Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
February 2, 2001 - Analysts say General Electric is gearing up to cut 10s of thousands of jobs ... many of those cuts may come from Honeywell, which employs roughly eight thousand people in Minnesota. General Electric agreed to acquire Honeywell International in October. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
February 2, 2001 - MPR's Morning Edition, Friday, Feb 2, 2001 Topic Groundhog Day Today, February 2nd, marks another Groundhog Day or Candlemas Day, the half way point of winter, and in 1996 the coldest day in Minnesota history, setting a state record of -60 degrees F
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February 7, 2001 - Yesterday on Morning Edition we said that Oarfolkjokeopus, a record store in Minneapolis, is closing. In fact the store is not closing, but is changing ownership and its name. For those you who have wondered where that name came, owner Vern Sanden explains.
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February 8, 2001 - MPR Classical Music Host Tom Crann interviews John Adams, one of the best known living American composers. Adams returns to St. Paul to conduct his own work, and some of the work that he says has inspired him over the years. John Adams will lead The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra as it plays works by Debussy, Satie Ravel, and his own Violin Concerto.
February 8, 2001 - The University of Minnesota broke ground on a 20 million dollar building designed to make the school a center for leading-edge biotechnology research. U officials are calling the enterprise a prime example of a public-private partnership in the name of higher education. They also tout it as the first big example of the U's drive into more interdisciplinary scientific research. Minnesota Public Radio's Andrew Haeg reports.
February 8, 2001 - With each passing year, mountains of aging film stock shot in the last century nudge closer to becoming unviewable. And as that happens, more and more Hollywood studios are looking seriously at preserving the classics stored in their vaults. An executive from Paramount Studios spoke to students at the Univeristy of Minnesota today about the importance of restoring old films. Barry Allen's recent preservation work includes Nicolas Ray's "Johnny Guitar" and the 1949 classic, "The Red Pony." Allen says the old films are national treasures:
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