MinneCulture

Series 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.


101 Pieces

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Caption: Palbasha Siddique
Joy Islam, Tushar Ahmmed and Palbasha Siddique are three impassioned Bangladeshi musicians who have made Minnesota their home. Fusing Bangla musica...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 28:27
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Okee Dokee Brothers
The Mississippi River was dubbed "messippi" by the Ojibwe Indians. The fourth largest river in the world, its headwaters begin at Itasca State Park...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 27:07
  • Purchases: 1
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The fastest-growing refugee community in Minnesota over the past few years is a population from Southeast Asia most Minnesotans have never heard of...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Clifford Simak
Clifford D. Simak is part of Science Fiction’s Golden Age (1940s-50s), and the author of classics including “City,” “Way Station” and “Goblin Reser...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Liminal Phase
In cultural anthropology, a rite of passage, or "liminal phase," marks the transition where normal limits to thought, self-understanding, and behav...

  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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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: 27:05
Caption: Maria Isa
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: 29:09
Caption: Charlotte van Cleve, Credit: Courtesy of the Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis Collection, BR0714.
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: 29:16
  • Purchases: 1
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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: 29:00
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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: 08:27
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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: 40:02
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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: 28:59
Caption: L to R: Jennifer Markey, Frank Randall, Katy Vernon, Jim Walsh
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: 26:06
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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: 29:07
Caption: Harvey Ronglien (center) at the orphanage.
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: 28:39
Caption: The Brass Messengers
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 Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:06
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Veda Pinokvar
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 Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE


  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Brian Laidlaw
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: 27:26
Caption: Producer Sarah Lageson (center) w/Pert Near Sandstone
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: 27:41
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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: 29:08