Cast Category: Untold Stories of Central MN
Augsburg Professor Bill Green Talks About Book Degrees of Freedom: The Origin of Civil Rights in Minnesota 1865-1912
In this Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Augsburg College professor Bill Green as he makes his way to town to give a presentation at the Granite City Book Club’s September 2016 meeting. Green’s book Degrees of Freedom: The Origin of Civil Rights in Minnesota 1865-1912 chronicles […]
The Untold Story of the 100 Year Old Liberty Derrick at Stearns County Quarry Park and Nature Preserve
Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack explores the very thing that makes St. Cloud the “Granite City” as he heads out at the Stearns County Quarry Park and Nature Preserve for a demonstration of the 100 year old Liberty Derrick. While the derrick is easily located and open to visitors of the park, it […]
The Untold Story of the 1st Annual Statewide Police and Social Services Conference held by St. Cloud State University
This September 2016 installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota tackles a difficult and delicate topic and presents a conversation about what St. Cloud State University is doing to help. The topic is that of “policing.” Within the recent past, there have been numerous examples of what can happen when “policing” goes wrong; people […]
The Untold Story of St. Cloud State University’s Husky Sports Band with Director Glen Tuomaala, a 100 Year Old Student Tradition
The Husky Sports Band at SCSU has had a long and strange tradition throughout the years. From having the fight song banned to having issues with streakers to having world famous musicians sit in with them, this student institution has been in existence off and on since before SCSU was officially a school, but now […]
The Untold Story of Flying Solo at the Fringe Festival 2016 with Carol Colley’s A Chornicle from the Absolute at Large and Debra Leigh’s Saving Superman
August in Minnesota means a lot of things, mosquitos, jokes about the humidity, and swimming in the normally frozen lakes and rivers. It also means that it’s time for the Fringe Festival in Minneapolis! Covering 18 different venues with over 160 different shows and over 850 performances, the Fringe Festival is one of the premier […]
The Untold Story of United Arts of Central Minnesota’s Sculpture Walk in Downtown St. Cloud with Cindy Hawker
Have you noticed all those strange shapes popping up all around Lake George and downtown St. Cloud? Well, these aren’t new Pokemon exploding into real life; they’re the sculptures of United Arts of Central Minnesota’s Sculpture Walk produced by a variety of artists from around the area as well as from far away. In today’s […]
The Untold Story of Pokemon Go and the Unrelenting Rampage of Cuteness and Community That’s Taking Over St. Cloud
In this lighthearted July 2016 installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack finds the city of St. Cloud inundated with Pokemon. At first glance, this new game sweeping the smart phones and media outlets of America might seem like a fad and even a bit of a […]
Mark Moran Brings a Bit of the Antiques Roadshow to the Great River Regional Library
It’s Garage Sale Season in central Minnesota, but before you put that $1 sticker on the broach you inherited from Aunt Betty, you might want to listen to this installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota. In May 2016, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with professional Antiques Appraiser and member of […]
The Untold Story of the Orphan Trains: A Powerful Multimedia Presentation by Musician Phil Lancaster for the Great River Library System
In this installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits with Phil Lancaster, a musician and storyteller making the rounds through the Great River Regional Library system. He has a captivating performance and presentation about a strange and nearly forgotten piece of American history, the Orphan Trains. […]
The Hill Museum and Manuscript Library Saves Manuscripts from Extremists and Makes Them Available to the Public
Have you ever dreamed of wandering through the Great Library of Alexandria? Well, in today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack gets to do just that, or something just as close in the modern sense. The Hill Museum and Manuscript Library at St. John’s University was […]