Ron West chats with NWMAC Executive Director Mara Hannel.

The guest is Matt Wallace and his topic is a new winter music series called “NDMOA Downtown.” The series will be patterned after the successful “Summer Concerts in the Garden Series.”

The first performance is next Tuesday, October 13th at the Empire Arts Center – featuring Ben Capland and the “Casual Smokers.” During our chat, I played a cut from the CBC “Q” program – where host Jean Ghomeshi featured the singer (2013).

The Israeli music group “Baladino” is conducting school workshops and performing in public at Lincoln High School in Thief River Falls on Saturday, October 10th. Band member Yonnie Dror talks about the origin of the group, their music and why they came to northwest Minnesota.

The guests are from the NCTC/EGF campus, representing Phi Betta Kappa – Haylee Riley and Shaun Lee.

The guest is Matt Wallace and his topic is the upcoming NDMOA “Autumn Art Auction.”