In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we go back over 100 years to hear about the St. Cloud Hospital in the days of the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918.  CentralCare Archivist Brendon Duffy spoke at the Stearns History Museum’s Breakfast Club as their first speaker since our recent COVID pandemic closed everything down. This is the […]

In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we go back over 100 years to hear about the St. Cloud Hospital in the days of the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918.  CentralCare Archivist Brendon Duffy spoke at the Stearns History Museum’s Breakfast Club as their first speaker since our recent COVID pandemic closed everything down.    This story […]

n today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack sits down with Stearns History Museum Executive Director Carie Essig as the museum begins to open back up to the public with a variety of programming coming up this summer.  The Minnesota League of Women Voters Exhibit is currently open in the lobby, […]

In today’s instalment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, we turn our attention towards the power of one particular song.  Joining Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack is Tyler “Smokey” Lydeen, his daughter Hailey, Alex Mejia from A1 Sound Productions, and Athlos Academy Music Teacher Jenna Scheevel as they discuss Tyler’s song Pretty.  In a collaborative partnership […]

In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, we get another glimpse at the light at the end of the COVID tunnel as life begins to slowly make its way back into downtown St. Cloud.  The Whit Gallery is located at 505 W. St. Germain and is the brainchild of Heidi Jeub and a good […]

In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, we get a look behind the scenes of KVSC and GREAT Theater’s production of Sasperella Trauffea is Danicing, an original radio theater production.  Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Meg Mechelke, winner of our script writing contest, as well as others involved […]

We might be getting used to this socially distanced thingy, but we still miss having YOU in the live studio audience! It’s Season 9 Episode 2 of the Granite City Radio Theater with special musical guest Davina Sowers from Davina and the Vagabonds joining house band Collective Unconscious! There is also, of course, the Shades Brigade crew […]

For the fourth year in a row, KVSC Radio in partnership with GREAT Theatre is proud to present…Sasparella Trauffea is Dancing!, an original radio play written by local playwright, Meg Mechelke.  This project is funded in part by a grant from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Legacy Fund. Sasparella Trauffea is dancing…and she won’t […]

In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack travels out to Holdingford to visit with a number of young artists taking part in Art in Motion’s first Art Internship Exhibit.  Over the past six months, acclaimed American artist and native Minnesotan Anne Labovitz mentored 18 local high school artists as […]

After a year of darkness, St. Cloud State University’s Theatre program lights the stage again for two public performances of “Clockwork” – an original student-written piece.  Conceived and written by senior Theatre students, “Clockwork” is a dystopian examination of social media and corporate politics, drawing inspiration from Netflix’ “Black Mirror” and Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” In […]