It’s been fifty years coming…the Northfield Arts Guild 50th Anniversary Beaux Arts Ball.  Fire and Ice, Saturday, December 19th, 7 p.m., Great Space on the Carleton College campus.

Thursday, December 17th, Craig Wasner and Rob Ryden, 6 p.m., Butler’s Steak & Ale, Northfield High School Orchestra Concert, 7 p.m., Middle School Auditorium, Mark Mraz, 8 to 11 p.m., Tavern Lounge (riverside of the historic Archer House), Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., Froggy Bottoms, and The Favorite Child at the Contented Cow.

Friday, December 18th, it’s the Johnny Holm Dinner/Dance, 6 p.m., Grand Event Center, Chuck Godwin, 6 to 9 p.m., Butler’s Steak & Ale, Joey Heinz & Friends, 7 to 11 p.m., Tavern Lounge, D J Music, 9 p.m., Rueb’N’Stein, D J Music at Froggy Bottoms and Area 51 at the Contented Cow.

Saturday, December 19th, it’s the aforementioned Beaux Arts Ball, 7 p.m., Great Space on the Carleton College campus, Madelyn Hartke & the Dumb Fingers, 7 p.m., Hogan Brothers Acoustic Cafe, Joe Carey, 7 to 11 p.m., Tavern Lounge, D J Music, 9 p.m., Rueb’N’Stein, D J Music, 9 p.m., Froggy Bottoms and Spruce Top Review at the Contented Cow.

Sunday, December 20th, it’s a Christmas Carol Sing, 9:30 a.m., St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Holiday Gallery Reception, 2 to 6 p.m., Northfield’s Fine Craft Collective, Politics and a Pint, 6 p.m., Northern Roots  Session, 7 p.m., and Quiz Night, 8 p.m., all at the Contented Cow…in Downtown Northfield.