The first Friday of every month is special at Northern Community Radio. We've come to know it as the First Friday Cavalcade of arts. Checking in with folks from around the listening area, we do our best to let our listeners know about first Friday arts happenings near them and give an idea of what kinds of arts events are happening throughout the month. Northern Minnesota's art scene is vibrant and flourishing. A ukelele player, artists in the attic, a movie in a planetarium, artists talking

Today we learned about the current legislation in the MN Session having to do with federal election funding of election security with Secretary of State Steve Simon.

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, Anders and Kari Hedlund demonstrated the beauty of live radio by discussing sausage and biscuit leftovers and serving the kids scrambled eggs and toast. 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 Breakfast . All it takes is your

The latest production of the Grand Rapids Players is the ABBA inspired musical, Mamma Mia! It's a collaborative production between the Grand Rapids Players and the Grand Rapids Community Chorus. Director MaryJo Jess, Music Director Phil Kneeland and Choral Director Sam Evans stopped by the KAXE studios to talk about the production. Mamma Mia! Runs 2 weekends March 15-17 and 22-24 at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids. More information and tickets.

The latest from MN's Legislative Session with DFL Senator from Chisholm David Tomassoni. Info on the LCCMR, transportation, the budget and more!

We talked with Dan Anderson at Hockey House in Brainerd about the great game between Greenway and Delano... they play Mahtomedi today at 1:30. Go 218 Hockey!!!!

“You warm up, just like you would an instrument, and then you get going... and I paint until I just can’t see anymore.” Pamela Edevold Self-taught portrait artist Pamela Edevold began her journey as a profesisonal portrait artist when she was eighteen years old. Sketching and selling portraits in the park evolved into commission work and eventually she would create portraits from photographs sent to her in the mail. Colored pencils were her medium of choice for more than 20 years. After a brief

Our podcast only editions of Dig Deep are a little looser, you'll want to check this one out on the Green New Deal . Listen in to Chuck Marohn our conservative commentator and Strong Towns CEO and founder - as well as liberal commentator Aaron Brown - journalist and creator of Minnesota Brown and host/producer of KAXE/KBXE's Great Northern Radio Show .

Barry Thoele has been growing plants hydroponically for over 20 years. “Hydroponics,” he explains, “is growing plants in water—and not necessarily food plants. We use water and a nutrient mix that, in my case, is formulated for whatever particular plant. We use plant-specific nutrients—I grow lettuce and herbs in lettuce nutrient, I grow tomatoes in tomato nutrient, cucumbers in a cucumber nutrient, and they’re all formulated for the optimum growth of the plant. “Same way you would even if you

The 3rd part of our conversation on socialism is now available with Dig Deep's liberal commentator Aaron Brown and conservative Chuck Marohn . Sign up for the Dig Deep podcast!