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.


782 Pieces

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In celebration of Earth Day and Earth Week, Bemidji State University hosts the 2nd annual Arts of the Earth Festival this Saturday and Sunday. The...

  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 16:52
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Students from Voyageurs Expeditionary High School in Bemidji recently vistited the KBXE studios. After touring Northern Community Radio's vinyl a...

  • Added: May 07, 2019
  • Length: 05:35
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“We can explain the achievement gap before kids get to kindergarten” – Layna Cole, Associate Professor, Bemidji State University. The documentary f...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2019
  • Length: 12:19
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“I found an old newspaper article that said this guy, Michael Dean of Virginia, MN, sang all day into the wax cylinder recording machine and he had...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2019
  • Length: 15:40
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“Who doesn’t love trains? Really. This is why we are celebrating their history, their impact on the community... That’s what this weekend is all a...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2019
  • Length: 09:49
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Scott Lykins is a professional cellist who grew up in the Brainerd area, left to pursue educational and career goals, and returned with some big id...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2019
  • Length: 09:20
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We check in with the Ely Folk School every First Friday to find out what kinds of arts and cultural events are happening up there. This morning Be...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2019
  • Length: 07:24
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Every first Friday of the month, our Area Voices producer Katie Carter digs around to find out what kinds of things are going on in the region. To...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2019
  • Length: 09:02
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On the first Friday of the month we check in with Katie Marshall, Executive Director of the MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids. Katie tells us a...

  • Added: Apr 15, 2019
  • Length: 07:22
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Lakes Area Music Festival was recently awarded a $10,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant. We spoke with Executive Director Scott Lykins abou...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 09:20
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The Region 2 Arts Council is hosting an arts expo complete with workshops on the business of being a successful artist, creating resumes and artist...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2019
  • Length: 17:01
Caption: Part of the Agroccult Series
Andy Messerschmidt's Agroccult series is now nearly 1,000 10x10 paintings. We spoke to him about it on the morning show.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2019
  • Length: 10:59
Caption: Beverly Everett & Katie Carter
Beverly Everett discusses the BSO's upcoming concert as well as life as a conductor and the history of women in orchestras and her line of work.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2019
  • Length: 30:48
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The 2019 Creative MN report is a comprehensive assessment of the impacts the arts sector has on the economic, social, and cultural health of the st...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2019
  • Length: 13:45
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Kathy McTavish is a cellist, a media artist, a computer coder, a composer and a creator of installation art whose exhibits create unique multi-moda...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 20:48
Caption: Mary Beth Magyar Hives, Credit: Mary Beth Magyar
Mary Beth Magyar’s hive series called Analogous is currently on exhibit in the Minnesota gallery inside the MacRostie Arts Center in Grand Rapids. ...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 13:53
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Betty Firth from the Ely Folk School reports on arts events in Ely, MN

  • Added: Mar 14, 2019
  • Length: 04:02
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Kayla Aubid from the MacRostie Art Center breaks down the art happenings in Grand Rapids tonight!

  • Added: Mar 14, 2019
  • Length: 06:49
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Katie Carter breaks down the March arts events in Bemidji, Hibbing and Brainerd, MN.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2019
  • Length: 09:36
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“You warm up, just like you would an instrument, and then you get going... and I paint until I just can’t see anymore.” Pamela Edevold: Self-taugh...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2019
  • Length: 08:22