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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
Lee Radzak served for 36 years as the resident site manager at the Minnesota Historical Society’s Split Rock Lighthouse before retiring in 2019.
Lee is now out with a book, “The View from Split Rock: A Lighthouse Keeper’s Life,” all about the everyday experiences and seasonal round of the life of a lighthouse keeper at Split Rock. He joined Brian to tell us more about the book, and the process of writing it.
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are in the news again, and we’re still wondering exactly what they are and how they work. To make this more understandable, Dave spoke with Professor Vivian Fang, associate professor of accounting at the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
The Beltrami County Historical Society celebrates the release of three new publications Thursday, August 5, 2021 from 4-8pm. Emily Thabes became Executive Director of the history center in April of this year. Sue Bruns contributed to and collaborated on the publications. In this interview Thabes shares how her history in library science lends itself well to her role at the history center and Bruns discusses the processes of creating publications that encapsulate 125 years of Bemidji’s history.
Headwaters Music and Arts hosts its annual Fiddle Camp this week. Campers range from beginners to advanced players who are playing fiddles, cello, guitar and bodhran. Instructors Brian Miller, Mary Vanorny, Claire Vanorny, Carrie Dlutkowski, and Eric Carlson stopped by the KBXE studio to discuss what happens at fiddle camp, how they each were charmed by Irish music, and what they hope the campers take back into their real lives after camp week is finished.
Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings! It’s the 1st Thursday of the month, which means songs by the Minnesota Association of Songwriters, including newbies Ellis Delaney, Greg Beck & Tyler Haag. And we report of a bicyclist who crashed carrying a 12 pack of Corona bottles–all on MHB!
(Aired 08/05/2021)
It’s National Farmer’s Market Week! Erin Haefele from the Walker Farmer’s Market joined the morning show today. She discussed the Walker market’s humble beginnings, the positive impact it makes on the Walker community, and how it’s grown to over 40 vendors selling vegetables, flowers, art, baked goods and much more every Thursday from 9-2.
Mary Therese is a Bemidji area painter who explores space, light, form, and movement. She designs drawings on fabric surfaces with dyes and beeswax. She’s also a muralist who designs murals in an community inclusive way. Her latest mural project is a response to the pandemic and is funded by a Creative Support Grant thru the Minnesota State Arts Board. She’s engaged 50 individuals, young and old, from various cultures to create her Hopes, Dreams and Visions mural which will soon be on the Harmony Co-op building in Bemidji. Learn about her inspiration for the project and how she navigated the communal work in a pandemic world where in person meetings were often not possible.
The Foxgloves is a 6-piece all woman Twin Cities Bluegrass / Americana group performing every second Wednesday at Sociable Cider Werks in Northeast Minneapolis. When Nikki Lemire and Steph Snow of the Foxgloves talked about the group with Phil Nusbaum, Nikki first addressed determining the group’s genre label.
