KFAI

Host: Dixie Treichel

Black History Month
Celebrating the music of Billy Strayhorn.

William "Billy" Strayhorn (1915 -1967) was an African American,
openly gay jazz composer, pianist, lyricist and arranger.

He began composing as a teenager in Pittsburgh including one of his best known songs “Lush Life’ and worked with Duke Ellington for nearly three decades, composing Ellington’s well known theme song “Take the A Train”. Living in the shadow of Duke he experienced an invisibility and was largely unknown in his lifetime. He also was a vocal coach to Lena Horne, performed solo, and was a civil rights activist. His music, with its classical influence and complex arrangements, continues to inspire musicians of all genres.

I’ll be playing some classics including Take the A Train and Lush Life,
rare historic performances and some of his music that was never heard or commercially recorded until 1995.

Host: Dixie Treichel

Guest: Alex Riley (they/them), Patron Experience Supervisor and Chair of the TransFabulous program at the Hennepin County Library-Minneapolis Central.

TransFabulous is a series of monthly art workshops led by artists who identify as transgender or gender nonconforming that culminates in an annual art exhibition in Minneapolis Central’s Cargill Gallery.
Alex will talk about the TransFabulous program, how to get involved and the current exhibit: “TransFabulous - Gender in Community” showing December 6, 2023, through January 27, 2024.

Plus music and surprises.

**TransFabulous Call for Community Consultant to coordinate workshops and make connections with
transgender and gender nonconforming artists. Seeking applications from community members, event planners, visual artists, writers, musicians, and performers to fulfill an 8-month contract of services. Paid position.
Applications accepted Dec. 1- 31, 2023
For more info contact Alex Riley (they/them) at ariley@hclib.org

Host: Dixie Treichel

KFAI’s Funkraiser for Give to the Max Day on Nov.16, 2023 with 24 Hours of Funktastic music to Funk you up good.

Tonight's show is a Queer-o-licious mix of Funk & Groove on a special Fresh Fruit from 6-8pm.

The complete playlist is below. Listening:

To hear the first hour go to Disability and Progress archives (6-7pm)- https://kfai.org/episode/11-16-2023-disability-and...

The second hour is here in the Fresh Fruit archives

Give to the Max Day - Please give online at givemn.org/kfai or at kfai.org

#GTMD23 #KFAI #FreshFruitKFAI

Host: Dixie Treichel

Guests: Aiden Bettine, Low aka Yolow Zines and Dianna Hunter

Aiden Bettine (he/him), trans archivist and historian, curator of The Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies and
co-founder of Late Night Copies Press.
Low (they/them) aka Yolow Zines, an exhibiting zine fest artist

The First Annual Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest, founded by Aiden, will take place October 21- 22, 2023, at Open Book in Minneapolis. Over 70 local and regional exhibitors will have their work for sale, ranging from hand made zines to small-run publications. The Midwest QT Zine Fest strives to be a new hub for the exchange of queer zines and related materials in the region and an opportunity for queer and trans zinesters and artists to engage with one another.

Co-hosted by the Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies at the University of Minnesota Libraries and Late Night Copies Press. ** Masks and vaccination proof are required or proof of negative COVID test within 72 hours.

https://www.instagram.com/midwestqtzinefest/
https://www.continuum.umn.edu/event/midwest-queer-...
https://www.latenightcopies.com/
https://openbookmn.org/events/midwest-queer-trans-...

Dianna Hunter, (she/her), Lesbian Writer, Educator, Urban Grower & Forager.

In the 1970s Dianna was involved as a lesbian feminist in Minneapolis and lived on several back to the land
women only farms in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Following that she became a farmer and farm advocate and educator.
She directed programs in writing and gender equity and taught writing and women's and gender studies at four universities, retiring in 2012. Dianna has written two nonfiction books “Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life”” and “Breaking Hard Ground: Stories of the Minnesota Farm Advocates”. Her most recent book is the novel “Clouded Waters”, a mystery-romance, released October 10, 2023. She currently lives in Duluth, MN with her wife.

https://diannahunter.com