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Monoprint mural an addition to annual art festival
While shopping for art to take home, visitors to the third Straight River Art Festival had the chance to help make a giant piece of public art. World-record-holding printmaker Stephen McKenzie recently moved to the region and brought his specialty to Faribault’s annual celebration of local art on Saturday. The communal work didn’t reach his record for world’s largest monotype print. But it is now filling a large section of...
Kraewood Flats Apartments opens to public with tours, ribbon cutting
After several years of community debate, including lengthy discussions at plenty of Northfield City Council meetings, Kraewood Flats Apartments has officially opened. On Monday afternoon, Mayor Rhonda Pownell, City Council member Brad Ness, Brent Nystrom with Rebound Partners and Jane Bartho, president of the Northfield Chamber of Commerce, along with a couple dozen community members and Chamber leaders, assembled outside the south entrance of the new apartment complex for a ceremonial ribbon cutting. ...
Vintage Fashion Show tells historical stories through clothing
Clothing from bygone days did the talking Thursday afternoon when 20 models strutted across the FiftyNorth runway wearing vintage fashion finds culled from family cedar closets, attics and basement shelves. The vintage fashion show drew a sold out crowd who were treated to an entertaining display of visually stunning and historically significant costumes as well as the interesting backstories behind the fabrics. The community members who strutted across the runway...
Troubadours, guest singers perform annual spring concert
Northfield’s beloved men’s chorus, The Troubadours, made a strong statement Sunday afternoon by opening their spring concert with the uplifting spiritual, “Let All Men Sing” by Keith Christopher. The program sung by the 25-strong chorus followed up with a number of other traditional spiritual anthems, including “Down By the River Side,” “Gonna Sing When the Spirit Says Sing” and a choral blessing “And Wherever You Go.” St. Peter’s Lutheran Church...
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