Ilhan Omar and Ms. Margaret – In Conversation

Ilhan Omar

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar paid a visit to KFAI’s studio on 7/10/20 to have a long and candid conversation with Ms. Margaret (of Ms. Margaret LIVE) during LatinoAltROCK!

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MinneCulture Podcast Graphic Covid Edition Ep 26 What are You making? Minnesota Artists Making it work in this time of social distancing

MinneCulture Podcast: ‘Ep. 26: What Are You Making?’

We’re still social distancing and we’re still making stuff. Some artists have changed what they make. Others have changed how they make it. KFAI’s Barb Abney hosts from home and shares an uplifting interview with Twin Cities hip-hop artist Nur-D, who just dropped an EP recorded entirely from his bedroom. We also hear a tender, slightly gloomy audio diary from Minneapolis poet Ed Bok Lee, who discusses skeletons and shares knock-knock jokes with his young daughter. It’s adorable and, you guessed it, poetic.

Listen at:
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and Soundcloud>>>

This podcast was produced by Nancy Rosenbaum with Anna Stitt, Melissa Olson and Emily Bright, edited by Ryan Dawes.

Support for MinneCulture on KFAI from from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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Polka dancing during Polka Days at the Gibbon Ballroom in Gibbon, Minnesota, circa 1975. (Flip Schulke / U.S. National Archives)

MinneCulture In-Depth: ‘Stay Young, Go Dancing’

The most legendary venue in Minnesota history? It’s not First Avenue, nor is it anywhere near the Twin Cities.

Deep in the middle of the corn and soybean fields of rural Sibley County, behind a chain link fence topped with barbed-wire, sits a massive building complex that was once considered by some to be the polka capital of the world: The Gibbon Ballroom.

“Stay Young, Go Dancing” presents the colorful history of this now infamous Midwest venue, as told through the voices of the musicians, dancers, and local residents who loved it.

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“Stay Young, Go Dancing” was produced by James Napoli. Edited by Melissa Olson. It is a production of KFAI’s MinneCulture In-Depth.

Photo Credit: Polka dancing during Polka Days at the Gibbon Ballroom in Gibbon, Minnesota, circa 1975. (Flip Schulke / U.S. National Archives)

Funding for MinneCulture is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Special thanks to Steve Seeboth, Greg Muellerleile, Jim Bartels, Joan Bullemer, Lori Nissel Lachner, Christine Drury, Dan Groebner, Rommie Petersen, Cory Becker, Dr. Edgar Taggatz, Jeff Gatton, Sue Scott, Darwin Buerkle, David Wiethoff, Lisa Blackstone, Greg Ecklund, Melissa Olson, Ryan Dawes, Jan Lundgren, Bernice Hanson, and Britta Greene.

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KFAI’s MinneCulture Podcast

Discover stories about Minnesota arts, culture and history. Hear audio diaries, sonic portraits, documentaries and more about purring gorillas, forced Native adoption, polka, hip-hop, local food, Minnesota’s immigrant communities and, of course, Prince. In our latest season, hear stories about Minnesota artists working through the pandemic and the time of unrest since the killing of George Floyd.

Listen at:
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Apple Podcasts
PodMN
and at Soundcloud here>>>

Support for MinneCulture on KFAI comes from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

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Five members of the The Baldies stand on a rooftop against the backdrop of the Uptown Theater marquee in Minneapolis, circa 1988.

MINNECULTURE IN-DEPTH: ‘Fighting Back: The Rise of Anti-Racist Action in Minneapolis’

In the days after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, youth-led protests in the city helped spark rebellions around the globe. The police, military, and white supremacist groups all responded. President Trump blamed the protests on “antifa” and called for participants to be labeled terrorists.

Anti-Racist Action (ARA) started in Minneapolis and is a predecessor to the crews often now called antifa. ARA started in 1987 with a multiracial group of teenage skinheads who fought the rising white power movement. It grew into a network of groups in at least 120 towns and cities across the U.S. and Canada. ARA’s first principle was: “We go where they go. Never let the Nazis have the streets.” They eventually applied that not only to white power organizing, but to homophobic and anti-abortion organizing, and to police violence, which they saw as all connected.

Told through vivid first-person accounts, archival audio, and music from the era, “Fighting Back: The Rise of Anti-Racist Action in Minneapolis.” It starts under the railroad tracks in Uptown, Minneapolis and traces a movement that continues to shape the U.S. to this day.

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(Photo Courtesy of Kara La Lomia)

“Fighting Back: The Rise of Anti-Racist Action in Minneapolis” is a production of KFAI’s MinneCulture. Funding for MinneCulture made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. It was produced by Anna Stitt. Alexis “Lex Amor” Adimora composed the original score.

Anna Stitt is a fiscal year 2020 recipient of an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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True Brit! talks to Shirley King – B.B. King’s bluesy daughter!

On this week’s True Brit!, host Simon Husbands will be chatting with Shirley King -the daughter of legendary blue artist B.B.King. Shirley is a talented blues artist in her own right and has a brand new album on release, featuring a vast array of guitar talent, keen to work with her to show respect for her Dad! Check out this list of guest guitar players: Steve Cropper, Elvin Bishop, Harvey Mandel, Robben Ford, Junior Wells, Martin Barre, Duke Robillard, Joe Louis Walker, Arthur Adams, Kirk Fletcher and Pat Travers – wow! So tune in to True Brit! and hear Shirley’s music and her tales of life on the road with B.B.King – Friday night at midnight – 90.3 FM or streaming anytime from KFAI.org!

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KFAI Board of Directors June meeting notice and agenda

KFAI Board of Directors
MEETING NOTICE and AGENDA
Monday, June 29, 2020

This month’s meeting of the Fresh Air, Inc. Board of Directors will be held on Monday, June 29, 2020, at 7:00 p.m.

Important note: Because of precautions regarding the coronavirus this month’s meeting will be virtual. Participants can take part online or by phone. Below the agenda is the information about the Zoom meeting invitation.

If you have questions about the meeting or wish to add an agenda item, please email the Board at <board@kfai.org> prior to the meeting. The Board roster, contact information and prior meeting minutes and financials are available at kfai.org/board.

KFAI Board meetings are open to the public; all interested persons are welcome to attend. The meeting will begin promptly at 7:00 pm.

KFAI BOARD OF DIRECTORS AGENDA
FOR MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020

01. Call to order and roll call 7:00

02. Approve agenda 7:03

03. Approve minutes of May meeting 7:08

04. Introduction of guests 7:10

05. Review of Board Conduct
— all board members to sign and agree to terms of Board conduct expectations

06. General Manager’s report (Ron T) 7:15

07. Treasurer’s report (Stacey T) 7:25

— BOARD GOES INTO CLOSED SESSION —

08. General Manager search discussion and vote (Jacque P) 7:35
— review and discuss final four GM candidates
— vote to select next GM

— BOARD RETURNS TO OPEN SESSION —

09. Grants/Loans update (Jacque P) (time allowing) 8:35

10. Governance (Jacque P) (time allowing) 8:40
— open Board positions/Board Recruitment Committee
— discussion of vote to occur at July Board meeting

11. Grievance procedures
— update needed to Personnel and Programmer’s Handbook)

12. Community Advisory Board (CAB)
— discussion of plan for CAB organization at July Board meeting

13. Content Advisory Committee (CAC) report (Mike M) (time allowing) 8:50

14. Public comment (three-minute limit each speaker) 9:00

15. Station events 9:05

16. Adjournment 9:10

— ZOOM MEETING INVITE FOLLOWS —

Topic: KFAI June Board Meeting
Time: Jun 29, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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