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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
In this timely installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage producer Jeff Carmack talks about the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast held at St Cloud State University’s Halenbeck Hall with Pastor James Alberts and Justin Lewandowski from the interfaith group ISAIAH.
Staying true to the message of Martin Luther King Jr., ISAIAH is working to change the hearts and politics of central Minnesota through a relatively simple idea, conversation and the relationships that they develop.
Today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota has completely gone to the dogs as Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack wanders into the Tri County Humane Society’s 29th Annual Woofstock celebration fundraiser to record stories of dog rescues.
With over 3,000 adoptions per year and a 96% placement rate, our local “no-kill” shelter has a long established reputation for changing the lives of all kinds of critters as well as the lives of their humans . . . and these are some of their stories!
A couple of other local rescue organizations include Gray Face Rescue and Retirement for the older pups, United Doberman Rescue, and Ruff Start Rescue.
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits once again with Christine Seaborn and Jeanette Yiran about the 2nd annual Fred Yiran African Arts Day to be hosted at Lake George this Sunday, June 24thas part of Granite City Days Family Fun Day.
Fred Yarin was originally from Cameroon in West Africa, and spent nearly four decades in Minnesota building unique drums, encouraging community and the arts, and teaching others how to honor wisdom and creativity. This event continues his legacy, and if the success of last year’s African Arts Day is any indication, this year’s event should be just as incredible and a perfect place to meet our African neighbors and share in their culture
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack attends a panel discussion about the significant impact of Legacy Amendment’s Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund on communities throughout Minnesota.
Hosted at the Lake George Municipal Complex by the Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, panel participants included St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis, Central Minnesota Arts Board Executive Director Leslie LeCuyer, GREAT Theater Executive Director Dennis Whipple, Paramount Center for the Arts Executive Director Bob Johnson, longtime local artist Dan Mondloch, and Board Chair for the MCA Sandy Boren-Barrett.
Everyone on the panel was able to share both concrete, significant economic growth information as well as numerous, heartfelt details about how Legacy Amendment programming, none of which wouldn’t have existed without the amendment, has changed the lives of individuals and communities for the better and in ways that no one could have imagined back at the beginning in 2008.
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Art & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits the Charles Lindbergh House and Museum for a complex and delicate topic, Charles Lindbergh’s fall from grace just before World War II.
Historian Melissa Peterson recently gave a presentation about the odd turn of events and radio broadcasts in Lindbergh’s life that took him from being a world-renowned American hero to him being labeled as a Nazi sympathizer and Anti-Semite.
It could also be through this 80 year lens of history that we might find answers to some of today’s problems, as many seem to have come around again, because at what point does a hero stop being a hero even if they feel they are doing what’s right? The answer is just a better question
In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits the Minnesota Department of Transportation on the occasion of their very first open house at their St. Cloud facility.
From computer aided design, dynamic traffic patterns, and a robot the size of a skateboard to the history of snowplows in Minnesota, current jobs, a closer look at road signs, and how the making of roads has evolved over the years, MNDOT had it all on display so that the public can get an idea of how the Department of Transportation is continually moving into a more efficient future.
In today’s Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack revisits St. Cloud State University’s University Program Board Spring Open Mic. With guitar ballads, beat boxing, spoken word, and acapella, there was a little bit of everything for everyone at the Atwood Center this past week, and KVSC Captured it all.
The entire evening is up online here, but here’s the Untold Story that aired in 2018 with some highlights of these college voices just earning their chops in front of a crowd.
In this installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with an SCSU student who has overcome the challenges of bullying and poverty to become an inspiration for others struggling with life.
Karim Mohamed was born in the United States to Somali parents who fled the war to provide a better life for their children, and they were well on their way to doing just that here in Minnesota when Karim’s father got sick. Things went downhill from there, but instead of succumbing to the difficulties life had presented him, Karim chose a different path, one of positivity and self-awareness that is just beginning to open up into an exciting future of podcasts and viral videos.
On this episode of Ojibwe Stories: Gaganoonididaa we have the second of a two-part conversation with Josephine Mandamin, an Anishinaabe grandmother, elder and water activist involved with the Mother Earth Water Walkers. Beginning in 2003, she walked the shorelines of the great lakes, encouraging mindfulness of protecting our precious fresh waters. In her journey over fifteen years she walked around 17,000 miles. Josephine is originally from the Wikwemikong First Nation She lives in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
In this second episode of a two-part program, Josephine Mandamin shares what lessons the Water Walk movement can teach, and what more can still be done. In the (previous) first episode, Josephine shares the history of her upbringing and her community, and how those experiences informed her undertaking the Water Walk.
