10,000 Fresh Voices

Series produced by KFAI Minneapolis

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Local arts, culture, history and environmental features made possible by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Local arts, culture, history and environmental features made possible by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.


947 Pieces

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Caption: Minnesota Old Timers Jim Westby (right) talks with fellow player Greg Bakberg (left) during a match., Credit: Matthew Schneeman
We are often encouraged to slow down as we age. To relax, to take it easy. To move less. But some people, like the Minnesota Old Timers, a group ...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2022
  • Length: 07:27
Caption: John Killacky, Credit: Courtesy of John Killacky
John Killacky is currently a Vermont state representative, but from 1988 through 1996 he was the curator of Performing Arts at the Walker Arts Cent...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2022
  • Length: 06:38
Caption: Chef Sean Sherman during the soft launch of Owamni by the Sioux Chef, Credit: Owamni by the Sioux Chef
The downtown Minneapolis restaurant Owamni by the Sioux Chef recently won the James Beard Best New Restaurant award for 2022. The restaurant offers...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 08:47
Caption: The Red Wing Arts Clay & Creative Center serves as a gallery for clay artists to display and sell their work., Credit: Sheila Regan
Welcome to Red Wing, Minnesota: a city with a long history of pottery and stoneware. KFAI's Sheila Regan talks to Red Wing Arts, an organization th...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2022
  • Length: 05:49
Caption: Wildhive dancers at the St. Louis Park Rec Center, Credit: Krista Wax
Local KFAI DJ Krista Wax loves to dance. She’s joined zumba groups and takes classes at local gyms, but lately she’s gotten into a more unconventio...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:52
Caption: Annie Enneking, center right, teaches dance choreography for a production of Romeo and Juliet, Credit: Annie Enneking
Annie Enneking is a local theater fight director, as well as the front woman for her band Annie and the Bang Bang. KFAI's Cyn Collins spoke with An...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2022
  • Length: 06:26
Caption: Logan Williams (left) and Marc Lashner on the North Shore, Credit: Photo courtesy of Haley Rasmussen
If you have ever seen someone slacklining, you may have thought it looked impossible. Not to mention terrifying. But even people who have been walk...

  • Added: May 31, 2022
  • Length: 06:05
Caption: Local business owners, such Donna Green of Dreams and Diamonds (top right, with sales rep Kelando Roberts) and Doie Lemi of DMoxi (bottom right) are building community and a loyal customer base at Northtown Mall, Credit: Mike Moen
Minnesota and indoor shopping malls have a high-profile history, with the Mall of America getting all the love. But some slightly smaller spots are...

  • Added: May 02, 2022
  • Length: 04:26
Caption: MSP Film Executive Director Susan Smoluchowski and Programming Director Jesse Bishop outside the Main. The marquee reads "Coming Soon: MSP Film at the Main.", Credit: Cyn Collins
The MSP Film Society is celebrating its 60th year with a new adventure: taking over the St Anthony Main Theatre, and relaunching as MSP Film at The...

  • Added: Apr 27, 2022
  • Length: 06:31
Caption: Taja Will, Credit: Nanne Sorvold
What does it take to bring your full body and presence to a space? This is a question explored in dancer, choreographer, and healing justice practi...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2022
  • Length: 06:01
Caption: A screenshot of city-mankato.us showing a fake advertisement for a hot springs complex in Mankato, MN, Credit: Tony Williams, KFAI
If you believe everything you read on the internet, Mankato has one of the biggest hot spring complexes in the world. Only one problem: they aren't...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2022
  • Length: 05:45
Caption: A gravestone for a pet named Juan Jose at Memorial Pet Cemetery with the epitaph "so small, so sweet, so soon.", Credit: Matthew Schneeman, KFAI
The metro area hosts a variety of cemeteries and mausoleums. You may have a favorite – Uptown’s Lakewood perhaps? Or maybe a smaller, more secluded...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2022
  • Length: 06:34
Caption: DJ Queen Duin, Credit: Vanessa Hernandez
Vanessa Duina Hernandez known locally as DJ Queen Duin is a music curator and radio host who hosts residencies at the Saloon in downtown Minneapoli...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2022
  • Length: 05:55
Caption: Illustration of the Cedar-Riverside West Bank Neighborhood, Credit: Illustrator Kevin Cannon
The Cedar-Riverside West Bank neighborhood in Minneapolis has a rich cultural history and long tradition of community art-making. Jamie Schumacher ...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
Caption: Chef Gustavo Romero, Credit: Photo by Sheila Regan
Want to know the secret to Nixta Tortilleria and Mexican Take-out's chewy, colorful tortillas? Chef Gustavo Romero shares the secrets of Nixtamaliz...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2022
  • Length: 05:55
Caption: Candice Davis, Artist, Credit: Sheila Regan
How does past trauma from generations ago play out in contemporary life? Artist Candice Davis creates works from clay, blood, and cloth with her ex...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2022
  • Length: 04:24
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Caption: Superfan Tim Hathaway with a replica of the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Tim Hathaway
In 1969, the Vikings won the NFL Championship, taking home the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy. According to legend, the Vikings accidentally left the tro...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 09:13
Caption: Josina Manu Maltzman, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Josina Manu Maltzman
How can a profession in the building trades lend itself to the craft of writing? And what does building a house have to do with social justice orga...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 05:53
Caption: Album Cover, I Self Devine, Rituals of Resilience, Credit: Illustration: Johnalynn Holland, Lettering: Andres Guzman, Image Courtesy of I Self Devine
Add curator to a long list of Chaka Mkali's professional accomplishments. In the tradition of fellow Afrofuturists who have looked to the sky for i...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2022
  • Length: 06:16
Caption: Alan Honn, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Alan Honn
Al Honn has been practicing the art of glass blowing for over forty years. While glassblowers often work in teams, Honn says he prefers to work alo...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2022
  • Length: 04:42