Start your weekend off with my personal favorite, local talent Occasional Jazz.  It’s the Friday night cocktail set at the Cow.

Thursday, January 27th: Barb Piper, 5 to 7 p.m., Contented Cow; and Jacob Hendrick and Ah-Hem, 8 to 11 p.m., Tavern Lounge.

Friday, January 28th: Occasional Jazz, 5 to 7 p.m., Contented Cow; Community Services Movie Night: Toy Story 3, 7 p.m., Northfield High School Auditorium; and Lonesome Dan Kase, 8 to 11 p.m., Tavern Lounge.

Saturday, January 29th: Ray Coudret, 5 p.m., Contented Cow; Sopranorama, 7:30 p.m., First UCC Congregational Church; Carey Langer, 8 p.m., Contented Cow; and Aaron Anderson, 8 to 11 p.m., Tavern Lounge.

Sunday, January 30th: Pancake Breakfast Benefit for Prairies Edge Human Society, 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., Northfield Eagles Club; Faculty Recital: Music for Tombone and Organ, 3 to 4:30 p.m., Concert Hall on the Carleton College campus; Politics and a Pint, 6 p.m., Northern Roots Session, 7:30 p.m., and Quiz Night, 8 p.m., all at the Contented Cow.