 St. Olaf Ave. • 646-3556 stolaf.edu/depts/art/ “Space or PLACE” Through Feb. 10 “Prints in Time” Feb. 16-March 9 Grezzo Gallery 16 Bridge Sq. • 581-2161 grezzogallery.com

Northfield Arts Guild 304 Division St. • 645-8877 www.northfieldartsguild.org “All Schools Exhibition” begins Feb. 6 Imagination Celebration, Feb. 23, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Swag 423 Division St. • 663-8870 Works of glass from the Boroswki Glass Studio, Germany

Fiber Sculpture by Hyun Su Yu Through Feb. 10

art scene: Hope Cook “Brown Box Notes” opening at ArtOrg

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Nick is a lowbrow hot rod artist based in Northfield. His work has been published in Rod & Custom and Car Kulture DeLuxe and has had gallery shows in the area at ArtOrg, Grezzo Gallery and the 410 Project in Mankato. He is currently creating new work for a June show at the 410 Project and “Velocity,” a group show of national and international automotive artists at Hopkins Art Center, also in June. Nick started and runs “Lowbrow • High Octane,” a hot rod artist/car show showcasing hot rod artists and pinstripers from the area. He works out of his studio (really it’s just his living room, but don’t tell him that) and Blue Monday Coffee House. He also travels the Midwest displaying at car shows including World of Wheels, Hunnert Car Pile-up and the Rusty Eyeball. To see more work by Nick visit: sinclairhotrods.com or myspace.com/hotrodartist.

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Theater

The Butler Did It

Life is a Dream

Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 8-9, 14-16 • 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10 • 6 p.m. Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf Written during the “Golden Age” of Spanish drama, Pedro Calderón de la Barca’s Life is a Dream (c. 1636) proves surprisingly postmodern in its relentless questioning of reality, truth and identity. Directed by Jeanne Willcoxon. Tickets $8. Call 507/786-8987. The Lady’s Not For Burning

Friday-Saturday, Feb. 15-16, 22-23 • 7:30 p.m; Sunday, Feb. 17 and 24 • 2 p.m. Northfield Arts Guild Theater This whimsical and charming comedy brings together a cynical discharged soldier, weary of life, and a young and beautiful girl accused of witchcraft, exploring the meaning of life and the power of love. Tickets are available by calling 645-8877 or at northfieldartsguild.org.

Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 22-23, 28-29 • 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24 • 2 p.m. Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault A clever comedy-thriller by Walter and Peter Marks, directed by Northfielder Kathy Rush. In the living room of a New York apartment, a struggling writer/director holds a rehearsal of his new play, a “classic whodunit,” in which all of the characters are named Butler. In an effort to bring out the best from a cast too easily distracted by petty jealousies and romantic rivalries, he “stages” a murder. That’s when the plot takes hilarious twists and turns that make actors and audience alike lose track of what is real – until a bizarre and ironic ending sets matters straight. Adults $10, children 12 and under $7. Northfield’s Ryan Heinritz rehearses with Lisa Trump for The Butler Did It.

AUDITIONS: The Pajama Game

Monday, Feb. 4 • 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5 • 4-6 p.m. St. John’s Lutheran Church Director Tania Legvold is auditioning ages 16 and older for the Tony Award-winning musical comedy, The Pajama Game. Those interested should prepare a one-minute song and come dressed for movement/dance. Readings will be from the script. To schedule a specific audition time, call 645-8877.

Rehearsing a scene from The Lady’s Not for Burning are Felicia Peters (left) as Jennet Jourdemayne, the “lady” in Lady’s Not for Burning, and Rob Schanilec as Thomas Mendip, a disillusioned soldier seeking a way out of the world.

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HAPPENINGS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Convocation: Freeman Hrabowski • 10:50 a.m.

Skinner Memorial Chapel, Carleton In honor of Black History Month, Civil Rights Leader Freeman Hrabowski presents, “Leadership and the Role of Liberal Arts Colleges in Promoting High Achievement Among Minorities.” Book signing follows.

Goodsell Observatory • 7-9 p.m.

Goodsell Observatory Visitors are invited to use the observatory to view stars, nebulas and planets. Carleton physics and astronomy professors are available to answer questions. Dress warmly! For information, go to http://go.carleton.edu/83. Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m.

The HideAway Acoustic guitar.

The ManZone • 5-9 p.m.

Community Resource Bank, Hwy 3 location The ManZone is a free, interactive and educational event designed to transform the individual health of a man and his family, community and world. Art Reception • 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Featured artist, Dyann Myers, presents “Beyond the Surface.” Myers work is wheel-thrown porcelain pottery to which she adds texture by carving designs in the clay as it’s hardening. ArtOrg Winter Concert Series: Dreamland Faces and The Wapsipinicon • 7-11 p.m.

Upstairs Rueb Like a lifesized music box, Dreamland Faces is hauntingly beautiful and odd. It’s vaudeville, it’s cabaret and it’s nostalgic. Spin the band’s new self-titled CD and you can practically smell mothballs and Dreamland Faces photo: Sean Smuda grandma’s perfume. Sawer/vocalist Andy McCormick cops to a bullhorn to add the cantor to his candor. Karen Majewicz squeezes the box while ringing out hearts with her achingly beautiful warble. The instrumentation is minimal and heartbreaking, the music breathtaking and timeless. “ -Frank De Blase, City Newspaper. The Wapsipinicon plays music one wants to hear again and again. An added bonus to this evening will be the visual ramblings of Scott West, stage painter and member of the popular Cloud Cult.

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Mark Mraz • 8:30 p.m.

Froggy Bottoms Forget about life for awhile with the piano man. Matt Arthur and the Bratlanders • 8:30 p.m.

The Contented Cow “Just say no to groundhogs!” is the rallying cry of Northfield’s first annual “Defeat of Groundhog Day” celebration. No longer content to have the Mark Mraz

length of our longest season determined by an oversized rat, Matt Arthur and the Bratlanders will put their musical muscle behind an effort to prevent the rotund rodent from making its annual Feb. 2 prediction. This will be an evening of rustic American rock & roll in the vein of Johnny Cash, Hank Williams and Leadbelly. Joe Meyer

The Tavern Lounge DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Daddy, Daughter Dance • 6-9 p.m.

Northfield Armory The Northfield YMCA is hosting its first Daddy, Daughter Dance. The evening includes dancing, dance lessons, refreshments, pictures, door prizes and a chance to learn more about other Y activities and programs available throughout the year. Member admission, $20 per couple with a $5 charge for each additional child; non-members, $26 per couple and $8 for each additional child. Reservations recommended at www.northfieldymca.org. Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m.

The HideAway Acoustic guitar. Shane Wyatt

Dawn’s Corner Bar Country music. Kevin Stanke

Kevin Stanke

The Tavern Lounge Lyrically focused acoustic grooves inspired in part by the artists often covered, G. Love, Jack Johnson, Belle and Sebastian and Magnetic Fields.

DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs

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Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7

Lecture: The Art of Setting Stones 3 p.m.

Nordic Jam • 7-10 p.m.

Lecture: European Integration and the U.S. • 7 p.m.

HAPPENINGS

Gould Library Athenaeum, Carleton Art lecture, “The Art of Setting Stones: Photos and Stories from a Japanese Garden Workshop in Kyoto, Japan,” led by Carleton Japanese garden volunteers, Margit and Eric Johnson.

Eagles Club This weekly open acoustic jam session plays from the Nordic countries and their immigrant communities in North America. Plenty of dance music. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 Lecture: Reflections – What Matters to Me and Why 12 p.m.

Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

The Contented Cow Join in on discussions concerning local issues at this “lightly moderated” open forum. For more information on upcoming topics, go to www.contentedcow.com. Northern Roots Session 7:30 p.m.

Contented Cow An informal gathering of musicians playing acoustic music with northern roots, Northern Roots Session particularly of Nordic countries. Players and listeners of all ages and levels welcome. For more, visit northernroots.org.

Gould Library Athenaeum, Carleton Tim Carlson presents, “European Integration and the U.S.: Clash of Civilizations.” Carlson is co-director of Internships in Francophone Europe.

Alumni Guest House Meeting Room, Carleton Michael McNally Presented by professor of religion, Michael McNally. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Climate Change Lecture Series 7:30 p.m.

Boliou Hall Auditorium, Carleton Heidi Welsh presents, “Global Warming and Corporate Responsibility.” Welsh is a research analyst with RiskMetrics, a group that examines corporate policy and performance indicators regarding climate change, the environment, ethics, human rights and labor.

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Artist Press Day/Preview • 3-9 p.m.

Artist Lecture • 5 p.m.

