The Region 2 Arts Council (R2AC) provides support, connections and granting opportunities to artists, arts organizations and nonprofits seeking to fund art projects. The R2AC serves Beltrami, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and Hubbard counties, counties which brought in a combined $14 million to the region via arts activities in 2016 according to the recent Creative MN data. In an effort to build community and connections around art, R2AC is hosting their third annual Arts Expo this

Program 47 Owner and Publisher: Charles Blandin in St. Paul, 1916 - 1926 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 forested wilderness of Itasca County in the 1870s. In

Listen to our newest Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund produced series with Leah Lemm . In this episode she talked with partners Laurie Benge and Brad Jones. Laurie is a public health nurse with Itasca County. Brad is a Natural Resources instructor at Itasca Community College. They live and work on their own farm.

This morning we welcomed back MN author Lorna Landvik to talk about her new novel just out from the University of MN Press "Chronicles of a Radical Hag (With Recipes)". Lorna is the MC of the Friends of the Brainerd Public Libraries Wine and Words events coming up in August at Grandview Lodge. Tickets are now available and sell out fast!

Program 46: Charles Blandin Joins the Battle Between Publishers and Papermakers 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 forested wilderness of Itasca County in the 1870s

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, McKeon Roberts of Grand Rapids called in to share his of miniature naan bread, jalapeno havarti cheese sandwich with tzatziki sauce topped with avocado and chili salt breakfast from the dash of his car. 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

"going off of the bucoloic, beautiful landscape, which is very common, but trying to throw in elements of cultural collapse...xenophobia (fear of the other... things that aren't familiar)...there's usually some kind of nice picturesque stage behind all of them. There's a horizon line that always designates that there's some sort of landcape. There's usually some sort of sky... but then I'll put in elements like the Galaga arcade alien, things like that...completely dichotomous sides competing

“It’s … a natural healing retreat center. So, you go there and you’re unplugged…It’s a place where you can relax and unwind.” - Marty Cobenais In this segment of Let’s Visit, we meet Bagley, MN resident Marty Cobenais. Marty and his wife Dawn Loeffler run a special place on Lake Lomond in Bagley, Minnesota called Farm by the Lake . Farm by the Lake has been a nonprofit since 1983. Started by Richard Davids, an author and editor, it was originally two separate farms, one with cattle and other

Today we talked with Timberjay editor and publisher Marshall Helmberger on some of their top stories of the week. They continue their efforts as watchdogs on l ocal government with continuing coverage of an email probe that is going to St. Louis County attorney to determine who has been reading the Mayor's emails, the condo development on the harbor in Tower, the US Forest Service's Hi-Lo forest treatment project to impact 17,000 acres along Echo Trail corridor and kudos to the Northwoods

SPRING HAS SPRUNG and we've got the phenological evidence to prove it! Phenology is the biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Every Tuesday morning, our resident Phenologist John Latimer gathers his phenological data and reports his findings in the weekly Phenology Report. This week the signs of spring are unavoidable. Listen to the segment and find out how to tell if a robin was here all winter or has just returned, hear to the call of a saw whet owl, and find out what John has