If you are a wine drinker and have been to the Contented Cow recently, you will have noticed the new wine line-up. The new house red is the 2008 Alias California Cabernet Sauvignon. Scouring the web for some background information, we found the “Gut Check” blog, who was interviewing Kata Lozina about this. ‘The label [...]
Calendar and Facebook :)
January 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Just a quick reminder to check out our calendar for up-to-date listings of music and other events. You can also keep in touch via Facebook. 2012 is going to be a great year!
Map Ripple at The Contented Cow 1/20/2012
January 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
At the Contented Cow Friday night (8-midnight) The Mad Ripple (Tony Nelson, Katy Vernon, Rick Widen, Pete Christensen, Ken Goldman, Paul Odegaard and Jim Walsh) are making a live CD. Come and be part of the fun!
Pan Pan closes for business.
January 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Regrettably, Pan Pan is now closed for business. Thanks to all our customers over the past 16 months.
Keeley Susienka and “Hotfoot and the Hotshots” at 620 Grill
November 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Tomorrow – Friday 11/18 – means 2 great St. Olaf bands at 620 Grill! Keeley Susienka at 9pm, and Hotfoot and the Hotshots at 11pm. Then the Zillionaires are Saturday night! What more do you need?
Kick It At the Cow: Round 2 – Project Muso
November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Carleton’s American Medical Students Association is hosting their annual fundraiser at the Cow this Wednesday! Come down to the Cow on Nov. 16th (the last day of classes, Carls) and support AMSA, your campus music groups, and women’s public health in Mali! 25% of the profits from 9pm to 1am will go to Project Muso: [...]
Contented Cow’s Politics and a Pint 2011-11-13 10:02:49
November 13, 2011 By
Well, it’s the silly season again, and Republican candidates are scrambling all over each other to get their tax simplification plans in place. Governor Rick Perry, for example, proposes a simple 20% flat rate (NYTimes, 5 Nov 2011), which is most assuredly a part of a secret jobs creation program for editorial cartoonists. Cain’s 9-9-9 [...]
The political economy of Elinor Ostrom (2009 Nobel Laureate in Economics)
October 20, 2011 By
The tragedy of the commons refers to the tragedy that befalls resources that are held in commons. Like the overgrazed commons of a British sheep town, since no one feels ownership, no one feels compelled to preserve the commonly held resource. Some of the current examples include water and air quality, which are often viewed [...]