ArtOnWater Gallery ArtOnWater Gallery presents a special invitation-only exhibit titled, “Art Touring 2008.” Regional artists from studios, galleries and other venues who were featured in “Zumbro River Art Splash” “Red Wing Studio Ramble,” and “South Central Minnesota Studio arTour” in 2007 will be showcased. Meet the artists 7-8 p.m.

Dittmann Center, St. Olaf Discussion with artists of “Space or Place” exhibit followed by a reception with Celtic music by Wake-Robin. ArtOrg Winter Concert Series – Sizzling Eggheads 7-11 p.m.

Skinner Memorial Chapel, Carleton Presented by J. Drake Hamilton, science policy director for Fresh Energy, a non-profit organization providing research, advocacy and innovative policy models while engaging citizens to take action on energy issues.

Upstairs Rueb Super session with super special secret Peter guests! Improv rock trio, The Sizzling Diggins Eggheads, regularly headlined Minneapolis’ top original music clubs in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s including First Avenue, Cabooze, 400 Bar and Uptown Bar & Grill, as well as Lion’s Pause at St. Olaf and Carleton’s Cave. Guitarist and Northfielder, Peter Diggins, was signed to IRS Records at the time. Diggins and bassist Jim Anton recently played the 15th Annual Jimi Hendrix Tribute at the Cabooze, along with drummer Michael Bland (Prince, Mambo’s Combo, Soul Asylum), and decided to revive the Eggheads experience. Anton has played with Jonny Lang, Greazy Meal, Peter Ostrushko, Steve Tibbetts, Dean Magraw, The Jayhawks, John Gorka, Greg Brown, Har Mar Superstar, Eighthead, Beat The Clock, Greazy Meal and Ourmine. Diggins played with Yanni. Drummer for this gig will be George Marich who has played with 12 Rods, Ila Cantor, Reed Wallsmith, Selfhelp, Brian Herb and his Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Excellence, Postmortem Grinner and Jindra. Many local performers will be sitting in with the band including Wendy Smith of the Zillionaires.

Artist Preview • 3-9 p.m.

Life is a Dream • 7:30 p.m.

ArtOnWater Gallery See Feb. 7 description.

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf See page 5.

Bluegrass and Oldtime Jam Session • 7:30-10 p.m.

The Content Cow This ongoing event is for bluegrass and oldtime musicians of all levels, cultivating an inclusive atmosphere for musicians and an evening of entertainment for the audience. Todd Thompson

The Tavern Lounge Local acoustic music. DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Convocation: Global Warming Solutions and Economic Opportunities • 10:50 a.m.

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Friday, Feb. 8 continued

Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Paper Airplane “Fly-In” • 10:30 a.m.

Concert Hall, Carleton Music of Alex Freeman, featuring performances by Brian Lee, David Carter, Nina Olsen, Martha Jamsa, Jay Johnson, Matthew McCright, Hector Valdivia and Eva Alkula.

Tostrud Center, St. Olaf All Northfield area K-5 children are invited. Learn how to fold a paper airplane and then let it fly from the upper walking track in Tostrud Center to marked targets on the track floor below. There will be contests with prizes for the longest glide and most accurate landing, demonstrations on how to fold paper airplanes and a pilot will speak about planes and flight. Register at Schmidt@stolaf.edu. Free. Sponsored by the Volunteer Network and 5th Bridge.

DJ Sound Wave

Exhibit Opening Reception • 3-9 p.m.

Kim Bloom

The HideAway Acoustic guitar. Concert • 8 p.m.

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs Chris Koza

The Tavern Lounge St. Olaf graduate and 2005 Minnesota Music Award Best New Act winner, returns to Northfield. “He’s got a voice that’s reminiscent of a young Paul Simon and his music comfortably rides the line between pop and folk, boasting immedi- Chris Koza ately memorable music matched against image-rich lyrics.” – Joe Nickell, the Missoulian.

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ArtOnWater Gallery See Feb. 7 description. Meet the artists 7-8 p.m. Handbell Choir Concert • 6 p.m.

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf Barb Brocker, a nationally known clinician and soloist, performs a unique solo concert of handbells on both bell tree and table. Also participating will be ringers from the handbell choirs at St. Olaf.

Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m.

James White, Jr. • 8 p.m.

Life is a Dream • 6 p.m.

The HideAway Acoustic guitar.

The Contented Cow Classic country.

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf See page 5.

Norwegian Cowboy

Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

The Tavern Lounge Old-school country, samba, ‘80s rock, alt-country, alt-rock, alternator, altimeter and more. Sketchy yet humorous pronunciation of foreign languages. Come on down, Hoss!

The Contented Cow See Feb. 3 description.

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs The Girls

First UCC Congregational Church “The Girls,” four talented women whose harmonic blend and unique vocal styling breathes new life into jazz tunes, ballads and R&B standards, will perform in concert. Lori Dokken, Judi Donaghy, Erin Schwab and special guest, Debbie Duncan, are familiar faces and voices on the Twin Cities music scene. Their tight, four-part harmony has been delighting audiences for the past six years. Tickets, $10, at the First UCC office, the Northfield Arts Guild office, or “will call” by calling 645-7532. Life is a Dream • 7:30 p.m.

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf See page 5.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Nordic Jam • 7-10 p.m.

Guest Artist Concert – the Kantele • 3 p.m.

Concert Hall, Carleton Eva Alkula discusses the Finnish instrument, the Kantele, and performs a cross-section of its repertoire. Composer Alex Freeman will also appear.

The Contented Cow Nordic music returns to the Cow! DJ Sound Wave

DJ Sound Wave

The Girls Concert • 7:30 p.m.

Northern Roots Session • 7:30 p.m.

Eagles Club Listen, jam, enjoy! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Lecture: Eric Van Young • 5 p.m.

Eva Alkula and the Kantele. Photo by Timo Villanen

Brass Ensemble • 3:15 p.m.

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf U.S. Air Force Band Brass Ensemble performs, “Brass in Blue.”

Leighton Hall, Carleton Eric Van Young, professor and chair of the University of California, San Diego, history department presents, “Tales from the Dark Side: Lucas Alaman, Conservatism and Modernization in 19th Century Mexico.”

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Life is a Dream • 7:30 p.m.

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Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf See page 5.

Tuesday, Feb. 12 continued Panel Discussion – Medicine and the Environmental Technologies • 6 p.m.

Viking Theater, St. Olaf What’s Hot and What’s Not. Expert panelists discuss ideas for innovations in medical services, medical devices and environmental technology. Art Panel Discussion • 7 p.m.

Boliou Hall Auditorium, Carleton “Furniture Design to Production: Musings,” in conjunction with the Art Gallery exhibit, “Functional Sculpture: Furniture from the Upper Midwest.” The New Green Movement Presentation • 7 p.m.

Science Center 280, St. Olaf Students from St. Olaf, Carleton and other Minnesota colleges speak about their experiences at Powershift, the largest youth summit on global climate change in history. Find out what is happening in Northfield and nationwide this academic year, and learn how you can take action in your everyday life. Artist Lecture • 7 p.m.

Dittmann Center, St. Olaf Artists Brian Kehoe and Rebecca Gramdorf speak. Melius Trio • 8:15 p.m.

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf Charles Gray, violin; David Carter, cello; Kent McWilliams, piano.

St. Olaf Orchestra Home Concert • 7:30 p.m.

Skoglund Auditorium, St. Olaf Conducted by Steven Amundson, this program includes: Fledermaus Overture by Johann Strauss, La Valse by Maurice Ravel, excerpts from Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev and Cowboys Overture by John Williams. DJ Sound Wave Steven Amundson

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Convocation: Josh Meltzer • 10:50 a.m.

Skinner Memorial Chapel, Carleton Staff photographer with The Roanoke Times, Josh Meltzer is an award-winning photojournalist who won the 2006 National Press Photographers Association Photojournalist of the Year award. Exhibit Closing Party • 5-7 p.m.

Josh Meltzer

Dittmann Center, St. Olaf Exhibit closing party of the Virginia and Jennifer C. Groot Gallery Apprentice Exhibit. Exhibit Opening Reception • 5-7 p.m.

Dittmann Center, St. Olaf Exhibit opening with “Prints In Time: Contemplations of the Multiple.” Five regional print makers explore the print as a time-based medium – from the abstract to installation.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Ellipses Performance • 11:30 a.m.

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf The music of Justin Merrit and Michelle Gillman with Benjamun Sung, violin and Jihye Chang, piano. Songs for Lovers • 12 p.m.

Severance Great Hall, Carleton “Songs for Lovers,” a brown-bag lunch, mini-concert of classical and popular love songs performed by the Carleton College Choir under Lawrence Burnett. ChARTdonnay Thursday • 4:30-7:30 p.m.

ArtOnWater Gallery Take in the art while enjoying a glass of wine. Willowbrae: Romantic Harp and Woodwind Performance • 7 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Andrea Stern and Laura Mackenzie present a romantic harp and woodwind performance. Tickets, $10.

