♪ MAARJA: WELCOME TO "ALMANAC NORTH."

I'M MAARJA HEWITT.

BRETT: AND I'M BRETT SCOTT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

RICK: -- BRITT: -- BRETT: S UP FOR DRIVERS IN EVELETH.

STARTING APRIL 17, MNDOT WL REROUTE HWY 53 TRAFFIC DOWN RAMPS TO HWY 37 USING TEMPY STOPLIGHTS, AS BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS.

THIS SETUP WILL LAST THROUE END OF MAY.

FROM APRIL 18 THROUGH 21, E HWY 53 BRIDGES OVER HWY 37L BE DEMOLISHED, AND HWY 37 L CLOSE AT HWY 53.

A DETOUR WILL SEND TRAFFIC THROUGH GILBERT VIA HWY 135.

MNDOT REMINDS DRIVERS TO SW DOWN, STAY ALERT, AND BE PT IN WORK ZONES.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, HEADO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S WEBSITE.

MAARJA: AND FOR DRIVERS NER SAGINAW, A SEGMENT OF HIGH2 WILL CLOSE STARTING MONDAY, APRIL 14 THROUGH FRIDAY, M, AS CN RAILROAD REPAIRS A B.

THE CLOSURE RUNS BETWEEN HIGHWAYS3 AND 194.

GENERAL TRAFFIC WILL DETOUA HIGHWAY 33 AND SAGINAW ROA.

LARGER TRUCKS -- OVER FIVES PER AXLE -- MUST FOLLOW A SEPARATE DETOUR USING INDUL ROAD, CANOSIA ROAD, AND HIY 194.

ALSO, ALL TRUCKS OVER 10,00 POUNDS MUST ENTER THE WEIGH STATION ON HIGHWAY 2.

BRETT: IT'S SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK, AND THERE'A NEW PARTNERSHIP IN ST. LOUS COUNTY AIMED AT IMPROVING RESPONSE TO EXTREME WEATHE.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, A NATIL WEATHER SEICE METEOROLOGISS NOW EMBEDDED AT THE ST. LOS COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

THE MOVE BRINGS REAL-TIME FORECASTING DIRECTLY TO EMERGENCY MANAGERS, IMPROVG RESPONSE TIMES DURING CRITL EVENTS.

THE DULUTH WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IS AMONG THE BUSIESN THE COUNTRY FOR SEARCH AND SCUE SUPPORT, AND THIS COLLABORATION BUILDS ON A G HISTORY BETWEEN THE TWO AGENCIES.

THE MOVE DOES NOT INCUR ANY ADDITIONAL COSTS BUT DOES IMPROVE COORDINATION BETWEE TWO AGENCIES.

MAARJA: NEXT WE'LL SEND YOR TO DENNY'S DESK WITH DENNY ANDERSON.

DENNY?

DENNY: THANK YOU, MAARJA.

I'M DENNIS ANDERSON, AND TS DENNY'S DESK.

IT'S EASY TO FEEL OVERWHELY THE NOISE OF NATIONAL POLIS THESE DAYS.

SOCIAL MEDIA REWARDS OUTRA, CABLE NEWS THRIVES ON DIVI, AND IT'S HARDER AND HARDERO FIND PEOPLE WILLING TO MEEN THE MIDDLE.

BUT THE FIRST STEP TOWARD L COMPROMISE ISN'T WINNING AN ARGUMENT; IT'S BEING WILLIO LISTEN.

HERE IN THE NORTHLAND, WE E AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

TO SHOW THAT RESPECTFUL DIE IS STILL POSSIBLE, EVEN WHE DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE.

IT'S EASY TO REACT.

IT TAKES EFFORT TO CONSIDER ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE.

SCHOOL BOARDS, CITY COUNCI, AND COUNTY MEETINGS ARE WHE THAT EFFORT STILMATTERS.

IT'S WHERE NEIGHBORS COME TOGETHER, FACE TO FACE, ANK THROUGH REAL ISSUES THAT AT OUR DAILY LIVES.

AND IN THOSE ROOMS, PROGRES LOUDEST.

