Series: MinneCulture
Produced by KFAI
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Thirty-minute and 60-minute programs featuring an historical figure, artist, poet, dancer, visual artist or musician. The program may also focus on the importance of a movement or art form to the state's arts, cultural heritage or history.
Thirty-minute and 60-minute programs featuring an historical figure, artist, poet, dancer, visual artist or musician. The program may also focus on the importance of a movement or art form to the state's arts, cultural heritage or history.
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Patty and the Buttons formed in 2008 when accordionist/vocalist Patrick "Patty" Harison returned to the Midwest. Inspired by his travels and work P...
- Added: May 21, 2012
- Length: 00:27:05
Maria Isa and Los Nativos perform at Conga Latin Bistro for its annual Cinco de Mayo celebration. Produced by Daniel Zamzow. Born and raised in the...
- Added: May 14, 2012
- Length: 00:29:09
Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark Van Cleve was a remarkable woman who left a legacy in Minnesota. A newborn Charlotte arrived here in 1819, when her fath...
Bought by KVSC
- Added: May 09, 2012
- Length: 00:29:16
- Purchases: 1
Singer/songwriter Mary Cutrufello was raised in Connecticut and spent years as a recording artist in Texas. She settled in the Twin Cities 10 years...
- Added: May 09, 2012
- Length: 00:29:00
Twin Cities hip-hop artist Toki Wright is a dynamic force on stage and in the recording studio. He's also an instructor at McNally Smith College of...
- Added: May 09, 2012
- Length: 00:08:27
Symbolical Head is a storytelling event and panel discussion at DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis, featuring Will Alexander, Barth Anders, David J Sc...
- Added: Apr 13, 2012
- Length: 00:40:02
The Cory Wong Quartet performs at the Artists’ Quarter Jazz Club in downtown St. Paul. The band features Cory Wong, Kevin Gastonguay, Andy Schuster...
- Added: Apr 13, 2012
- Length: 00:28:59
Twin Cities’ musician Bob Dunlap is known to most of his friends and fans as “Slim.” Dunlap played with the Replacements and released two solo CDs ...
- Added: May 07, 2012
- Length: 00:26:06
Some people believe that Coldwater Spring has been flowing for more than 10,000 years. Located south of Minnehaha Park on the former Bureau of Mine...
- Added: Apr 11, 2012
- Length: 00:29:07
In 1886, the State-Run School for Dependent and Neglected Children opened in Owatonna, Minnesota. For nearly 60 years the orphanage housed thousand...
- Added: Apr 11, 2012
- Length: 00:28:39
This "Live from Minnesota" segment features the Brass Messengers—a Twin Cities’ band that formed from the Heart of the Beast May Day parade. With C...
Bought by KAXE
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 00:29:06
- Purchases: 1
Veda Ponikvar is known as “The Iron Lady of Chisholm,” and recognized by the Historical Society as one of Minnesota’s 150 most important people. Bo...
Bought by KAXE
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 00:29:01
- Purchases: 1
California native Brian Laidlaw considers himself a poet first and musician second. After several years of touring, Laidlaw settled in Minneapolis ...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 00:27:26
For the last several years, a bluegrass revival has been taking place in and around the Twin Cities. KFAI producer Sarah Lageson talks to musicians...
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 00:27:41
Once a posh enclave for the city's wealthiest residents, Nicollet Island had turned gritty by the early 20th century. Dominated by industry and inh...
- Added: Feb 22, 2012
- Length: 00:29:08
The Great Falls, dubbed “St Anthony Falls” by Father Louis Hennepin, evolved during the Ice Age and became the birthplace of Minneapolis. A spiritu...
- Added: Jan 20, 2012
- Length: 00:26:46
The Minneapolis skyline changed dramatically in the early 1970s, after two small real estate developers with ambitious dreams initiated a complex r...
- Added: Jan 10, 2012
- Length: 00:26:39
Nicollet Island is the only inhabited island in the Mississippi River, and this leafy Minneapolis oasis has attracted a colorful crowd: gilded-age ...
- Added: Jun 26, 2011
- Length: 00:28:11
Located near Lake Calhoun in South Minneapolis, this urban landmark is the resting place of Minnesota artists, political figures and community lead...
- Added: Jun 25, 2011
- Length: 00:28:38
KFAI 's Michelle Alimoradi and Judith McKenzie look back at a time to when vaudeville and burlesque theaters dominated the Twin Cities. They talk t...
- Added: Jun 25, 2011
- Length: 00:29:15
