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By Dan Olson

dolson@mpr.org
Minnesota Sounds & Voices

Bemidji couple give kids a science boost

Dan Olson March 7, 2014, 5:00 AM Mar 7, 2014
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Twenty years later the center hums with kids and parents as they make structures with wooden blocks, inflate a mini hot air balloon, talk into the echo tube among the more than forty activities and exhibits there. Read more →

Minnesota Sounds & Voices

Citizens keep Chester Bowl going strong in Duluth

Dan Olson January 27, 2014, 11:01 AM Jan 27, 2014

The Chester Bowl partisans rallied and created a 501c3 that funnels donations to pay salaries of as many as 20 part time and full time workers including Thom Storm. Read more →

Minnesota Sounds & Voices

The man who collects Minnesota’s history

Dan Olson January 9, 2014, 12:03 PM Jan 9, 2014

The society has millions of documents and objects in its collection – everything from first editions of Sinclair Lewis’ “Main Street” and “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald to bandolier bags and even a North Shore tourist cabin – roof, floor and walls. Read more →

Minnesota Sounds & Voices

Minnesota’s 108th Christmas bird count

Dan Olson December 24, 2013, 10:31 AM Dec 24, 2013

These days the counters are armed with binoculars and smart phones with apps for bird songs and calls that help them identify species. Read more →

Minnesota Sounds & Voices

Paris café culture with a Latin groove grows in Minnesota

Dan Olson November 15, 2013, 11:05 AM Nov 15, 2013
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The Latin influence is from Amelia’s life in Guatemala where she was raised. Read more →

Minnesota Sounds & Voices

World War II volunteer made a difference for soldiers

Dan Olson November 11, 2013, 6:00 AM Nov 11, 2013
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Marian, who is 98 and lives in Bloomington, says she and the four women she served with became very close in part because they had no choice; they all lived in the same room. Read more →

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Marking the graves of those long forgotten

Dan Olson October 24, 2013, 6:00 AM Oct 24, 2013
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Every year the Remembering With Dignity organizers and volunteers have observances and place markers at cemeteries around Minnesota where state hospital residents were buried and identified with only a numbered brick. Read more →

Minnesota Sounds & Voices

Transforming porcupine quills into art in northern Minnesota

Dan Olson September 18, 2013, 12:32 PM Sep 18, 2013
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It comes with making birch bark boxes adorned with patterns Losh creates from the barbed, needle-like hair. Read more →

Minnesota Sounds & Voices

Butch Thompson and jazz men fill the house

Dan Olson August 29, 2013, 9:38 AM Aug 29, 2013
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Butch Thompson is happy to report that interest in traditional New Orleans style jazz is strong, especially among audiences in Europe where he tours regularly. An overflow audience at a performance earlier this month shows Twin Cities jazz aficionados turn out big time as well. Read more →

Minnesota Sounds & Voices

Minnesota monarchs headed south

Dan Olson August 27, 2013, 10:36 AM Aug 27, 2013
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The butterflies born here are on their way south, and their offspring will eventually reach the mountain forests in central Mexico to spend the winter. Read more →

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