Tonight’s the final performance of Rock ‘N Roll Revival 2009. I took these photos after last night’s performance when cast members mingle with friends and family after the show in…
Locally Grown (LoGro) Northfield Posts
Northfield Historical Society is hosting their Annual Meeting/Membership Ball tonight, 7 pm at Carleton College’s Great Hall. It’s free for members and those who aren’t can sign up at the…
At the beginning of the spring semester, I met with Carleton College students who are taking a class taught by Professor John Schott. Schott had invited me to speak to his students about the Representative Journalism Project. Following that meeting, the students set out in the spirit of the project’s goals to cover local news. The stories they produced are showcased here, replicated from a page on Schott’s Ratchet Up blogsite for the project:
Northfield Voices: Town & Gown
Cinema & Media Studies Audio Workshop, 2009
On Monday, the Strib reported that Some Minnesota counties struggle with empty jails.
In Hubbard County, some officials say without that outside revenue, it would actually be cheaper for them to shut the jail down and send their inmates elsewhere… It appears that region-wide, fewer people are going to jail.
Rice County does not have this problem but at the County Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, administrators proposed a program to prevent it. “We’d like to ramp up enforcement of illegal music file downloading and sharing,” said Administrator Cary Weers.
With the RIAA’s successful 2007 prosecution of Jammie Thomas, a 30-year-old woman from Brainerd, and the rapid increase in broadband penetration throughout the county, Weers thinks “this situation is a major O in our SWOT analysis for keeping the jail full. Northfield’s college population in particular is low-hanging fruit.”
Also of particular interest to county officials is the RIAA’s effort to stem the increase in people who publicly whistle or hum copyrighted songs without permission. “It’s fine to engage in these activities in the privacy of one’s home,” said Commissioner Gabe Malkovich. “But people have to realize that musicians are artists who need to be paid for the use of their work. Publicly using music without paying for it has to be stopped.”
I noticed this banner above an empty Heritage Square storefront yesterday. “Coming soon. Northfield Urgent Care.” Anyone know which chain will open here and who the local owner is? Some…
“They all get the idea that if we’re transparent about what we’re bad at as well as what we’re good at, we’ll get better.” That’s a quote by Paul Levy, President and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, speaking about his staff. Levy maintains a leadership blog called Running a hospital where he regularly shares “thoughts about hospitals, medicine, and health care issues.” You can also follow Levy on Twitter.
I’ve been thinking about Northfield area public leadership, transparency, and social media tools this week for four reasons. (continued)
Our podcast/radio show guest yesterday: ArtOnWater’s Dean Kjerland, discussing the latest developments with the Riverwalk Arts Quarter which was funded last fall by the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF). Dean blogged about the Riverwalk Arts Quarter on Northfield.org last September. Update 3/20: The Riverwalk Arts Quarter website is now up, and there is a Riverwalk Arts Quarter Facebook group, too.
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