Carleton College is sponsoring a panel on Haiti so College and Northfield area community members can learn more about the country following the recent massive earthquake and resulting tragedy on Wednesday, Jan. 27 from 5-6 p.m. in Boliou Hall, room 104. Carleton history professor Susannah Ottaway will moderate the panel.

On Sunday, January 24 at 5 p.m., the Northfield community is invited to attend a special Tibetan Buddhist Service of Teaching and Mediation in the Skinner Memorial Chapel at Carleton College. The service will be led by Lama Tsultrim Yeshe and a soup supper will follow the service. This event is free and open to the public.

Carleton College professors of music Ron Rodman and Nicola Melville, Carleton trombone students, professor Paul Niemisto of St. Olaf College, the Northfield Trombones, and the St. John's Lutheran Church Trombone Ensemble have joined forces to present a trombone recital to end all trombone recitals! The performance will take place on Friday, January 29 at 8 p.m. in the Carleton College Concert Hall. The program will include works by Milhaud, Telemann, Ewazen, Gabriel Stockhausen, Scheidt, Grieg, Sousa, Gershwin, They Might Be Giants, and others. This event is free and open to the public.

On Sundays at 3:00 pm, student volunteers flock to Cowling Gym where they help local youth with disabilities learn and play soccer as part of the TOPSoccer project (The Outreach Program for Soccer).

Carleton College’s annual holiday Craft and Custodial Bake Sale will take place on Friday, December 4 from 9:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Great Space of the Sayles-Hill campus center. A wide variety of hand-crafted items and baked goods will be available for purchase, ranging from jewelry, afghans, baskets, and much more. This event is free and open to the public. 

Come one, come all! The Carleton Bookstore welcomes Northfield community members to visit its newly redesigned and renovated store TODAY, with extended shopping hours from 8:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. As a special incentive, all general reading books, clothing and gifts will be discounted 20%. Shoppers can also enter to win one of two $25 gift cards. Free gift wrapping will also be offered on all purchases. And, any book not currently in stock can be ordered at the discounted price and will be available for pick-up prior to the Christmas holiday.

On August 26, Carleton College invited the Northfield area community to an open house celebrating the completion of the College’s two new residence halls, Cassat Hall and Memorial Hall.

Over the last few months, Carleton College has asked itself:  How can we move forward with the extraordinary ideas and energy of the Arts Union planning process in a significantly changed financial environment?

Carleton College and the Northfield High School Nordic ski team are collaborating to provide improved grooming for cross-country skiing in the Cowling Arboretum.  By working together, both groups hope to have improved skiing in the Arb, benefitting a wide range of skiers in our community.

In a year rich in student film projects at Carleton – there were at least five movie productions underway this fall – Nova Roma, an alternate history of the Roman Empire conceived and directed by Alexander Cooney ’11 (Golden Valley, Minn.), stands out for its creative use of resources. The help of other Carleton CAMS (Cinema and Media Studies) students has been essential in the film's production, with filming locations taking place at Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges, as well as in the Minnesota’s capital city, St. Paul.

Dog walkers in the Carleton College Arboretum may have noticed new signs and increased vigilance regarding off-leash dogs in the Arboretum. Cowling Arboretum policy has long been that all dogs must be leashed, but several dog-related incidents over the past few months have encouraged us to be more forceful with educating dog walkers.

On Wednesday, October 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. the Carleton College Cowling Arboretum will sponsor a field trip to the Carleton-owned McKnight Prairie.