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ArtOrg Winter Concert Series: Multe and FootNotes • 7-11 p.m.

Upstairs Rueb Foot-Notes from Decorah, Iowa, formed in 1991 to carry on a tradition of monthly Foot-Notes Photo Dan Nierling old-time dances in a rustic two-room schoolhouse. Most of their repertoire consists of dance tunes that were popular at house parties, barn dances and “bowery” dances in northeast Iowa around the turn of the century and into the first few decades of the 1900s. They also incorporate a number of danceable tunes from European traditions including Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish. They’ve represented Iowa at the Smithsonian Institution’s Festival of American Folklife on the National Mall in Washington, DC and have been featured on Norwegian National Radio.

Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m.

The HideAway The Lady’s Not For Burning • 7:30 p.m.

NAG Theater See page 5. Life is a Dream • 7:30 p.m.

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf See page 5.

This Lady’s Not for Burning rehearsal, left to right: Arianna Bond, Martha Baird and Rob Schanilec.

Multe includes area musicians Jon Bjork, Drew Dixon, Brad Easterson, Gordon Oschwald, Ruth Sylte, Virginia Windschitl and, when possible, Andrea Een. The group grew out of Northfield’s Nordic Jam night, now at the local Eagle’s Club, which has been meeting since 2002. They play acoustic music from the Nordic countries and their immigrant communities in North America, most of it dance tunes. Members of Multe have performed at folk music/dance venues in Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the USA, including Musik ved Siljan, Nordlek and Norsk Hostfest.

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HAPPENINGS Friday, Feb. 15 continued

Occasional Jazz • 5:30 p.m./Gary Heil • 8 p.m.

The Contented Cow Noteables Valentine Benefit • 7 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault With gentle humor, these five talented performers will sing and charm their way into your hearts. Treats from Javalive! will be available for sale in the lobby during intermission. All proceeds from ticket sales for this romantic event will be donated to the Paradise Performance Fund. Tickets, $10 John Charles • 7-9 p.m. Marty Anderson and The Goods • 8 p.m.

Hogan Brothers

The Tavern Lounge Acoustic, electric, classic rock and country alternative with a song list that spans the decades: Dylan, Young, Springsteen, Wilco, Beatles, Hiatt, Ryan Adams and Steve Earle. Band members are: Martin, Michael and Colin Anderson, Paul DeLong and Andy Ebling.

Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m.

DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs

The Lady’s Not For Burning 7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See page 5.

Regional Galleries Reception • 3-9 p.m.

Flatrate

ArtOnWater Gallery Open house 3-9 p.m. and meet the artists 7-8 p.m. See Feb. 7 for details. St. Olaf Choir Home Concert • 3:30 p.m.

The HideAway Acoustic guitar. Life is a Dream • 7:30 p.m.

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf See page 5.

Dawn’s Corner Bar Lady’s Not for Burning

DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs

Boe Chapel, St. Olaf Conducted by Anton Armstrong, special features of the concert include Bach’s Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt, The Song of Peace by Olaf Christiansen, Norge, mitt Norge by Alfred Paulsen and The Exaltation of Christ by St. Olaf faculty member, Charles Forsberg.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19

The Lady’s Not For Burning • 2 p.m.

Art Show: Kellen Kirchberg 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See page 5. Concert • 2 p.m.

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf Kathryn Ananda-Owens and Christopher Atzinger, piano. Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

The Contented Cow See Feb. 3 description. Northern Roots Session • 7:30 p.m.

The Contented Cow Nordic music returns to the Cow! DJ Sound Wave Northern Roots

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Lecture: Robert Kaufman • 4:30 p.m.

Gould Library Athenaeum, Carleton Featuring Robert Kaufman of Rutgers and Columbia universities.

Northfield Senior Center Lobby Northfield High School student and local artist, Kellen Kirchberg, will show his charcoal and pencil drawings. Kirchberg participated in the Mainstreet Mentors program through the Key where he was mentored by local artist, Nick Sinclair. The Current State of the American Labor Movement • 7 p.m.

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater, St. Olaf Bob Muehlenkamp, social justice activist, trade union organizer, former vice president of National Hospital and Health Care Employees Union and director of organizing for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, will present. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Lecture: Qur’an and Politics • 7 p.m.

Skinner Memorial Chapel Lounge, Carleton Discussion titled, “Qur’an and Politics,” will be led by Adil Ozdemir, professor of Islam at the University of St. Thomas.

Art Lecture: Inigo ManglanoOvalle • 7 p.m.

Dittmann Center 305, St. Olaf Sculptor and installation artist, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, presents the Arnold Flaten Lecture Series lecture.

Art by Kellen Kirchberg

Adil Ozdemir

DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs

Nordic Jam • 7-10 p.m.

Eagles Club Listen, jam, enjoy!

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HAPPENINGS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21 ChARTdonnay Thursday • 4:30-7:30 p.m.

ArtOnWater Gallery Take in the art while enjoying a glass of wine. Northfield Wine Club Tasting • 7-9 p.m.

The Grand Event Center Bluegrass and Oldtime Jam Session • 7:30-10 p.m.

The Content Cow See Feb. 7 description. Key West Rejects

The Tavern Lounge DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs Key West Rejects

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Globalization and Social Responsibility Conference

Buntrock Commons, Ballroom, St. Olaf Working for the common good. Hosted by the Social Sciences faculty. Find information at stolaf.edu/global-theme. Convocation: Edith Widder • 10:50 a.m.

Skinner Memorial Chapel, Carleton Biologist and deep-sea explorer, Edith Widder, presents, “New Technologies to Discover Our World.” Widder is a specialist in bioluminescence, the light chemically produced by many ocean organisms.

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ArtOrg Winter Concert Series: MedusaHead Cabaret, Ted King and the DaDa ChaCha • 7-11 p.m.

Upstairs Rueb Expand your mind with masters of beat-poet jazz. Neo-Beat/Dada poet and performance artist, Ted King, wordsmith and frontman for Opiate of the Masses and Dada Chacha, cult favorites in the Minneapolis jazz and hipster scene for many years, hooks up with some of the Cities’ best players to create this new show: “Part Charles Bukowski, part Carl Jung, and a whole lot MedusaHead of something else. It’s music, poetry, stand-up comedy, original, fresh, jazzy and raw! MedusaHead Cabaret is a theater and word-arts performance production company in the Twin Cities. Poetry of MedusaHead mavens Susan Thurston Hamerski and JoAnne Makela are included. The Northfield Women Poets group’s newly released anthology, “Penchant,” published by Heywood Press (2007), will be available. Lucy Sweitzer and Glenn Ted King Bourdot will provide music.

John Ruggie

Author Event: John Ruggie • 7 p.m.

The Lady’s Not For Burning • 7:30 p.m.

Buntrock Commons, Black and Gold Ballroom, St. Olaf John Ruggie, author of “Winning the Peace: America and World Order in the New Era AND Multilaterialism Matters: The Theory and Praxis of an Institutional Form,” will present his books with a signing to follow.

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See page 5. The Butler Did It • 7:30 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See page 5. Bridgewater Ramblers 8 p.m.

The Contented Cow

Northfield Winter Stomp! • 7-10:30 p.m.

Killer Hayseeds

Northfield Armory Contratopia returns to this annual dust-the-snow-off-yourboots contra dance. Dance instruction at 7. No partner or experience necessary. $6 students, $9 adults ($20 family cap).

Dawn’s Corner Bar The Loafers

The Tavern Lounge

Carleton College Symphony Band • 7 p.m.

DJ Sound Wave

Concert Hall, Carleton Director Ronald Rodman presents works of English composer Gustav Holst.

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs

Concert • 7 p.m.

Globalization and Social Responsibility Conference

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf Julia and Irina Elkina: piano. The Elkinas have won international piano competitions and an award for best performance in the Murray Dranoff competition, the largest duopiano competition in the world. Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m.

The HideAway Acoustic guitar.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23

Buntrock Commons Ballroom, St. Olaf Working for the common good. Hosted by the Social Sciences faculty. Find information at stolaf.edu/global-theme. Imagination Celebration • 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Northfield Arts Guild In conjunction with the All-School Art Exhibit, the day recognizes and celebrates creative activities of our local youth through performances and artworks.

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HAPPENINGS Saturday, Feb. 23 continued Exhibition Closing Reception • 3-9 p.m.

ArtOnWater Gallery Open house 3-9 p.m. and meet the artists from 7-8 p.m. See Feb. 7 for details. ARTech Charter School Benefit • 6 p.m.

