Northfield Year of Water is a 12-month celebration of the importance of water for drinking, boating, fishing, swimming, and playing. Cannon River Watershed Partnership is working with a dozen community organizations to host a “We Are Water” traveling museum exhibit in June and July, as well as hosting a community art and water festival, speaker presentations, art shows, poetry readings, fishing events, insect safaris and other hands-on family-friendly clean water events.
The current schedule is below, check back as we update this calendar.
For more information contact Kevin Strauss at kevin@crwp.net or at 507-786-3913
All activities are open to the public. Registration/tickets are required for some events. Visit listed website for more information.
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Seeing Our Cannon River
June 17-July 26
June 25 Opening Reception
Photography Exhibit by Mary Ellen Frame
https://northfieldartsguild.org/
Stories of the Cannon River from fifty years
July 2, 6:30-8 p.m.
Northfield Public Library
Gary Wagenbach arrived at Carleton College in 1969 and immediately started to become acquainted with the Cannon River, an outstanding natural laboratory for field sciences such as biology and natural history. Gary has embraced the Cannon River and the larger watershed with zest and energy, leading projects ranging from the freshwater mussels along the river (and how they are affected by humans) to preserving and restoring prairie and oak savannah ecosystems near Valley Grove. Retired from the Biology Department at Carleton since 2008, Gary continues to work on education projects both locally and abroad.
We Are Water: Watershed
June 14-July 27
The Guild, Northfield
Water-themed visual art show by local and regional artists.
https://northfieldartsguild.org/visual-arts/galleries/
We Are Water Exhibit
June 20-July 28
Interactive, family-friendly exhibit that celebrates about how important clean water is in Minnesota for fishing, swimming, drinking, canoeing and boating. Learn about the health or area rivers and lakes and what we can do to help clean up and protect our rivers, lakes, and drinking water.
https://mnhum.org/we-are-water-mn/
Cannon River Historic Photo Exhibit
June 27-July 9
Northfield Historical Society
http://www.northfieldhistory.org/
Grand Opening for We Are Water Exhibit
June 29, 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Carleton College, Weitz Center
Art walk from The Guild to the Weitz Center, presentations by MN State Agency staff, local officials, food, Water Bar, family-friendly water activities.
We Are Water: Watershed Artist Reception
June 29, 10:00 am-12 noon
The Guild, Northfield
https://northfieldartsguild.org/
Nibi Walk Orientation Training
June 30, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Weitz Center for Creativity at Carleton College, 320–3rd St., Northfield, MN
Learn how to participate in the Nibi Walk program of the Indigenous People’s Task Force, led by Sharon Day. She will lead us in a Nibi walk: an Indigenous-led, extended ceremony to pray for the water July 12-15.
To learn more and register, https://mnhum.org/we-are-water-mn/nibi-walks/
Books and Stars
June/July
Northfield Public Library events
The Guild’s Inspiration Station with Fish Printing
https://northfieldartsguild.org/
Outdoor Movies, Reception for Mary Ellen Frame Seeing Our Cannon River Photography Exhibit
July 12
https://northfieldartsguild.org/
Northfield Rain Garden Tour
July 13-14
“We are Water” is the theme of the Northfield Garden Club annual garden tour July 13 – 14 from 11 AM – 4 PM. The proceeds go toward beautifying downtown Northfield. Tickets are $10 and available at Eco Garden, Knecht’s Nursery, or at one of the gardens on the weekend of the tour. Go to www.TheNorthfieldGardenClub.org for more details.
Lunch and Learn about Clean Water and Art
July, Dates TBD
Wed., 11:30 am-12:30 pm
Sat. 11:30 am-12:30 pm
The Guild, Northfield
Fishing the Cannon River:
An Introduction to Fishing
Ames Park, Downtown Northfield
August, Date and Time TBD
Opportunity for Northfield youth to learn how to fish and to receive free fishing equipment
Teddy Roosevelt Presentation
August 7, 10:00 am-4:00 pm Central Park Encampment, 7:00 pm
Meet Outdoorsman, Conservationist, and 26th President Teddy Roosevelt. Hear why Roosevelt worked so hard to protect our land and waters.
Hosted by the Northfield Historical Society
Cannon River Watershed-Wide CleanUP
Saturday, September 21, 9:00 am-12:00 pm
11th Annual River/lake cleanup at 10 locations across the watershed
Cider on the Cannon
October, Date TBD
CRWP event and award ceremony
Mills of the Cannon River Paint Night
November 7, 6:30-8:30 pm
Northfield Historical Society
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We Are Water MN is a collaboration of the Minnesota Humanities Center, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the Minnesota Historical Society and the Minnesota Departments of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources. This exhibition was developed with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with a vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
Northfield Project Partners and Event Hosts:
The City of Northfield
Northfield Arts Guild
FiftyNorth
Carleton College
St. Olaf College
Northfield Historical Society
Northfield Public Library