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Caption: Peter Jesperson's record room, Credit: Todd Melby
Peter Jesperson is a music legend. Born in Minnesota, Jesperson was a seminal figure in the Minneapolis punk and new wave scene of the 1970's and 1...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2024
  • Length: 23:01
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Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman discusses "Titicut Follies," his controversial 1967 film about a hospital for the criminally insane. In thi...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 27:12
  • Purchases: 2
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When the Coen Brothers released "Fargo" in 1996, pretty much all of North Dakota and Minnesota got upset. "We don't talk like that," they said. Wel...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 19:42
Caption: Servant's Kitchen at James J. Hill House, site of Gremlin Theatre's production of "After Miss Julie", Credit: Minnesota Historical Society
If all the world’s a stage — as Shakespeare once wrote — why are most plays confined to traditional theaters? There are practical reasons, of cours...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2012
  • Length: 04:34
Caption: Steve Novak and Leonard Novak, Sky-Vu Drive-in, Warren, Minnesota, Credit: Todd Melby
They had names like The Cinebuff, the Bronco, The Maple Leaf, The Sunset. They were the drive-in movie theaters of Minnesota. Once, there were more...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 14, 2011
  • Length: 27:23
  • Purchases: 1
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If you're a painter, you can go to the store and buy oils or watercolors. But what if you're an artist obsessed with materials you can't buy at a s...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 25, 2011
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 2
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Pipe organs at movie houses didn't completely disappear with the end of silent films. The Heights Theatre in Columbia Heights, Minnesota is home to...

  • Added: May 09, 2011
  • Length: 04:50
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If you fidget in movies, bored by two-dimensional images, maybe you're ready for something now. Perhaps something like "A Machine To See With," an ...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 04:49