Culturology

Series produced by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE

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Stories from Northern Minnesota's arts and culture scene.

Discover and get involved with the broad and deep world of arts and culture in Northern Minnesota. Each edition features profiles of artists from a wide spectrum of creativity, from painters, potters and sculptors to fine-arts and heritage musicians, authors and poets. The program also endeavors to be an entry point into the rich cultural past and present of our region. Join in the cultural conversation by using the calendar of events, and providing stories and reviews of events you attend. A variety of arts and culture voices, textures, and topics await you select Thursday mornings in the 8 o’clock hour.


158 Pieces

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Caption: "Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron." by Mary Losure
Mary Losure began her wandering career path backpacking in the mountains of California and Oregon and kayaking in the Prince William Sound in Alask...

  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 19:55
Caption: Poet Louis Jenkins
Duluth based prose poet Louis Jenkins is celebrated around the globe. Jenkins recently joined Heidi Holtan and Steve Downing to talk about his care...

  • Added: May 14, 2013
  • Length: 13:25
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
Caption: "Ordinary Grace" by Willian Kent Krueger
In this Real Good Words interview Heidi Holtan talks with William Kent Krueger about his latest novel, "Ordinary Grace." "Ordinary Grace" is a depa...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 14:54
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:56
Caption: Dan Sinykin
Dan Sinykin is in the midst of extensive travel in Mexico to do research for his graduate studies. Throughout his travels Sinykin will be submittin...

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 12:24
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

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  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 03:12
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Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 02:45
Caption: Author: Chad Lewis
Author Chad Lewis talks with Heidi Holtan and Michael Small about his new book "The Minnesota Guide To Gangster Hot Spots," in this Real Good Words...

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 10:32
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jon Hassler, Credit: Greg Becker
The late Jon Hassler was an author, an educator, a playwrite, and an artist. Hassler didn't begin writing until age 37. Nevertheless he published f...

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 19:43
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:09
Caption: David Treuer - Author
Writer, and Native American from Leach Lake Reservation, David Treuer, last year published “Rez Life,” an important work on many levels. David Treu...

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 16:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Anne Dunn
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller and crone, which she describes as an elder wisdom keeper, holy hag, earth mother, and sky woman.

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:55
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Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:25
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:01
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In thi...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:08
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's been checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In thi...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School. During the school year she's checking in with essays reflecting on her experience. In this ess...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2013
  • Length: 03:35
Caption: Teachings From Turtle Island
In this installment of Teachings From Turtle Island: Stories of Anishinaabe People, the first of ten programs being produced for Northern Community...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 57:17
Caption: Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown pontificates about a list of The Most, and Least Stressful Jobs recently published by a major news organization. Aaron J. Brown is an a...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:35
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