Ale is Executive Director of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA). We met at her offices in the California Building to discuss NEMAA’s art events, the future of Northeast, and a brand-new event starting this month! FUN FACT: 2015 is the 20th year of Art-a-Whirl.

Show Notes & Links

NEMAA (Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association)

MN State Arts Board 

Free Arts MN  

Intermedia Arts 

Burnsville Performing Arts Center (now the Ames Center)  

Burnsville Visual Arts Society (Art Fete)

Art-a-Whirl

Wintertide 

Music: Hip-Hop Lunaire

Mike talks about his many events involving Burlesque of North America, Cool Jerk, and his DJ work. Topics include Dre Day, Cinco De Mayhem, and WORLD (craft) FAIR.

Show Notes & Links

Paint Louis

Life Sucks Die

Burlesque of NA  

Gangsta Rap Coloring Book  

CO Exhibitions 

Public Functionary

Cinco de Mayhem

Wes "Wzz Wnshp" Winship

Dre Day

WORLD (craft) FAIR

Triple Double night at The Triple Rock Social Club

“The Hump” 

Cool Jerk

Music in this episode is by Mike 2600

Intro: True Detective Theme (8-Bit) 

Outro and “Mike 2600” clip from here

Rio Saito is Program Manager at the Japan America Society of Minnesota (JASM). She is also a professor at MCAD and assists with events there in addition to her work with JASM. We talk about Rio’s background in the arts, the many local events highlighting Japanese culture, and one distinctly Japanese tradition that she would like to introduce to the Twin Cities (hint: it involves drinking sake).

Show Notes & Links

MCAD Faculty - Rio Saito

Japan America Society of Minnesota (JASM)

Anime Detour

Schoolgirls & Mobile Suits

Mechademia

Novala Takemoto

Japanese Lantern Lighting Festival at Como Conservatory

St. Paul-Nagasaki Sister City

Kingyo-Sukui

Moko Cakes

Tokyo TDC

O-Tsukimi

Outro music in this episode is "Noto no koto" by robwalkerpoet. The short melodies are train chimes from JR West Osaka Loop and a Shinkansen announcement from Sound of Station.

Hayley is the Special Event Coordinator at Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation. We talk about the importance of creativity in events and different approaches to planning that emphasize more structure and order, or creative experimentation.

Show Notes & Links

University of the Arts London

The Royal College of Anaesthetists

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation

Trek America

American Refugee Committee

Girl Scouts

Holidazzle

Music in this week’s episode is The Misfits - I Turned Into A Martian (Actual Rafiq 8-bit chiptune cover)

Don Ball, co-founder of CoCo, talks about using a variety of events (including Jump! School) as a marketing tool to bring people in and make them aware of their coworking spaces.

Show Notes & Links

CoCo

Kyle Coolbroth - Our Cultural Identity Crisis

Phil Wilson - Minnov8

Mykl Roventine

Jump! School

Mykl Roventine has run or co-founded many events including Ignite Minneapolis, Social Media Breakfast, and the MN Blogger Conference. We discuss the benefits of taking over an existing even, when to begin charging for a free event, and why the Twin Cities are such a great community for trying new things.

Show Notes & Links

Social Media Breakfast

Rick Mahn

Missy Berggren

Meg Knodl

Alena Finsky

514 Studios

St. Kate's

TPT

MinneBar

Ignite Minneapolis (episode 7)

MIMA Summit

Don Ball

The Local

Patrick Kuntz

"When good people pick bad fonts"

"Don't stop believin'--karaoke tips for anyone"

Tech Karaoke

Otter's Saloon

MN Blogger Conference

Jen Jamar

Arik Hanson

Prestige Conference

Amanda Costello, MinneWebCon (episode 15)

Mykl Roventine

Excerpts from a panel discussion on “How to Approach Galleries.” I discuss the application and jury selection process for our Craftstravaganza and Craft’za art shows, plus some behind-the-scenes stories and insider advice for aspiring crafters.

Show Notes & Links

Chowgirls

Craftstravaganza/Craft'za

Tricia Khutoretsky

Beth is Senior Manager of Events at Capella University. She talks about the challenges of hybrid events, security needs of meetings for a large publicly-traded company, and what motivates her to continue planning corporate events.

Show Notes & Links

Carmen Sandiego by Rockapella: TV edit - YouTube

Capella University

MPI (Meeting Professionals International)

Why Apple's Live Stream Was So Bad During The iPhone 6 Launch 

Beth is on LinkedIn

Music in this episode is No te hagas (Acapella) by Andres Franco

Susan is a co-founder of Giant Steps. She talks about how the event was started, their support from the creative community, and how they continue to run it on a volunteer basis. We also discuss why the skills that make a good hip-hop artist can make a great businessperson.

Show Notes & Links

High School for Recording Arts (aka Hip-Hop High)

M.anifest

Giant Steps: website | Facebook

Music in this episode is Por que by by El Klan de los DeDeTe

Amanda is the Director of MinneWebCon, an annual two-day conference on the University of Minnesota campus. We talk about how she got that job, how she got her start as a public speaker through MinneWebCon, and how they encourage the participation of women speakers and attendees.

Show Notes & Links

MinneWebCon.org

Twitter: @MinneWebCon

Music in this episode is "12 05 13 Golias" by LestatV3