Northfield Downtown Development Corporation

The Northfield Historical Society will host an opening reception for their newest show, “The History of Telephones in Northfield,” Thursday, Feb. 23, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at NHS, 408 Division Street, Northfield. The exhibit will chronicle the history of telecommunications in Northfield and Dundas.  The exhibit is sponsored by the St. Olaf College Telephone Co. (providers of 100 Mbps to your desktop in downtown Northfield). Everyone is invited; refreshments will be provided.

Thursday, February 23rd: Opening Reception: The History of Telephones in Northfield, 6:00 p.m., Northfield Historical Society; Midnight Collision, 8:00 to 11:00 p.m., Contented Cow; Marv Gohman, 8:30 to 11:00 p.m., Tavern Lounge; and Prom Queef; 11:59 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., Contented Cow. (more…)

Our annual Partnership Celebration was a fun affair. Thanks to New Moon Trio and Area 51 for the great tunes. Thanks also to Board members who greeted folks at the door and sold raffle tickets. As always,Chuck Pryor and his staff at the Grand Event Center were excellent hosts.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the raffle and congratulations to our winner, Jeff Johnson. No, not NDDC Board member Jeff Johnson, the OTHER Jeff Johnson! Thanks most of all to our NDDC volunteers, Partnership Campaign donors, and Taste of Northfield sponsors. Great downtowns don’t just happen!

Here’s a little slideshow for posterity.

NDDC Partnership Celebration 2012 at the Grand

It’s the NDDC’s annual thank-you to our partners…and celebration of Downtown Northfield.  Doors open at 7 p.m., at the Grand Event Center.  There’ll be live music, free appetizers, a cash bar, a low-key raffle, and a whole bunch of your friends and neighbors.  So come on down(town) and celebrate with us, this Friday night.

Friday, February 17th: NDDC Downtown Celebration, 7:00 – 11:00 p.m., Grand Event Center; 6th Annual Northfield Winter Stomp, 7:00 – 10:30 p.m., National Guard Armory; The Melvilles, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Hogan Brothers; Arsenic and Old Lace, 7:30p.m., Northfield Arts Guild Theater; Dan Israel, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., Contented Cow; Matthew Griswold, 8:00 to 11:30 p.m., Tavern Lounge; Martin Devaney, 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., Contented Cow; and Karaoke, 9:00 p.m., Rueb’N'Stein. (more…)

The Big Wu is celebrating 20 years of making music…in downtown Northfield.  The Big Wu was founded in 1992 by St. Olaf College students and played their first gig on 2/14/1992 in the Lion’s Pause in the basement of the old Ytterboe hall.  The Big Wu continued to play every three weeks or so at the Upstairs Reub.  They return to the Rueb this Saturday night.  There’s even more return of local talent on Saturday night, Meredith Fierke and the McKinstrys at at the NAG and The Last Known Whereabouts are at the Cow. (more…)

Winter may be on its way out…but we’ve still got a number of weeks of days with late sunrises and early sunsets.  Shake off the gloom…and shake your tailfeathers…to the music of such American greats as Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “the Big Bopper” Richardson, provided by local greats Terry Van DeWalker, Scott Skaja, Allison Rae, Jacob Hendrickson, C. J. Alt, Ross Willits, and Ray Barnard…Friday night at the Cow.

Friday, February 3rd: New Moon Trio, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Contented Cow; One Act Plays, 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., Northfield High School Auditorium; Winter (’50s) Dance Party, 7:00 p.m., Contented Cow; Ben Aaron, 8:00 to 11:30 p.m., Tavern Lounge; and Karaoke, 9:00 p.m., Rueb’N'Stein. (more…)