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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Bemidji Community Theater's production of The Sound of Music opened in November. Cast and Crew stopped by the station to chat about it!

  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 27:42
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Author interview with Tim Federle whose self help book Life is Like a Musical compares connects lessons learned as a professional in the theater t...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 1
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Music fuses with literature this Thursday at the Grand Rapids Area Library when Minnesota Book Award Winners Melanie Hoffert, Margi Preus, and Matt...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2017
  • Length: 14:25
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Lakeland Public Television revived the program Backroads last year. Featuring northern Minnesota musicians, the show tapes an array of musical act...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 07:16
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The Verse Like Water poetry series has brought nationally recognized American poets to the Chalberg Theater stage on the Central Lakes College Camp...

  • Added: Oct 30, 2017
  • Length: 11:43

  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 10:31
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A conversation about the First Friday arts events happening in Grand Rapids, MN

  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 09:46
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We check in with Molly Olson to find out what's happening at the Ely Folk School in December. Hint: A ton of great stuff is happening at the Ely ...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 06:24
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The Watermark Art Center opens the doors to its new location in Bemidji tomorrow! Executive Director Lori Forshee-Donnay stopped by KBXE to talk ab...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2017
  • Length: 12:33
  • Purchases: 1
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This August, in response to the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, marches against hate took place across the nation. Small rural...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 18:52
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The Spin Collective is a northern Minnesota based fire dancing troupe. Hoola Hooper Braina Sterle recently spoke with Katie Carter about this fa...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 08:27
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The Nemeth Art Center in Park Rapids hosted its second annual Walk on the Wild Side Wild Rice Festival this past October. We spoke with event co-o...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2017
  • Length: 11:00
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The Theater Education program at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids was created to increase possibilities for youth and adults to get involved in thea...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2017
  • Length: 13:38
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All human beings have an intrinsic desire to be accepted, to know it's ok to be me and someone's got my back...if the existing choices for having t...

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  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 12:11
  • Purchases: 1
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Susan Kedzie is a visual artist, a jeweler, a scientist and a teacher. She's passionate about making the world a better place and that mentality f...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2017
  • Length: 09:14
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Brainerd Community Theater's production of The Woman in Black kicks off Friday night!

  • Added: Oct 25, 2017
  • Length: 10:12
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For ten years now, artists in the Bemidji area have invited the public into their homes and studio spaces to share their processes and craft during...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2017
  • Length: 10:28
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A conversation with Michelle Hensley, artistic director for Ten Thousand Things Theater about her troupe's unique performances.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 14:06
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Park Rapids, MN celebrates Art Leap! this weekend. It's a unique opportunity to see artists in their studios creating their work. LuAnn Hurd-...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 10:08
Caption: Brian Jarvi
This Saturday evening, Grand Rapids-based and world-renowned artist Brian Jarvi will unveil his latest work, a 32 foot long arc that includes more ...

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  • Added: Sep 15, 2017
  • Length: 11:08
  • Purchases: 1