Materials created/edited/published by Archive team as an assigned project during remote work period in 2020
October 13, 1995 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter profiles northern Minnesota band The Splinters. Members of the band talk about their efforts in the revival of town hall dance night.
October 21, 1995 - Southern Minnesota poet Michael Hall talks about his poetry and reads from “Spam River Journal.”
October 27, 1995 - MPR’s Joaqlin Estus profiles Native American composer Brent Michael Davids. Estus interviews Davids about his instrumentations and composition “Native American Suite.” Jerry Rubino, assistant-conductor of the Dale Warland Singers, is also interviewed.
November 4, 1995 - Poet Amy Nash comments on her definition of poetry. Nash also reads numerous short pieces of her work.
November 11, 1995 - Minnesota author Lawrence Sutin comments on his life progression of Thanksgiving…from childhood memories and young adulthood, to the present day, where he is now the one carving the turkey.
November 16, 1995 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder talks with beat poet and essayist Gary Snyder about imagination, the natural world, and his book “A Place in Space: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Watersheds.”
November 18, 1995 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Minneapolis R&B band Dr. Mambo's Combo and the live disc, “Funkin' at the Bunkers.” Segment includes interview and music clips.
November 20, 1995 - MPR’s Marianne Combs interviews Native American author Jim Northrup about writing, his film projects, and family.
December 14, 1995 - An interview with Minneosta poet Robert Bly about his book “Soul Poems.” Bly reads various poets from book collection.
December 18, 1995 - A Voices of Minnesota interview with Lou Bellamy, director of the Penumbra Theatre. MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Bellamy about family and growing up in St. Paul.