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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
The 5th Annual “Freedom Festival” takes place in Goodridge, MN on Saturday, July 31st. A full day of events, music and activities for the entire family – from sunrise to sunset. The festival honors those who fought for and preserved the precious freedoms that we enjoy today!
Kim Hruba of Warroad, MN is offering a full week of expertise in writing skills and creativity in writing near the BIG LAKE – Lake of the Woods at Warroad! From novice writer to professional, the week of learning in the far north of Minnesota will both stimulate and relax.
When Dave Mruz was three, his parents bought him a subscription to Donald Duck comics. Years later, he learned those same comics had been created by men who’d lived and worked in the same Twin Cities he called home. This was how a comics fan became the historian of Minnesota cartooning. Here’s Britt Aamodt with “The Toonsmith: Dave Mruz, Minnesota’s Cartooning Historian.”
James Garrett Jr. is an architect at 4RM+ULA architects. His family has deep ties to St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood. During his childhood, James fell in love with buildings and the bustle of urban landscapes. Today, he builds those buildings, with an eye toward creating dense, lively, and inclusive urban spaces.
Nationwide, Black architects make up only 2% of the industry. In Minnesota, less than 1% of architects are Black. 4RM+ULA is one of the only Black-owned architecture firms in Minnesota. Reporter Katie Thornton speaks with James Garrett Jr. about his life, his passion for architecture, and how community-driven design can be a type of activism.
The plain, uninteresting Mary Fridley Price. Not the sort of girl anyone would notice—except now she’d gone and leapt over a cliff to save her poor dog. The dull—and very dead girl—was suddenly front-page headlines. No one was supposedly more grief-stricken than her charming husband Frederick Price, who found comfort in his wife’s inheritance—and in the arms of his mistress…
Are you suspicious? Mary’s father sure was.
KFAI’s Britt Aamodt shares the story of Minneapolis’ most notorious murder trial of 1916.
Support for MinneCulture on KFAI comes the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the Hennepin History Museum.
Anthony Brutus Cassius was questioned by the FBI, fought to be the first Black person in Minnesota to get a liquor license, and his famous greasy burgers were once mentioned on the Johnny Carson show. But above all, starting in the 1930s, Cassius created space for the Twin Cities Black community to eat, drink, organize and connect. Even today, there are hardly any Black-owned bars or restaurants in the Twin Cities. Cassius’ story helps us to understand how we got here.
“The Godfather of Black Space in Minneapolis” traces Cassius’ life and impact as a labor organizer, civil rights leader, and entrepreneur. This episode of the MinneCulture Podcast was produced by food writer and chef Mecca Bos and audio journalist Nancy Rosenbaum. It’s the first installment in the Hidden Black Foodways of Minnesota — an audio documentary and podcast series that will spotlight untold and under-told stories of Minnesota’s Black food makers and pioneers.
Linda LeGarde Grover has turned her hand to telling some old stories in her latest book, Gichigami Hearts
Stories and Histories from Misaabekong: some imagined, some from her family’s history.
In part, she says, because she’s come to believe “we’re reliving the old-time stories every day.”
This Duluth native is releasing her ninth album, Bones, on July 1. In addition to being an accomplished violin player and vocalist, she is a visual artist, author, a Master of Yoga, and a teacher of music and yoga. Her new album was recorded during the pandemic and several songs reflect those difficult times. We’ll find out more and hear some songs when she joins us in the studio on Tuesday, June 29 at 2pm.
