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Ecological Lecture Series with Allison Quam

Today on Culture Clique we are in the studio with Allison Quam to discuss the Ecological Lecture Series hosted by WSU and Winona Historical Soceity. We talked about what the series is about, how it came together and who all was involved. This is KJ with Allison Quam on Culture Clique.
Original air date: 04/29/21.
Art Beat is written and produced by KQAL on the campus of Winona State University and is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.


Comedian Ryan Niemiller

Today on Culture Clique we talk to comedian Ryan Niemiller. Ryan placed 3rd on season 14 of America’s Got Talent and claims himself as the Cripple Threat of Comedy. We got to see an insight into how AGT changed his life, what kind of comedy Ryan does, and what he has been up to during the pandemic. This is KJ with Ryan Niemiller on Culture Clique.
Original air date: 04/22/21
Art Beat is written and produced by KQAL on the campus of Winona State University and is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.


Comedian Lavell Crawford

Today on Culture Clique we are in Kryzsko Commons with comedian Lavell Crawford. Lavell travels all over doing comedy and has even been in movies and TV shows including Hubie Halloween and Breaking Bad. We got to learn how Lavell got into comedy, what his comedy style is, and about other projects he is currently working on. This is KJ with Lavell Crawford on Culture Clique. Original air date: 04/01/21.
Art Beat is written and produced by KQAL on the campus of Winona State University and is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.


MN Reads: “Incandescence: Rising Above Darkness”

Clare Cooley has lived through sexual assault, the suicide of a family member and the drug addiction of another.

But all the way back to a troubled childhood, she learned that imagination and creativity were the keys to a way out.


MN Reads: “Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies” by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies is a book that was written first for Ojibwe speakers – not even those fluent in the language but, like her, who are learning.


MN Reads: “Holding Our World Together: Ojibwe Women and the Survival of Community” by Brenda Child

Historian Brenda Child has been on a mission since she read Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto (1969) by Vine Deloria Jr. and Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (1970) as a child.

Even then it was plain to her, growing up on Red Lake, that the traditional history was missing a lot of the narrative.


MN Reads: “Nellie Francis: Fighting for Racial Justice and Women’s Equality in Minnesota”

Nellie Frances was another woman like a lot of women in Minnesota.

Quiet and self-effacing, but active in her community and her church, it’s not surprising that the story of a Black woman on the front lines of women’s suffrage and civil rights issue hasn’t been told until now.


The Untold Story of Art in Motion’s First Art Internship Exhibit with Mentor Anne Labovitz

In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack travels out to Holdingford to visit with a number of young artists taking part in Art in Motion’s first Art Internship Exhibit.
Over the past six months, acclaimed American artist and native Minnesotan Anne Labovitz mentored 18 local high school artists as they honed their skills and created exhibition worthy works. Their work will be on display until Sunday, May 2nd at Art in Motion located right along the Lake Wobegon Trail in Holdingford.


Racial Autobiography Bookends

The crew share stories of when the first became conscious of race and racial tensions as well as recent experiences. Memories from Pre-K to getting in trouble in high school to burning soup in college, the patterns of biases and microaggressions are smilier for each crew member.


Bemidji Area Arts Endowment: Grants for Arts!

The Bemidji Area Arts Endowment (BAAE) has been supporting arts projects thru grants and scholarships in the Bemidji area since 1997. May 7th is the next deadline for grant applications. Amanda Davenport is Vice President of the BAAE. She joined the morning show to discuss the BAAE, projects it supports, how Covid-19 has changed arts related projects and much more .


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