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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
In today’s EXTENDED Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Debra Leigh, Sarah Drake, Janet Reigstad and Buddy King, all organizers from the upcoming Martin Luther King Community Celebration in St. Cloud. The celebration starts on Saturday with Family Day at the St Cloud Technical and Community College, continues Sunday with Spirit Day, and wraps up on Monday at the Rivers Edge Convention Center for the 10th annual community breakfast beginning at 7:30. Free registration for this event can be found here.
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Debra Leigh, Sarah Drake, Janet Reigstad and Buddy King, all organizers from the upcoming Martin Luther King Community Celebration in St. Cloud. The celebration starts on Saturday with Family Day at the St Cloud Technical and Community College, continues Sunday with Spirit Day, and wraps up on Monday at the Rivers Edge Convention Center for the 10th annual community breakfast beginning at 7:30. Free registration for this event can be found here.
In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Art & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with local comedian and storyteller Jason Schommer about his friendship and mentorship with the late, great Louie Anderson. After Anderson’s passing this past year, Schommer developed a stage performance that reflects upon the impact Anderson had upon him through the professional comedic adventures they shared. On Saturday, January 21, Schommer will be performing his homage on the Paramount stage in a night called Curtain Call: Letters to my Friend Louie Anderson.
Figure skater Wren Warne-Jacobsen will represent the United States at the FISU Winter World University Games this week in Lake Placid, NY. As a youth, Wren spent several years in Puposky, MN before moving to the twin cities to pursue her skating dreams. Now a freshmen at University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Wren balances her academic goals with her skating passion, and she continues to fly high in both realms.
In this Area Voices segment, we learn about how she balances skating with life, the art of creating her skating performances, and the selection process that won her a spot at the FISU World University Games.
After high school and that SAT exam in the early 1960s, Charles Alberti studied art at University of Chicago, and Art Institute of Chicago. Over the decades, he’s taught in a wide range of capacities including at universities, museum education programs, and in art therapy. A prolific creator thru it all, his latest collection, on show at the MacRostie Art Center thru February, Fibanocci Sequence and the Golden Ratio depicts complex mathematical concepts thru art. In this Area Voices, we learn how art helped Alberti better understand math, how his first solo exhibit was pivotal to his career trajectory, his perpetual passion for painting, and more.
