Arts & Culture
Local Music Project: Amanda Hand and her Music Together Class
Cathy Quinn-Each week a group of parents and their kids head to the Grand Marais Art Colony to participate in the Music Together class offered by local teacher, singer and musician Amanda Hand. In this edit
John Wright of Lehto & Wright flies solo on The Roadhouse
-Buck Benson & Ann Possis welcomed John Wright, of Celtic-folk-Americana trio Lehto & Wright, to Studio A Jan. 18. He claims it was his first-ever solo performance. In any case, he plays some gorgeous guitar. The trio appeared at the Arrowhead Center for the Arts in Grand Marais Jan. 19.
Artist/musician Marlin Ledin captures sounds of Lake Superior's ice
-Ann Possis visited with Washburn, Wisc., musician and artist Marlin Ledin Jan. 18 about his project to record the ice sounds of Lake Superior, both to preserve them and as an inspiration for his music. The interview includes several segments of those recordings. He was in Grand Marais to speak at North House Folk School the next evening. You can learn more about him, his music, and his field recordings here.
Anishinaabe Way: Travis Payer
-Travis Payer is Nebraska Ho Chunk and Bad River Ojibwe. He has lived in the Minneapolis St. Paul area his whole life and has been a Minneapolis Fire Fighter for 17 years.
Magnetic North: Playing With Fire
Vicki Biggs-Anderson-Welcome back to Magnetic North, where just a hint of wood smoke flavors the air. Air so delicious that I don’t so much breathe it as gulp it down. Icy. Sweet.
County Engineer Dave Betts on winter plowing
Cathy Quinn-On the January 11 edition of The Roadhouse, host Cathy Quinn got a chance to visit with Cook County Engineer Dave Betts after the county experienced extensive freezing rain. In this interview, D
Duluth organizer Reyna Crow on Idle No More movement
-Idle No More is a grassroots movement that has recently been sweeping across the country and the world.
Astro Bob: Asteroid Apophis won't hit us in 2029
-The asteroid Apophis was discovered by astronomers in 2004.
Inukjuak town manager Johnny Williams on trapped whales in Hudson Bay
Cathy Quinn-The small village of Inukjuak in Nunavut, Canada, has been the site of a lot of media attention in the last few weeks.
Filmmaker Vincent Gargiulo on "Duluth is Horrible" film
-Vincent Gargiulo is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has been shown around the country.