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.


783 Pieces

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Caption: Katie Carter & Katie Smith
Katie Smith is a Grand Rapids, MN Native who has made it her mission to provide opportunities for theater, tap dancing and film-making to youth and...

  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 09:33
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Checking in to find out what is going on in the Bemidji, Nevis and Virginia, MN arts scenes this October.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 04:39
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Checking in with the Ely Folk School to find out what's happening this month!

  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 05:02
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Checking in with Katie Marshall from the MacRostie Art Center to find out what's happening this First Friday!

  • Added: Oct 08, 2018
  • Length: 10:15
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The Weaving Waters Fiber Festival is a self guided fiber art studio tour through Staples, Wadena, Brainerd, Little Falls, and New York Mills, MN th...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2018
  • Length: 09:00
Caption: Quilts in Trees, Credit: Bonnie Lundorff
Bonnie Lundorff owns and operates the Willow Wood Market just south of Bemidji. Willow Wood is a cozy quilt shop and wool studio that offers a va...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2018
  • Length: 08:55
Caption: Lori Rose Martin-Kingbird
Lori Rose Martin-Kingbird was crowned First Runner-up in the Miss Indian World Competition held in Albuquerque, NM this past spring. She stopped b...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2018
  • Length: 13:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Kevin Locke, Credit: Leech Lake Area Chamber of Commerce
For the 26 years now, the weekend after Labor Day in Walker, MN has become a multi-cultural experience bringing people together to celebrate foods...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2018
  • Length: 12:22
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Mike Schmid stopped by KBXE studios as teachers were moving their materials into a brand new building at Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School in Bena. Mike, al...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 14:39
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Jonathan Thunder is a painter, illustrator, experimental filmmaker and cartoonist. Influenced by his native heritage, Thunder's bold, vibrant, wor...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 11:26
Caption: Backroads: Corey Medina & Bros., Credit: Lakeland PBS
Lakeland Public Television revived a favorite local program a few years ago when it brought Backroads back to viewers. Backroads features Minneso...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 13:52
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All it takes is a spark. Several years ago, Cate Belleveau agreed to portray Mary Welsh Hemingway in a Beltrami County Historical Society fundrais...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2018
  • Length: 13:34
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Each First Friday we check in with Katie Marshall to find out what's going on in the art world for First Friday events Grand Rapids, MN. We also d...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 08:58
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Each First Friday we check in with Molly Olson from the Ely Folk School to find out what's going on in the art world for First Friday events in Ely...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 07:04
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Each First Friday we check in with Area Voices producer Katie Carter to find out what's going on in the art world for First Friday events in Bemidj...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 13:58
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Each First Friday we check in with Molly Olson from the Ely Folk School to find out what's going on in the art world for First Friday events in Ely...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 05:49
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Each First Friday we check in with Area Voices producer Katie Carter to find out what's going on in the art world for First Friday events in Bemidj...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 05:38
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Each First Friday we check in with Katie Marshall from the McRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids, MN to find out what's going on in the art world for...

  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 12:18
Caption: Shawn Kiefer, Katie Carter, Lisa Bruns & Shannon Murray
Shawn Kiefer and Parker Bruns will compete in the USA Special Olympics July 1st thru 6th in Seattle, Washington. Shawn stopped by the KBXE studio...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2018
  • Length: 11:40
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Barbara Schlichting writes mystery novels with First Ladies at the center of them. We spoke to her about it!

  • Added: Jun 27, 2018
  • Length: 12:12