IT COMES FROM LISTENING, COLLABORATING, AND FINDING COMMON GROUND.

SO IF YOU'RE FEELING FRUSTD WITH POLITICS, TRY SHIFTINR FOCUS.

SHOW UP.

SPEAK UP.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, LIST.

BECAUSE THE PLACE WHERE YON MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE MIGHT NOT BE ON A NATIONAL STAGE.

IT MIGHT JUST BE AT YOUR NT TOWN MEETING.

AND SO THIS HAS BEEN DENN'S DESK.

NOW WE SEND IT BACK TO YOU, MAARJA.

MAARJA: GREAT ADVICE.

THANK YOU, DENNY.

ON THIS WEEK'S "MAKING IT P NORTH", WE'RE BACK WITH MIX COSMETIQUES, AND WE'RE LEAG HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN PERFUE RIGHT AT HOME.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> THIS IS A FAIRLY TRADITL BLEND OF PERFUMES AND OILS.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT HAVEN BLENDED A LOT, SO IT IS A Y SAFE PERFUME AND ONE YOU CN PROBABLY FIND ON THE INTER.

THIS IS VANILLA, SOMETHING CALLED BENZO AND THAT SMELS LIKE CARAMEL, AND THEN AMB, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A BLEND F TREE AND SOME ROSE AND JAS.

THESE ARE ANCIENT BLENDS.

ITS A SOLID, SO I HAVE SOME PUT INTO THE BEAKER ALREADO BREAK IT DOWN.

WE ARE GOING TO USE PIPETT, AND WE WILL START WITH THEX DROPS OF AMBER AND EIGHT DS OF VANILLA.

THIS IS VANILLA BEAN THAT S PUT INTO FRACTIONATED COCOT OIL BECAUSE VANILLA IS SO CONCENTRATED THAT IF YOU WO JUST USE VANILLA BEAN PASTT WOULD BE SO STRONG YOU COUT GET A SMALL ENOUGH AMOUNT.

THEN, THE BENZO AND IS A TE RESIN.

IT IS REALLY, REALLY THICK.

THIS HAS SOME PERFUMERS ALL IN IT TOO THIN IT OUT.

HERE IS THAMBER AND WHAT TT LOOKS LIKE.

THAT IS A SOLID AS WELL.

THIS IS A BLEND OF AMBER, VANILLA, AND BENZOIN.

THIS IS SWEET AND A LITTLET SMOKY AND REALLY RICH.

AT'S NICE.

THAT'S A GOOD BASE.

THEN, LET US MOVE ON TO OUR MIDDLE NOTE OR OUR HEART N. THIS IS FLORAL BECAUSE FLOS ARE VERY SAFE.

WE ARE GOING TO USE SOME LY -- LANGLANG.

JUST THREE DROPS.

IT'S KIND OF A TROPICAL FLR AND WILL BRING A LITTLE BIF LIFT TO THIS.

ROSE IS VERY RICH AND ACTUY GETS INTO THJOY CENTER OF R BRAIN AND HELPS YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE JOYFUL AND HAPPY.

THIS IS EIGHT DROPS.

IT TAKES ABOUT 10,000 POUNF PETALS TO MAKE 1 OUNCE.

THIS WOULD BE A ONE-OUNCE .

THIS IS A QUARTER OUNCE.

THIS WOULD TAKE ABOUT 25,00 POUNDS OF PETALS TO MAKE TT MUCH ROSE ESSENTIAL OIL.

THIS ONE IS MY FAVORITE, TS JAZZMAN EXTRACT.

IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND FLO.

THIS WAS A SAMPLE I GOT ANI HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH I.

THAT IS OUR HEART ACCORD, R MIDDLE NOTE.

THIS WILL LAST ABOUT ONE OO HOURS ON OUR SKIN, BUT PUTG THESE BASS NOTES IN WILL HT LAST EVEN LONGER.

THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING TT WILL LAST ALL DAY.

THESE YOU WILL SMELL THROUT MOST OF THE DAY, BUT THIS L BE WHAT YOU SMELL.