Lakeville Area Arts Center, Lakeville Hot music for a cold night with dance and music of the Wild Goose Chase Cloggers and the Yard Buzzard String Band. Dinner begins at 6 p.m., show at 7 p.m. Profits go to ARTech Kitchen Project. Tickets available through ARTech, 507/6638806 or The Lakeville Area Arts Center, 952/985-4640. Dinner and show, $30. Show only, $15.

Lost Bayou Ramblers • 8 p.m.

Severance Great Hall, Carleton This Grammy-nominated Cajun/Zydeco band includes: Andre Michot (lap steel/accordion), Louis Michot (fiddle, vocals), Chris Courville (drums), Cavan Carruth (guitar,

We Speak • 7 p.m.

Concert Hall, Carleton An evening of lively student performances. Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m.

The HideAway Acoustic guitar. The Lady’s Not For Burning 7:30 p.m.

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See page 5. The Butler Did It • 7:30 p.m.

The Butler Did It rehearsal.

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See page 5.

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vocals), Alan LaFleur (upright bass). “LBR’s youthful vigor, unpolished rawness and passion are often confused with rockabilly or punk rock influences, when in fact these uncontainable energies were present in the Cajun repertoire long before the first hotrod laid rubber on Main Street or The Ramones eyed their first black leather jacket. Still, while LBR may not need amps, their intensity and talent goes up to 11, a sound that makes dyed in the wool seem like an iron-on decal. “ – Nick Pittman, The Independent, Lafayette, La. Event is free and open to the public.

Wolves and Ravens

The Contented Cow Folk rock. Jon Manners

The Tavern Lounge “My songs are popWolves and Ravens ulated by wild, colorful and amusing characters cast into situations, sometimes sad, sometimes funny, and quite often both. Influenced lyrically by crime-fiction novelist, Carl Hiaasen.” DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 The Lady’s Not for Burning • 2 p.m.

Northfield Arts Guild Theater See page 5. The Butler Did It • 2 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See page 5. Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

The Contented Cow See description Feb. 3. Northern Roots Session • 7:30 p.m.

The Contented Cow Nordic music returns to the Cow!

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y r a u r b Fe Descriptions, if available, on pages 2-19, 24-25. SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

Lecture: The Art of Setting Stones • 3 p.m.,

Nordic Jam • 7-10 p.m.

Lecture: Reflections – What Matters to Me and Why • 12 p.m., Alumni

Climate Change Lecture Series • 7:30 p.m., Boliou

Eagles Club

Gould Library Athenaeum, Carleton Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

Hall Auditorium, Carleton

Guest House Meeting Room, Carleton

DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein

The Contented Cow Northern Roots Session 7:30 p.m., Contented Cow DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein

Guest Artist Concert – the Kantele • 3 p.m.

Nordic Jam • 7-10 p.m.

Lecture: Eric Van Young 5 p.m., Leighton, Carleton

DJ Sound Wave

Eagles Club

Concert Hall, Carleton Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf

Panel Discussion – Medicine & Environmental Technologies • 6 p.m.

Life is a Dream • 6 p.m.

Viking Theater, St. Olaf

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf

Art Panel Discussion 7 p.m., Boliou Hall

Brass Ensemble • 3:15 p.m.

Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

The Contented Cow

Auditorium, Carleton

Northern Roots Session 7:30 p.m., Contented Cow

New Green Movement Presentation • 7 p.m.,

DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein

Science Center 280, St. Olaf Artist Lecture • 7 p.m.

Dittmann Center, St. Olaf Melius Trio • 8:15 p.m.

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf

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SATURDAY

Convocation: Freeman Hrabowski • 10:50 a.m.

Daddy, Daughter Dance • 6-9 p.m.

Skinner Chapel, Carleton The ManZone • 5-9 p.m., Community Resource Bank, Hwy 3 Art Reception • 5:30-7:30 p.m., Paradise Center, Faribault

Northfield Armory

ArtOrg Winter Concert Series: Dreamland Faces/The Wapsipinicon • 7-11 p.m., Rueb ‘n’ Stein

Kevin Stanke, The Tavern Lounge

Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m., The HideAway Shane Wyatt, Dawn’s Corner Bar DJ Sound Wave, Rueb ‘n’ Stein

Goodsell Observatory • 7-9 p.m. Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m., The HideAway Mark Mraz • 8:30 p.m., Froggy Bottoms Matt Arthur and the Bratlanders • 8:30 p.m.

The Contented Cow Joe Meyer, The Tavern Lounge DJ Sound Wave, Rueb ‘n’ Stein

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Artist Press Day/Preview • 3-9 p.m.

Convocation: Global Warming and Economic Opportunities • 10:50 a.m.

Paper Airplane “Fly-In” • 10:30 a.m.

ArtOnWater Gallery Lecture: European Integration and the U.S. • 7 p.m., Gould Library

Skinner Memorial Chapel, Carleton Artist Preview • 3-9 p.m., ArtOnWater

Exhibit Opening • 3-9 p.m.

Athenaeum, Carleton

Artist Lecture • 5 p.m.

Handbell Choir Concert • 6 p.m.

Bluegrass and Oldtime Jam Session 7:30-10 p.m., The Content Cow

Dittmann Center, St. Olaf

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf College Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m., The HideAway

Tostrud Center, St. Olaf ArtOnWater Gallery

Todd Thompson, The Tavern Lounge

Winter Concert Series – Sizzling Eggheads • 7-11 p.m., Rueb ‘n’ Stein

DJ Sound Wave, Rueb ‘n’ Stein

Life is a Dream • 7:30 p.m.

First UCC Congregational Church

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m., The HideAway Concert • 8 p.m., Concert Hall, Carleton DJ Sound Wave, Rueb ‘n’ Stein Chris Koza, The Tavern Lounge

Life is a Dream • 7:30 p.m.

Ellipses Performance • 11:30 a.m.

Convocation: Josh Meltzer • 10:50 a.m.

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf

Skinner Memorial Chapel, Carleton

Songs for Lovers • 12 p.m.

Exhibit Closing Party • 5-7 p.m.

Severance Great Hall, Carleton

Dittmann Center, St. Olaf

ChARTdonnay Thursday 4:30-7:30 p.m., ArtOnWater Gallery

Exhibit Opening Reception • 5-7 p.m.

Willowbrae: Romantic Harp and Woodwind Performance • 7 p.m.

ArtOrg Winter Concert Series: Multe/ Foot-Notes • 7-11 p.m., Rueb ‘n’ Stein

Regional Galleries Reception 3-9 p.m., ArtOnWater Gallery St. Olaf Choir Home Concert 3:30 p.m., Boe Chapel, St. Olaf Occasional Jazz • 5:30 p.m./Gary Heil • 8 p.m., The Contented Cow Noteables Valentine Benefit • 7 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault

Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m., The HideAway

Life is a Dream • 7:30 p.m.

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf

The Lady’s Not For Burning 7:30 p.m., NAG Theater

St. Olaf Orchestra Home Concert 7:30 p.m.

Life is a Dream • 7:30 p.m.

Skoglund Auditorium, St. Olaf DJ Sound Wave, Rueb ‘n’ Stein

Dittmann Center, St. Olaf

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf Marty Anderson and The Goods 8 p.m., The Tavern Lounge DJ Sound Wave, Rueb ‘n’ Stein

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The Girls Concert • 7:30 p.m.

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf James White, Jr. • 8 p.m., The Cow Norwegian Cowboy, Tavern Lounge DJ Sound Wave, Rueb ‘n’ Stein

Paradise Center for Arts, Faribault John Charles • 7-9 p.m., Hogan Bros Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m., The HideAway Life is a Dream • 7:30 p.m.

Kelsey Theater, St. Olaf The Lady’s Not For Burning 7:30 p.m., NAG Theater Flatrate, Dawn’s Corner Bar DJ Sound Wave, Rueb ‘n’ Stein

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MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

The Lady’s Not For Burning 2 p.m., NAG Theater

Lecture: Robert Kaufman 4:30 p.m., Gould Library

Art Show: Kellen Kirchberg 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Northfield

Athenaeum, Carleton

Senior Center Lobby

Lecture: Qur’an and Politics 7 p.m., Skinner Memorial

Chapel Lounge, Carleton

Art Lecture: Inigo Manglano-Ovalle • 7 p.m.

The Current State of the American Labor Movement • 7 p.m.

DJ Sound Wave

Concert • 2 p.m., Urness

Recital Hall, St. Olaf Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

The Contented Cow Northern Roots Session 7:30 p.m., Contented Cow DJ Sound Wave

Dittmann Center 305, St. Olaf Nordic Jam • 7-10 p.m.

Rueb ‘n’ Stein

Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater, St. Olaf

Eagles Club

Rueb ‘n’ Stein

EXHIBITS See page 3

THEATER See page 5

CLUBS & CLASSES See page 26

FAMILY FUN See page 27

The Lady’s Not for Burning • 2 p.m.

