10,000 Fresh Voices
Series produced by KFAI Minneapolis
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.
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Artists find inspiration in many places. But few have found their muse in ancient remains discovered in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota. KFAI’s Ryan Dawe...
- Added: Dec 03, 2016
- Length: 05:48
Activism takes many forms, from social media petitions to protesters taking it to the streets. But high schoolers in Minneapolis worked a new angle...
- Added: Dec 31, 2016
- Length: 04:33
Tattoo shops are commonplace in Minneapolis now, but there was a time in the not-too-distant past when tattooing was illegal. It took the tenacity ...
- Added: Dec 02, 2016
- Length: 04:50
When a cat dies, its owner grieves. Minneapolis glass artist Steve Claypatch is helping pet owners grapple with a pet's death in an unusual way. KF...
Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City
- Added: Nov 28, 2016
- Length: 04:53
- Purchases: 1
Most artists hunker down in big cities. Not Carolyn Swiszcz. She sings and paints about all things West St. Paul, MInnesota. And that includes reta...
- Added: Nov 21, 2016
- Length: 05:40
There are two ways to bike in city traffic. Meek and hugging the curb or bold like the Bike Knight. KFAI's Sophie Nikitas has the story of a Minnea...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Nov 18, 2016
- Length: 07:32
- Purchases: 1
When the Franklin Avenue bridge was completed in 1923, it boasted the longest concrete arch in the world. And it had lovely arches soaring above th...
- Added: Nov 09, 2016
- Length: 04:24
During the week, Patrick Judd cleans houses. On weekends, he's snaps photos of dilapidated farms. And sometimes, when he’s peering through his came...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Oct 31, 2016
- Length: 04:32
- Purchases: 1
When folks think of Minnesota cuisine, comfort foods like hot dish and lefse, those staples of church suppers and potlucks, come to mind. But long ...
Bought by WFIU
- Added: Nov 02, 2016
- Length: 04:58
- Purchases: 1
A new exhibit at Minneapolis' Bakken Museum explores the genius behind "Frankenstein," the 1818 novel written by a teenager. That teenager, of cour...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 31, 2016
- Length: 04:11
- Purchases: 1
Every autumn, the Walker Art Center honors a filmmaker with a retrospective and a public discussion. Six years ago, director Kelly Reichardt got th...
- Added: Oct 26, 2016
- Length: 04:09
You don’t have to be in the Middle East to learn Arabic drumming. Khaldoun Samman, a native of Jordan, teaches introductory and advanced drumming c...
- Added: Oct 21, 2016
- Length: 02:37
How do you write a puppet show about where you live? KFAI’s Xan Holston has the story of a new show at Minneapolis’ Heart of the Beast Puppet and M...
- Added: Oct 19, 2016
- Length: 05:15
To achieve success as a rock band, music matters. But it turns out a compelling music video matters too. So after five years of writing and perform...
- Added: Oct 17, 2016
- Length: 04:05
As a teenager, Taja Will shone as a cheerleader and opera singer-in-training. After a severe injury disrupted her path, she found a new direction i...
- Added: Oct 07, 2016
- Length: 03:42
There is another dimension where everyone loves a soap opera, where severed heads go to the highest bidder and there’s a mischievous pink man who m...
- Added: Oct 10, 2016
- Length: 04:21
Minnesotans aren't exactly known for being uninhibited — especially when it comes to dancing in public. But for the last nine years, artist Marcus ...
- Added: Oct 05, 2016
- Length: 04:34
- Purchases: 2
Linda LeGarde Grover's new poetry collection explores the lives of the Ojibwe people through challenge and resilience, heartache and joy. "The Sky ...
- Added: Sep 30, 2016
- Length: 03:50
In the Twin Cities, it’s easy to get grass-fed or free-range meat. But what if you want grass-fed, free-range halal meat? One man had trouble findi...
- Added: Sep 28, 2016
- Length: 03:54
Would you fall off a horse eight times in one weekend? And not get paid for it? KFAI’s Emily Bright reports on one man who lives to be part of a re...
- Added: Sep 27, 2016
- Length: 04:29
- Purchases: 2
