Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes poet, performer, essayist, and storyteller Thadra Sheridan to preview the first installment of Narrative: Storytelling at The Grand. This event is an open mic for stories in prose, poetry, or music. The evening is hosted by Thadra Sheridan and features the iconic, hilarious, and legendary Tom Cassidy.

https://www.thadrasheridan.com

Narrative: Storytelling at The Grand

Grand Event Center, 315 Washington Street, Northfield, MN

Hosted by Thadra Sheridan

Storytelling Open Mic featuring Tom Cassidy

Friday, 23 January 2026

Show starts at 7pm, doors open at 6pm

Free and open to the public

Thadra Sheridan is a poet, performer, essayist, and storyteller who grew up in Northfield and then wandered around the country until she ended up back here. She has been on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, performed at San Quentin Penitentiary, onstage for The Moth, and on Snap Judgement, among many other places.

Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes musician Ray Coudret, Kristen Twitchell from the Northfield Fine Arts Boosters, and performers Quinn Flannery and Emmett Norrie to preview the fundraiser Northfield Musicians Perform the Music of Bruce Springsteen.

https://www.northfieldfab.org

https://www.facebook.com/NorthfieldFAB/

Northfield Musicians Perform the Music of Bruce Springsteen

Saturday, January 10, 2026

5:00 PM Doors Open

6:00 PM Music Starts

Armory Square Event Center, Northfield, MN

Admission: Suggested donation of $20

This event is a fundraiser for the Northfield Fine Arts Boosters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting arts education in Northfield Schools. All proceeds directly benefit the Boosters' programs and initiatives.

Get ready for an unforgettable evening of music and community spirit as over 50 talented Northfield musicians – people ranging from teenagers to seasoned musicians – take the stage to deliver 33 Springsteen classics, spanning The Boss’s full career from his first album Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey to modern favorites like Land of Hope and Dreams.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to experience the power of live music and contribute to a worthy cause while supporting the next generation of artists and creators in Northfield. Since 2018, these benefit concerts have raised over $22,000 for arts education. This year’s show, sponsored by Jonathan and Liz Reppe, the owners of Armory Square who are donating their space, continues that tradition with a mix of local legends and rising stars.

All proceeds benefit the Northfield Fine Arts Boosters, which fund programs like guest artist visits, adaptive art materials, and the Roger Jenni Instruments for All initiative, which ensures that every Northfield student has access to an instrument.

Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes Pauline Jennings, the Performing Arts Manager at the Northfield Arts Guild to visit about the upcoming 411 Concert Series. 2025 – 2026 is the fourteenth 411 Concert Series season. (411 is the address of the theater!) This series features regional and nationally-recognized artists in the intimate venue of the Northfield Arts Guild Theater and offers a truly unique listening and viewing experience. Toward the Guild’s goal of lifting up the young and aspiring, every show includes a talented local young musician(s)

.https://northfieldartsguild.org

411 Concert Series – The Singer’s Voice: Maria Jette with Dan Chouinard

Sunday, 4 January 2025

Maria Jette with Dan Chouinard @ 7pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 411 Third Street West, Northfield

https://northfieldartsguild.org/arts/music/411-series/

Maria Jette has appeared with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra. She'll sing her musical theater favorites.

For nearly four decades Dan Chouinard has been pianist and accordionist of choice for a who’s who of Twin Cities performers, an enabler of community sing-alongs, and writer and host of hit shows for radio, concert hall and theatrical stage.

THE SINGER’S VOICE

DAN CHOUINARD IS BACK WITH 4 MORE SUPERSTAR GUESTS FOR OUR 2026 411 CONCERT SERIES!

From 1994 to 2000, Sunday evenings at the legendary Dakota Jazz Club belonged to a live KBEM radio show called The Singer’s Voice. Created by and hosted by Dan Chouinard at the piano, it was a song-laced conversation with a different singer each week about their life and music. The show was acclaimed by critics and embraced by the music community for its freshness and spontaneity, intimate format, and its power of story and song…

ONCE AGAIN, THE WORLD-CLASS FEATURED VOCALISTS WILL SHARE, VIA SONG AND STORIES, PARTS OF THEIR RICH MUSICAL HISTORY.

MANY THANKS TO OUR 411 SPONSORS CHARLIE KYTE AND JIM BASSETT!

Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes guests from Bows, Strings, & Contentment Orchestra to preview their Winter Walk concert ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas at the Grand Event Center.

