Weekend was a MPR News series that ran in the 1980s. It provided various reports and interviews.
August 16, 1980 - Marvin Mitchelson, a California divorce attorney, speaking at main branch of the Minneapolis Public Library as part of the Minneapolis Public Library's series on justice. Address was titled "Alimony/Palimony: How to Heal a Broken Heart". In speech, Mitchelson criticizes a Minnesota law passed last session dealing with living-together relationships outside of marriage. He accuses the bill's author, Senator Jack Davies, of being a chauvinist. After speech, Mitchelson answers audience questions. Mitchelson who, in the Marvin vs. Marvin case, established that, in a "living together relationship", each member of that couple has definite rights to property. That, even if there is no written agreement between the two parties. The settlements in such cases have come to be called palimony.
August 23, 1980 - Dr. Ack speaking at the annual luncheon of the Mental Health Association of Minnesota held at St. Thomas College in Saint Paul. Ack, a champion of children's rights, addressed several child related issues in his talk, including child abuse, and what he believes are the negative effects of day care.
September 27, 1980 - Richard Mitchell, professor of history at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, speaking at "Understanding Resurgent Islam" conference held at the University of Minnesota. Mitchell’s address was titled “The Range of Islamic Activism and Its Potential in the World Today.” It provided insight into the diversity of the Islamic movement. After speech, Mitchell answered audience questions.
September 27, 1980 - MPR’s Tom Meersman interviews Hamid Algar, professor of Islamic studies and history at the University of California at Berkeley. Algar discusses the Iranian revolution, and outlines what he thinks are the greatest misconceptions the United States has of the revolution and the Ayatollah Khomeini.
November 1, 1980 - John W. Gardner, former Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) secretary and Common Cause founder speaking about American politics. Gardner shares six key leadership topics.
November 29, 1980 - Calvin Bradford, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs professor, speaks on the neighborhood movement, from its definition to the struggle between national and local control.
January 6, 1981 - Dr. Sol Gordon, professor of child and family studies and director of the Institute for Family Research and Education at Syracuse University in New York, speaking at North Dakota State University. Gordon’s address is titled, "Ten Heavy Facts about Sex that College Students Don't Know." Gordon is well-known as an author and public speaker and has lectured widely on topics concerning the family.
February 7, 1981 - On this Weekend program, Robert Dunn, of the Minnesota Waste Management Control Board, discusses waste and hazardous waste sites control in Minnesota. Topics include burial of waste and recycling options. Dunn also answer listener questions.
March 7, 1981 - On this Weekend program, MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews artist Harmony Hammond. Hammond lived in the Twin Cities while going to school in the 1960s. She left Minnesota for New York where she helped to create Heresies, a women's art collective. During the transition, her art changed course. Hammond prefers to describe herself as a feminist artist struggling to find herself. The results of that struggle are on view at the WARM and Glen Hanson's galleries in downtown Minneapolis.
March 7, 1981 - Playwright Corinne Jacker discusses her plays Bits and Pieces, performed by the At Random company at the Hennepin Center for the Arts; and Domestic Issues, which will be read at the Playwrights' Center.