Area Voices

Multimedia artist Rory Wakemup’s exhibit “Smart Wars: Gaa-miinigoowiziyang" is featured at the Miikanan Gallery at the Watermark Art Center. The public will have a chance to meet the artist Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024.

The Grand Rapids Players present “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors” Oct. 4-6 and Oct. 11-13, 2024, at the Reif Center. Joshua Cagle, the play’s director, joins “Area Voices” to discuss the show and what it’s like directing comedies.

BOLD-choice Theater presents their original musical “Sundown on the Jasper County Jewel” Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, at the Reif Center. The director Annie Roseen joins “Area Voices” to discuss the origins of the show.

Art Leap 2024 begins this weekend, Sept. 28-29, 2024, in Park Rapids and the Heartland Lakes area. Painter and musician Debbie Center will be at Wine Not? showing her paintings and performing music.

Potter Marie Brown has a new show at Ripple River Gallery called “Shaping and Reshaping,” partially inspired by an accident that occurred earlier in the year.

Irish pianist and teacher John O’Conor will perform solo and then as a duo at Bemidji State on Sept. 13 and 14. O’Conor and violinist Eric Olson join “Area Voices” to discuss their music and how their friendship began.

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.

Patrick Calder-Carriere is the new Executive Director for the Region 2 Arts Council and joins “Area Voices” to discuss his upcoming goals and the effort to convince more people they are artists.

Stay Human Storytelling, hosted by Michael Goldberg, will be 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at Edge Center for the Arts in Bigfork. Storyteller Loren Niemi joined “Area Voices” to discuss his craft.

Paul Bunyan Playhouse wraps up its 2024 season with the musical "The Pirates of Penzance" Aug. 8-11 and Aug. 14-17. Director Philip Hoks and actor Jill Thompson-Bakken join “Area Voices” to discuss the production.