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17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
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.
89.1FM WGZS’ Pat Puchalla talks with students/interns at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College on their upcoming EARTH WEEK 2017, which begins Monday, April 17th. Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College will continue the annual campus tradition of celebrating Earth Week through a week-long celebration of planet Earth set for April 17-21, 2017. The Environmental Institute at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, along with the Twin Ports Collegiate Sustainability Network, collaborated to plan the Earth Week 2017 activities. The overall theme of Earth Week 2017 is “Earth has No Time to Waste” and joins the month-long awareness effort at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Courtney Kowalczak, Director of the Environmental Institute and interns Julie and Hannah were in studio on 4/12/2017.
Cafesjian’s Carousel in Como Park celebrates its centennial this year. In 1914, Austin McFadden paid the Philadelphia Toboggan Company to build a carousel and bring it to St. Paul for the Minnesota State Fair. It remained there for 75 years, and then was put up for sale in 1988. Thanks to the efforts of St. Paul couple Peter Boehm and Nancy Peterson, the carousel was saved from auction. They started Our Fair Carousel Inc., a nonprofit group run by volunteers to repair, restore and run the historic icon. After two years at Town Square Park in St. Paul, a pavilion was built for the carousel in Como Park. Cafesjian’s Carousel has 68 horses and 2 chariots, all hand-carved and hand painted, plus a fully restored Wurlitzer 153 band organ. The carousel is named in honor of Gerard L. Cafesjian, a primary donor. KFAI producer Dixie Treichel has more.
Minneapolis has been a world leader in artificial limb manufacturing. In the early to mid-20th century, farming accidents, flour mill explosions, and wounded war veterans meant big business for the Minneapolis Artificial Limb Company. Paul Trautman, grandson of the company’s founder, Ray, and Brian Finley, a prosthetist for nearly 40 years, tell the story of one of the city’s most iconic companies. KFAI’s Carrie Swiggum produced this story, which includes a rare 1930s recording of Ray Trautman, also known as “The Mender of Men,” from his weekly syndicated broadcast.
On this episode of, The Live Feed we feature a comedian based in Los Angeles, but originally from Mississippi who performed at The Big Bübs Comedy show in downtown Winona Minnesota. He has been on numerous television shows ranging from “That 70’s Show” and “Scrubs” to “The Tonight Show” and is currently touring around the US performing standup. Claude visits with us on how his career in comedy began and how he treats acting and standup comedy differently. After the interview, we will share part of his live performance. The content of this episode contain adult material and listener discretion is advised.
In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Jesse Abel and Alex Wilki from SCSU’s Student Veterans Organization about their Inaugural Veteran’s Picnic that took place Saturday, August 8th at Lake George in St. Cloud. It was a chance for veterans and their families as well as community members to come together for networking, fun, and community building as a new means for vets reintegrate into civilian society.
On this episode of, The Live Feed, Teri Tenseth visits with two comedians from the Twin Cities area. One was the 2008 winner of the MinnieHAHA Comedy Competition and the other began his career in Los Angeles and has since toured with the Lewis Black “Nothings Sacred” tour in 2005 and performed in The Aspen Comedy Festival. Stick around and catch part of their live act from the Big Bübs Comedy Show help in downtown Winona Minnesota.