Category: Northfield Community

The Northfield Experience is finally upon us! This weekend, Northfield audiences will experience a series of interlaced performances of theater, dance, visual installations, and digital media taking place at several locations. Koplowitz is collaborating with St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges and the greater Northfield community where the spirit of history, industry, and scholarship thrive and will engage students, alumni, and professors from both colleges, in addition to members of specific Northfield institutions and businesses. This is a progressive venue production. Most locations are within walking distance, but an ADA bus is available upon request. This will be a fantastic event and not one to be missed! The production begins at The Grand Event Center, 316 Washington Street, Northfield, MN. Tickets are required for this event and are available for purchase through the Northfield Arts Guild. Performances: Fri, May 4, 2018, 6:00pm Sat, May 5, 2018, 1:00pm Sat, May 5, 2018, 5:00pm Sun, May 6, 2018, 1:00pm Sun, May 6, 2018, 5:00pm

Carleton’s Semaphore Repertory Dance Company has been busy preparing for their piece in Site Artist and Director Stephan Koplowitz’s upcoming performances of The Northfield Experience.

The Grammy Award-winning SPCO performs with Patricia Kopatchinskaja, director and violinist, Wednesday, May 2nd, 8:00 – 9:30 pm in Kracum Performance Hall.

The producer of The Northfield Experience is Stephan Koplowitz. Since 1984, he has found inspiration for his work from a variety of sources stemming from his interests in music, photography, film, theater and dance combined with his interest in mapping the human experience through all of these arts. As the progeny of an American spy, he had the opportunity to grow up in France, Brazil and see several parts of the world at a young age, which greatly informed his perspective on life and culture.

Carleton invites the community to an open house on Sunday, September 17 to view the recently completed music and performance addition to the Weitz Center for Creativity. The open house will be held from 2–4 p.m. and light refreshments will be served in the Weitz Center Class of 1980 Commons.

Carleton is partnering with the Cannon Valley Elder Collegium for the fifth time to present the annual Northfield Summer Film Festival, a series of four great films focusing on this year’s theme of politics! All are free and open to the public, and they’ll screen on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 in the Weitz Center cinema.

The documentary film chronicles the creation of Northfield’s new skateboard park.

The College will share emerging plans for a new music performance addition to the Weitz Center for Creativity.

This Fall Carleton is bringing a terrific traveling theatre production to campus called NATURE: A WALKING PLAY. Based on the lives and work of Emerson and Thoreau, the play will be performed outdoors in the Arb on October 3 and 4.

We are recruiting a volunteer chorus to be a part of the performances. The chorus sings throughout the performance and also helps guide the audience from one location to the next. A great opportunity to be outdoors, to perform alongside professional theatre artists, and to be a part of a truly remarkable theatrical experience. Singers of all ages and all abilities are welcome!

Performances are October 3 and 4, with a few rehearsals in advance of those dates. For more information and to volunteer to be a part of this, please email Steve Richardson.

What began as a simple collaborative map-making project has grown into an impressive work of art, beautifully capturing the diverse experiences found in the common place that is Carleton College. Carltography was created by Carleton Students Peter Barron ’17, Vayu Maini Rekdal ’15, and Jackson Van Fleet ’15. Students, alumni, faculty, staff, and other members of the Northfield community have all contributed to Carltography by submitting hand-drawn maps of the campus and their own comments. While some people document the locations of their personal experiences on these maps, others have created entirely new, imaginative worlds on the campus maps. …