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The festival caps off the New Director Workshop at the Edge Center for the Arts and will be April 19-21, 2024.

Watermark Art Festival is July 20-21 in downtown Bemidji, featuring over 100 artists and organizations, a food court, live music and free family activities.

Karen Storkamp wants to spread the word about the artform of needle felting. She hosts a class Sept. 7, 2024, at The Crossing Arts Alliance in Brainerd.

Major changes include mandatory chronic wasting disease testing in the city hunt and harvest reductions in the permit area.

Thomas Barrett, executive organizer of Motherland Block Party, joins "Area Voices" to discuss what's happening at the event, how it started, and what planning goes into it.

Three men from the Grand Rapids area aim to raise money to split between eight nonprofit organizations in what they call the Great Itasca Giveback.

“Harp and Sol” will be performed at various locations in Northern Minnesota from Aug. 15-17. Geoffrey Taylor and Mary Overlie join “Area Voices” to discuss the production process.

John Taylor Ward is the artistic director of the festival in the Brainerd area. Raised in Appalachia, Ward is also a classical singer and folk music researcher/practitioner.

Gallery instructor Candy Christensen discussed the newly opened gallery, a partnership with Hubbard County Developmental Achievement Center.

The Bigfork art center is one of 10 venues to host in 2025. The event will have a meal, community discussions and a sketch comedy performance from Danger Boat Productions.

And: new winter walleye regulations for Upper Red and Mille Lacs; area voices to serve on state boards; United Way of Bemidji Area launches its kids gift program; and the Indian Health Service provides a grant to get more books in the hands of Indigenous youths.

Late Wednesday, June 12, 2024, Crow Wing County Sheriff Eric Klang said responders continued to assess storm damage in a narrow swath stretching from the Pine River-Backus area through Crosslake and into Aitkin.

The U.S. Forest Service announced the emergency forest order within the Superior National Forest in a news release Thursday night. The order prohibits visitor entry at specific campsites, portages and lakes, and pristine management areas near the site of the fire.

Theater Director Jake Anderson says Grand Rapids Players' "InsomniActs 5" is a low-stakes way to try out theater and doesn't require any acting experience.

Springboard for the Arts has selected 12 fellows who live or work in rural communities across the Upper Midwest. Each fellow receives flexible funds to support or expand existing work and two years of learning exchanges with fellow rural artists.

Plus: 3M's Camp Wonewok on Big Mantrap Lake will remain largely undeveloped as a future wildlife management area; and Northland athletes had a good showing at the MSHSL girls basketball tournament over the weekend.

And: Ely leads the pack of Iron Range towns for new business startups, the Superior National Forest is seeking input as it plans to update the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness management plan; and as Minnesota's carbon-free standard for 2040 nears, clean energy voices say legislation is needed to speed up the permitting process.

Inspired by the library's summer reading theme, “Find Your Voice,” Hautala will lead a workshop for adults that encourages storytellers of all skill levels and abilities to consider how we use our “voices” to tell stories.

AI can now be trained to realistically imitate the voices of celebrities. The Planet Money podcast explore this new world of synthetic voices.

Business leaders say this digital infrastructure is badly needed, but environmental voices are urging a cautious approach.