St. Olaf Handbell Concert 7 p.m., Urness Recital Hall,

Organ Concert • 7:30 p.m.

Voice Recital • 4 p.m.

Concert Hall, Carleton

NAG Theater

St. Olaf

Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf

The Butler Did It • 2 p.m.

Art Lecture: Mika Negishi Laidlaw • 7 p.m., Dittmann

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault Politics and a Pint • 6 p.m.

The Contented Cow Northern Roots Session • 7:30 p.m., Contented Cow

DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein

Center 305, St. Olaf Nordic Jam • 7-10 p.m.

Eagles Club

DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein

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THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

ChARTdonnay Thursday 4:30-7:30 p.m., ArtOnWater Gallery

Globalization and Social Responsibility Conference, Buntrock

Northfield Wine Club Tasting 7-9 p.m., The Grand Event Center Bluegrass and Oldtime Jam Session 7:30-10 p.m., The Content Cow Key West Rejects, The Tavern Lounge DJ Sound Wave, Rueb ‘n’ Stein

e k o a r a K THURSDAYS Froggy Bottoms, 9 p.m.

Commons, Ballroom, St. Olaf

Commons Ballroom, St. Olaf

Convocation: Edith Widder 10:50 a.m., Skinner Chapel, Carleton

Imagination Celebration 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Northfield Arts Guild

ArtOrg Winter Concert Series: MedusaHead Cabaret, Ted King and the DaDa ChaCha • 7-11 p.m.

Exhibition Closing Reception 3-9 p.m., ArtOnWater Gallery

Rueb ‘n’ Stein

ARTech Charter School Benefit 6 p.m., Lakeville Area Arts Center

Author Event: John Ruggie • 7 p.m.

We Speak • 7 p.m.

Buntrock Commons, Black and Gold Ballroom, St. Olaf

Concert Hall, Carleton Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m., The HideAway

Northfield Winter Stomp! 7-10:30 p.m., Northfield Armory

The Lady’s Not For Burning 7:30 p.m., NAG Theater

Carleton College Symphony Band 7 p.m., Concert Hall, Carleton

The Butler Did It • 7:30 p.m.

Concert • 7 p.m.,

Lost Bayou Ramblers • 8 p.m.

(unless there’s live music)

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m., The HideAway

FRIDAYS Rueb-N-Stein, 9-close

The Lady’s Not For Burning 7:30 p.m., NAG Theater

Paradise Center for Arts, Faribault Severance Great Hall, Carleton Wolves and Ravens, Contented Cow Jon Manners, The Tavern Lounge DJ Sound Wave, Rueb ‘n’ Stein

The Butler Did It • 7:30 p.m.,

SATURDAYS L&M Bar and Grill, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Fieldhouse, 9 p.m.-close Froggy Bottoms, 9 p.m.

Paradise Center for Arts, Faribault Bridgewater Ramblers • 8 p.m.

The Contented Cow Killer Hayseeds, Dawn’s Corner Bar The Loafers, The Tavern Lounge DJ Sound Wave, Rueb ‘n’ Stein

(unless there’s live music)

Civic Engagement in a Diverse World • 11:30 a.m., Buntrock

Hall Auditorium, Carleton

Lecture: Larry Silver • 5 p.m, Boliou

Commons Ballroom, St. Olaf Karimba Recital • 12 p.m., Gould Library Athenaeum, Carleton

ArtOrg Winter Concert Series: Mr. Sticky and Toaster Fork • 7 p.m.

ChARTdonnay Thursday 4:30-7:30 p.m., ArtOnWater Gallery

Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m., The HideAway

The Butler Did It • 7:30 p.m., Paradise

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault

Center for the Arts, Faribault Mark Mraz, The Tavern Lounge DJ Sound Wave, Rueb ‘n’ Stein

Key West Rejects • 8:30 p.m.

Rueb ‘n’ Stein The Butler Did It • 7:30 p.m.

Froggy Bottoms Last Known Whereabouts

The Contented Cow DJ Sound Wave, Rueb ‘n’ Stein

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Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 St. Olaf Handbell Concert • 7 p.m.

Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf Directed by Jill Mahrd, the handbell choirs will be joined by performers on voice, flute, cello, percussion and will be doing a piece for bell choir and bell tree soloist. The program includes a piece by Northfielder Cindy Carlson. Art Lecture: Mika Negishi Laidlaw • 7 p.m.

Dittmann Center 305, St. Olaf Ceramist, Mika Negishi Laidlaw, presents this Arnold Flaten Lecture Series event. Nordic Jam • 7-10 p.m.

Eagles Club Listen, jam, enjoy!

Art by Mika Negishi Laidlaw

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Organ Concert • 7:30 p.m.

Boe Memorial Chapel, St. Olaf Bradley Welch, organ. Welch is the the recent winner of the Dallas Organ Competition sponsored by the Dallas Symphony. His program will be of general interest with a wide variety of selections designed to explore the resources of the new Holtkamp organ in Boe Chapel.

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ArtOrg Winter Concert Series: Mr. Sticky and Toaster Fork • 7-11 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Voice Recital • 4 p.m.

Concert Hall, Carleton Studio voice recital coordinated by Lawrence Burnett. DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Civic Engagement in a Diverse World • 11:30 a.m.

Buntrock Commons Ballroom, St. Olaf William Galston, University of Maryland School of Public Policy and senior fellow in governance studies at The Brookings Institution will discuss his book, “Liberal Pluralism: The Implications of Value Pluralism for Political Theory and Practice,” with specific reference to questions of civic engagement.

Upstairs Rueb Mr. Sticky have, for the past five years, been rockin’ Halloween night with the sounds of Led Zeppelin’s “II,” Weezer’s “Blue Album,” Beck’s “Midnight Vultures,” Cake’s “Fashion Nugget,” and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Blood Sugar Sex Magic” – 100 percent live…100 percent cover to cover. This group began early in the spring of 2001 when college roommates Hutch and Z, teamed up with a duo boasting an even longer musical history – Jeffy and The Doctor. This collection of musicians recognizes the spine-tingling, hairraising, chilling and profound impact of auditory stimulation and seeks that recreation with every sound. Toaster Fork

ArtOnWater Gallery Take in art while enjoying a glass of wine. See Feb. 1 for details.

Toaster Fork started out as a basement band six years ago, and has finally hit the studio to make a CD they are proud of. They feel “AmpliFIRE” will appeal to a neglected generation. What makes them unique? They are a band that feels it is more positive than negative, a band with nothing to prove, rather, a chance to rock and make a few people feel better about life.

The Butler Did It • 7:30 p.m.

Kim Bloom • 7-9 p.m.

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See page 5.

The HideAway Acoustic guitar.

Mark Mraz

The Butler Did It • 7:30 p.m.

The Tavern Lounge What the heck, put a buck in his jar, and say, “man, what are you doing here?”

Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault See page 5.

DJ Sound Wave

Froggy Bottoms

Karimba Recital • 12 p.m.

Gould Library Athenaeum, Carleton Karimba class recital directed by Melinda Russell. ChARTdonnay Thursday • 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs

Key West Rejects • 8:30 p.m. Mark Mraz

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29 Lecture: Larry Silver • 5 p.m

Boliou Hall Auditorium, Carleton Larry Silver presents, “Jheronimus Bosch and the Issue of Origins.”

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Last Known Whereabouts

The Contented Cow TLKW, formerly Pigs in a Pen. A little bit of folk, roots and bluegrass coming together in an original new grass sound. DJ Sound Wave

Rueb ‘n’ Stein, upstairs

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Here are the home games.

Friday, Feb. 1

HOCKEY – St. Olaf Men’s vs. St. Mary’s University, 7 p.m. TRACK AND FIELD – Carleton Women’s Triangular, 6 p.m. WRESTLING – Raider Boys’ vs. Hutchinson, 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2

BASKETBALL – Carleton Women’s vs. University of St. Thomas, 1 p.m.; Men’s, 3 p.m. SWIMMING AND DIVING – Raider Boys’ vs. Mankato East, 11 a.m. – St. Olaf Men’s vs. Carleton, 11 a.m. HOCKEY – St. Olaf Women’s vs. Saint Mary’s University, 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4

BASKETBALL – Raider Girls’ vs. New Prague, 7:30 p.m. – Carleton Women’s vs. Bethel University, 7:30 p.m. – St. Olaf Men’s vs. Augsburg College, 7:30 p.m. DANCE TEAM – Raider Girls’ Scrimmage, TBA

Friday, Feb. 22

BASKETBALL – Raider Girls’ vs. Shakopee, 7:30 p.m. HOCKEY – St. Olaf Men’s vs. University of St. Thomas, 7 p.m. TENNIS – Carleton Women’s vs. Luther College, 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23

BASKETBALL – St. Olaf Women’s vs. College of St. Catherine, 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 29

BASKETBALL – Raider Boys’ vs. New Prague, 7:30 p.m. TENNIS – Carleton Women’s vs. St. Olaf, 4 p.m. TRACK AND FIELD – Carleton Women’s and Men’s Pre-MIAC Meet, 5:30 p.m. – St. Olaf Invitational – TBD

Clubs, Classes and More…

Tuesday, Feb. 5

Glass Garden Beads Beading Class – 645-0301

SWIMMING AND DIVING – St. Olaf and Carleton Women’s and Men’s Northfield Invitational, 4 p.m.