PUT IT ON RIGHT BEFORE WORU WILL SMELL THIS BEFORE YOUT TO WORK.

YOU WILL SMELL THIS THROUGT THE DAY AFTER WORK AND THIL BE WHAT YOU SMELL AS YOU CE HOME FROM A LONG DAY OF WO.

THAT IS BEAUTIFUL, FLORAL,T NOT TOO FLORAL.

NOT CLOYING THEY ARE N WE E GOING TO ADD CITRUS'S.

CITRUS'S ARE USUALLY OUR TP NOTE.

I THINK FOR THIS ONE, WE AE GOING TO GO WITH TANGERINE.

WE ARE GOING TO DO EIGHT DS OF TANGERINE.

REALLY, EVERYINGLE CHOICE U MAKE WITH PERFUME CHANGES .

IF I DECIDED ON GRAPEFRUITE WOULD HAVE HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERFUME THIS TIM.

NOW WE ARE GOING TO ADD TH.

BERGAMOT IS A PERFUMERS DR.

THE RULE IS IF YOU DON'T KW WHAT TO DO, IF YOU DON'T KW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT, ADD BERGAMOT.

BERGAMOT IS A CITRUS THAT S FROM ITALY.

YOU DON'T EAT IT, BUT IT SS FLORAL AND FRESH AND FRUIT.

THEN I'M GOING TO GIVE IT A SNIFF BECAUSE WE ARE GOINGO IN TO BLACK PEPPER.

BLACK PEPPER IS STRONG.

IT HAS A LOT OF POWER.

WE ARE GOING TO DO ONE DROF BLACK PEPPER.

IT IS STRONG AND WILL COMPY ALTER EVERYTHING.

WE ARE GOING TO GO WITH ANR ONE BECAUSE I DON'T QUITE T YET.

I DON'T SMELL IT.

ERE WE GO.

LITTLE DROP.

BEAUTIFUL.

THIS IS SUCH A WONDERFUL FRAGRANCE.

IT DOES NOT TAKE VERY MUCH.

WE'VE GOT THIS LITTLE TINYT IN HERE, SO WE ARE GOING TR THIS IN TO OUR BOTTLE.

AND THEN, WE HAVE THE CHOIE BETWEEN PERFUMERS ALCOHOL D PERFUMERS OIL.

I LIKE AN OIL-BASED PERFUM, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS BLEND.

THIS IS REALLY NICE, SO I'M GOING TO POUR SOME OF THISN THE BEAKER.

WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE ANYG THAT IS DOWN IN HERE.

WE JUST WANT TO STIR IT ALN AND GET IT -- THERE WE GO.

AND GET IT -- THERE WE GO'E IT.

THEN IT GOES INTO OUR BOTT.

THEN WE TOPPED OFF OUR BOT.

LOOK AT HOW FUN THAT COLOR.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE PUTTING OA LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE IN E MORNING BEFORE YOU LEAVE.

THERE IS OUR PERFUME, AND E GOING TO CHECK.

HOW IS THIS?

THAT SMELLS BEAUTIFUL.

♪ BRETT: OUR GUEST THIS WEEKS THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAUF BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC RESEH AND AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS IN LABOVITZ SCHOF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, MOA HAYNES.

MONICA, THANK YOU FOR JOING US.

MONICA: THANKS FOR HAVING .

MONICA: THANKS FOR HAVING E AND IT HAS BEEN KIND OF A Y WEEK FOR ECONOMIC HEADLINE.

MONICA: YEAH, HARD TO KEEP.

MAARJA: I'M SURE YOU HAVE N WATCHING THE FEDERAL TARIFF CONVERSATION CLOSELY.

WHER ARE WE SITTING NOW?

WE HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTA FEW TIMES THIS WEEK.

AS OF TODAY.

MONICA: AS OF TODAY, FROM I UNDERSTAND, THE RECIPROCAL TARIFFS ON MOST OF THE COUS HAVE BEEN PAUSED FOR 90 DA.

