Cast Category: Untold Stories of Central MN
Mike Hasbrouck from the Stearns County Pachanga Society Talks of History, Community, Immigration and Storytelling
The Stearns County Pachanga Society is more than just a band; it’s a community, and a rather well educated one at that! Mixing dance-able, Latin grooves with powerful, historical storytelling, the Stearns County Pachanga Society has been a live performance experience for all ages in central Minnesota for nearly fifteen years now. In this installment […]
The Untold Story of KVSC’s Undercurrents Punk Rock with Xakk Asphodel Has Been Flippin’ Off THE MAN for over 20 Years.
Today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota once again visits the world of local music in St. Cloud as Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with long-time KVSC volunteer DJ Xakk Asphodel. As the host of KVSC’s Undercurrents Punk Rock show on Tuesday evenings at 10pm, Xakk has seen the evolution […]
Muggsy Lauer’s Musical Story Gets Stripped Down
As the song goes, music makes the world go ‘round, and in today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with two of the more influential musicians in our area who provide the momentum for our central Minnesota groove. Muggsy Lauer and George Maurer were preparing […]
Little Falls Students Practice for the Regional History Day Competition
From the discovery of a Chicken Pox vaccine to Louis Armstrong’s influence on music to the numerous ways that women have fought for equal rights over the years, this small group of talented students from Mary of Lourdes Middle School in Little Falls gives a refreshing perspective on how kids today, once inspired to think, […]
Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio Comes to talk about the QATSI Trilogy, Visitors, and much, much more at the SCSU Creative Art Series
For those who aren’t familiar with Godfrey Reggio’s films, they present a riddle about reality through stunning visual images tied together with an ethereal soundtrack by Phillip Glass. In this conversation on the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Reggio about his visit as part of SCSU’s […]
Professor Mark Eden Talks about SCSU Creative Art Series Event, a Visit from Godfrey Reggio
In this edition of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack sits down with Professor Mark Eden to talk about a major event within SCSU’s School of the Arts Creative Art Series, a visit from international film director Godfrey Reggio. Reggio’s films are like none other, and pretty much […]
Everybody’s Heard About The Bird: The True Story of 1960s Rock n Roll in Minnesota, an Incredible Musical History by Rick Shefchik
Have YOU heard about the bird and how it changed Minnesota music forever? Well, in today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Rick Shefchik about his book Everybody’s Heard About The Bird: The True Story of 1960s Rock n Roll in Minnesota. rom the […]
Tom Steman of the University Archives Talks about WPA Biographies, Bugs Bunny, and KVSC Trivia
In this installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes another trip into the depths of SCSU’s University Archives. In this discussion, Archivist Tom Steman reveals a new project which originated with the WPA back in the 1930’s, a connection between SCSU and Bugs Bunny, and a […]
St. Martin Mayor Jim Rothstein Speaks at the Stearns History Museum about the JFK Assassination
In today’s edition of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack sits down with St. Martin Mayor Jim Rothstein. Rothstein grew up in St. Martin, but left for the US Navy after high school, and this is when his life got interesting. After serving on the USS Essex during […]
An Interview with Santa’s Favorite Helper, KVSC Founder and Long Time Station Manager at Radio K, Andy Marlow
In today’s installment of The Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, we find a part of KVSC history that ties our radio station directly to the ancient holiday tradition of Santa Claus. Have you even wondered how a letter gets to Santa, where elves come from, or whether the naughty and nice lists have ever been […]
