KFAI's MinneCulture Presents

Buffalo Nation Pow Wow Hour Special from Radio Netherlands   Producer Martha Hawley takes a look at aspects of Native American culture . First, the revival of the buffalo and then an exploration of the Pow Wow in this hour long documentary intended for her Dutch audience. The term "pow wow" originally referred to a gathering of revered spiritual leaders. In modern times however, pow wows are fabulous celebratory events. Explosions of music and dance that go on throughout the year all over North America. Both local pow wows and large inter-tribal gatherings can be positively hallucinatory, with hundreds of feathered and painted dancers mingling and jingling near the traditional arena. Porcupine, South Dakota, is a small town on Pine Ridge Reservation . Martha takes us there to meet the Oglala Lakota people who display their heritage with vigor. The drums they play are the heartbeat of their people - while the pow wow is open to other seekers on the road. We'll also ...

The Acoustic World of Elizabethan England from Battery Radio Inspired by Bruce Smith's book , producers Chris Brookes, Paolo Pietropaolo, and Alan Hall set out to investigate an acoustic world of four centuries ago. They track down some ancient sounds that still exist and evoke others which have become extinct, to imagine the noises as once heard by Elizabethan ears . We'll also travel back to present time, where listeners are forced to consider our soundtrack of today and the noise pollution which now surrounds us at every moment.

All Mom Radio from Hearing Voices For Mother’s Day, we'll hear maternal tales from producers around the country hosted by Barrett Golding . First, "Travels with Mom" follows Larry Massett and his mother to the Tybee Island, Georgia of today and of the 1920′s, as recalled by Mrs. Massett. Writer Beverly Donofrio joins her mom for "Thursday Night Bingo," produced by Dave Isay of Sound Portraits . In Nancy Updike 's "Mubarak and Margy," a gay man chooses to care for his mother, and to confront the "cure" his family plans for his homosexuality. Also, comedian Amy Borkowsky shares her hilarious phone "Messages from Mom."