10,000 Fresh Voices
Series produced by KFAI Minneapolis
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.
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Would you fall off a horse eight times in one weekend? And not get paid for it? KFAI’s Emily Bright reports on one man who lives to be part of a re...
- Added: Sep 27, 2016
- Length: 04:29
- Purchases: 2
Talk about history here in Minnesota and people tend to mention big names: governors, businessmen. Those guys. But Curt Brown likes uncovering stor...
- Added: Sep 26, 2016
- Length: 04:29
While studying in Sweden in the 1980s, a Minnesota college student heard a band on the radio he really liked. So he bought the CD. When he got home...
- Added: Sep 19, 2016
- Length: 06:06
Some people donate money. Others donate time. One St. Paul barber has a different approach to helping others. One day every year, Milan Dennie give...
- Added: Sep 15, 2016
- Length: 04:11
Playwrights are a lot like the song writers of the theatre world; both are almost always overshadowed by the artists who perform them. But local pl...
- Added: Sep 13, 2016
- Length: 04:16
Film lovers were never quite sure when the Twin Cities Arab Film Festival might happen. Sometimes it was spring. Other times it was fall. Beginning...
- Added: Sep 07, 2016
- Length: 04:24
With about 110,000 people squeezing into the Minnesota State Fair every day, finding a place to park can be a drag. Sure, you can take the bus. Or ...
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 04:40
It takes hundreds of little bits and pieces of material to make a mosaic. Whether they come from old plates or cookie tins, KFAI’s Xan Holston lear...
- Added: Aug 24, 2016
- Length: 04:38
Would you go see a woman light a whip on fire and snap it around her head? Sure you would. Rah Diavola of Minneapolis does just that. But she's mor...
- Added: Dec 29, 2015
- Length: 04:55
Andrew Moore is an artist who created giant sculptures in front of his South Minneapolis house. Some neighbors thought his work contributed to the ...
- Added: Dec 28, 2015
- Length: 05:14
The Guerrilla Girls having been sticking it to the man for thirty years. They’re a feminist art collective that creates protest art aimed squarely ...
- Added: Dec 28, 2015
- Length: 06:59
About 7,000 Karen refugees have arrived in Minnesota in the past decade, fleeing persecution in the country once known as Burma. Although the Karen...
- Added: Dec 27, 2015
- Length: 04:44
How one teenager's fascination with cool buildings, interesting characters and girls led to a photographic documentation of Minneapolis in the era ...
- Added: Dec 22, 2015
- Length: 05:44
Despite our best intentions, people with disabilities suffer from deep prejudice. Many of us see those with physical and mental disabilities as una...
- Added: Dec 17, 2015
- Length: 05:35
We all know the story of Christmas — no room at the inn, three wise men, Mary, Joseph and Jesus. But there’s one biblical character that’s not usua...
- Added: Dec 10, 2015
- Length: 04:08
The towering poet with the rakish attitude is unlike most writers. He's brash. He's sure of his place in this world. He is Danny Klecko, a blue col...
Bought by PRX Remix and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
- Added: Dec 09, 2015
- Length: 05:12
- Purchases: 2
Many immigrants who move to Minnesota find community through religion. But for one Venezuelan who grew up Jewish and came to Minnesota to join a da...
- Added: Dec 09, 2015
- Length: 05:09
In the Midwest, it’s not unusual to see the head of a dead deer mounted on the wall of a small town bar. But artistic taxidermy—say a mash-up of a ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KSRQ
- Added: Nov 19, 2015
- Length: 06:20
- Purchases: 2
These days, it's pretty easy to create sound effects with computers. But if you want spontaneous, inspired sound effects or a one-woman play featur...
- Added: Nov 18, 2015
- Length: 04:42
During the Great Depression, her voice lifted spirits. During the big band era, her beauty radiated from the stage of St. Paul's Prom Ballroom. But...
Bought by KSRQ, KSRQ, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSRQ, PRX Remix and more
- Added: Nov 10, 2015
- Length: 04:57
- Purchases: 6
