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A Minneapolis based company putting a new spin on an old idea.

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:12
Caption: Daniel Kamil and Emily Steffian
Daniel Kamil and Emily Steffian have owned and operated the the Cable Car Cinema and Café in Providence, Rhode Island since 2008. Daniel and Emi...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
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Mitch Skinner looks at the history of Record Store Day. He also finds out what's in store for 2012.

  • Added: Mar 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:29
Caption: Italian Negar Azhar Azari makes a ring by hand in the centuries-old Florentine tradition.  , Credit: Maurizio Rufino
Italian artisans craft exquisite objects with their hands, particularly in Florence. Yet aging artisans crippled by Italy’s bureaucracy aren’t abl...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Angel Quinonez
Angel Quinonez first became interested in tattoos growing up next to a motorcycle club. He got his first tattoo when he was 17 and starting tattooi...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:45
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One hour. One city block. Everybody's story.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 49:30
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Corn Mo has had an amazing career as a performer but still continues to fly under the radar.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tara Gentile
Via Skype, Cathy Byrd connects with professional consultant Tara Gentile to talk about what it takes for Creatives to thrive in the new economy.

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 14:55
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The value of art is incredibly subjective. Yet selling art is big business--and displaying art can be a money pit. For insights into this complex w...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 13:25
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The value of art is incredibly subjective. Yet selling art is big business--and displaying art can be a money pit. For insights into this complex w...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 16:45
Caption: Giancarlo Calicchia's "Genesis," a 28-foot long, 2,000+ pound wooden sculpture., Credit: Dan Moulthrop
Cleveland’s Renaissance man hopes to rejuvenate the Rust Belt with art.

  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 12:52
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Here's an excerpt from an essay by Springfield, Oregon writer Lawrence Elliott. Out of work and afoot in the scruffy neighborhood he calls home, fo...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 03:39
Caption: Gulgun Kayim
We often hear that Minneapolis has a healthy arts scene, but how is it measured? Gulgun Kayim is Director of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
Caption: George Roberts, founder of Homewood Studios
Located at the corner of Plymouth and Russell Avenues in North Minneapolis, Homewood Studios is a hotbed of creative invention and exposition. Foun...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack heads up Highway 10 to Little Falls and the Great River Arts Association. Thi...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2012
  • Length: 24:12
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Melissa Gohman from the Paramount Visual Arts Center about the unve...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2012
  • Length: 26:00
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A look into a warehouse turned multi-use, self sufficient communal space.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:17
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Stephen Manes discusses his book Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear, his inside look at a full season of Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet. [24:58]

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 25:35
Caption: Bob Jordan with his anvil, Credit: JP Davidson
Bob Jordan has a 3000-degree forge in his garage. He’s a blacksmith with over 40 years of experience – including work with German, Italian and Nort...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WAMC


  • Added: Dec 04, 2011
  • Length: 04:27
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Pop-up bookstore Scanners is oepn through November at the Mina Dresden Gallery in San Francisco
The current state of our economy is getting everyone to think more creatively. For business owners, this means finding ways to cut costs, and in Sa...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:22
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Baltimore-based cartoonist Dina Kelberman decided to start her own business to sell a pile of garbage left on her doorstep.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 02, 2011
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Last Saturday, June 11, 70 artists gathered in downtown San Francisco to call, cry, sell, barter, and gift items ranging from love poems to insect ...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 05:17
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In this news feature, Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack explores the local economics of the arts. With the Downtown St. Cloud Art Cra...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2011
  • Length: 29:24
Caption: Sisters Radhika and Ritwika Mitra, founders of Renaissance Now in Fremont, CA.
Sisters Ritwika and Radhika Mitra are 16 and 18 years old. They started a nonprofit called “Renaissance Now,” based in their Fremont home, and they...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:25
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San Francisco may not be known for its fashion, but it’s certainly a fashionable city – the item of the day might be a bulky scarf or skinny jeans,...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1