Area Voices

Series produced by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota

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Area Voices explores the arts, culture, and history of Northern Minnesota. Through in-depth interviews, hosts of Northern Community Radio's Morning Show connect listeners to the area's unique cultural heritage and the experience of life in northern Minnesota.

Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.

Area Voices explores the arts, culture, and history of Northern Minnesota. Through in-depth interviews, hosts of Northern Community Radio's Morning Show keep you up-to-date on the local arts scene, help you stay informed on cultural happenings, and transport you to Minnesota's storied past. Connecting listeners to the area's unique cultural heritage and the experience of life in Northern Minnesota. All in a week's work on Area Voices.

Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and by the people of Minnesota.


781 Pieces

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Jane Ryan's first solo exhibit is titled Purgatory and currently on show at the Crossing Arts Alliance in downtown Brainerd. The series consists o...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 13:38
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After setting her guitar aside for several years, April Aylesworth picked it up three years ago. The decision opened up creative channels and oppo...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 14:09
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Michael Lyons is an artist, author and puppeteer using his talents to spread knowledge and understanding of Ojibwe language and culture. His puppe...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 22:00
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The Watermark Art Center in Bemidji is hosting the 15th annual It's Only Clay curated exhibit now thru December. This juried ceramics show include...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 13:35
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Every first Friday of the month we connect with Betty First from the Ely Folk School. She fills us in on the upcoming classes and happenings at th...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Every first Friday of the month, we check in with Katie Marshall, the Executive Director of the MacRostie Art Center. She filled us in on the firs...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 11:12
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Emily Swanson and her husband Glenn started the Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community in Carlton, MN. They are committed to using art and cultural ...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 12:24
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I have to thank Mrs. Strickland, a fifth grade teacher in south central Los Angeles...I was a child that was motherless. I was moved around a lot. ...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 17:40
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"The Felt Here pop up is really... asking how the places we live connect to our family histories, the histories of industry and work in a community...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 08:28
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"...as a vocal professor you teach voice...which is a little bit different than what sometimes people think in the sense that we approach the voice...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 18:42
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"Every student is unique... I'm actually teaching a 61 year old saxophone player right now, who is a beginning saxophone player, and he is doing so...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 09:04
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Kristen Anderson is passionate about art's connection with the scientific world. On her Instagram page she says she connects environmental science...

  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 15:34
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Four years ago, Lakeland Public Television(LPTV) revived a beloved music program that aired decades ago. Backroads showcases northern Minnesota mu...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 10:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Every First Friday of the month, we check in with Katie Marshall, Executive Director of the MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids. She fills us in o...

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 29:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Every First Friday, Area Voices Producer Katie Carter digs around to find out what art events are going on around the region, Today she hooked us u...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 10:58
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Ashley Kolka-Lee's passion for her small scale, intricately detailed collages that depict life in rural Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan began wit...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2019
  • Length: 12:13
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The Beltrami County Historical Society will host the second annual melodrama fundraiser Thursday, August 29th at the Beltrami County Fairgrounds. ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 07:57
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Bemidji 10th grader Charlotte Saxton took home first prize in the 15-25 year age bracket of the Bemidji Sings! competition earlier this month with ...

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  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 09:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Deathtrap is a dark comedy coming to the Reif Center in Grand Rapids. Auditions are tonight, tomorrow night and Saturday morning… We spoke with di...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2019
  • Length: 13:33
Caption: Jeff Sawyer, Sawyer Corcoran and Katie Carter
Sawyer Corcoran from Puposky is a kid who is fueled by music. He's been playing violin since the age of 4 and the mandolin came shortly thereafter...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2019
  • Length: 16:24