Monkey See, Monkey Read Book Club

Wednesday, Feb. 6

BASKETBALL – St. Olaf Women’s vs. College of St. Benedict, 7:30 p.m.; Men’s vs. Augsburg, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8

BASKETBALL – Raider Girls’ vs. Red Wing, 7:30 p.m. HOCKEY – St. Olaf Women’s vs. College of St. Catherine, 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9

BASKETBALL – Carleton Women’s vs. St. Mary’s University, 1 p.m.; Men’s, 3 p.m. TRACK AND FIELD – Carleton Women’s Meet of the Hearts, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12

BASKETBALL – Raider Boys’ vs. Prior Lake, 7:30 p.m. HOCKEY – Raider Boys’ vs. Prior Lake, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13

BASKETBALL – St. Olaf Men’s vs. Bethel University, 7:30 p.m. – Carleton Women’s vs. Hamline University, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15

BASKETBALL – Raider Girls’ vs. Academy of Holy Angels, 7:30 p.m. HOCKEY – St. Olaf Women’s vs. Bethel University, 7 p.m. TENNIS – Carleton Women’s vs. St. Catherine, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16

BASKETBALL – St. Olaf Women’s vs. Gustavus Adolphus College, 1 p.m.; Men’s, 3 p.m. – Carleton Women’s vs. Macalester, 1 p.m.; Men’s 3 p.m. HOCKEY – St. Olaf Men’s vs. Bethel University, 7 p.m. TRACK AND FIELD – St. Olaf Men’s Tostrud Classic, 12 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19

BASKETBALL – Raider Girls’ vs. Hutchinson, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20

BASKETBALL – St. Olaf Women’s vs. Carleton, 5:45 p.m.; Men’s, 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21

HOCKEY – St. Olaf Women’s vs. University of St. Thomas, 7 p.m.

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First and Third Mondays Monday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., 645-6700 – Featured Book: “Three Cups of Tea.” River City Books Fiction Book Club

Tuesday, Feb. 5, 7 p.m., 646-7754 – Featured Book: the first half of “Gone With the Wind.” Just Food Co-op – 650-0106 Tuesdays – Knitting in Northfield! – Call 645-6331 Wednesday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m. – Chocolate Tasting. Come nibble on Just Food’s variety of chocolate offerings. Bring beverages to share. Fee $10-$12. Thursday, Feb. 7, 7 p.m. – Kirsten’s Kitchen: Dinner for Two. Learn to cook a romantic dinner for two. Simple yet delicious dishes that will delight. Kirsten Lindquist will prepare two to three dishes to sample as part of the class. Bring a beverage to share. Fee $10-$12. Thursday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. – Making Kombucha at Home. Kombucha is a naturally fermented green tea drink that is reported to have many health benefits. Chris Barron speaks of Kombucha’s benefits and teaches home brewing technique. Free. Cannon Valley Civil War Roundtable – Thursday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m. – Shelley Fitzgerald of Owatonna

presents “Spies of the War” at Rice County Historical Society. Membership: $20 individuals, $25 families and $10 for students per year. The Key

Mondays: Book Club, 5 p.m. Tuesdays: Art Project Night, 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays: Skate Park meetings, 5 p.m. Fridays: Movie Night, 7 p.m. Saturdays: Concerts Sundays: Writing Workshop, 7 p.m. For details, call 663-0715. The HideAway

Monday, Feb. 18: Spa Night – Spa treatments, coffee and dessert. 7-9 p.m. $10. Call for reservations, 664-0400.

FAMILY FRIENDLY FUN 210 Washington St. • 645-6606 • TDD: 645-1823 M-Th, 9:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; F, 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sat, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; open Sundays, 1-5 p.m. Crafts Night • Feb. 7, 7-8:30 p.m.

Fourth annual Crafts Night featuring demonstrations of different crafts and opportunities to try new crafts. Participating will be Just Food Knitters, spinning demonstrations by Laura Heiman and quilting by the Hearth of Lonsdale. Attention all Genealogists! • Feb. 9, 8:30-10 a.m.

Beginner’s introduction to Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest Online. Class size is limited to eight people and computer skills are required. Sign up at the reference desk or call 645-6606. Hot Reads for Cold Nights through Feb. 15. Win prizes for reading books!

Stuff for the younger Kids! First Steps Early Literary Center • Mon, Fri and Sat, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (for children 6 months-4 years) Patty Cake Infant Lapsit • Tuesdays, 10 a.m. (for children 6-18 months with parent or caregiver) Toddler Rhyme Time • Wednesdays, 10 a.m. (for children 2-3 years with parent or caregiver) Story Time for 4s and 5s • Thursdays, 10 a.m. – Stories and a craft for the “just about ready for school crowd.” Carleton ACT Story Hour • Saturdays, 10 a.m. – Stories and crafts.

For information on volunteering, program updates and event information check the library’s Kids Info Blog at www.selco.info/norpl.

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We put it out there and you picked up the bait. Here are the results of the Northfield Entertainment Guide and Locally Grown readers poll of the Best of Northfield. Hundreds of ballots, more nominees than you can shake a stick at and one hands-down winner – that would be you for having such great stuff to choose from right here in River City! Now take a gander at our readers’ picks and get out there and enjoy! And make mental notes for January 2009 when we’ll do it again. Congratulations!

BAND

s e r i a n o i l l t h e Zi RUNNERS UP: Down Low • Mr. Sticky

These cats have been rocking Northfield for years. They are Dave Drentlaw – drums, vocals; Peter Nelson – guitar, vocals; Wendy Smith – guitar, accordion, vocals; and Vicky Wiegand – bass.

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Norwegian Cowboy Catch the cowboy Feb. 9 at the Tavern Lounge. RUNNERS UP: Aaron Anderson Peter Diggins

Meredith Fierke RUNNER UP: Wendy Smith

Contented Cow RUNNERS UP:

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VENUE The Grand • The Tavern

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Festival Defeat of Jesse James Days Since 1948, this second weekend in September has been transforming Northfield into a circus of celebration and repeated defeats of the James-Younger Gang! More at www.djjd.org. RUNNER UP: Winter Walk

gallery gallery Northfield Arts Guild

304 Division St. • www.northfieldartsguild.org

t s Nick Sinclair i t Ar RUNNERS UP: ArtOrg • Grezzo

WOMEN’S Clothing

R U N N ER Mary Rossin g • Fred Som S U P: mers • Leann e Stremcha

Buy Gifts

Rare Pair

Present Perfect

In the heart of historic Northfield 401 Division Street www.rarepair.com

RUNNERS UP: Anna’s Closet • Sisters Ugly

: ERS UP R U N N olala O Digs •

This is the place with the funky and fun window displays 419 Division St. in downtown Northfield.

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Groceries Just Food Co-op 516 Water St. • www.justfood.coop

RUNNERS UP: Ragstock • Target NOTE: Runners up listed alphabetically, not by place

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RUNNERS UP: Cub Foods • Econo Foods

Latté e e f f o C Goodbye Blue Monday 319 Division St.

RUNNERS UP: The HideAway • James Gang Coffeehouse

Breakfast

Cookie Quality Bakery

The Tavern

212 Division St. The Tavern Special – one of the best deals in town!

410 Division St. Not a surprise that 35+ years of tried and true, baking reigns supreme!

RUNNER UP: Quarterback Club

Lunch

Hogan Brothers RUNNER UP: Goodbye Blue Monday

415 Division St. Without a doubt – that special sauce worked its magic here!

Hamburger/ Cheeseburger Rueb ‘N’ Stein 503 Division St. www.ruebnstein.com Housed in three of Northfield’s oldest buildings, this restaurant/bar has been serving Northfield since 1969. RUNNER UP: Quarterback Club NOTE: Runners up listed alphabetically, not by place

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RUNNERS UP: Chapati • Tiny’s Dogs All Day

Dinner

Indian fare extraordinaire!

