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.


952 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Caption: Rosa Bogar, Credit: Glen Stubbe
A native of Orangeburg, South Carolina, Rosa Mavins Bogar grew up in a family of 13 children and lived through segregation. Calling Minneapolis her...

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Kairos Alive! is an intergenerational dance group based in the Twin Cities. Founded in 1999 by dancer, choreographer, educator and artistic directo...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
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Native Minnesotan Alec Soth is a renowned photographer whose large-scale images feature Midwestern subjects, shot in an off-beat way. He recently ...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2013
  • Length: 05:31
Caption: Mitch Gerads
The Twin Cities is a hotbed of comic art. Since the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) is one of the nation's only accredited schools to ...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2013
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Metro Transit recently began operating two new super-hybrid buses. Dubbed "the Xcelsior," its been called the cleanest bus in the United States. Mo...

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  • Added: Jun 23, 2013
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Black Label Movement
Soaring athletes are sometimes compared to graceful dancers. Dancers in the Minneapolis-based company Black Label Movement might be compared to ath...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2013
  • Length: 04:57
Caption: Dan Corrigan
Dan Corrigan has been photographing the Twin Cities' music scene for years, shooting endless shows at First Avenue since the '80s. Perhaps most wel...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:50
Caption: Moheb Soliman
Northern Spark 2013 was an all-night art party throughout St. Paul. This year, the installation created by Moheb Soliman for Mizna--the Twin Cities...

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
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Jackson Schwartz discovered glass-blowing as a teenager. Today he's part owner of Hennepin Made, a Minneapolis art studio. KFAI producers Allegra ...

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Taryn Griggs and Chris Yon are a Twin Cities dance duo. Both McKnight dance fellows, but if you saw them walking down the street, you might never g...

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:23
  • Purchases: 1
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For some people, love is hugs and kisses. Or moonlight walks on the beach. For one local punk band, love is a song about dead cats. KFAI's Todd Mel...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:07
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Water is one of the few absolutely essential elements for human existence. Which is one reason why Ananya Chatterjea’s dance company is performing ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2013
  • Length: 04:25
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Visitors to Maplewood Mall will find more than retail shops and restaurants. The center of the mall is home to a double-decker Venetian carousel, m...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2013
  • Length: 03:58
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America's Temperance Movement arose from Protestant pulpits in the early 19th century, and took root among Minnesota's rural immigrant populations ...

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  • Added: May 31, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 5
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Virginia, Minnesota's Socialist Opera House was built by miners who spent $40,000 of their own money--an enormous sum for men who pocketed $2 a day...

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  • Added: May 31, 2013
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 2
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When a local woman designed a "Judgmental Map" of Minneapolis to satirize the Twin Cities, she caught heat from people who branded her as a racist ...

  • Added: May 31, 2013
  • Length: 04:06
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Born and raised in St. Paul, Paul Metzger has been playing and performing music since he was a teenager. Working primarily with acoustic instrument...

  • Added: May 31, 2013
  • Length: 11:02
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Mille Lacs Kathio State Park encompasses 9,000 years of human history. At one time it was an important social and spiritual center for the Dakota, ...

  • Added: May 31, 2013
  • Length: 04:51
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Urban Arts Academy is a small, nonprofit school that offers a range of holistic lessons to preschool, elementary and middle-school students. Using ...

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  • Added: May 24, 2013
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 1