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.


779 Pieces

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John Bauer recently retired from being the development director at KAXE/KBXE and the women’s basketball coach at Itasca Community College — and the...

  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 11:32
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Bemidji couple's passion for dance and dancing to live music, shapes their lives and how they give back to community.

  • Added: May 05, 2023
  • Length: 14:57
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Watermark Art Center story slam host Ann Marie Newman on the power of story, what makes a good storytelling performance and the connective aspect o...

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 18:54
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“Wild Whimsy of the Northwoods,” Diamond Knispel’s series of paintings and writings, invites viewers into her lively interpretations of Northern Mi...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 12:07
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Strictly Mushrooms in Pine River is a Northern Minnesota business focused on mushrooms and mushroom products.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2023
  • Length: 15:57
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Muriel Gilman of Bemidji earned the Minnesota Nordic Ski Association 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 19:19
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The Rail River Folk School in Bemidji is home to nonprofit organizations and a multitude of community events. Owner Jess Saucedo seeks to use the f...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 15:20
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The Watermark Art Center in Bemidji hosts a variety of arts experiences this April. Gallery exhibits, spoken word events, and educational opportuni...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2023
  • Length: 11:47
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Bridget Westrum’s Growing our Future supplies kids with the essentials to get gardening. Kit distribution is happening this spring in the Bemidji a...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2023
  • Length: 07:48
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Margo Gray is a Side Lake, Minnesota, based artist who designed a text-message adventure through McCarthy Beach State Park called the "Secret Tree ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2023
  • Length: 13:25
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The joy and traditions of weddings over the decades are the focus of a new exhibit at the Beltrami County Historical Society. "I Thee Wed" is a co...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2023
  • Length: 17:49
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A series of 14 large-scale portraits, Heidi Brueckner's life-sized works are composites in oils of surrealism and realism and have a collage-like f...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 11:31
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Retired teacher William Tecku has been writing poetry on scrolls for the past 50 years, melding contemporary content with an antique medium. In th...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2023
  • Length: 11:23
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The watermark art center’s Miikinaan gallery is currently hosting a collaborative show that spans generations and modalities while making statemen...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2023
  • Length: 12:58
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Organizers of Manidoo Ogitigaan seek to revitalize the spiritual knowledge, language, culture and ways of life of the Anishinaabeg in an effort to...

  • Added: Mar 15, 2023
  • Length: 15:09
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Madi Stone went from barista to boss when she bought Dunn Brothers Coffee in Bemidji last summer. Stone, 21, removed the franchise, revamped the ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2023
  • Length: 09:23
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Headwaters Music and Arts hosts the First Friday of March Open Mic and Coffee House, starting at 7pm tonight. The monthly community gathering offer...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 11:49
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Katie Marshall, Executive Director of the MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids, stopped by the morning show to discuss the First Friday events happ...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 06:09
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Minnesota musician Paul Metsa joins Heidi Holtan and Kari Hedland for a chat on Area Voices. Metsa is a legendary musician and songwriter born on ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2023
  • Length: 13:10
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Mack, who describes herself as a hybrid of Minnesota and Wisconsin with a severe cheese dependency, has performed all over the country and on telev...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2023
  • Length: 12:58