THEARIFFS ON CHINA STILL REMAIN AND THEY ARE ACTUALP TO I THINK 145% AT THIS PO.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE TARIS THAT HAD BEEN PUT INTO PLAE PREVIOUSLY, THE 10% AND THE STEEL AND ALUMINUM, I THINK THOSE ARE STILL IN PLACE, E LIKE I SAID, IT'S HARD TO P TRACK OF HOW QUICKLY THINGS CHANGE.

BRETT: YOU ARE THE PROFESSL AND IT IS HARD TO KEEP TRA.

WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF PUTTIG THOSE TARIFFS IN PLA AND TN REMOVING THEM WITHIN LESS A WEEK?

MONICA: ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES OR DIFFICULTIESH THIS ON AGAIN/OFF AGAIN, IT BUSINESSES, CONSUMERS, POLICYMAKERS HAVE NO WAY TN FOR WHAT THEY WILL BE DOINA WEEK, SIX MONTHS, A YEAR.

THE PAUSE FOR 90 DAYS CAUSE STOCK MARKET TO REALLY REB, BUT THEN 90 DAYS, NO ONE K. ARE THEY GOING TO GO BACK N 90 DAYS?

IF THEY ARE NEGOTIATED, WHT LEVEL WILL THEY BE?

IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS OWNER TRYING TO DECIDE WHAT YOUR SHIPMENTS MIGHT BE OR HOW H YOU WILL BE SELLING IN THET SIX MONTHS, IT IS REALLY HO MAKE ANY SORT OF PLANS OR DECISIONS AT THIS POINT.

MAARJA: FOR CONSUMERS, WHAT OF IMPACT WILL WE SEE?

>> A LOT OF PRODUCTS THAT Y ARE COMING FROM CHINA, SO E 145% TARIFFS WILL HAVE A HE IMPACT.

EVEN LOCALLY MADE PRODUCTSR PRODUCTS THAT ARE MADE IN E UNITED STATES, A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES MIGHT BE PURCHAG GOODS FROM OVERSEAS.

SOME OF THE INPUTS TO BE CG FROM CHINA, AND SO EVEN IFU ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE LOL MANUFACTURING, THOSE MANUFACTURERS STILL WILL HA REALLY HARD TIME PURCHASING INPUTS AND GETTING ALL THE SUPPLIES THEY NEED WITHOUTG IMPACTED BY THOSE LARGE TAS ON CHINA.

BRETT: YOU MENTIONED YOU DA LOT OF ECONOMIC FORECASTIN.

WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO BUSS OWNERS AND CONSUMERS AS THY LOOK AHEAD TO THE NEXT 9 D?

MONICA: I WILL SAY IT IS HO GIVE ADVICE AT THIS POINT.

IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHAT MIE COMING.

I WILL SAY IT IS A GOOD TIO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD IF YU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TA.

I THINK TALKING TO PEOPLE'S LEGISLATORS IS PROBABLY THT STRATEGY AT THIS POINT BECE BEING ABLE TO MAKE AN INFOD DECISION IS PRETTY DIFFICUT THIS MOMENT >> HOW DO THESE DECISIONS MADE AT THE FEDEL LEVEL TRICKLE DOWN AND IMPT THE ECONOMY HERE?

MONICA: TARIFFS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE.

WE SAW IN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AND LOT OF STIMULUS SPENDING, AND THAS A HUGE IMPACT AS WELL ON TE ECONOMY, WHERE THERE ARE NW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAPPG THAT WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWE HAPPENED, NEW INVESTMENTS N SOLAR TECHNOLOGY AND OTHERS OF EV CHARGING.

FEDERAL POLICIES DO HAVE A REALLY LARGE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, AND, YOU KNOW, TAS IN SOME CASES AND FOR SOME INDUSTRIES MIGHT ACTUALLY E BENEFICIAL.

LIKE MINING AND FORESTRY.

FOR LOCAL PRODUCERS, THERET BE SOME BENEFIT TO HAVING E TARIFFS IN PLACE TO MAKE U.

