KSMQ
In Our Midst
James Coffee House, which is featuring teen karaoke night. R-Calendar features some fun activities to attend for the upcoming week and the R-Future segment is all about spring semester goals and HIVE supply food shelf overview. R-Town | Episode 2314 | February 7, 2025 R-Talk learns about Wren Writing, an app/digital platform to help writers finally finish their book projects, developed by a local entrepreneur and writer. Founder Alira Coffman joins us to share the inspiration behind the app (only 3% of people who set out to write a book actually finish it), her own life as a writer, obstacles writers face, and how she hopes her app can help. R-Spotlight took us to the Little Miss Sunshine Spa, which focuses on girls age 3-15 who want to be a princesses pampering them with manicures and pedicures. R-Calendar features some fun activities to attend for the upcoming week and the R-Future segment features some students sharing their dream jobs after graduation and Pride Club activities. R-Town | Episode 2315 | February 14, 2025 The Sound of Gospel Music event is featured on R-Talk this week celebrating Black History Month, presented by NAACP. R-Spotlights visits with Gretel Quinones, who is a dance instructor, an artist, and a martial arts teacher. R-Calendar features some fun activities to attend for the upcoming week. R-Town | Episode 2316 | February 21, 2025 We visit the History Center of Olmsted County and their new director of education and interim executive director to discuss the future of the History Center and upcoming programs under her leadership on R-Talk. R-Spotlight talks with the Salt and Light Partners program, which provides emotional and spiritual support to the first responders in our community and shares all about their upcoming Hearts & Heroes Gala event. R-Calendar features some fun activities to attend for the upcoming week, and the R-Future segment features the new RCTC Student Senators and the MOCSI (Male of Color Scholars Initiative), which is a support group for men of color. R-Town | Episode 2317 | March 21, 2025 We visit the Channel One Food Bank EPICURE: One Bite at a Time on R-Talk, with Jessica Sundal filling us in about it. Next, we learn about the local chapter of Dance/USA with Eric Hoyer, who leads the weekly free dance sessions, supported by the RDA (Rochester Downtown Alliance), featured on R-Spotlight.
R-Calendar features some fun activities to attend for the upcoming week between segments, and next we head to RCTC to get the latest on the physics show and talk about the women’s basketball championship tournament on R-Future. R-Town | Episode 2318 | March 28, 2025 On this week’s episode, Nicole visits with Kristin Mannix about the OAKS Scholarship program at RCTC, which offers scholarships to support students who overcome significant adversity to have the opportunity to pursue a college education. These scholarships are nominated by, selected by, and funded by the Rochester community. R-Spotlight brings us the story about a transformative (large) donation made to the Ronald McDonald House and we see this week’s things to do on the R-Calendar. R-Town | Episode 2319 | April 4, 2025 R-Talk focuses on the North Broadway Park and Ride project with Mike Collins regarding some construction projects in the downtown area. We visit with former food truck vendors Willie and Nancy Rauen, who finally secured a permanent location for Indigo Acai Bowls, fulfilling their dream. We also head to the Rochester Public Library to learn about the programs they have for kids and adults. Weekly things to do on the R-calendar finished this episode off. R-Town | Episode 2320 | April 11, 2025 Nicole chats with Rochester’ first poet laureate, and recipient of the NEA grant, Jean Prokott, who explains what this is and how it affects the readers of Rochester on R-Talk. Next, we head to the Rochester Civic Theater to visit with the new creative director, Lindsey Dudos Williams, getting her perspective and learning about the upcoming production season. Next, we get the latest happenings to go do for the week on R-Calendar, and finally we learn about Phi Theta Kappa at RCTC on R-Future.
Premiere Date: August 1, 2025 Format: 12 varied length interstitials
Description
KSMQ showcases the creative talents of SE Minnesota area residents. Artists, writers, poets, storytellers, and musicians appear in each interstitial segment to broadcast between regularly scheduled programs. They are also shared via Facebook and our YouTube channel. Impact We have a wide variety of local talent in SE Minnesota and are fortunate enough to be able to showcase them in our viewing area. The interstitials being broadcast and placed on social media has really broadened their reach, so others can experience some of this wonderful talent in our area. It also increases the artists’ exposure to more than just their communities, but to all of our viewing area. We do hear from our members and viewers when they send a note, an e-mail asking who the artist was, and where can they see them again, as well as the hits we get on our social media pages.
Episodes In Our Midst | Episode 101 Elsie Lou Christanson sings “Cowboy Sweetheart,” accompanied by a guitarist. In Our Midst | Episode 102 Kaleb Braun Shulz performs his original song “Nightingale.” In Our Midst | Episode 103 Kaleb Braun Shulz plays guitar and sings his original song “One Arm Free.” In Our Midst | Episode 104 Kaleb Braun Shulz performs his original song “Vanilla Candle.” In Our Midst | Episode 105 Kara Karels sings “The Way Home,” while playing the guitar to her original song. In Our Midst | Episode 106 Mal Murphy performs her original song “Jesus is My Neighbor.” In Our Midst | Episode 107 Mal Murphy plays the guitar and sings to her song “Sugar.” In Our Midst | Episode 108 Nate Boots performs his original song “What Will I Do.”
In Our Midst | Episode 109 Nate Boots sings his original song “Minneapolis.”
Guitarist accompanying Elsie Lou
Host Danielle and guest
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