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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
On this episode of Don’t Cha Know we spoke with Chris Cichosz, Director of Security at Winona State University about Active Shooter Training on campus. We talked about what you might expect in a training scenario and how you can get involved in bringing active shooter training to your school or workplace.
Sometimes a performance needs a gripping title in order to convey not only content, but also the subtlety of emotional weight found within, and Ifrah Mansour’s “How to Have Fun in a Civil War” does just that. In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Ifrah Mansour, a Twin Cities Multimedia Performance Artist, about her one-woman play that was performed at SCSU’s Ritche Auditorium on Friday, April 13, 2018.
The story is presented through the eyes of a seven year old girl with poetry, video, and puppetry, and mirrors Mansour’s experience of spending her childhood in a refugee camp. Her journey towards overcoming grief and connecting with others throughout Minnesota’s Somali community has spawned this wildly successful performance piece that even surprises Mansour herself.
“How to Have Fun in a Civil War” is a part of the Midnimo project, a partnership between the Cedar Cultural Center, the Paramount Centre for the Arts, Minniesota State University Mankato, St. Cloud State University, and Augsburg College.
Close to Home host Grant Frashier visits with Brian Horrigan, Exhibits Curator at the Minnesota History Center about their 1968 exhibit that takes a look at that turbulent, transformative year in American and Minnesota history and finds some interesting parallels with 2018.
Her career began in the era of bell bottoms and disco, and it doesn’t look like she’s stopping any time soon. In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack sits down with St. Cloud School District music teacher Karin Kruse to discuss her 40+ years at Madison Elementary. Some of her former students are now in their 50’s with their grandkids now in her classes and on her stage, and although much has changed in the world of education over the years, one thing has always remained the same, kids are kids and they’ve always needed the same thing, love.
Ever wonder what it takes to get a kid to do their homework? In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits the Promise Neighborhood in St. Cloud to discover just that. The Promise Neighborhood is a school centered, private non-profit organization in the heart of St. Cloud’s southeast side that strikes a balance between work and play not just with the kids of the area, but also with the parents, staff, and volunteers who make it the special community that it is.
Progressive ambient post-metal group, Straya, joined us at Studio K to record a live set! Presented and recorded by Radio K on 3.2.18. http://radiok.org Be sure to check out their in-studio performance!
Video shot and edited by Grace Baldwin Interview conducted by Sylvia Jennings.
In this tasty Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack sits down at the dinner table with St. Cloud Soup. St. Cloud Soup is a new grassroots organization and traveling potluck that is making profound changes to our community with a very simple idea, sharing soup and funding small but important projects. The volunteer driven organization recently held their winter dinner at the Promise Neighborhood in St. Cloud. Presenters pitched ideas to a hungry crowd that would then vote after eating and chatting to see which idea would be supported by a micro-grant generated by donations at the door. Every big idea has its small beginning, and St. Cloud Soup hopes to be that beginning for other great ideas . . . maybe even yours!
