2011 Arts & Cultural Heritage Funding

  • Mankato Symphony Orchestra
  • Alive at Five concert series
  • “Americana Showcase” free concerts featuring Will Bauermeister of Dazy Head Mazy, Martin Zellar, Ben Kyle, and many more. The station also created a “Best of The American Showcase” CD and distributed those for free as well.
  • Rock Bend Folk Festival
  • Collaborations with Minnesota State University Department of Music Performance Series Director Dale Haefner to host live music events on campus. These events usually had an educational component, sometimes having the featured band interact with elementary and high school students.
  • KMSU Radio Camp for At Risk Youth
  • Tales From the Poor House
  • A presentation by John Biewen, one of the country’s premier audio documentarians. Mr. Biewen gave a presentation on the craft of audio documentary and talked about some of the more difficult and even dangerous projects he’s undertaken.
  • “Latino Radio Dramas.” The soap opera style programs tackled socially relevant issues such as domestic violence, alcoholism, and unsafe sex.
  • Grind-Fu Cinema
  • “Education Day” at the Mankato Wacipi Pow Wow
  • Solstice Concert
  • Blue Earth Historical Society “Welsh Heritage” event