Chapati

214 Division www.chapati.us RUNNERS UP: El Tequila • Fermentations

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RUNNERS UP: Rueb ‘N’ Stein • The Tavern Bar

Pizza Basil’s

Biking

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Carleton Arboretum

301 Water St.

RUNNERS UP: B&L • George’s Vineyard

Family Outing Carleton Arboretum RUNNER UP: Jesse James Lanes

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Reading/ Studying Northfield Public Library

319 Division St.

RUNNERS UP: The Contented Cow • Bridge Square

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RUNNER UP: Goodbye Blue Monday

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HISTORIC

HAPPENINGS NORTHFIELD STYLE By SUSAN HVISTENDAHL

Northfield, A Temperance Town? Northfield, a temperance town? Well, sort of... “No intoxicating drinks shall be sold or in any manner furnished as a beverage on said premises.” There it is, a clause inserted in every deed of land in the new town of Northfield by its founder, John W. North. North, a lawyer from the East, already had helped found both the Minnesota Republican Party and the University of Minnesota during the time he lived in St. Anthony. His attention then turned to Faribault, where he bought one quarter of the town for $1,000 and talked of moving there until he got word that another owner, Alexander Faribault, was not adverse to having a drink or two. North was a strong temperance advocate so he sold his quarter share in 1855 and proceeded to establish two mills and plat a town on the Cannon River at a site known then as Alexander. On Jan. 6, 1856, he wrote to his father-in-law, “We are here comfortably settled in our new home, which you may have learned before this bears the euphonious cognomen of Northfield.” In the summer of 1857, Benjamin Kimball built a hotel on the west side of town, just out of the jurisdiction of North, and opened a bar. Within a few weeks, three men wielding axes demolished bottles and barrels and closed the bar down forever. Kimball received “a small sum” in recompense for his loss. To be sure, there were places one could get liquor in Northfield in the years that followed. Several members of the James-Younger Gang were said to have had such confidence in their prospects of robbing the yokels in Northfield that they hoisted a few at a tavern called Jeft’s prior to the First National Bank raid in 1876. But, for the most part, Northfield was a temperance town in the tradition of its founder, who left Northfield in 1861 after Abraham Lincoln appointed him to be surveyor general of the new Territory of Nevada. In 1879, citizens of Northfield were amazed

to hear rumors that North (now living in California after founding the town of Riverside in 1870) was drinking. On Aug. 27, 1879, North wrote a letter to C.A. Wheaton, editor of the Rice County Journal, saying, “And so the accusation this time is that I have ‘taken to drinking.’ It is gratifying to know that the people of Northfield are still interested in me – so much to feel sad at any calamity that may befall me.” North explained that during his years of “severe ordeals” he had indeed used stimulants prescribed by a physician and was thus “spared to my family.” He said, “This is better for them and me than to have sacrificed myself to the extreme notions of some who are shocked at the idea of using stimulants even as medicine.” Judging by ads which appeared in local newspapers in the late 1890s, many Northfielders were coming around to North’s position on liquor. In almost every issue prominently displayed is an ad for Vin Mariani, a wine described as “salvation for Overworked Men, Delicate Women, Sickly Children,” and recommended by “more than 8,000 American Physicians” for “Nervous Troubles, Throat and Lung Diseases, Dyspepsia, Consumption, General Debility, Malaria, Wasting Diseases and La Grippe.” Corsican entrepreneur, Angelo Mariani, introduced his tonic in 1863 from his new home in Paris. Leaves of the coca plant were steeped in Bordeaux wine and, according to one source, the exported wine contained 7.2 mg of cocaine per ounce, accounting for the palliative qualities attributed to it. It was first used by singers in Paris with “overtaxed vocal cords,” and soon its praises were being sung by many others. The ads in Northfield have this SPECIAL OFFER: “To all who write mentioning the Northfield News, we send a book containing portraits and endorsements of emperors, empress, princes, cardinals, archbishop and other distinguished personages.” Mariani had compiled 13 volumes of recommendations, including testimonials from Albert of Monaco, Peter of Serbia, Alfonso of Spain, Queen Victoria, the Tsar of Russia, the Prince of Wales, the Shah of Persia, writers H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Ibsen, Dumas, Zola, two presidents of France, U.S. President Grant and Thomas Edison. Two popes (Pius X and Leo XIII) also chimed in with thanks. Pope Leo sent a gold medal to Mariani, saying he had been supported in his “ascetic retirement” by a flask of wine which was “never empty.” An interesting sidelight: Mariani could be called “the grandfather of CocaCola” because in 1884, John S. Pemberton of Georgia copied this tonic and two years later developed Coca-Cola, a carbonated non-alcoholic version of Mariani’s wine to which he added cola.

Northfield Police officers posing after confiscating liquor circa 1930. Photo courtesy of the Northfield Historical Society.

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(The Coca-Cola Company denies that there was cocaine in its original formula.) Another well-known medicinal remedy was advertised in the Northfield Independent. Recurring ads were featured for “Pabst Malt Extract, the best Tonic,” which “Causes sweet sleep, restores faded looks, lightens weary

minds and builds up the body. It braces; it gives you vim and bounce.” This popular extract, from Milwaukee’s Pabst Brewing Company, was advertised as being called by U.S. government chemists “the ONLY Malt Extract absolutely Pure and Perfect,” and it became a common alternative for brewers during Prohibition.

Advertisement from the Northfield News, Jan. 21, 1899, touting the restorative properties of cocaine-laced wine!

Prohibition was introduced in 1919 by Congressman Andrew John Volstead (of Kenyon, who attended St. Olaf: Insert your own joke here). North’s daughter, Mary North Shepard, wrote in 1929 to Carl L. Weicht, editor of the Northfield News, that although her father’s views on liquor modified as he grew older, he “never favored social drinking and, next to woman suffrage, I can think of no act of our government over which he would have so rejoiced as over the Volstead Act.” Prohibition was repealed in 1933, allowing use of alcohol both medicinally and otherwise, thus paving the way for Northfield’s current discussions over a new location for the liquor store. Information and photos for this story found in the archives of the Northfield Historical Society. ure sponsored is feat by Th

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Just Curious… And so a few quick questions and answers. By Christine Bernier

oey Cherney Joey Cherney is an active member of the Northfield art scene with plays to his credit including: The Orphan Train, Oliver and The Crucible. He seeks roles with breadth and depth. And in speaking with Joey, you soon realize this young thespian is a rising star already at the age of 17.

CB: When did you start performing in plays? Joey: Actually it’s when I saw the first “Lord of the Rings” movie. They had a lot of TV behind-the-scenes specials. The actors looked like they were having so much fun that I said, “I want to do that.” In 7th grade, I started in the Young People’s Theater (YPT) program. The first big play I was in was in 8th grade, which was the Northfield Arts Guild’s Orphan Train. I got really lucky with that because I was initially a chorus member. A fellow cast member was going to prom and couldn’t perform, so I got the part of “Lucky.” This was an ensemble cast... Lucky was the bad kid. This true story is about the thousands of orphans who, in the 1800s, were put on trains from New York, shipped across the country and put on display for people to adopt. Anybody who wanted them could take them.

because so many of his friends were getting blacklisted. It’s also about the Salem witch trials. There are all these parallels between the McCarthy era and witch trials. Ultimately, in the end, the bad guy doesn’t acknowledge that he’s wrong and the good guys either die…well most of them die. It was just so powerful that half of the actors were crying at the end of every performance. On from there, we did Oliver as a high school production. At ARTech I did Inherit the Wind about teaching evolution in the schools. CB: It seems as though you either lean toward plays with a serious underlying message, or perhaps it’s Northfield that selects those type of plays? Joey: I think I lean toward them. There are the occasional farces – like I was in Beauty and the Beast. That hat was so cool! I was also in On The Town at the high school – a comedy. We worked with it some to try to give it some extra depth and that’s the thing I’m interested in. I take after Bob Gregory-Bjorklund, who has been my director for a lot of plays, and he always looks for making the character threedimensional and making the play actually mean something. CB: Other than participating in plays, what other activities are you involved in? Joey: I take dance classes at the NAG. I put the plays first, but I try to do other things as well. I do the dance classes – I didn’t say I was good at them. I do the dance classes partly to improve my performances in plays, partly for the exercise. I love to work out. CB: Have your parents been instrumental in getting you involved in plays? Joey: My parents are always really supportive. My dad for some reason loves musicals in the sense that he’s watched all of them as movies and some on stage. Other than that, he comes to see them, but he’s not artistic himself, just appreciates that art. My mom is more artistic, but hasn’t been in a play since high school. She recently began doing the play

CB: What got you interested in drama? Joey: Initially, I think a big part of it was the social aspect and meeting people that I wouldn’t have otherwise. Working on relatively the same level as adults was appealing, too. When you’re going to school, there’s a hierarchy of adults at the top, high schoolers, then middle schoolers. I thought it was really cool to be in a play with a girl that was graduating that year, four years older than myself. And, there were adults and some kids younger than myself. We all worked together and had fun together and we didn’t manufacture differences. After that, it was the content. The next play I was in was The Crucible at the high school. That was such a powerful play. It’s written by Arthur Miller in the ‘50s and ‘60s in response to the McCarthy era Portrait photos courtesy of Studio LML/Tania Legvold. Production photos courtesy of Aaron Schomburg and Tom Roster.

