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Minnesota Arts, Culture and History | Culture

Ely Film Festival: End of the Road!

Festival director Jacob White joins producer Katie Carter to talk about the inaugural event in Ely, the End of the Road! film festival. The event will be held February 9th – 12th, 2023 at Ely’s Historic State Theater. The festival will feature local, regional and national filmmakers, who will present works that explore themes of identity, community, connection to place, adventure and creativity.


Gaa-miinigoowiziyang “What We Were Given”

Producer Katie Carter is at the Miikanan Gallery in the Watermark Art center in Bemidji. She talks with Kevin Finney, executive director of Great Lakes Lifeways Institute. An international organization dedicated to gathering knowledge passed through Indigenous lines and helping people to learn those ways. They are at the gallery for the exhibit Gaa-miinigoowiziyang “What We Were Given”, a display of items made in the traditional Anishinaabe way. Finney tells how to make a ricing canoe like the one that is on display.


Jennifer Anderson at Winterfest LIVE

On today’s Culture Clique, we talk to Dr. Jennifer Anderson of the geoscience department at Winona state University to discuss the wonders of astronomy at Winterfest. Learn more about this event on today’s Culture Clique.
Original Airdate: 02/02/2023


Eileen Mueller at the Frozen River Film Festival

Today on Don’t Cha Know, we talk to Eileen Mueller who is the managing director at the Frozen River Film Festival. The Frozen River Film Fest is an event that engages, educates, and activates our community to become involved in the world through the art of documentary filmmaking.
Original Airdate: 01/30/2023


Christmas Coffee – Part 2

William Tecku shares parts from his collection of holiday themed poetry called Christmas Coffee. This is a holiday related gift from Tecku’s 6 and half foot long horizontal scroll of writings. He says “whether you sip or chug a lug his Christmas Coffee writings, don’t hold your breath, but rather let its breath hold you”… let’s take a listen.


Christmas Coffee – Part 1

William Tecku shares parts from his collection of holiday themed poetry called Christmas Coffee. This is a holiday related gift from Tecku’s 6 and half foot long horizontal scroll of writings. He says “whether you sip or chug a lug his Christmas Coffee writings, don’t hold your breath, but rather let its breath hold you”… let’s take a listen.


My Neighbor to Love Coalition

Producer Katie Carter connects with Vicky Kinney from My Neighbor to Love Coalition in Brainerd. Their mission is to end homelessness in Central Minnesota by building a community of compassion and connection.


CWD Testing and Education

Area Voices producer Katie Carter talks to Chance Adams, vice president of the Minnesota Back Hunters & Anglers Association, to talk about Chronic Wasting disease in deer here in Northern Minnesota. They talk about what the organization does to help educate and keep people and animals safe during the deer harvest season.


Cold Snap

Cold enough for ya? This week on Stay Human, we have stories and songs celebrating the romance of winter weather. Scott Stowell explains why February is the longest month, Cory Kolodji goes winter camping, and John Latimer figures out what it means when we have mild temperatures in January. Poetry from Robert Jevne and Susan Hawkinson, a morning run with Annie Erickson and Forest Breathing with Leigha Horton. Chill music too, on Stay Human.


Multi-media Artist Sara Pajunen

Sara Pajunen is a composer, improvisational musician, photographer and audiovisual artist. She joins Katie Carter to talk about her latest project titled “Mine Songs”.


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