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Steve Kramer died suddenly on Saturday, January 19th. He was the leader of the band The Wallets and was well known as a creative force in music and advertising in the Twin Cities.
Two of his artistic collaborators visited KFAI to talk about their friend.

To hear more about Steve Kramer, listen to this week’s archive of the Pop Shop. Liberty Finch and DJ Izzy interview Kristian Hoffman—a friend and fellow musician, who talks about his time with Steve as members of the No Wave band The Contortions in NYC during the 1970s.

And coming up on Friday, January 25: Remembering Steve Kramer and The Wallets on the Fubar Omniverse

Join Blanche from 10am-noon as she digs into the KFAI archives to bring you a live performance of The Wallets in Loring Park, 1987. Whether you were dancing like mad next to the band’s signature Cadillac ambulance, or are just learning about this too-often-overlooked contributor to The Minneapolis Sound, you won’t want to miss this live recording of The Wallets. Thanks to KFAI Board President and longtime-broadcast recording engineer Chris Dronen for this special program.

Barbara Stanwyck fought her way up the ladder to become a Hollywood star. In February, the Trylon Microcinema pays tribute to Stanwyck’s career with the Ball of Fire: Barbara Stanwyck series, produced by Trylon board member and projectionist Peter Schilling. KFAI’s Sabrina Crews has more…

A rare opportunity to apply for a firefighting job in Minneapolis is coming up at the end of January.
Captain Melanie Rucker stopped by KFAI’s Morning Blend to tell us about it.

Marian Wright Edelman says “we don’t have a money problem in the United States, we have a values and priorities problem”.
She was the keynote speaker at the 23rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday breakfast at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

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Women’s Health Big Book of Yoga – The Essential Guide to Complete Mind/Body Fitness

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Health Notes Airs – Mondays 6:30-7:30pm

Byron Katie, founder of The Work, has one job: to teach people how to end their own suffering. As she guides people through the powerful process of inquiry she calls The Work, they find that their stressful beliefs—about life, other people, or themselves— radically shift and their lives are changed forever.

Health Notes Airs Mondays – 6:30-7:30pm

Katie will talk with Health Notes about The Work and how it relates to the work of Dr. Martin Luther King.

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A recent article from the investigative journalism website  Pro Publica reveals some surprising things about political data collection here in Minnesota.   Records are kept showing whether you voted or not in each election, but no one knows HOW you voted, right? 

Not officially. 

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Cultivating Respect: Creating Safe Schools for All Students is a day-long conference presented by PFLAG TC and includes The Invisible Athlete Forum, a discussion of issues facing GLBT athletes. Plus One Voice Mixed Chorus celebrates 25 years of uniting GLBTQ people and straight allies with song. Tune into Fresh Fruit, with hosts Dixie Treichel & John Townsend, on Thursday, January 17 at 7pm to hear from these and other guests.

 

The latest draft of a major federal report says climate change is already affecting U.S. residents through heat waves, droughts and other weather events.  The third National Climate Assessment warns that temperatures could increase as much as 10 degrees by the end of this century if global carbon emissions keep soaring.

 

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On Capitol Conversations this week, Marty Owings talked with two members of the state legislature – DFL'er Senator Jeff Hayden representing South Minneapolis, and Republican Represenative Tony Cornish, representing the area south of Mankato.   Hayden and Cornish talked about gun control, the state budget and minimum wage proposals.  

You can see the video here, and listen to the audio below.     

 

 

 

 

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