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.
July 30, 1993 - Local theater critic and writer Erin Hart reviews Alexander Ostrovsky’s play Too Clever by Half, a Guthrie Theater production.
July 31, 1993 - Local commentor and writer Lawrence Sutin takes aim at what he looks for in reading…the older, the better.
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August 3, 1993 - Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports from Garrison, Minnesota, where the finishing touches on the new Blue Goose Tavern are being completed. The tavern was a storied establishment for 70 years before an arsonist burned it down. The “new” Blue Goose hopes to restore its perch as a go-to for locals and Mille Lacs Lake visitors alike.
August 3, 1993 - Accountant Tom Sherman makes comments on his concerns over increased tax brackets impacting higher income earners. Sherman sees a potential threat to stable economy.
August 3, 1993 - William Craig is assistant director of the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Mentions trunk transport incident.
August 4, 1993 - Local theater critic and writer Erin Hart reviews Minneapolis playwright Timothy Mason’s Levitation. The Jungle Theater play explores a man’s attempt to come to terms with the inevitability of his own parents' deaths.
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August 5, 1993 - Irwin Jacobs, a producer of large private boats, describes the negative impact luxury tax had on boat market. Even with luxury tax repeal, Jacobs feels the damage to many in industry has been irreversible.