No, it’s not green beer. Seamus Heaney, Jonathan Swift, W. B. Yeats…oh, I’m sure there are many more. What better way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day than enjoying some poetry?
Wednesday, March 17th, Poetry Reading: Drew Weis & Scott King, 7:30 p.m., Monkey See Monkey Read, and Chance Meeting, 8 p.m., The Contented Cow.
Thursday, March 18th, Mark Mraz, 7 to 11 p.m., The Tavern Lounge, and Study Hall, 9 p.m., The Contented Cow.
Friday, March 19th, Tim Freeland, 6 to 8:30 p.m., Butler’s Steak & Ale, Lonesome Dan Kase, 7 to 11 p.m., The Tavern Lounge, Sweet North, 8:30 p.m., The Contented Cow, and Mark Mraz at Froggy Bottoms.
Saturday, March 20th, Wake-Robin, 12 to 1 p.m., Bittersweet, Area 51, 7 to 11 p.m., The Tavern Lounge, Fashion Fix, 7 p.m., The Ole Cafe, High School Choir Concert, 7:30 p.m., Boe Chapel on the St. Olaf College campus, Immigrant Music Celebration, 7:30 p.m., Urness Recital Hall on the St. Olaf College campus, and Dime-Store Watch, 8 p.m., The Contented Cow.
Sunday, March 21st, St. Olaf Band Concert, 3:30 p.m., Skoglund Center on the St. Olaf College campus, Politics and a Pint, 6 p.m., Northern Roots Sesion, 7 p.m., and Quiz Night, 8 p.m., all at The Contented Cow, and Hardangar Fiddle and Swedish Violin Concert, 8:15 p.m., Boe Chapel on the St. Olaf College campus.
A weekend update to the weekend update:
It’s the Northfield Historical Society’s Annual Membership Ball at Great Hall on the Carleton College campus. The party starts at 7:00 p.m. There will be a short meeting at about 8:00 and then Christina Schweitz and Sweet Jazz will provide the music.