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.


950 Pieces

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Guinea hogs at Dodge Nature Center
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Dodge Nature Center in West St. Paul is a 320-acre park that includes a model farm. Don Oberdorfer oversees the farm, which is a home to rare lives...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:57
Franconia Sculpture Park
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Reclamation
Located just 45 minutes northeast of the Twin Cities in rural Minnesota, Franconia Sculpture Park beckons drivers traveling along Highway 95. The 2...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 1
Lilydale's history
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Lilydale schoolhouse and town hall
St. Paul's Harriet Island is a familiar landmark to many, but Lilydale Regional Park, just down the road, is less well known. This hidden gem boast...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 1
Mill City Commons: A Neighborhood for a Lifetime
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Mill City Commons seniors meet at a local riverfront lounge.
Living longer on limited incomes is challenging for seniors who want to stay in their homes --especially amid predictions that there won’t be enoug...

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  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
Urban agriculture grows in the Twin Cities
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Project Sweetie Pie
Last spring, the Minneapolis City Council amended a zoning code to expand urban agriculture in the city. KFAI's Eric Blom talked to members of Ston...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 1
Author and activist Bill Burleson
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Minneapolis writer and activist Bill Burleson has published short stories in literary fiction, and recently completed “Avenue of the Lost and Found...

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 1
Edison High School students recognized for poverty solutions
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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An ESL class at Edison High School in Northeast Minneapolis spent six months researching poverty. The students created mini-documentaries that expl...

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 1
The A-List in Brooklyn Park is a model youth center
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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There are several teen centers in the Twin Cities metro area, but one in Brooklyn Park has garnered national attention. This year the A-List was re...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:31
Sheila Asato uses art as trauma therapy
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Book artist and dream teacher Sheila Asato couldn't believe what she was seeing on television in March 2011. The tsunami that struck Japan hit clos...

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 1
The Russian Tea House
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Owners Linda and Nikolai Alenov
Since the late 1800s, University Avenue has been a major thoroughfare connecting Minneapolis and St. Paul. In 1890, urban streetcars shuttled resid...

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
St. Paul's Little Mekong
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Little Mekong, St Paul
Construction of the Central Corridor Light Rail line is affecting businesses in and around University Avenue. In St. Paul's Frogtown neighborhood, ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 04:38
19th Century Drama: The Kate Noonan Murder Trial
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Crimes of passion are not uncommon, but in the late 19th century, a lower-class woman being acquitted of a high-class murder on an insanity defense...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:17
  • Purchases: 1
Creative invention and exposition at Homewood Studios
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: George Roberts, founder of Homewood Studios
Located at the corner of Plymouth and Russell Avenues in North Minneapolis, Homewood Studios is a hotbed of creative invention and exposition. Foun...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
Clarence "Cap" Wigington
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Clarence "Cap" Wigington was the nation's first Black municipal architect, and a senior designer for the city of St. Paul for 34 years. Sixty of hi...

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  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 1
Zumba craze hits Minneapolis
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: A YWCA Zumba class
Zumba is an exhilarating fitness routine that promotes joyful, healthy living. The workout feels like a dance party, combining Latin music with cal...

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  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:59
  • Purchases: 1
High school youth is national chess champion
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: DJ Hooker Jr, upper right, plays a match
While most kids are playing video games on televisions, cell phones and computers, one Minneapolis youth is focused on a board game that is centuri...

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  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 3
Heart of the Beast's May Day Celebration
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask theater holds its annual May Day parade and festival the first Sunday in May in the Powderhorn neighborho...

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  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 2
Artists' work reflects the Great Mothers of Islam
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Artists Leili Tajadod-Pritschet and Hend Al-Mansour
Hend Al-Mansour and Leili Tajadod-Pritschet are two Middle Eastern artists whose work reflects the Great Mothers of Islam. KFAI producer Dan Greenw...

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  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
Our Turn youth media program
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Twin Cities is recognized nationally for its strong youth media programs. “Our Turn” started as a public access TV show in 1993, produced by Ph...

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:06
Minnesota's Tibetan community
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Gyuto Samdhong Rinpoche
Since the 1950s, Tibetans have fled their homeland for safer havens in India, Nepal and Bhutan, as well as Europe and North America. Currently the...

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  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1

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