MPR News Features are news segments created for various long-form programming, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, amongst others. Features run the gambit of interviews, reports, profiles, and coverage.
June 28, 1991 - MPR’s Susan Orandi reports on a Otter Tail County onstage program, which is staging plays at the historic River Inn, Fergus Falls. Lance Belleville, co-artistic director and playwright-in-residence at the theater details the plans for play and tying it to River Inn’s history.
June 28, 1991 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews Lou Bellamy, artistic director of The Penumbra Theatre, about August Wilson. Bellamy discusses Penumbra’s production of Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.
June 28, 1991 - MPR’s Leif Enger reports on the efforts being taken by the local community in staging a history play at the River Inn, located in Fergus Fall. The play, entitled Hooch, Hokum and Horsefeathers at the Hotsy Totsy Inn, presents the real-life drama (including murder) that took place at the inn back in late 1920-early 1930s.
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June 29, 1991 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles the 8th Annual Young Playwrights Summer Conference, sponsored by the Minneapolis-based playwright's center. The program offers teenagers a chance to work one-on-one with some of the best-known playwrights in the Twin Cities.
July 1, 1991 - Pat Conley, member of Association of Minnesota Counties, talks with MPR’s Gary Eichten about her concerns over sales tax push over other sources of tax funding.
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July 2, 1991 - Minnesota-based author, educator, and outdoor enthusiast Bill Hansen shares his essay, Family Resorts.