Today we learned from the Michael Lyons creator of Boozhoo Nana Boozhoo how to count to 10 in Ojibwe!

"I do a lot of mental snapshots. I'll look up, see something, go back down and paint it and try to capture them that way...it gets more expressive the faster I go, I find. And then I don't think as much. I just go with more of the feeling and try to get those brush strokes just as fast as I can on there...that's when cool things really happen." - Nate Luetgers on live-painting bands. Nate Luetgers is a Park Rapids area painter. If you've attended music at Park Rapids' weekly 2nd Street Stage or

Today on Boozhoo Nana Boozhoo we learned how to say Happy Birthday in Ojibwe. Mino Dibishkaa.

TigerLion Arts , a professional theater group based in Minneapolis will bring Nature: A Walking Play to both Puposky and Ely this month. The production takes audiences on a walking adventure through the meadows of northern Minnesota while showcasing the friendship between transcendentalists Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. The experience includes bagpipes, flutes, drumming, dancing and choral music. On today’s morning show, we spoke with Catie Belleveau who is hosting the performance

Phenology is the biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Each week we hear from listeners who have been paying attention to nature in our Talkback segment and John Latimer takes a close look at the blooms and changes happening while considering how the timing measures up to past years in his Phenology Report. This week John discusses things happening outside that indicate fall is coming. Yep. It's coming. Click on the arrows to find out more! As always, we love to hear what our

Program 77: In the 1950s, Myles Reif Leads the Search for a Paper Coating Process That Meets the Demand for High Quality, Magazine Grade Papers A radio series produced by historian Don Boese. Don is the author of eight books dealing with local history in Itasca County, including "John C. Greenway and the Opening of the Western Mesabi", and the main source for this series, "Papermakers: the Blandin Paper Company and Grand Rapids, Minnesota". The series begins with the arrival of the first Euro

Each week John and Heidi pull up a chair to one of our member’s kitchen tables and get to know them a little bit better. This week’s caller, Jim Katzenmaier shares his generic breakfast of a cereal with raisins and a banana and at least three cups of "plain old Jane" coffee while making sure to wave at oncoming cars. Hear the whole conversation by clicking below. Thanks to our sponsor Homestead Mills for their support of this program! Let us know if you want to be our guest on What's For

Program 76 A Small Paper Mill Strives to Innovate and Be An Industry Leader: Charles Blandin and C.K. Andrews in the 1950s A radio series produced by historian Don Boese. Don is the author of eight books dealing with local history in Itasca County, including "John C. Greenway and the Opening of the Western Mesabi", and the main source for this series, "Papermakers: the Blandin Paper Company and Grand Rapids, Minnesota". The series begins with the arrival of the first Euro-Americans to the

Sometimes all it takes is a lemonade stand. 10 year old Bovey resident Reagan Gleason and her sister and friends decided that the Bovey city park just wasn't cutting it. Not enough swings or monkey bars and no swing or equipement for people with disabilities. Their efforts exceeded their goal of $300 and the movement is growing - Reagan is hoping to raise over $30,000 to make her park dream a reality. Reagan came in to the KAXE studios with her mom Brittany Steinkraus to tell us more. If you

Deathtrap is a dark comedy coming to the Reif Center in Grand Rapids. Auditions are tonight, tomorrow night and Saturday morning… We spoke with director Steve Jaeger about the play, what he’s looking for in terms of actors (5 actors – 1 mature female, 1 female aged mid 20s-mid 50s, 1 younger male – early to mid 20s, and 2 mature males), what auditions are like. Everyone is welcome to audition, with or without acting experience! Steve also tells us about the excitement and thrill of directing and