Guest: Barb Geer, Publisher of the “Middle River (MN) Honker”
newspaper and director of the Middle River Community Theater
production of “How to Talk Minnesotan.”
Topic: The annual “Middle River Goose Festival” and associated events
and activities funded by the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council.

Guests: Teacher Debbie Aune of Greenbush-Middle River school in Greenbush, MN and a senior student from her art class, Issie Brockhouse. Topic: Through a grant from the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council (NWMAC) Debbie and her students were able to participate in an arts workshop in Bemidji, MN over the summer. They talk about their experiences including a painting that they did of the famous Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues on the shore of Lake Bemidji. Their work was place on a flyer that was produced by the Bemidji Tourism Department.

The guest is Jess Bengtson of the Crookston Area Chamber Of Commerce & Visitor’s Bureau.  The topic is Crookston’s“Queen City Arts Festival.”

Glen Braget chats with Richard Vicek, pro wrestling historian and author of Bruiser: The World’s Most Dangerous Wrestler, about the history of pro wrestling in Chicago and the Chicago Wrestling Club.  From 1966 to 1983, the CWC was a major pro wrestling center in the United States. The CWC consisted of Verne Gagne’s AWA with Dick the Bruiser and Wilbur Snyder’s WWA. It’s an interesting piece of pro wrestling history.

Glen Braget chats with author Jonathan Plombon about his work on a book project about the incredible story of promoter Herb Abrams and his Universal Wrestling Federation. Learn more about Plombon’s upcoming book, some of the people who were interviewed for the project, and of the course the story of Herb and his roller coaster life.