I don't know if the fish aren't biting in Minnesota, but there is a great art festival that highlights ice fishing shanties. (http://www.artshantyprojects.org/artists)
Second, here is a video that shows the words to Taylor Mali's "Totally, Like, Whatever, You Know" from the world of slam poetry. It's pretty creative...
Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.
Finally, here is a video from Lecrae, a Christian rapped with Reach Records (http://www.reachrecords.com/), talking about the situation in Haiti in the wake of the devistating earthquake that stuck a few weeks ago. Remember, God is not far away at all. The proceeds of this song will go to helping rebuild churches in Haiti (http://bit.ly/a1sxJg)