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.
January 15, 1992 -
January 16, 1992 - Minneapolis Mayor Don Fraser shares details on his talks with President George Bush on commission to focus on families in U.S. cities, and how to help foster healthy environment and support for them.
January 16, 1992 -
January 17, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten gets the scoop from Marilyn Nelson on the various pre-Super Bowl festivities. It is a true Minnesota winter affair. Activities include a “warm-up” aerobic workout outside the Metrodome that includes motions of shoveling snow, throwing snowballs, and pushing cars.
January 17, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend has a conversation about race in entertainment culture with Marlon Riggs, a Black gay filmmaker, educator, poet, and activist.
January 17, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend interviews American actor Ron Vawter about his stage work for Roy Cohn/Jack Smith. Vawter explores the themes of sexual identity in play with a series of two monologues that contrast the characters of two gay men who died of AIDS.
January 17, 1992 - Midmorning’s Paula Schroeder invites Laurie Allmann into the studio for a chat about owls. Segment includes owl sounds, followed by a poem.
January 17, 1992 - An interview with Michael Fedo about family, writing, and his book Chronicles of Aunt Hilma.
January 17, 1992 -
January 18, 1992 - MPR’s Jim Wishner interviews Karal Ann Marling, a scholar of American popular culture and art, about attempts to preserve Minneapolis Armory. Marling talks about “creative re-use.”