Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
February 21, 2001 - Veteran French Director Agnes Varda discovered the subject for her new film at the open food market near her home in Paris. After the stalls closed and before cleaning crews swept up... she saw people descend on the discarded food. Where most would see garbage, these folks saw a meal. Agnes Varda spent a year getting to know these scavengers living on the fringes of society. Her documentary about them, " The Gleaners and I", played at the Cannes Film Festival, and premieres Friday in the Twin Cities at the Walker Art Center. The 72-year-old Varda told Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Curtis making the movie changed how she sees her country.
February 21, 2001 - Don't look to the thermometer for a sign that spring's just around the corner. Overnight temperatures around Minnesota have been below zero for several days. And tt's been 106 days since Minnesota has enjoyed a temperature above 40 degrees. Last night's Twin Cities' low was minus nine. While his wasn't a record low, it did force at least 125 people to claim a spot at the Dorothy Day Center in St. Paul. Anne Harris, the downtown St. Paul homeless shelter's director, says every night this winter Dorothy Day has been filled to capacity...mostly with single adults but also some families.
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February 21, 2001 - Many families in Minneapolis who are thinking about sending their children to suburban schools will meet today with a panel of high school students who've already gone through the experience. The families are thinking about "The Choice Is Yours" program which was part of a legal settlement between the N-DOUBLE-A-C-P and the state. Under "The Choice Is Yours" program, eligible families in Minneapolis can send 500 kids to suburban high schools. So far, almost 400 of the slots are full, and the program is still taking applications. One of the high school panelists at the meeting at Sabathani Community Center ,will be Andre Thompson, a senior at Edina High School. Thompson made the transition to Edina through a similar program called "A Better Chance." Joining us on the line is Andre Thompson. Andre Thompson, a senior at Edina High School, who will be talking today with Minneapolis students interested in attending a suburban school
February 21, 2001 - The architecture on the Twin Cities Campus of the University of Minnesota ranges from the tradititional Northrup Auditorium to the modern Weisman Art Museum. But neither of these structures has a periscope. As a part of our series "Universal U", Minnesota Public Radio's Steven John reports on a subterranean landmark. {110 feet under the surface of the East Bank research on road and tunnel design, earthquake protection, and environmental clean-up methods are taking place in the laboratories of the Civil Engineering building.
February 21, 2001 - As Minnesota lawmakers consider ways to alleviate a projected energy shortfall later this decade, advocates of energy deregulation are pitching a free market solution. They say deregulating the state's electricity industry would increase power generation and improve the reliability of the system. But the much publicized instability of the deregulated California market has some Minnesotans skeptical of the benefits of retail competition. Minnesota Public Radio's Helms reports.
February 21, 2001 - The Crookston campus of the University of Minnesota traces its roots to 1905. Originally a high school, Crookston has evolved from a two-year technical school to one of three non metro campuses of the U of M offering four year degrees. But Crookston is a unique institution that produces computer literate and highly employable graduates. As a part of our series "Universal U", Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Reha reports on the college some say is one of the states best kept secrets.
February 22, 2001 - Ned Kelly is probably best known as the Australian bushwacker, or bandit, who made inch thick armour out of farm implements. He was hanged in the 1880's for the murder of three policemen, not long after the rest of his gang was killed in a shootout with police. Yet despite this a criminal life and his sticky end, Kelly is a national hero in Australia When Booker Prize winning author Peter Carey began considering a book on Kelly he says he was more interested in what this said about Australians. In his novel "True History of the Kelly Gang" he tells the story from Ned Kelly's point of view, as the son of pennyless immigrants living under a corrupt colonial system. Carey told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr some Americans equate the story to a western, but he sees it as much more than that....
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February 22, 2001 - This winter's unrelenting cold could cause problems even after temperatures rise above freezing. Snow has not had a chance to melt gradually which might mean flooding if it turns to water in a shorter span than usual. Gary McDivett is a Hydrologist at the National Weather Service in Chanhassen. He says Southern Minnesota has the potential to see the biggest problems: