Author Archives: Ross Currier

Arts Town Website Launch Party…This Weekend in Downtown Northfield, MN

It’s been a long time in coming but now it’s arrived: the Northfield Arts Town Website.  It’s an event worth celebrating, so let’s do it.  Saturday evening: music, beverages, and a circus tent atmosphere at High Noon Tattoos and Art Gallery in downtown Northfield.  More info at http://northfield.artstown.us/town/

Friday Night the Place to Be is Downtown Northfield, MN

It’s the 7th Annual Girls Nite Out in downtown Northfield, MN.  Gather your girlfriends for a fun night of shopping, giveaways, hors d’oeuvres and refreshments in downtown shops, boutiques, and restaurants.  The evening peaks with performance fun at the Grand Event Center.  So come on (down)town, girlfriends. Friday, May 10th: Girls Nite Out, 5:00 p.m. [...]

Downtown Parking Conversation: Draft Report, Panel Discussion, Council Work Session

The NDDC’s Council-initiated, Staff-supported, Downtown Parking Conversation is coming up to milestones, roadside attractions, and destinations on the road to parking enhancement for Northfield.  Supporters of a vibrant and vital downtown will want to explore these places of interest. The draft report on the Downtown Parking Conversation is available for your review.  You can find [...]

Downtown, Uptown, and On the Hill…this Weekend in Northfield

In New Orleans, down river is Downtown and up river is Uptown. Up river (that’s the Cannon River) in Northfield is the Arcadia Charter School.  This weekend, they’re doing The Laramie Project.  It recounts the story of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old student at the University of Wyoming who was kidnapped, beaten, and left to die.  [...]

“A Minnesotan Goodbye”…This Weekend in Downtown Northfield, MN

“A Minnesotan Goodbye”, the Carleton & St. Olaf 5th Year Apprentice/Intern Exhibit, opens this weekend at the Arts Guild’s gallery in downtown Northfield.  The artwork of six St. Olaf and Carleton College art interns: Anda Tanaka, Anders Nienstaedt, Arielle Rebek, James Wilson, Justina Ny, Mathew Brutger and Sheila Novak will be featured in the Gallery [...]