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Cherney as LaFoe in Beauty and the Beast (2007) and as Billing in Enemy of the People (2006).

costuming by helping Bob’s wife, Ann. Joey’s parents are Ken Cherney, a dermatologist at the Owatonna Clinic and Sarah Bardenwerper, a licensed nurse. CB: Who has been your favorite character to play? Joey: Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind. He was the bad guy lawyer. Appealing because he was so different from me: conservative and uptight. I’m liberal and laid back. I based him on my uncle. One of my challenges was to make this character more than the bad guy. We had to work on emotional scenes to get the audience to sympathize with my character. I think I pulled it off. As I look back on myself acting, I see things to improve. Every year I see things that I can improve, which shows I’m improving as an actor. I’m learning. CB: If you’re graduating this year – what’s the next step? Joey: I’ve applied to eight schools and been accepted to two. I have one in mind that I really want to go to, Middlebury College in Vermont. I haven’t heard back from them and I probably won’t until April. Once I’m in school, I want to major in either drama, pre-med or linguistics. Basically what I’m banking on is that there will be a professor in one of the departments I don’t like, and then I won’t major in that (hearty laugh). CB: What interests you about pre-med and linguistics? Joey: My dad’s a doctor and my mom’s a nurse – so I’ve grown up with it and I’ve always found it cool. One of the things that really draws me to it is that it’s such an applicable skill as opposed to linguistics, which is more of a scholarly skill. As a doctor, you know things that pertain to everyday life and can help basically anybody and you can help yourself, too, and I think that’s really cool. With the linguistics part, I took German for three years to initially get the credit, but then I went to Germany and just absolutely loved it. Trying to communicate with people, and my German wasn’t that good, it was interesting. I’ve always done relatively well in school but never really liked it. But when I was there, it was like a puzzle that was actually fun.

been in the play. I fell in love with it when I saw it there. Since then, I bought two performances on DVD and have the soundtrack. I love the music and the story even though it’s not the most profound, there’s some really good opportunities for emotions. And that’s something I really like in the theater...the bulk of each play is story development and then there’s epiphany or climaxes, and if you’re good you can make the whole theater feel something. I feel like that play, between the music and where it leads, offers great opportunities for that. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, is a Tony Award-winning musical about a man who spent 15 years in Australia’s penal colonies on false charges. The demise of his wife leads him to a life of mass murder. CB: What would you tell someone who is a novice actor? Joey: Just do it! (with his trademark laugh with just a hint of mischief.) Let me elaborate on that a little bit. I have friends who didn’t try out freshman year, discouraged that older kids will get the parts and saying, “I’m not any good.” You can’t get better unless you do it. Part of getting better is just being able to audition. If at any point they’re given the opportunity to audition, they should do it! While interviewing Joey, two of his former ARTech teachers stopped by and exclaimed, “Joey rocks!” Beyond his obvious love for acting, Joey has also formed an a capella group called “All Shapes and Sizes.” You can see Joey in his next production, The Lady’s Not for Burning at the NAG Theater in February (See page 5).

CB: What about living in Northfield has helped foster your art? Joey: We have two colleges and that helps a lot. At the high school, there’s more of a sports culture than an arts culture. We’ve had to do performances during a football game. It’s not that bad except you lose some audience. Then there were times where you could hear the football game, which is frustrating. The colleges help foster an artistic environment because they house artistic people. At the NAG, we’ve been able to get St. Olaf and Carleton students to perform in the plays. We can often draw on their resources in terms of costuming. Because of the colleges being here, it’s helped shape the city itself and draws a certain person here – of course, not across the board itself, but in general it seems to draw people who are more interested in arts and entertainment. CB: Is there one character you feel compelled to play? Joey: Sweeney Todd. A teacher in YPT years ago organized a party for our group to go to one of the kid’s houses to watch Sweeney Todd on video. It’s just so cool...this teacher had

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Quality Bakery and Coffee Shop 410 Division St.

EATS & DRINKS Chapati

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214 Division St. • 645-2462 (office 645-1665) www.chapati.us • Closed Mondays – Cuisine of India. Variety of curry and Tandoor entrees including a large selection of vegetarian items. Wine and beer. China Buffet – 630 Water St. S. • 645-0808 • 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.

Lunch and dinner buffet and menu available. Lunch buffet from 11-4, $5.95, children 2-12, .50 per year. Dinner buffet 48:30, $8.25, children 2-12, .60 per year. Contented Cow

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302 Division St. S. • 645-1665 • www.contentedcow.com 3 p.m.-close – British-style pub with authentic British specialties as well as a variety of soups, salads and sandwiches. Extensive patio overlooking the Cannon River. Great selection of imported and domestic draft beer as well as a full selection of wine and spirits. Fieldhouse Sports Bar and Grill

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620 Water St. • 645-8139 • Open daily at 11 a.m. – A wide selection of delicious entrees in a sports bar atmosphere, featuring burgers, pasta, ribs, steak and much more. Friday night fish fry and daily lunch specials Monday–Friday. Froggy Bottoms River Pub

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305 S. Water St. • 664-0260 • www.froggybottoms.com • MonSat 11 a.m.-close – Steaks, salads, pasta and much more. Wide selection of beers and wines. Non-smoking restaurant with cozy atmosphere, thousands of frogs and a beautiful outdoor patio overlooking the Cannon River. The HideAway

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421 Division St. • 645-0400 • Mon-Wed 6 a.m.-9 p.m., ThSat 6 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun 7 a.m.-5 p.m. – Cozy bistro atmosphere serving unique appetizers and sandwiches. Coffee drinks, wine and beer specialties. Hogan Brothers’ Acoustic Cafe

645-8392 • Opens 6 a.m. Tuesday-Saturday – Owned and operated by the Klinkhammer family since 1949. Quality baking from scratch using delicious family recipes with no preservatives. Custom cakes, homemade breads, donuts, pies, cookies, espresso, lunch and more. Quarterback Club 116 3rd St. W. • 645-7886 • Mon-Sat

6 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m. – Family friendly dining in Northfield for 37 years. House specialties include broasted chicken, BBQ ribs and flame-broiled hamburgers. The Tavern of Northfield 212 Division St. • 663-0342

Sun-Thu 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri-Sat until 11 p.m. – Wide variety of homemade, from-scratch menu items. Prime rib on Friday and Saturday nights. Casual courtyard dining, Tavern lounge and deck overlooking the Cannon River. Full-service bar. Tiny’s Dogs All Day 321 Division St. S. • 645-6862 • Mon-

Thu 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Fri 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.-2 p.m. – Historic former pool hall, Tiny’s continues to delight patrons with great hot dogs, sandwiches, non-alcoholic beverages and snacks. Features include New York-style coneys, Chicago-style Vienna Beef, as well as Tiny’s own classic dog. Since 1947 Tiny’s has offered Northfield’s largest selection of specialty tobaccos and quality cigars. Willingers Bar & Restaurant

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6900 Canby Trail, Northfield • 952/652-2500 • Sun-Thu 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri-Sat 11 a.m.-10 p.m. – High above the course, with views of Willingers Golf Club’s fairways, greens, lakes, wetlands, ponds and trees, this venue offers dining with casual, upscale cuisine. Enjoy lunch, dinner, or simply a beverage at the bar. Also available for wedding receptions, banquets, meetings or small gatherings.

Get your venue listed here. Very affordable. Call Abby - 507/663-7937

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415 Division St. • 645-6653 • Sun-Tue 9 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri and Sat 9 a.m.-10 p.m. – Hot hoagies since 1991. Also soup, sandwiches, Espresso, gourmet coffee and ice cream. James Gang Coffeehouse and Eatery

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2018 Jefferson Rd. • 663-6060 • Mon-Fri 6 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun 7 a.m.-5 p.m. – Voted Best Coffeehouse in southern Minnesota. Fresh daily roasted coffee. Wraps, soup, sandwiches, salads, desserts, ice cream and non-espresso drinks. Free wireless internet and business catering available. J. Grundy’s Rueb-N-Stein

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503 Division St. • 645-6691 • www.ruebnstein.com 11 a.m.-close – Great burgers and famous Ruebens. Casual relaxing atmosphere. Huge selection of imported and domestic beers, fine spirits and wines. Game room, happy hour 3:30-6 p.m., Karaoke on Fridays at 9 p.m. Perkins 1401 Riverview Dr. • 645-4830 • Open every day of

the week from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. – Kids eat free on Tuesdays.

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