The advance reviews are making the rounds in the local media and coffee shops: the Northfield Arts Guild’s “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” is really scarey …and frightfully entertaining.  This version of the classic tale finds Mr. Hyde to be more widely present than in just a single individual…perhaps there’s a little bit in all of us.

Friday, October 12th: New Moon Trio, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Contented Cow; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 7:30 p.m., Northfield Arts Guild Theater; Jet W. Lee, 8:00 to 1:00 p.m., Contented Cow; Art Vandalay, 8:00 to 11:30 p.m., Tavern Lounge; Moonrise Kingdom, 8:30 p.m., Weitz Cinema on the Carleton College campus; and Karaoke, 9:00 p.m., Rueb’N’Stein.

Saturday, October 13th: Riverwalk Market Fair, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Bridge Square; Wake-Robin, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., Bittersweet; John Charles, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Hogan Brothers Acoustic Cafe; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 7:30 p.m., Northfield Arts Guild Theater; Matthew Griswold, 8:00 to 10:30 p.m., Contented Cow; Relativity, 8:00 to 11:30 p.m., Tavern Lounge; and 8th Street Duo, 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., Rueb’N’Stein.

Sunday, October 14th: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 2:00 p.m., Northfield Arts Guild Theater; Politics and a Pint, 6:00 p.m., Contented Cow; and Quiz Night, 8:00 p.m., Contented Cow.