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Kenne Thomas leads his band into Jazz Central in Minneapolis Saturday evening August 28 from 8 till 10 PM. Kenne is from Chicago, lived and played jazz in Japan and then took up residence in the Twin Cities. Kenne’s groups kinit together many stylistic ingredients, and the group is called Lifeforce. Why? That’s what Phil Nusbaum asked when he talked to Kenne.

David Martin and Sardar Guvenc comprise the Minneapolis jazz guitar duo. The duo plays a lot of great standards. You might expect that of a jazz group, but for this one, playing standards is a welcome change from the players’ normal. David and Sardar talked to Phil Nusbaum about their duet.

As we deal with wildfires and drought likely brought on or intensified by climate change, we wanted to know more about the strategy of carbon pricing as a way to combat climate change. Dr. Stephen Polasky, professor of Ecological/Environmental Economics at the University of Minnesota, joined Brian to tell us more about carbon pricing.

WTIP’s The Roadhouse is supported in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Scottie Miller has a new thing, piano poetry. It’s what happens when he delivers his poetry to his improvisation-based piano playing. Scottie’s piano poetry debuts Saturday August 21 at Crooners in Minneapolis at 8:30, and Friday night August 27 at 7at the Lakeshore Players Theater in White Bear. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Scottie addressed the intersection of writing songs and poetry.

Sculpture walks, new exhibits, and opportunities for Anishinaabe artists area all included in this First Friday Arts Report!