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: Reed Olson and Kristi Miller
This morning, we welcomed back Reed Olson and Kristi Miller, two board members of the Nameless Coalition for the Homeless. The group has been worki...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2016
  • Length: 14:56
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Bemidji’s Truth and Reconciliation group faces tough problems, head on. In this week’s episode of Anishinaabenaajimon: Minnesota’s Tribal Voice, An...

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  • Added: Feb 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
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Jerry Smith co-founded the Bemidji Area Mountain Bikers, also known as BAMB. In a couple of weeks, BAMB will host their second annual fat bike rall...

  • Added: Feb 17, 2016
  • Length: 07:21
Caption: Denise Ott, Lumberjill
Denise Ott has been described as “a quiet champion in our midst.” Next month, she’ll be competing on the US Women’s Team at the world championships...

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  • Added: Feb 12, 2016
  • Length: 11:50
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Caption: Four Clucks, Credit: Kathy Braud
The Crossing Arts Alliance in Brainerd has some selected works up now through March. The artist is Kathy Braud, a one-of-a-kind watercolorist. Kath...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2016
  • Length: 13:07
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Giovanni Allosso recently got some exciting news… Out of tens of thousands of entrants, he was selected as one of the statewide finalists in the 20...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 14:22
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Beltrami county celebrate its sesquicentennial this year, a fact not lost on the Beltrami County Historical Society. Dan Karalus, Executive Directo...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2016
  • Length: 10:23
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Area Voices producer Alauna Yust highlights some of Bemidji's First Friday Art events, happening tonight all around town.

  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 02:07
Caption: Vance Gellert's Sleeping Giant: The Iron Range of Minnesota
When Vance Gellert decided to photograph the Iron Range, people asked him why. In his traveling show Sleeping Giant: The Iron Range of Minnesota, V...

  • Added: Feb 05, 2016
  • Length: 13:30
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lf you're bored in Bemidji this weekend, step out your door and you'll find something to do. From the First Friday Art Walk to Winterfest, there's ...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 12:05
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"Criminal Justice System.” Those three words intimidate a lot of us. Megan Treuer is Associate Judge at Leech Lake. She voluntarily heads the Crim...

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  • Added: Feb 02, 2016
  • Length: 08:46
  • Purchases: 1
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If you find yourself on the Minnesota-Canada border this Thursday, stop by the Backus Community Center in International Falls. The On the Edge Fami...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 09:07
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Vicki Stenerson has played lots of important roles in Bemidji’s theater community. In “Leading Ladies,” put on by the Bemidji Community Theater, Vi...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 06:42
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Minnesota’s state park system turns 125 this year. Nationwide, park attendance has declined for the last twenty years or so. But in Minnesota, a ri...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 12:37
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Tonight, at the Rail River Folk School in Bemidji, there will be an important conversation. It’s called “Articulating Social Justice,” the second i...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2016
  • Length: 09:16
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Grand Rapids native Peter Rothstein was recently named the Star Tribune's Artist of the Year, not only for his talent as a director, but even more ...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 14:10
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Alauna Yust is the producer of Area Voices and our very own Embedded Artist. Alauna hangs out with fine and folk art groups around Bemidji and trie...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2016
  • Length: 07:44
Caption: Io Study, Tawnee Corning
How do you capture the cosmos? The vastness, the distance of cosmic bodies, even the colors? Those are questions for Tawnee Corning, a Bagley area ...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 09:09
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Anton Treuer co-founded Bemidji’s Truth and Reconciliation group. He’s been producing a series for Northern Community Radio called Anishinaabenaaji...

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  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:34
  • Purchases: 1
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Through the month of January, the Wild Hare Bistro in Bemidji has the work of Eve Sumsky on display. Eve is a basketweaver, but her woven artwork h...

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  • Added: Jan 15, 2016
  • Length: 13:52
  • Purchases: 1