Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities

17 Unique Stations from Border to Border

Minnesota Arts, Culture and History | Arts

Making Peace One Conversation at a Time: Peacemaker Resources

Peacemaker Resources and Dr. Anton Treuer will co-facilitate the Healing Toolbox workshop tomorrow in Bemidji. Structured to connect the dots of adversity, intergenerational trauma and epigenetics while developing strategies for empathetic listening, effective communication and resilience, the workshops goals are to inspire awareness and ultimately build stronger bridges in our communities.


Olcott Park Greenhouse & Botanical Garden, Virginia, MN

Grant Frashier heads to Virginia to visit the Olcott Park Greenhouse.


Mesaba Coop Park, Cherry, MN

Grant Frashier visits the Mesaba Coop Park in Cherry and talks with the Chairman of the Board, Oscar Forsman.


Downtown Brainerd, MN

Grant Frashier had a conversation with Sarah Hayden Shaw owner of Sage on Laurel and Rumbly Hall about the revitalization of the downtown neighborhood in Brainerd.


Klockow Brewing Company, Grand Rapids, MN

Klockow Brewing Company in Grand Rapids hosts a wide variety of events. Grant Frashier talks with owners Andy and Tasha Klockow.


Hill Annex Mine State Park, Calument, MN

Close to Home went on a tour of Hill Annex Mine State Park in Calument.


MN Reads: “Virgil Wander” by Leif Enger

In this surprisingly personal conversation with The “award-winning, million-copy bestselling author Leif Enger,” the lifelong-Minnesotan-turned-Duluthian talks about the dangers of admiration, how radio journalism shaped his fascination with people’s stories, and how “writing is part of the thinking process.”


MN Reads: “Bim, Bam, Bop . . . and Oona” by Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrator Larry Day have created a must-read for the Grandma’s Marathon season: how do you fit in when you’re just not built to run?

(If you, too, are curious about Indian Runner Ducks, you can read more about them and see photographs here!)


MN Reads: “Broken Ice” by Matt Goldman

How Minnesotan Matt Goldman left home for Hollywood “because he didn’t know any better,” became a success writing for Seinfeld (in spite of himself), and why Norway and Sweden passed on his newest novel because it was “too Scandinavian.”


MN Reads: Duluth’s new Poet Laureate in his first interview!

Duluth’s newly-minted Poet Laureate (not even 24 hours yet) for 2018-2020 shares his thoughts on making poetry “more a part of the everyday fabric of Duluth”: everything from replacing new-business ribbon-cuttings with some poetry read to reflect on community, to starting city council meetings with a poem, perhaps, related to one of the agenda items.


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