Some of us consider Northfield to be the best little downtown in Minnesota. Others of us consider Northfield to be the best little art town in Minnesota. This weekend helps to make the latter case; there are art openings, a play festival, a Spring dance concert, a reading, and, as always, a whole lotta music. So get out and about and check out some of Northfield’s great art offerings…this weekend in downtown Northfield, MN.
Friday, May 16th: Bill Hendrickson, 5:00 to 7:00 p..m., Contented Cow; Fourth Annual Latino Play Festival, 7:00 p.m., Northfield Arts Guild Theater; Opening Reception: Northfield High School Honors Show, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Northfield Arts Guild Center for the Arts; Opening Reception: Seniors’ Art Show, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., Perlman Teaching Museum at Carleton College‘s Weitz Center; Ken Valdez, 8:00 p.m., Tavern Lounge; East Meets West: Carleton College Singers and Chinese Music Ensemble, 8:00 p.m., Concert Hall on the Carleton College campus; Chance Meeting, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., Contented Cow; and Chad Edwards, 9:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., Froggy Bottoms.
Saturday, May 17th: Wake-Robin, 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., Bittersweet; Northfield Arts Guild Spring Dance Concert, 3:00 p.m., Northfield High School; Maddie Hargis, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m., Contented Cow; Erin & Madison, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m., Contented Cow; Fourth Annual Latino Play Festival, 7:00 p.m., Northfield Arts Guild Theater; Lehto and Wright, 8:00 p.m., Tavern Lounge; and Optimum Trajectory, 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., Contented Cow.
Sunday, May 18th: Northfield Reads: Veteran Voices, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Larson Meeting Room in Carleton College’s Weitz Center; Jazz Band, 3:00 p.m., Concert Hall on the Carleton College campus; and Quiz Night, 8:00 p.m., Contented Cow.