packed with six hundred-plus items preserving the history of small dairy farm life. Also, tour the annual Crow Wing Viking Festival held at the Crow Wing County Fairgrounds in Lakeland PBS's Brainerd viewing area where they strive for authenticity with their reenactments and participants with "no horns". ● Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Club, Pt. 1 of 2 | 1308 Examine the culture and history of Nordic skiing, as you tag along with dedicated members of the Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Club. Also learn how the volunteers prepare the trails pre-season, then groom the snow. Follow along the multiple trails surrounding Bemidji for a pleasant experience in the beautiful, natural outdoors for the club's various events, as well as everyday aerobic fun. ● Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Club, Pt. 2 of 2 | 1309 Examine the culture and history of Nordic skiing, as you tag along with dedicated members of the Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Club. Learn how the volunteers prepare the trails pre-season, then groom the snow. Follow along the multiple trails surrounding Bemidji for a pleasant experience in the beautiful, natural outdoors for the club's various events, as well as everyday aerobic fun. ● Brad Wegscheid and Cindee Lundin Make Public Art from Concrete | 1310 Brad Wegscheid of Wadena learns public concrete art techniques from Cindee Lundin as they tour her fun, family-friendly murals in her hometown of Perham, MN. Brad compiles these techniques to complete a faux stone memorial bench at Old Wadena Park near Staples, MN. ● Robert Carothers Makes a Wooden Bowl | 1311 Robert Carothers of Bemidji, MN takes us through his process of turning a wooden bowl on a lathe at his rural workshop. He also collaborated on this episode's original music with guitarist Jacob Baldwin! Robb begins with a chainsaw and finishes with a fine polishing compound, demonstrating each of his steps in between. ● Captain John Wheeler Remembered and Honored by Nephew | 1312 Jim Wheeler of Bemidji, MN tells the heroic tale of his father’s older brother, Captain John Wheeler of the US Army. Jim relates his uncle’s youth in St. Paul, MN to his path as a Harvard career military officer. Jim reflects on his visit to the military memorial in the Philippines where Captain Wheeler met his fate after suffering through the Bataan Death March and a Hell Ship in Manila Bay. ● Steven Weagel of Pequot Lakes Blows Glass | 1313 Crossing Arts Alliance Gallery in Brainerd, MN exhibits the glass and metal art of Steven Weagel of Pequot Lakes, MN. Separately, Weagel demonstrates his glass blowing techniques at the state-of- the-art facilities of Vandalia Glassworks in South St. Paul, MN. He shares insights to working with glass while making a colorful lamp shade. ● Historical Society Tour of State Hospital Cemetery | 1314 Chris Schuelke of the Otter Tail Historical Society leads a tour of the Fergus Falls State Hospital Cemetery. From the first documented burial in 1890 to the last in 1968, nearly 3,200 people were interred at these cemeteries. His tour explores the history of the hospital, the unmarked graves, the names, their lives and the tough times that brought them there to their fates. ● Women Collaborate and Create a Round Robin Quilt | 1315 Five women from around Bemidji, MN organize a collaborative quilting project, where starting with the center square and working out, they contribute unique skills, talents, and expressions, each making a part of the whole quilt. As the project is passed from one quilter to the next, the quilt and their experiences become more than just the sum of their parts, with a stunningly beautiful reveal.
MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISION ASSOCIATION
LEGACY REPORTING: JULY 1, 2021 – JUNE 30, 2022
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