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.


782 Pieces

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Caption: Amy Thielen, Credit: amythielen.com
In this segment of Area Voices, John Bauer and Kari Hedlund of Northern Community Radio check in with chef Amy Thielen. They talk chickens, wild r...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2016
  • Length: 14:00
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A conversation with Paula Swenson about her art and her new project, a mural she's creating thanks to a grant from the Region 2 Arts Council, made ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 13:36
Caption: Lovers, Credit: The Joy Collective
A conversation with Minnesota artist Jessie Marianiello about her art, her life and the paths that lead her.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2016
  • Length: 11:09

  • Added: Aug 05, 2016
  • Length: 12:13
Caption: Pots by Haddie Hadachek, Credit: Black Bear Pottery FB Page
A conversation with Haddie Hadachek about the collaborative pottery exhibit Sharing the Fire.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 10:44
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The Dakota Access Pipeline expansion and the protests against it have garnered local, national and world-wide attention since summer. In this seg...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 27, 2016
  • Length: 15:17
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Al Belleveau Art, Cruise stop #31, Credit: First City of Arts Studio Cruise FB
A conversation with woodworker and Studio Cruise organizer Kathy Towley.

  • Added: Oct 19, 2016
  • Length: 08:35
Caption: Wing Young Huie Photography, Credit: Kevin Hendricks.com
A rundown of the first Friday events taking place across the Northern Community Radio listening area as well as other arts related events happening...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2016
  • Length: 32:12
Caption: Holly, Laura & Alice, Credit: Staff at Region
A conversation about the Minnesota arts council system and grant opportunities available at the Region 2 Arts Council which serves Mahnomen, Beltr...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 13:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Central Lakes College professor Jeff Johnson developed Verse Like Water, a poetry series that has brought world renowned poets to the Brainerd lake...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 08:08
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Katie Carter and Donna Salli
Donna Salli's first novel, A Notion of Pelicans, delves into the lives of five women as they each recall a memorable day in October many years ago.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2016
  • Length: 08:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: bigfoot warning in forest, Credit: bigfootevidence.blogspot.com
Bigfoot is the subject of many tales and lore around the community of Remer, MN. This weekend kicks off their first annual Bigfoot Bluegrass festi...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 23, 2016
  • Length: 10:16
  • Purchases: 1
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Cate and Al Belleveau are creating a public rural arts space on their property in Puposky, MN and inviting the public to take part in their barn, e...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Sep 18, 2016
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
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Contemporary Ojibwe artist Jim Denomie currently has an exhibit at the Nemeth Art Center in Park Rapids, MN. He has a unique way of holding a lens...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 07, 2016
  • Length: 08:05
  • Purchases: 1
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A conversation with contemporary Artist John Salhus

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 31, 2016
  • Length: 07:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Three women share their first hand perspective of the pipeline protest at Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMUD


  • Added: Aug 24, 2016
  • Length: 13:09
  • Purchases: 2
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Writer Dean Klinkenberg talks about his journeys along the Mississippi River

  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 08:56
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Jim Boerner's screenplay about two recovering alcoholics accidentally getting their hands on a Rembrandt continues to gain momentum!

  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 11:30
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A conversation about Sexual Violence and the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes Events in Northern Minnesota

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 12:49
  • Purchases: 1
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A conversation with horror, sci-fi author Roy C. Booth.

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 12:56