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.


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Hard to believe it's been two years since we lost him. Headwaters Music and Arts in downtown Bemidji is hosting Souvenirs: A Tribute to John Prine ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2022
  • Length: 10:44
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The Reif Center Dance Program has enhanced lives of dancers in Grand Rapids and the surrounding communities for over 30 years with a wide array of ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2022
  • Length: 15:39
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Lara Hicks graduated from Bemidji High School in 2017. As Executive Assistant and Assistant United Nations (UN) Representative for UNANIMA Internat...

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  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 18:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Logan Monroe will co-facilitate Niimi’idiwag (They Dance), a program about the history of the Anishinaabe powwow at the Beltrami Historical Society...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2022
  • Length: 11:33
  • Purchases: 1
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So many signs of spring outside! Along with the budding of the aspen comes the biking of the human. Natalie Gille is the Greater MN Program Manager...

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  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 12:50
  • Purchases: 1
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March is Women's History Month. We are celebrating women and girls who've made and empowered positive change in the world. In this Area Voices, Mar...

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  • Added: Mar 21, 2022
  • Length: 08:09
  • Purchases: 1
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The country school in Helga Township where Wayne Hoff attended first and second grade, left an imprint on his heart. A constant element in tales of...

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  • Added: Mar 18, 2022
  • Length: 17:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Jeanie and Janie Martz are twin sisters who started Ruth’s Free Wig Closet of Aitken 20 years ago. Ruth’s Free Wig Closet is a non-profit organiza...

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2022
  • Length: 13:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Lee Furuseth, the executive director of the Headwaters Science Center in Bemidji, joins Heidi Holtan on the Wednesday Morning Show. Lee starts wit...

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  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 11:20
  • Purchases: 1
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Moira Villiard’s multi-disciplinary exhibit Rights of the Child opens at the Watermark Art Center in Bemidji today. In this Area Voices segment she...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2022
  • Length: 12:11
  • Purchases: 1
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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...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2022
  • Length: 07:16
  • Purchases: 1
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If you’ve been curious about cross country skiing but don’t have the gear or anyone to show you how to do it, The Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Cl...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 04:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Michael Migizi Sullivan is a professor of Ojibwe Language and Culture at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College near Hayward, WI. His professorial work...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 15:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Bemidji State University English professor Dr. Mark Christenson recently published a collection of essays and poetry at the encouragement of his st...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2022
  • Length: 15:12
  • Purchases: 1
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In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre’s mission is to bring people together for the common good thru the power of puppet and mask perfo...

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  • Added: Feb 18, 2022
  • Length: 15:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Rachel Collier’s multimedia exhibit, Soft Landing, is a collection of abstract, large-scale, multidimensional paintings and wall rugs of high vibra...

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2022
  • Length: 10:31
  • Purchases: 1
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Bemidji Community Theater brings Neil Simon’s only farce Rumors to the BCT Performing Arts Complex stage this weekend and next. Director Derrick Ho...

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  • Added: Feb 11, 2022
  • Length: 09:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Crosslake Winterfestival, Ely Winterfest First Friday events, artists showing their wares and talents at local venues… it’s all in today’s line up ...

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 22:49
  • Purchases: 1
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Amara Bedford is a painter with a master’s degree in art therapy . Her Smash Art programs help people lighten their stress load while creating one-...

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2022
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Illustrator Nicholas Jackson lost his ability to draw when nerve damage began creating extreme pain and numbness in his arm after just a few moment...

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 23:59
  • Purchases: 1