Riverwalk Market Fair

Riverwalk Market Fair Fall Festival on Saturday, October 27.

Elizabeth Child — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:03:30 +0000

Last chance to stroll the Fair along the riverfront.

Riverwalk Market Fair’s Fall Festival is this Saturday October 27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. along the riverfront in downtown Northfield. The event will feature a giant cornucopia for children to paint, along with harvest foods and creative cuisine from local farmers and food artisans. In addition, Riverwalk Market Fair’s cornucopia coloring activity appeared in the Northfield News on Saturdays October 13 and October 20. Kids are encouraged to bring their drawings to the Welcome Tent for a free treat.

October 27 is the final Saturday of Riverwalk Market Fair’s outdoor market. The Fair moves indoors to the Northfield Armory in November and December.

Featured Food Artisan: Rebecca Stoufis

Rebecca Stoufis is a new resident of Northfield who introduces Greek cuisine to the Fair for the first time this Saturday. The West Virginia transplant embraces Greek traditions from her husband’s family and will offer homemade baklava, pistachio cake, kourabiethes (sugar cookies) and fudge. Read her blog at www.worldtriptalk.com.

Featured Farmers: Betsy Allister and Andrew Ehrmann

Betsy Allister and Andrew Ehrmann of Spring Wind Farm (www.springwind.org) harvested and hand-threshed 450 pounds of dry beans this season, which they are now selling at the Fair. Three of their four varieties are heirlooms—Montezuma red, Kenearly Yellow Eye (a white bean with a yellow eye) and Tiger’s Eye (gold with maroon swirls). The couple also sells black turtle beans. The freshly harvested beans cook in 45 minutes to an hour with no pre-soaking required. Home chefs will find them perfect for burritos, tacos, black bean soup, chili, and beans and rice. Beans are a great source of protein and fiber.

Friend of the Market: Loren Larson and Barry Cipra

Loren Larson and Barry Cipra will share beautiful wooden puzzles and games, all handcrafted by Larson. Learn about the art of math in wood with these fun, interactive puzzles and games.

Youth Booth: The Key and Maria Hougen-Eitzman

Students from the Northfield Union of Youth (The Key, right) will sell their homemade dog treats and cat toys, alongside Mari Hougen-Eitzman (left), who will selling the honey she produced

October 20 at Riverwalk Market Fair – Enjoy the Bountiful Local Harvest

Elizabeth Child — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:52:19 +0000

NORTHFIELD, Minn. (October 16, 2012) – This Saturday at Riverwalk Market Fair it’s time to stock up on the harvest’s root vegetables, squash, herbs and apples while enjoying culinary treats from skilled food artisans. Afterwards, head to the Studio ArTour and visit the 52 artists and 24 art studios open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in Northfield, Cannon Falls and Faribault. Tour maps are available at Riverwalk Market Fair, downtown shops and www.StudioArTour.com. (Note, last Saturday’s Fair was closed due to the threat of lightening in the forecast. The Fair is open along the riverfront through October.)

Featured Food Artisan: Kathy Jandro

Kathy Jandro’s baking business called Kathy’s Kolachy, named after her signature pastry, is featured this Saturday. Jandro describes herself as “a full-blooded Czech” and says she has been teaching the next generation in her family how to make her home-baked kolaches. From now through December she will give fair-goers a chance to also develop a taste for Czechoslovakian sweet breads in addition to her energy bars.

Featured Artist: Geralyn Thelen

Geralyn Thelen has hardly missed a Saturday of this year’s Riverwalk Market Fair. She is popular for her bright-colored glass creations inspired by years of quilt-making. Her work strikes geometric lines like those in the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. Thelen’s glasswork, sold under the name Just Me Geralyn and Glass, can be found both at Riverwalk Market Fair and at The Orange Dragon, a gallery in Prescott, Wisc.

Musical Highlight: Keeley Nichole Susienka

Songwriter and performer Keeley Nichole Susienka is a St. Olaf College student who plays guitar and sings. Eclectic influences in her songwriting include Tracy Chapman, Elvis Costello, Ingrid Michaelson, Ani DiFranco, and Tegan and Sara.

On October 13 Riverwalk Market Fair Features a Rainbow of Produce, Pastries and Plentiful Art

Elizabeth Child — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:18:47 +0000

NORTHFIELD, Minn. (October 9, 2012) – This Saturday Northfield’s Riverwalk Market Fair will be a treat for fair-goers who are hungry for fresh produce including apples, squash, tomatoes, herbs and a variety of root vegetables. They can also try foods from American, European, Scandinavian, French and Mexican cultures and shop for art on the riverfront before the snow flies.

Featured Food Artisan: Kathy Jandro

Featured Artist: Geralyn Thelen

Youth Booth: Dog treats and origami

Two popular youth teams return this Saturday: Sam Wilmot and Nathan Olien selling handcrafted origami and the Northfield Union of Youth (a.k.a. The Key, pictured above) selling their homemade dog treats.

Friend of the Market: TORCH

TORCH (Tackling Our Obstacles and Raising College Hopes) is this Saturday’s Friend of the Market. TORCH seeks to increase the graduation rate among at-risk students in the Northfield community by taking an integrative perspective on students’ lives. TORCH increases academic performance through tutoring, mentorships, civic engagement and leadership, as well as providing college access opportunities. In order for its students to succeed, TORCH relies heavily upon community support including financial contributions and volunteers to tutor, mentor and collaborate with students. Learn more at www.northfieldtorch.org

Riverwalk Market Fair Begins its Last Month Along the Riverfront in Bridge Square – October 6, 2012

Elizabeth Child — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:47:13 +0000

A month of Saturdays remain at Riverwalk Market Fair along the Cannon River and Bridge Square in historic downtown Northfield. Fair-goers will want to catch every last weekend to stock up on locally grown produce including carrots, cucumbers, herbs, eggplants, onions, pumpkins, squashes and turnips. They can also visit their favorite artists and food artisans while strolling amidst the brilliant fall colors before it the Fair moves indoors through December.

Featured Artist: Kathy Miller

This Saturday’s featured artist, Kathy Miller (www.kmillerwatercolors.com), has displayed her watercolor paintings at Riverwalk Market Fair since it opened three years ago. At home in her Northfield studio, she paints the natural beauty of what she sees. Having painted since 2006, her skill and passion have jumpstarted a second career. Miller’s first career was teaching school. Although she has retired, she is now teaching watercolor classes to budding artists of any age.

Featured Farmer: Simple Harvest Farm Organics

Kathy (pictured above) and Nick Zeman of Simple Harvest Farm Organics (www.simpleharvestfarm.com) in Nerstrand offer Fair-goers opportunities to make winter cozy. Look for Icelandic wool, handspun yarn and sheepskin rugs so soft that curling up on one next to a roaring fire with the snow falling outdoors is a welcoming image as the summer retreats.

Youth Booth: Bell and Bella

Bella Smith and Bella Callery, operating as Bella & Bella, will sell homemade dog treats at the Youth Booth.

Friend of the Market: HealthFinders Collaborative

HealthFinders Collaborative, a Northfield area nonprofit, is Saturday’s Friend of the Market. “Our vision is that everyone in our community has access to the healthcare they need,” says Jane Clifford, marketing director. “In pursuit of this vision, the mission is to provide quality healthcare, advocacy, and wellness education to people in our community who have limited health care alternatives.”

Musical Highlight: Faribault brass band

Riverwalk Market Fair welcomes back Alexander’s Ragtime Brass from Faribault featuring two trumpets, a French horn, a valve trombone and a tuba, and plays music ranging from the Baroque period to modern jazz.