A publication of
The Northfield Arts Guild is offering Online Art Making in the form of videos posted by the education assist/outreach coordinator Jennie Eubank, featuring projects you can
Before Boris Karlov’s stumbling antics or cartoonish green skin, Frankenstein offered us something really horrible. The silver screen diluted, and perhaps demeaned, this classic
In the latter part of the 19th century, Northfielders celebrated the 4th of July with fireworks, band concerts, flights of oratory, baseball games, races
No, I am not writing about the Northfield Cannon Valley Lions Club. Nor am I writing about the St. Olaf Lion, logo of the
The opening game of the 1965-66 basketball season of the Northfield High School Raiders was to be played on the court of a new
In 1855, at the age of 40, John Wesley North was ready for new challenges. A New Yorker by birth, he had moved to St.
The March Madness of the high school and college basketball championships is now behind us, but it was April Madness at Sayles-Hill Gymnasium in
Homeopathy, the second most widely-used system of medicine worldwide, offers what we have lost in today’s modern field of medicine: a personalized and natural
When The Border Hookups began thinking about recording a new project, their first task was to decide where to record. This was actually a
Ah, May! In the early years of the last century, the sounds of music echoed from Manitou Heights down to Lyman Lakes as Northfielders
Review by Jessica Peterson White There’s a special place in my heart for perfectly rendered novels under 200 pages, and Here We Are will be added
“It’s here!” This note, with a big smiley face drawn on it, was in my mailbox at St. Olaf late in the first term
I have two David Allen paintings in my two-bedroom condo. Both are winter scenes showing Northfield’s Bridge Square from different angles. In one, the
Have you heard of the little town of Zumbrota, located in Southeast Minnesota? If you have, it may be because it is the home
By Brian Trebelhorn, Realtor, RE/MAX Advantage Plus …A common question that is asked of Realtors, a good question, and one with a variety of
The time is coming. The return of August marks a dreaded occasion scheduled for the near future; no, I’m not utilizing Minnesotan hyperbole to
Jovial greetings on this fresh epoch! Or, as most Americans say it, Happy New Year! Believe it or not, we’ve made it to 2024.
By Leif Knecht, Knecht’s Nurseries & Landscaping Minnesota Strain Redbud Adding cool and different varieties of trees to our yards will do a lot
Designed by architect and Zumbrota native Charles L. Grover, the State Theatre in Zumbrota was built in 1921 for a cost of $38,000. Built
The sounds of the St. Olaf campus in spring are usually alive with music made by students rehearsing and performing their final concerts
On March 24 the Northfield Historical Society will open an exhibit, “Through the Camera Lens: Early Northfield Photography.” The exhibit will feature enlarged photographs
As you enjoy the beauty of the fall leaves, and as the last of the warmer days turns to crisp cooler air, please do
Lakeville is a great place to live, work and play! We are a thriving community with a population now estimated more than 65,000. There
Originally Published in the June 2014 Entertainment Guide The late Dan Freeman (known as “Mr. Northfield”) had treasured memories from the times Doc Evans
Welcome to the Chart House. In 1961 this location was the Kon Tiki bar, which burned down in 1963. You can still see traces
What is A’BriTin’s most popular dish? Mac and Cheese. What do you offer that is a surprise to clients? Hitch and Sip Trailer, a
On June 16, 1899, more than 6,000 visitors streamed into Northfield on a dozen regular and special trains and marched in a mile-long parade.
What’s your favorite item at Farmhouse Market? Whole Grain Milling popping corn with melted Hope butter on it. They go together and are both
Within six years of the founding of Northfield in 1855, Northfield proudly flew its first U.S. flag. The Continental Congress had adopted the nation’s
Review by Lori W. Widowed and pregnant in 1970, Carly finds out that her unborn baby has a heart defect. The doctors tell her
A crisis has befallen me. After last month marked the occasion of my 16th birthday, I realize that the term “Kid Kritic” may no longer
The name Thomas Scott Buckham is most likely associated today with the library bearing his name at 11 Division St. E in Faribault. But
What would have been on the covers of the February Entertainment Guides had they been around in the 19th century? In 1892, we may have
TipTree has one primary goal: to innovate the music industry by providing a communication platform in which fans can directly support musicians. Always on
Acupuncture has many benefits for women’s health from puberty to menopause. Through the use of acupuncture and Chinese herbs we can heal the body,
The Northfield Raiders won their one and only state football championship at the Metrodome on Nov. 22, 1997, by defeating Detroit Lakes 28-0. But
Northfield, a temperance town? Well, sort of… “No intoxicating drinks shall be sold or in any manner furnished as a beverage on said premises.”
On Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012 Northfielders had a chance to experience what it would have been like to be in an “electric theater” audience
Bonjour, readers! With summer upon us, my Hawaiian shirts are preparing for launch…and so are a number of exciting films hitting your local big
When I last wrote about Laura MacKenzie for our annual music issue of June 2013, I said, “You cannot be much more of a
Two years after the Nineteenth Amendment granted women the right to vote, Minnesotans had the chance to vote for the first woman ever to
It’s not too likely that the University of Minnesota will book Carleton as an opponent at its new TCF Bank Stadium. But Carleton’s football
Review by Sylvie Weissman Gregory Maguire’s The Wild Winter Swan is a miraculous little book. It’s Manhattan in the 1960s, and teenaged Laura Ciardi – mostly
Visitors to Northfield’s third Vintage Band Festival this month may be acquainted with the name of F. Melius Christiansen, founder and director of the
“Robbery & Murder!” screamed the headline of the Rice County Journal of Sept. 7, 1876. “Desperate Attempt to Rob the Bank! J.L. Heywood Shot Dead at
We did it! It was no easy task, but the calendar made it through another annual epoch known disdainfully as “winter.” The debut of
Earning money through professional performances is a dream come true for most musicians, and singer/songwriter Karina Kern leads by example as she has spent
Let’s get this out of the way from the start. You can’t pay me enough to watch the 40 or more mostly mediocre (and
Review by Jamie Stanley Many people are familiar with the movie Laura directed by Otto Preminger (1944), but they are less familiar with the novel written
“Until Dec. 7, 1941, I thought I was a normal boy, a normal American. All of a sudden I was dirty. All of a
By Kate Buckmeier February is a short month, but for Minnesotans it can feel like one of the longest when you are stuck indoors