Bows, Strings, & Contentment

String Orchestra, Conductor Laura Geissler

Holiday Concert: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

Featuring Guests: Mark Heiman and The Jingle Bell Kids

Thursday, 11 December 2025 @ 7PM

The Grand Event Center, 316 Washington Street, Northfield

Doors open at 5PM, Dining hours 5PM - 7PM

Free Concert, Family Friendly, Contributions appreciated

Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes guests from the Northfield Arts Guild Purple Door Youth Theater production Winnie-the-Pooh! Guests include director Rachel Haider, theater techs Kyra Reverman and Emily Taubman, and actor Miles Mazzariello.

https://northfieldartsguild.org/event/winnie-the-pooh/2025-12-14/

PURPLE DOOR YOUTH THEATER: Winnie-the-Pooh

December 12th– 21st, 2025

Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 and Sundays at 2:00

Christopher Robin has just moved into a new neighborhood and he isn’t happy. To bring him out of his shell, his father A.A. Milne tells him wondrous tales of his beloved toys and their many adventures, hoping that, through them, Christopher Robin will find the courage to make a friend. Adapted from A.A. Milne’s original story, WINNIE-THE-POOH brings your favorite characters to the stage. Don’t listen to Eeyore…all will end well!
Produced by special arrangement with Theatrefolk (theatrefolk.com)

Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist previews the upcoming show Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music at the Paradise Center for the Arts in Faribault with Linda McComas-Wood, Bob McComas-Wood, and Sarah Wilder. Enjoy this timeless story and irresistibly charming score.

https://www.paradisecenterforthearts.org/theater

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music

Presented by Paradise Community Theatre

Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II,

Book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse

Directed By Shelley Fitzgerald

For 65 years, 'The Sound of Music' has been one of our "favorite things." With its timeless story and irresistibly charming score, the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic isn't just meant to be enjoyed--it's meant to be shared. Featuring beloved songs such as "Do-Re-Mi," "Sixteen Going on Seventeen," and "Edelweiss," 'The Sound of Music' is the iconic tale of a spirited nun who chooses not to live behind closed doors--and, by following her heart, learns to climb every mountain!

Performances:

December 5, 6, 11*, and 12 at 7:30 PM

December 7, 13, and 14 at 2:00 PM
*ASL Interpreted Performance

Tickets:

Member: $21.50, Non-Member: $23.50, Student: $17.50 (Includes a $1.50 Processing Fee)

Thank you to our Show Sponsors ~ Reliance Bank & Char and Larry Johnson!Thank you to our Season Sponsor ~ The Bahl Foundation!THE SOUND OF MUSIC is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. All authorized performance materials are also supplied by Concord. www.concordtheatricals.com

Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra (CVRO) conductor and founder Paul Niemisto and violinist Paul Huppert to preview the In Memoriam concert honoring the Life of CVRO’s Clark Ohnesorge.

https://northfieldartsguild.org/arts/music/cvro-2/

The Northfield Arts Guild Presents the Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra

In Memoriam Conducted by Paul Niemisto

Honoring the Life of Clark Ohnesorge

Featuring Violin Soloist Paul Huppert

Saturday 15 November at 3PM

St. John’s Lutheran Church, 500 West 3rd St, Northfield

Tickets: $15 at the door

Sunday, November 16th at 3PM

Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour, 515 Second Ave NW, Faribault

Tickets: $15 at the door
Paul Huppert serves as Concertmaster-St. Louis Civic Orchestra, Principal Second Violin with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster-St. Louis Chamber Orchestra, Associate Concertmaster-Bach at the Seminary Series. He is a regular contributor with the Fox Theater in St. Louis and also performs with the Union Avenue Opera.
Paul Niemisto, CVRO founder and conductor, retired from the St. Olaf College music faculty in 2016. In spring 2017 he was a Fulbright scholar in Finland studying the historical brass band music of Finland’s independence in 1917. Since 1991 he has directed a Finnish-American brass ensemble Boys of America which has traveled widely and made recordings in the U.S. and Scandinavia. In summer 2006, he began the Vintage Band Festival held in Northfield.

Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes members of Bows, Strings, & Contentment to preview the Fall Concert – Music of Latin America. In the first segment, guests from the concert include conductor and co-founder Laura Geissler, bassist Jeff Guerney, cellist Beth Hagemeister and then for the second segment, the guests will be arranger and violinist Laurie Stegner, violinist Michael Provancha, and bassist Becky Gillette.

Bows, Strings, & Contentment

String Orchestra, Conductor Laura Geissler

Fall Concert: Music of Latin America

Music of Latin America includes music from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Jamaica, Mexico, and more. This concert will feature musicians David Carter (cello) and Helen Forsythe (accordion).

Bows, Strings, and Contentment Orchestra: Fall Concert

Sunday, 9 November 2025 @ 6PM
The Grand Event Center, 316 Washington Street, Northfield

Doors open at 5PM, Dining hours 5PM - 7PM

Free Concert, Family Friendly, Contributions appreciated