The Roadhouse
- Friday 5-7pm
Genre:
Arts & Culture Interviews & Live Music
This program officially starts the weekend along the North Shore and across the North Woods. Buck Benson, Bob Carter and producer Ann Possis provide two hours packed with insightful interviews, weekend happenings, local features and toe-tapping music. You never know quite what to expect on the Roadhouse!
Arts, cultural and history features on WTIP are made possible in part by funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Check out other programs and features funded in part with support from the Heritage Fund.
What's On:
Josh Aerie, cellist, conductor, & founder of the Woodland Chamber Music Workshop
-Buck spoke May 28 with Josh Aerie, cellist and conductor, about the Woodland Chamber Music Workshop being held in Tofte June 22-27.
Significant archaeological find at Grand Portage
-Dave Cooper, chief of resource management at Grand Portage National Monument, stopped by May 21 to talk about the recent, amazing archaeological find offshore from the monument.
Bingham & Thorne play The Roadhouse
-Gordon Thorne and Bob Bingham brought their guitar stylings to The Roadhouse May 21.
Photographer Jim Brandenburg on The Roadhouse
-Buck Benson and Dave Seaton spoke with world-renowned photographer Jim Brandenburg May 14 about the International League of Conservation Photographers' inclusion of four of his photos in the
Ely in the running for America's Coolest Small Town
-LInda Fryer, Ely Chamber of Commerce director, spoke May 7 with Bob about wacky tourism promotions and the coolest small town contest.
On track to be first to reach North & South Poles, Everest in one year
-Grand Marais resident Eric Larsen spoke with Buck May 7 about his Save the Poles Expedition to the world's last great frozen places.
Face south and hold this book over your head
-Jonathan Poppele, author of "Night Sky: A Field Guide to the Constellations," spoke with Buck Apr. 30 about his new book.
Teenage entrepreneur starts Twin Cities pedicab service
-Colin McCarty, 18-year-old St. Paul high school student, chatted with Buck Apr.
Paul Mayasich plays The Roadhouse
-Paul Mayasich brought his gorgeous guitar work to the Roadhouse April 23. Listen to the interview and the music.