PRODUCTS MORE COMPETITIVE,D THOSE INDUSTRIES ARE OBVIOA BIG PART OF OUR ECONOMY, BI THINK STILL, WITH THOSE RECIPROCAL EFFECTS, THAT IS WHERE YOU GET INTO THE CHALLENGES BECAUSE A LOT OR GOODS THAT ARE PRODUCED HEE LIKE IRON OR OR TIMBER OR N THAT IS SHIPPED WITH A POR, THOSE THINGS, IF THEY ARE SUBJECT TO RECIPROCAL TARI, THEN THAT CAN HAVE A REALLY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THOSE BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRIES.

BRETT: WE SEE A LOT OF SHIG TRAFFIC TO THE PORT, OF CO. A LOT OF THOSE VESSELS ARE INTERNATIONAL.

WHAT ARE YOU PREDICTING FOE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN THOSE PS ARE BACK OPEN AGAIN?

MONICA: IT DOES SEEM LIKELE MIGHT SEE A SLOWER SHIPPING SEASON THIS YEAR, WHAT WITE CHANGES, ALTHOUGH IT IS HAO PREDICT, BUT JUST GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY, GIVEN THESE TARIFFS, GIVEN THE COMBATIE POLICIES TOWARD TRADE, THE DULUTH PORT SEES A HUGE AMT OF ITS SHIPMENTS GOING TO A AND TO ASIA AND TO OTHER PS OF THE WORLD, SO IT MIGHT A PRETTY DRAMATIC IMPACT.

MAARJA: BEYOND SHIPPING, WE TALKING IMPORT/EXRT, SHIPPG OBVIOUSLY COMES TO MIND, BE THERE ANY OTHER IMPACTS YOE FROM THESE TARIFFS TRICKLIG DOWN INTO OUR REGION?

MONICA: WE ARE A MAJOR HUBR CRAFT BREWING.

THOSE TARIFFS ON ALUMINUM L HAVE AN IMPACT WHEN LOCAL L BUSINESSES THAT ARE PROCING PRODUCTS LIKE CRAFT BEER AD CIDER, THEY ARE HAVING TO D A LOT MORE ON THEIR INPUTSE ALUMINUM CANS.

THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, T BASICALLY, EVERY LOCAL BUSS WILL PROBABLY BE IMPACTED N SOME WAY IF THEY ARE PURCHG SUPPLIES AND GOODS FROM OTR COUNTRIES.

BRETT: HOW DO YOU AND YOURM ANALYZE AND STAY UP-TO-DATN THESE POLICIES THAT ARE TAG EFFECT ALMOST DAILY RIGHT ?

MONICA: WE GET A LOT OF RES FROM A REALLY WIDE RANGE OF INDUSTRIES, SO OUR WORK IS REALLY DRIVEN BY THE PROJES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.

WE GET TO BE VERY INVOLVEDD KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT A CERTN TOPIC, SO THAT CAN BE REALN AND INTERESTING.

WE JUST DID A RESEARCH PROT ON GASOLINE PRICES AND POTL IMPACTS OF A CLEAN FUEL STD ON GASOLINE PRICES.

THAT WAS TO INFORM THE LEGISLATURE IN THIS LEGISLE SEASON AS THEY ARE POTENTIY CONSIDERING THAT TYPE OF LEGISLATION.

MAARJA: CAN BUSINESSES OR INDUSTRIES APPROACH YOU TO COMPLETE THESE STUDIES?

HOW DOES THAT LINE OF WORKT DECIDED?

MONICA: USUALLY WORK WITH LARGER COMPANIES OR GOVERNT AGENCIES BECAUSE THE TYPE F WORK THAT WE DO IS USUALLYE AT KIND OF A MACROECONOMIC LEVEL.

LOOKING AT IMPACTS ON THE REGION, LOOKING AT HOW A LE INVESTMENT MIGHT IMPACT CONSUMERS OR COMPANIES.

WE DO A LOT OF ECONOMIC IMT MODELING, SO WE DON'T WORKS MUCH WITH INDIVIDUAL BUSIN, BUT IF YOU ARE INDUSTRY ORN AGENCY THAT HAS AN INTERESN PARTNERING ON REGIONAL ECOC ISSU, WE ARE HERE.

