Will Wright

On Nov. 10, Mizna, a Minneapolis-based non-profit organization that promotes Arab-American arts and culture, hosted a panel discussion about art in revolution in the wake of the Arab Spring and as a p...

The Pave the Way Project is an initiative that addresses sexual violence among young people. Seven teenage artists from around the US are singing in a competition, and recording with father and son duo Carlos and Salvador Santana. Osseo High School graduate, Shanell McCoy, speaks with KFAI producer Will Wright.

The Twin Cities are home to the Alliance Française de Minneapolis, which extols its ability to connect you to all things French. You might not need their help with some questions: When's the last time you passed by Nicollet, Hennepin or LaSalle Avenues and wondered why they were French or at least Francophone? Will Wright reports.

University of Minnesota professor of physics, James Kakalios, teaches a freshman seminar called, Everything I Need to Know About Physics I Learned from Reading Comic Books. Now that'll probably raise a few eyebrows because, unless you like and understand science, it may intimidate you. Will Wright spoke with the professor who has made his physics fun.

Just because you're a guy doesn't mean you can't look fabulous. Richard Moody, a local event planner and a Delta Airlines worker, created "The Dandies Project," a group for men who like to look their best and give back to the community. KFAI's Will Wright reports they like to do it their way — dandy style.

After grappling with budget shortfalls in recent years, St. Paul's Penumbra Theater is back with a full slate of plays for its 2015-16 season. And that's not the only change for the prestigious theater focused on the black experience in America. KFAI's Will Wright reports.

X-ray and CAT-scan machines are part of today's medical landscape, but have you heard of the Orgone Energy Accumulator? Psychograph? Or Prostate Gland-Warmer? The Minnesota Science Museum houses a col...

Thanks in part to the changing of the guard at The Daily Show, biracial experiences and related politics have made headlines. Biracial South African, Trevor Noah, will succeed Jon Stewart as its ho......

On April 1, Gill Scott-Heron was born in 1949. And on April 2nd Marvin Gay was born 10 years prior in 1939. This week provides an opportunity to commemorate their respective meanings and messages, ......

March marks Women's History Month. Wright's Words usually concentrate on movie matters. But who's ignoring Cookie Lyon from Fox's Empire? She's a singular character; hers is not the skin many women......

This year marks the centennial of David Wark (D.W.) Griffith’s film "The Birth of a Nation". If you've heard of it then while the story is vague in your mind the bigotry is not. Mr. Griffith's hate......

Wonder Woman's fans may soon see their heroine kicking butt on the big screen. Hollywood's bias and fear of on-screen feminism disappoints while it wrestles her or the idea(l)....

In being one half of our human society, women's history is commemorated in March. Their contributions warrant more than rushed reportage or prose....