Featherly's Kev/Blog

A wood fire burns in the street in front of the 4th Police Precinct, Minneapolis, Minn., as part of an ongoing protest following the police shooting of Jamar Clark. Photo: Kevin Featherly

12/01/2015 0

Release the Video

“Ultimately [17-year-old Laquan McDonald] was described as lunging at the officers who defended themselves. It was described as a clear-cut ... [Continue]

09/18/2015 0

Kurt’s Medical Fund—Please Give

Kurt Featherly is a much-loved and respected volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician (EMT) who has saved scores of lives. He is also ... [Continue]

Travelin, Broke & Hungry, Zack Featherly

05/19/2015 0

Music Video: ‘Travelin’, Broke & Hungry’

Last weekend I made a music video for my son Zack’s powerful, rootsy traveling blues, “Travelin’, Broke & Hungry.” ... [Continue]

David Carr, 1956-2015. (Image, courtesy Wikipedia.)

02/13/2015 2

David Carr: The Greatest

Note: I’ve done a bit of after-the-fact research, the original version of this story was in error when it indicated that Carr interviewed me ... [Continue]

A distorted Foshay Tower is reflected from the Campbell Mithun Tower in Downtown Minneapolis. Photo: Kevin Featherly.

01/28/2015 0

Reflections Of the Foshay

I saw this on my way to a business meeting in Downtown Minneapolis on Jan. 27, 2015. That is the Foshay Tower, in a strange, distorted and beautiful ... [Continue]

The inscription reads: "Susan. A Christianized Dakota girl murdered by the Ojibwa [sic] Indians, June 12, 1856. [Aged] 10 years." Photo: Kevin Featherly.

01/18/2015 0

Little Susan

“The past is never dead,” Faulkner wrote. “It’s not even past.” Today my preacher, the Rev. Myron Andes, gave a talk ... [Continue]

The Bieniek family, Dec. 26, 2014. Photo: Kevin Featherly

12/26/2014 0

Latest Photo Shoot

The handsome and lovely Brieniek family of Coon Rapids is the latest to commission portrait photos from me. Here is one of the pictures they ... [Continue]

12/11/2014 0

Listen to What the Man Said…

Bishop John Shelby Spong is a controversial figure who has dedicated his career to attempting to make Christianity applicable in a modern world. And, ... [Continue]

This is what I think is the former Cloverdale School east of Hinckley, Minn. I'd love verification if anyone can provide it. Photo: Kevin Featherly.

10/25/2014 0

Abandoned School?

I am having trouble verifying that this is what I think it is—an abandoned one-room school in tiny Cloverdale, Minn. There is reference attached to ... [Continue]

10/25/2014 0

Another Opening, Another … Wait, I Used That One Before…

I’m playing a nice little 90-minute afternoon gig at Subtext: A Bookstore in St. Paul on Nov. 1. Runs from 2:30 pm to 4 pm. Be there if you ... [Continue]