Poet, creative wit, cultural commentator and gentleman of Wayne, JV Brummels speaks of poetry, community, college and hats. In particular, JV reflects upon the town and gown tension in a small college community.
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In the News: Metro Quarterly and KMTV’s The Morning Blend
It was a pleasure recently to be the guest of Andee Hoig, publisher of Metro Quarterly, during her Metro Connection slot on KMTV’s The Morning Blend. I enjoyed spending a few minutes chatting with show hosts Mary Nelson and Mike DiGiacomo about the project, a couple of 830 mile long conversations. They had some good questions!
Watch the show here!
Lukas Rix on Business, Same-Sex Partnerships and Community
In this vignette, Lukas discusses one of his two businesses, Rustic Treasures, a consignment store selling vintage home items. He also reflects upon his public same-sex partnership with Mark and the nature of community and the importance of investing in it.
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KIOS Dispatch – Differences
The latest radio dispatch, broadcast last Wednesday on Omaha’s NPR affiliate KIOS FM, presented by Michael Lyon, the Local Anchor – Morning Edition. Listen and enjoy it by clicking here.
Lisa Smith, Holding Space for Community
“Everybody has a voice and if we just take the time to hear it, we can get underneath the things that keep us from deep learning, from deep interaction, from deep humanness,” says Lisa Smith in Hastings as she reflects in this vignette upon the nature of conversation, self-doubt, having a voice and shared human engagement.
Recorded in a Chinese restaurant over dinner, we talked also about how Lisa holds space for community, as well as the potential necessity of the Heimlich maneuver…
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KIOS Dispatch – Shaping and Shaped by the Land
Kimberly Craven and a Social Media Community
November is the National Native American Heritage Month and my conversation with Kimberly Craven about Native American affairs was fascinating. I met Kimberly in Chadron and we talked at length about the richness of native culture, ethnic passing, identity, politics, religion, and beef… Some of that conversation will follow in another post, however, as in this short extract Kimberly offers a view of what community means that I heard little while traveling for this project.
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Billy Estes and Miss Bish, the Midwest Theater’s Ghost
Destroyed by fire, the Egyptian Theater in Scottsbluff reemerged as the historic Midwest Theater, which was placed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1997. Listen to executive director Billy Estes tell the tale of Miss Bish, one of their ghosts…
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Elaine Moore – “Do you want to hear my Charles Manson story?”
Passing by me at Alliance Public Library, Elaine Moore said she had nothing to talk about. After some hesitation, though, she then asked would I like to hear her Charles Manson story? I did…
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Mark Swanson
Mark has spent much of his life ministering to others. I found his warmth and spiritual intelligence to be utterly compelling. In these brief excerpts Mark talks about the therapeutic, freeing and connecting power of conversation.
a couple of 830 mile long conversations 