Sept 30, Performing for Change: An in-depth look a Twin Cities independent theater

Tags: Andy Driscoll, CivicMedia-Minnesota, Ester Ouray, In The Heart Of The Beast Puppet And Mask Theatre, Jack Reuler, Karen Wiese-Thompson, KFAI Radio, Michelle Alimoradi, Mixed Blood Theater, Patrick Scully, Patrick's Cabaret, Performance, performing arts, social justice, Ten Thousand Things Theater Company, theatre, TruthToTell

“The value of theatre lies in the idea of ‘play’. It is the concept of ‘play’ which is common to all theatre, from a main-house production of the ‘play’ King Lear, through site-specific performance art, to the most basic of improvisations,” says The Social Impact Study of UK Theater by Dr. Bill McDonnell, Professor Dominic[...] Read More »

TruthToTell, Nov 4: Who decides it’s racist? Confronting issues with the Washington D.C. NFL Mascot

Air date: Nov 4, 2013 @ 12:00am

Tags: American Indian Movement, Andy Driscoll, Clyde Bellecourt, CROW BELLECOURT, Joey Browner, larry long, Mascot, Michelle Alimoradi, Minnesota Vikings, Native American, Native Issues, NFL Football, racism, Racist Mascot, Washington D.C. Football, Washington Redskins

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This Thursday, the Minnesota Vikings will take on the Washington Redskins at the Metrodome and the American Indian Movement (AIM) will be there in throngs, signs in hand, to educate football fans about why the Washington D. C. Mascot is a racist emblem. This week’s protest will not be the first, just last weekend the Washington[...] Read More »

TruthToTell Oct 28th: Minneapolis Plain Language Charter: Simplicity or Uncertainty?

Air date: Oct 28, 2013 @ 12:00am

Tags: Andy Driscoll, barry clegg, City Charter, city governance, David Tilsen, election 2013, lyall schwarzkopf, Michelle Alimoradi, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Charter Commission, Plain Language Charter, vote

Next week, Minneapolis will vote on whether or not to adopt a new ‘Plain Language’ version of its city charter. The Charter Commission is proposing two amendments on the ballot which completely rewrite and modernize the City’s Charter. The Commission says this new revision eliminates outdated details (the original version was written almost a century[...] Read More »

TruthToTell, Monday 10-14-13-9AM ENCORE- TruthToTell: Community Connections VIII- Who Runs Minneapolis? Who Should? – KFAI FM 90.3/106.7/streaming @ KFAI.org

Air date: Oct 14, 2013 @ 12:00am

Tags: Andy Driscoll, Beth Hawkins, Betsy Hodges, cam gordon, Cat Salonek, city governance, civic engagement, CivicMedia-Minnesota, community, community connections, Community Radio (Radio Format), election, election 2013, fairvote, Forum, KFAI Radio, Lena Jones, Meeting, Michelle Alimoradi, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Mayor, Municipal Power, OccupyHomesMN, public forum, ranked choice voting, spnn, TruthToTell

It’s week one of KFAI’s Fall Pledge Drive! Call in on Monday morning to pledge your support at 612-341-9030 or donate now online. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With all the media attention the upcoming, highly-contested Minneapolis Mayoral Race is getting, isn’t it about time we all ask ourselves, how important is the mayoral office in implementing change? TTT’s[...] Read More »

10-9-13 TruthToTell: Community Connections VIII- Who runs Minneapolis, Who should?

Who are the key people, or institutions that are making things happen in Minnesota’s biggest city? More importantly, we’ll discuss with our panelists and audience members ‘Who should run Minneapolis?’ We’ll consider what all of our roles are as citizen, voters, tax-payers, parents, students, and the like. How do we make Minneapolis a city that[...] Read More »

TruthToTell: WIDENING ECONOMIC INEQUALITY: An Old Story Lives in New Numbers

Tags: 99%, Andy Driscoll, Briana Halverson, Business, CivicMedia-Minnesota, Community Media, Community Radio, Growth and Justice, income, Income Disparity, Income Inquality, KFAI Radio, Michelle Alimoradi, Minneapolis, Minnesota, public affairs, Thomas Legg, tom o'connell, TruthToTell, union jobs, Working America

New studies warn us about the pending disasters that could well occur if continued economic inequality sticks with us and we don’t get our heads out of the sand about where each of us in middle-class circumstances actually sits along the income and to see the real harm increasing poverty is doing to disrupt society[...] Read More »

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