Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
What happens when you get a songwriter with great guitar skills, a supreme violinist who knows how to play across multiple genres, and the coolest beat boxer you’ve ever heard? You get Mike Droho and The Compass Rose. Stay tuned for an intriguing in studio interview and performance, matched with the band’s live gig from Market Street Tap in Winona Minnesota. KQAL’s own Teri Tenseth hosts this edition of “The Live Feed”.
In this show, Leah welcomes Lyz Jaakola, an Anishinaabe mother, teacher, and musician living on her home Rez, Fond du Lac in Cloquet, MN. They reflect on the relationship between the federal government and tribes –and how it affects the health and economic well-being of tribal communities during the pandemic.
Reporter Melissa Townsend talks with U.S. Senator Tina Smith about her recent speech on the floor of the Senate, where she urged Congress and the President to make good on treaty and trust responsibilities to Native America, specifically about money allocated by the CARES Act, which has been slow in reaching tribes. Minnesota Senator Tina Smith (D) is a member of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.
With state budget woes and an aging workforce, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has a tough battle ahead in restoring Minnesotan’s pride in their state and it’s natural resources. In this edition of Points North, Shawn provides some criticism of DNR Commissioner Tom Landwehr’s latest goals, and shares some of his ideas about how to turn things around for the better.
“I don’t know that he gained his income from painting. I think he was just kind of recently recognized as having value in his paintings. I’m sure he logged and did everything else like everybody up here. You find a way to make a living. [You] scratch it out.” – Gail Blackmer on local artist and canoe builder Bill Hafeman
Bigfork, MN is a remote, naturally beautiful community in northern Minnesota. With the Bigfork River running right through this small town that is surrounded by lakes, the remote area is a natural vacation destination for people looking to spend time at their family cabin, camp in a state park, fish, kayak, and truly get away from stresses of modern life. In a surprise twist, this little community is also a prime location to take in some high caliber art and theater. Bigfork, with a population of less than 500, also boasts a state of the art medical facility equipped with modern options for people in all stages of advancing age and medical diagnoses.
The tiny town of Bigfork has a big heart.
With its deep, logging history at the soul of the community, both winter and summer recreation seem to breathe a new life into the area today. It’s a place where locals are proud and long term and visitors tend to return.
In this particular segment, Gail Blackmer gives Katie Carter a guided tour of the art gallery inside the Edge Center for the Arts describing the long term influence of local artists like Bill Hafeman who built birchbark canoes according to the native way and passed those skills down thru his family who now keep the birchbark canoes in production.
Jennifer Grimm’s Christmas with Family in Friends is coming right up first at Crooners, in Fridley, 7:30 PM Mon and Tues Nov 26 and 27. And then a few weeks later, the show expands for a big night at the new Hanafl Performance Center in White Bear Lake Thurs Dec 13 at 7:30. Phil Nusbaum talked to Jennifer about the show.