MAARJA: THANK YOU FOR JOINS AND SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIN A VERY TIMELY TOPIC.

WE ARE GOING TO SEND YOU TO VENTURE NORTH WITH THE ARRD CHORALE AS THEY COMBINE THT OF PUPPETRY WITH CHORAL SI.

PAUL: MY NAME IS PAUL ROBI, AND I AM ACTUALLY A MEMBERF THE ARROWHEAD CHORALE, BUTR THIS CONCERT, I AM PUPPETED DIRECTOR OF THE DIFFERENT S WE ARE ADDING PUPPETRY TO.

THE TITLE OF THE CONCERT IS "CIRCLE OF LIFE: SONGS OF E AND SCREEN.

THIS IS A SELECTION OF SONM BOTH MOVIES OR SCREEN AND E SHOWS, BROADWAY -- STAGE S, BROADWAY.

WE HAVE INCORPORATED THESES TOGETHER FOR A WONDERFUL MONTAGE.

>> I AM SUSAN MASTERSON.

I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARROWHEAD CHORALE.

WE ARE PAYING TRIBUTE TO TE VETERAN PROGRAM IN OUR COMY AND WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HE ONE OF THE MEMBERS FROM THE PROGRAM COME AND DO A WORKP FOR OUR CHORALE MEMBERS.

HE WAS ABLE TO DESCRIBE HIS EXPERIENCE IN ACTIVE DUTY D HOW HE DEALT WITH SOME OF E STRESS AND TRAUMA THAT RESS FROM BEING IN AN ACTIVE COT SITUATION AND HOW IT AFFECD HIS EVERYDAY LIFE.

IT HELPED ALL OF US TO HAVA DEEPER UNDERSTANDING ABOUTE REALITY OUR VETERANS HOME H THEM AND SOME OF THE PROJEE DO MIGHT BE ONE-SHOT DEALST THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THY CARRY WITH THEM THROUGHOUTR LIVES.

PAUL: A MEMORABLE MOMENT FR THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN THATI HAVE BEEN BUILDING PUPPETS, SCULPTING OUT OF CARDBOARDD CREATING THE PIECES FOR ADO FOR STRIN EXCEPT FOR THIS PUPPET AND THEN ALL OF THE PUPPETS FOR "CIRCLE OF LIF" FOR "THE LION KING."

IT HAN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE OF G ABLE TO CREATE ART AGAIN AD WORK WITH OTHER ARTISTS WHE COME INTO MY HOME, SAT AND PAPIER-MACHED AND PAINTED E WONDERFUL SCULPTURES.

I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN PUP, AND BEING A PART OF THE CH, THIS IS ALSO A PART OF THER AND A PART OF TELLING STOR, WHICH MUSIC IS ALL ABOUT TG STORIES, AND SO IS VISUAL , NO MATTER WHAT.

PREPARING FOR THE SPIRIT O- PREPARING FOR THIS REALLY STARTED BACK IN THE MONTH F JULY.

>> I THINK THE FIRST TIME E WERE ABLE TO SEE SOME OF TE PUPPETS THAT WILL BE USED S THRILLING, TO BE ABLE TO SE THOSE VISUALS AND KIND OF K OUT OFAYBE OUR INTERNAL VIW OF WHAT A PUPPET MIGHT BE.

PAUL: THE AMAZING THING IS PUPPETRY REALLY IS BREATHIG LIFE INTO AN INANIMATE OBJ.

ANYTHING IN OUR WORLD CAN A PUPPET.

ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN MAKEE ALIVE CAN BE A PUPPET.

SAY I'M SITTING AT MY DINNR TABLE, AND I DECIDE TO HAVY FORK AND SPOON HAVE A CONVERSATION THOSE ARE PUPPETS AND THEYE COMING TO LIFE AT THAT MOMT BECAUSE I AM PROVIDING THE ENERGY AND BREATH TO HAVE T CONVERSATION WITH EACH OTH.

IT IS AN ART, AND IT IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO REALY GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO EXPERIENCE AND DO, AND I WD SAY YOU FIND JOY IN BEING E TO DO THAT.

