10,000 Fresh Voices

Series produced by KFAI Minneapolis

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Local arts, culture, history and environmental features made possible by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

Local arts, culture, history and environmental features made possible by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.


952 Pieces

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Works of Brave Change: The Sculpture of Angela Two Stars
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Sculpture at Bde Maka Ska, Credit: Allison Herrera
Angela Two Stars is a contemporary artist living and working in the Twin Cities. She draws inspiration for her work from her Dakota heritage and th...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2019
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 1
Thunder Chases LIghtening: Vicky Emerson's Music and Mentorship
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Singer Songwriter Vicky Emerson, co-founder of Front Porch Group, Credit: Katie Cannon
Vicky Emerson is a Minneapolis based singer/songwriter/producer of Americana music. She co-founded Front Porch Music Group and mentors women with p...

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2019
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 2
Ricardo Levins Morales Celebrates 50 Years of Art for Social Change
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: "Mi Montaña" [Mixed Media], Credit: Ricardo Levins Morales
It’s been 50 years since Minneapolis artist Ricardo Levins Morales published his first piece of political art. KFAI's Sheila Regan spoke with Levin...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 2
Fashion Fusion by Oskar Ly
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Oskar Ly, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Teeko Yang
Twin Cities based Queer Hmong French American multidisciplinary artist, Oskar Ly, creates her original fashion designs by fusing her cultural backg...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2019
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
Want to Know Your Neighbors? Write Songs Together
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Musician and composer Kashimana Ahua, Credit: James Maranda
Composer in Residence. It’s not a common job. But that was the title Kashimana Ahua held for a year in the central Minnesota town of Willmar. The g...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 2
Front Yard Almond Cake
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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KFAI's Rob McGinley Myers has always been fascinated by the entrepreneurs who sell refreshments on the streets outside the Minnesota State Fair. In...

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  • Added: Oct 08, 2019
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
Exacting the Legacy of the Old Anoka Hospital
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Cottage No. 8 at the Anoka State Hospital, Credit: Mike Moen
It’s been 20 years since the Anoka State Hospital closed its doors. It was replaced by a newer facility for those dealing with mental illness in th...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 1
Dan Keiser, The Oak Man
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Dan Keiser, the Oak Man, Credit: Britta Greene
The Mendota Dakota tribal community honored arborist Dan Keiser at their annual pow wow in September of 2019. Keiser goes by "Oak Man," a nickname ...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 09:15
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The Aerial Tales of Bone Mother
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Bone Mother at the Musuem of Russian Art, Credit: Matthew Glover
The Slavic folklore of Baba Yaga flies high in Bone Mother, a world premiere by Sandbox Theatre’s aerial wing - The Swingset. Co-directed by Evelyn...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2019
  • Length: 05:18
Historic Tug Of War: 10,000 Kids vs. House
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: John H. Stevens House in transit., Credit: Star Tribune. May 29, 1896, Minneapolis, Minn.
Next to Minnehaha Falls sits an old house that hosts exhibits recalling Minneapolis history. The house itself is the site of early business deals d...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2019
  • Length: 05:52
Queen In The North
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Aaron Jordan-Peterson in Grand Rapids, Minn.
When Aaron Jordan-Peterson moved back to rural Minnesota three years ago, he decided not to try to hide his gay identity like he had earlier in lif...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 05:30
Light Rail Art, Hidden In Public
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: "Small Kindnesses: WEATHER PERMITTING" by Janet Zweig, Credit: Metro Transit
Sometimes public art so seamlessly blends with its environment, it can go unnoticed. KFAI's Matthew Schneeman takes us on a short sonic tour of und...

  • Added: Aug 07, 2019
  • Length: 05:55
Welcome To The Cabal
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Image of Actor Jamie Case , Credit: Photo Courtesy of Dan Norman
Within a hidden maze of mysterious rooms, a magical secret society needs the help of new initiates. Cabal – a play with puzzles, created by the Min...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 05:08
Wrestlers Body Slam Domestic Violence
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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The Midwest All-Star Wrestling League recently invited wrestlers from across the country to compete in Minnesota. Behind all the trash-talking and ...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 2
Fire Mama, Doom Props, And A Monster Named Fred
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Amy Bloss, Credit: Francesca Bernardi
She spits fire. She spins fire. Amy Bloss is Fire Mama. She performs and teaches a variety of fire performance arts and safety. She is the Director...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 03:54
  • Purchases: 1
The Roots of Gay Liberation in Minnesota
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Stephen Ihrig and Koreen Phelps, Credit: The Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies.
F.R.E.E. was Minnesota’s first queer organization. It stands for "Fight Repression of Erotic Expression." The group began on May 18, 1969 when Kore...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 04:40
Nuns in Drag, Joy Promulgated
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Forget silent auctions, chocolate bars and meat raffles. Fundraising is more fun with nuns. Make that nuns dressed in drag. Dancing, joking, singin...

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  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 04:42
  • Purchases: 1
From Vacant Lot To Skate-able Park
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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On a busy street corner in North Minneapolis, there once stood a fenced-off, vacant lot. It was the site of a building Juxtaposition Arts had to te...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 04:28
Motionpoems: Films of Pure Poetry
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Todd Boss, Credit: Kyndell Harkness
Mike Olson is a Minneapolis based composer who loves creating and performing music with vintage analogue electronic instruments. His fragment-based...

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2019
  • Length: 04:05
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Dark Beauty: Mike Olson's Vintage Electronic Sounds
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Mike Olson, Credit: Stafford Photography
Mike Olson is a Minneapolis based composer who loves creating and performing music with vintage analogue electronic instruments. His fragment-based...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:11

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