Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
In part one of a special two part episode of Real College Podcast we will hear from a local hip hop talent who is beginning to spread his wings, delve into the world of Mongolian Folk Metal, experience Cathedrals by Candlelight, do a dive on the band All Time Low, and take a look behind the scenes at Minneapolis Indie-Rock Band Not! Okay!
1:08-Pardyalone Interview- Casey McCabe,
12:00- The Hu- Henry Ulrich,
21:08- Cathedrals by Candlelight- Quinn Mcclurg,
28:52- All Time Low- Shannon Brault,
36:52- Not! Okay- Isaac Maruyama
Andy Hall of Sweetlight Photography in Crookston, MN is one of the artists currently exhibiting work in the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council (NWMAC) Gallery at the Northland Community & Technical College campus in Thief River falls, MN. He’s also on the NWMAC Enhanced Artist listing.
https://northwestminnesotaartscouncil.org/artists and https://northwestminnesotaartscouncil.org/andy-hall-enhanced.
An “Artist Reception” for Andy and others will be held on Friday, November 19 from 6:30 to 8 pm at the NCTC/TRF gallery. It’s free and open to the public.
Every First Friday we find out what’s going on in the arts scene across the listening area. Tonight in Grand Rapids First Friday arts magic is sprinkled all over town – Frame Up, Lake Lover Vintage, Central School, Bender Shoes – So much going on. Bemidji welcomes a new gallery, while the Watermark Art Center and the Crossing Arts Alliance in Brainerd both transform for the holidays. Also in this report, opportunities to exhibit and grant funding for tribal members!
Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest . She’s the award-winning author of three novels and her latest one is The Book of Form and Emptiness, which has been called bold, wise, poignant, playful, humane and heartbreaking. The story focuses on 13-year old Benny Oh whose father has just been killed in a accident. While his mother tries to deal with her grief, Benny is drawn to the local library where he meets a host of strange and wonderful characters and his very own book.
In 2018 historian and writer Nathaniel Philbrick, his wife Melissa, and their dog Dora took off on a road trip to trace George Washington’s route across the country after his 1789 inauguration. Nathaniel is the author of the American Revolution trilogy: which includes the books Bunker Hill, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane’s Eye. His new book is Travels With George. It’s part travel narrative, part historical analysis and quite timely. Washington himself was leading a highly divisive nation at the time of his tours and Nathaniel wanted to see how our first president was able to bring the country together.
What do you get when you mix a revenge plot, but everyone is witches? And two of them fall for each other? You get Payback’s a Witch, a sizzling, witchy-rom-com. At the center of the story, 4 magical families gather to compete in their historic spellcasting tournament.
Tracy Kampa recommends:
Red, White, and Whole, by Rajani LaRocca
While I Was Away, by Waka T. Brown
Mel Fell, by Corey R. Tabor
It Fell from the Sky, by Eric Fan and The Fan Brothers
Tracy Kampa is the Children’s Librarian at the Grand Rapids Area Library.
Gwen Westerman is a writer, poet and artist. She teaches literature and writing at Minnesota State University Mankato. And she’s a member of the Sisseton Whapeton Dakota O-ya-de tribe and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Her 2013 book of poems, Follow the Blackbirds, is perceptive and poignant, full of vivid stories and reflections on the past. Her vision and craft finally been more widely recognized — at a press conference on Sept 9th, Governor Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flannagan named Dr. Gwen Westerman Minnesota’s newest, and first Native American, poet laureate.
