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Brown on the Air: PUBLIC SPEAKING!
My day job collides with my fancy-free writin’ and commentatin’ Saturday morning on KAXE‘s “Between You and Me,” a call-in and music program that highlights the people of northern Minnesota. I teach communication at Hibbing Community College and public speaking is the topic of this week’s radio show, hosted by producer Heidi Holtan and featuring…
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Chisholm tonight!
Just a reminder: I’ll be speaking at 6 tonight at the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm with a humorous look at how snowmobiles, hunting and other northern mainstays play a part in Iron Range culture. The lecture is part of “Snow Dogs: Snowmobiling in Minnesota.” Thursday night is free admission night at the center, formerly…
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6, not 7
I was circulating some bad info on my Thursday night talk at the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm. The event will begin at 6 p.m. If you show up at 7 all you’ll see is the spent torches from the angry mob. Related posts: No related posts.
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Tell your economic story
Minnesota Public Radio is looking for stories of how the economy is affecting you. They are particularly interested in finding stories from the Iron Range and St. Louis County, the state’s leading county in unemployment. Related posts: No related posts.
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Who let the Snow Dogs out?
I’ll be giving a public lecture at the Minnesota Discovery Center (Ironworld) at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8 in the auditorium. Thursday nights are “free nights” at the center, so you can see the permanent exhibit along with the current special exhibit “Snow Dogs: Snowmobiling in Minnesota.” You might ask why I’m hooked up…
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High speed in the sticks
A quick link today. This Sharon Schmickle story on MinnPost highlights what will be the untold central battle in northern Minnesota economic development: high speed internet. Private or public or both? To do nothing is a major mistake, as I have previously opined. A network of high speed internet access in rural Minnesota isn’t for…
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COLUMN: ‘Why dogs? Why snow dogs? Why not?’
Here is my weekly column for the Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. I post this in advance of my Thursday night lecture at the Minnesota Discovery Center in Chisholm as part of the “Snow Dogs” exhibit and lecture series. Me, talking about snowmobiling? Yes. Don’t ask why (drink Bud Dry?).…
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Brown on the Air: TOWN TALK!
Tune in Saturday morning for my weekly contribution to 91.7 KAXE‘s call in and music program “Between You and Me.” This week’s topic is “Your Town.” What makes your town special, different or important? What are the sights of your town (or city, or township, or unorganized land mass) that you would show visitors? I…
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Kelley interview rescheduled
My interview with Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Steve Kelley had to be rescheduled last Friday. I’ll post more this week when I have a new date and time. It shouldn’t take long. Related posts: No related posts.
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COLUMN: ‘The talk of any town’
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Sept. 27, 2009 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. The talk of any townBy Aaron J. Brown The best part about being from somewhere is knowing the story of that place. I still can’t understand the transient nature of my generation, the random iPod shuffle between Atlanta,…
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Brown on the Air: DOLLS!
My regular contribution to 91.7 KAXE‘s Saturday morning call-in/music show “Between You and Me” joins this week’s rather unusual topic: dolls. What’s the father of three truck-loving young boys got to say about dolls? Well, I have enough to say. Enough to fill, say, an allotted amount of time on the radio. And besides, the…
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Scenes from the commute
For the last few weeks of fantastic weather here in northern Minnesota I’ve been meaning to take my camera to catch a particular shot of an old tractor that I see on my 30 minute commute into the big city of Hibbing. The sun rises right behind the ancient machine as it rusts away in…
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COLUMN: "Hunting for Other"
This is my weekly column for the Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. A version of this ran as my essay on a recent episode of “Between You and Me” on KAXE. Hunting for ‘Other’By Aaron J. Brown In my family the word “hunting” means something very specific: hunting deer with…
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Range unemployment falls with state trend
Iron Range unemployment is down by about 1-2 percent. Related posts: No related posts.
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Rural northern school district faces extinction if bond fails
I’ll break radio silence again to share this press release from the St. Louis County School District from last week. It illustrates the plight of many rural Iron Range school districts, in this case one that has already consolidated many times over. The St. Louis County school system is just one of the many districts…