SUSAN: COUPLE OF THE THINGT KEEP ME COMING BACK SEASONR SEASON -- I GUESS THE TOP E WOULD BE THE CONNECTION WIE MEMBERS IN THE ORGANIZATIO.

DURING THE SEASON, WE CONSE EACH OTHER.

WE HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACK.

FORGIVE EACH OTHER WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG.

WE COMMUNICATE AND CORRESPD WITH EACH OTHER WHEN WE ART IN FORMER REHEARSALS AND WE INVOLVED IN EACH OTHER'S L, SO IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE PAF A BIG FAMILY.

I THINK A REALLY COOL THING HAPPENS SOUND-WISE WHEN WES MEMBERS BECOME SURE OF OURS AND BEGIN TO FEEL THE MUSID ALL OF US AT THE VERY SAMEE HAVE AN A-HA MOMENT, AND WL THE EMOTION OF THE PEACE WT PERFORMED.

WE HAVE COME INTO THAT MUSD REALIZE AT THAT VERY MOMENT THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO SE WITH OUR AUDIENCE SO THEY N HAVE THAT SAME FEELING.

MAARJA: THAT WAS VERY COOL.

BEAUTIFUL MUSIC.

GREAT TO SEE THE PUPPETS BG MADE.

BRETT: AND HAVE A BACKGROUN THAT, TOO, THAT'S PRETTY C. MAARJA: BEFORE WE GO, LET'E A LOOK AT WHAT YOU MIGHT BP TO THIS WEEKEND.

BRETT: STARTING OUT, SUPPOT SMALL BUSINESS WITH THE WA, NEEDED IT, GET IT -- YOU DE IT -- CRAFT SHOW.

IT IS BACK THIS SATURDAY AL 12TH FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 3:0.

LOCATED AT THE FORBES UNITD METHODIST CHURCH IN PROCTO, FOLKS CAN STOP BY AND SHOPA VARIETY OF DIFFERENT VENDOO SUIT ALL YOUR NEEDS.

FROM HANDMADE GOODS, BAKED TREATS AND OTHER SMALL-BUSS PRODUCTS, THERE WILL BE AB8 BOOTHS IN ALL.

THE EVENT IS PART OF THE KZ MEOW CRAFT AND SMALL BUSINS SHOW SERIES.

MORE INFO CAN BE FOUND ONL.

MAARJA: I LOVE THAT NAME, .

AS NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK CS TO A CLOSE, THIS SATURDAY L 12, URSA MINOR BREWING HOSE LIBRARY WEEK BOOK FAIR.

FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 3:00 P., FOLKS CAN STOP BY TO BROWSE BOOKS FROM LOCAL BOOKSELLE, GRAB A BEVERAGE, AND LEARNE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT TE DULUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY IS BUILDING.

THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE WE FAMILY AND DOOR PRIZES WILE GIVEN OUT THROUGHOUT THE D. MORE INFORMATION IS AVAILAE AT THE DULUTH LIBRARYFOUNDATION.ORG.

BRETT: AND, SUNDAY, APRIL , FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M, PLANT ENTHUSIASTS CAN GATHR TOGETHER AT DULUTH'S BEST D HART LOCATION ON SUPERIOR T TO SWAP PLANTS AND STORIES.

YOU'RE ENCOURAGED TO BRING HEALTH, PEST-FREE HOUSEPLA, CUTTINGS, EXTRA POTS, OR SO TRADE WITH FELLOW ATTENDEE.

YOU MIGHT DISCOVER NEW VARS OR LRN A FEW TIPS AND TRICS WHILE YOU'RE THERE.

THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PC AND FREE TO ATTEND.

MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FON DULUTH'S BEST BREAD'S WEBS.

THAT SOUNDS FUN.

MAARJA: IT DOES.

BRETT: WOW.

HEALTHY PLANTS ONLY.

THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK'S .

GO OUT AND ENJOY YOUR WEEK.

I'M BRETT SCOTT.

MAARJA: AND I'M MAARJA HEW.

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

GOOD NIGHT.

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