MinneCulture Year in Review, Pt. 3 - Airs Jan 20th

Sharp Imagery and Precise Language: Heid Erdrich's Little Big Bully by Sheila Regan.
Heid E. Erdrich's latest volume of poetry, Little Big Bully, is brutal and beautiful. It won the National Poetry Series, and was released just before the 2020 election. A major theme throughout the book of poems is poor behavior, manifested in numerous ways. An Anishinaabe poet and member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, Erdrich writes of violence and erasure with aching clarity, in one case, comparing the disappearance of bird species with that of Native nations. Erdrich talks to KFAI's Sheila Regan about her latest work and why folks get hoodwinked by bad people.

Courtroom Theater by Rob McGinley Myers.
There’s been an experiment going on in the Hennepin County Government Center, applying the tools of art to the world of criminal justice. Reporter Rob McGinley Myers went to investigate. 

At Studio Payne, Bones and Pine Cones Comprise The Art by Dixie Treichel.
Cameren Torgerud is a self-taught mixed media artist who creates with found objects and natural materials such as bones, plants, taxidermy parts, and other outdoor findings. He runs Studio Payne Art Gallery and Oddities Shop in St. Paul, MN where items are sold and local artists, such as Samantha Leopold-Sullivan, can show their work.

Don't Judge a Man by His Grave by Sarah Pette.
What if a little piece of history was buried right in your own backyard? Historian and grave hunter Stew Thornley takes KFAI’s Sara Pette on a walking tour of a cemetery in Edina, Minnesota where we discover that two men on opposite sides of history have a surprising amount in common.

MSP Music Exported Across Greater Minnesota, Minds Blown by Sheila Regan.
Singer/songwriter Aby Wolf, along with her electro-acoustic ensemble Champagne Confetti, has brought chamber music intimacy, jazz rhythms, and electronic wavelengths to schools, senior centers, coffee shops, and theaters in Greater Minnesota, thanks to a Minnesota State Arts Board touring grant. KFAI's Sheila Regan tagged along with Wolf and the ensemble in Red Wing, Minnesota. 

Ep. 25: How Are You Doing? from the MinneCulture Podcast.
Hear stories of Minnesota artists making it work in this time of social distancing. Barb Abney hosts the Season 4 launch from her daughter's bedroom while social distancing at home. In an audio diary, Haitian dancer Djenane Saint Juste fields a robocall from a bill collector, shares intimate scenes sheltering in place with her mother, then hosts a series of boisterous dance lessons in her apartment. We make a house call to Hmong chef Yia Vang who looks to his parents' experience as refugees to guide him through the pandemic.

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