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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
Today on Art Beat we explore an art exhibit called Winona: The Legend, The Women, The Place. The exhibit is at the Watkins Gallery on the Winona State University campus through September 12th. We spoke to one of the artists on hand, Winona Nelson as well as renowned environmentalist Winona LaDuke who was the curator of the exhibition.
Original air date: 9/3/2019
Great stage shows, interesting events that give you a look behind the scenes and educational opportunities for all ages are all part of the Great River Shakespeare Festival here in Winona. As the 2019 season comes to a close we wondered, “what do the actors and directors and all the people who make this great fest possible think about our fair city? Are they eager to get home? Will they miss the festival and the city? How do the talented people that put on this festival feel as the 16th season comes to a close? Today on Art Beat we talk to Beth Gardiner, director and adapter of The Servant of Two Masters and Melissa Maxwell, actor in No Child and Cymbeline. Both have been part of the festival for several years and had a lot to say about the festival and the city of Winona itself.
Original air date: 8/6/2019
Today on Art Beat we talk about youth education programs at the Great River Shakespeare Festival with Director of Education Jenn Oswald and Associate Artistic Director Tarah Flanegan. Jenn and Tarah explain how the youth education programs work, what kinds of experiences the students get through the programs and they even talk about the joy of working with these young creative minds. If you are interested in seeing what the students produced over the last few weeks, there will be a showcase for Shakespeare for young film makers this Saturday July 27th and there will be a showcase for Shakespeare for young actors and designers Sunday July 28th.
Original air date: 7/23/2019
Today we continue our coverage of the 2019 Great River Shakespeare Festival with a special edition of Art Beat focused on kids. In particular, child actors working with the festival. These young actors give us a unique perspective on the festival. They talk about why they love acting, what’s scary about it or as we found out: what’s not scary about it, and why they have so much fun being part of the festival.
Original air date: 7/16/2019
Summer in Winona is a great time for all kinds of events and festivals, and one of our favorites is the Great River Shakespeare Festival. Today on Art Beat, we learn about sound tech with Scott O’Brien. Scott is the composer and sound designer for MacBeth and also the sound designer for No Child this year. Scott fills us in on what a sound designer does and what it takes to compose music for the stage. This is also Scott’s first year with the Great River Shakespeare Festival so he’s got a fresh perspective on Winona and the festival to share with us.
Original air date: 7/9/2019
On MN Reads, KUMD’s Chris Harwood talks with writer Martin Keller and photographer Greg Helgeson about Hijinx and Hearsay: Scenester Stories from Minnesota’s Pop Life, published in 2019 by Minnesota Historical Society Press.
In the summer of 1979, while disco was dying and new wave and punk were rising from the underground, Keller and Helgeson, two twenty-something guys were thrown together on a new music monthly ignobly called Sweet Potato (later to become City Pages). One had a Canon camera, the other a thirty-six-pound Royal typewriter. Over the next several years, the two chronicled the Minneapolis scene and the cultural landscape of the Twin Cities, covering some of the most influential artists, musicians, writers, comedians, and entertainers of the past forty years.
In Hijinx and Hearsay, Keller and Helgeson are at it again, offering a fresh perspective through Helgeson’s photography (much of it never seen before) and new stories and insights by Keller that shed fascinating light on a singular, influential era in popular culture in Minnesota.
Megan Angelo’s debut novel “Followers,” Tammy Bobrowsky’s review of Washington Post reporter, Christopher Ingram’s new book “If You Live Here You’d Be Home By Now,” Children’s Librarian Tracy Kampa from the Grand Rapids Area Library will tell us all about the distinguished Caldecott & Newbery awards for excellence in Children’s literature & Illustration; Chad Dundas has a second novel published it’s called “The Blaze,” and New York Times Best selling author Lisa Gardner will tell us about her new psychological thriller “When You See Me.”
In a turbulent world, its young people who are taking on the big problems we face. In this episode, RCP delves into the young activists making change here in the twin cities.
1:12 – Asking Athletes – Emma Morris,
4:20 – P_Ctrl – Joe Kelly,
10:40 – Relevant Art – Tosin Faseemo,
16:50 – Hong Kong in Minnesota – Nathan Fervoy,
23:40 – NBA Speaks Out – Mae & Micheal
Delina White’s I Am Anishinaabe fashion designs have walked the runways of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the world-renowned Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico. And they will soon make their way to the Northwest Indian Community Development Center in Bemidji.
Tomorrow afternoon (Saturday, February 1st)“A Traditional Perspective in the Modern World” includes an artist market showcasing native artists as well as a special style show featuring Delina’s fashion house. We caught up with Delina on the morning show and discussed several topics from her designs to her highly successful two-spirit fashion show this past summer to her wish that men would try a little harder in terms of their clothing choices.
