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.
December 19, 1996 -
December 20, 1996 - Voices from the Heartland: Kent Nerburn, "Blue" from his new book, A Haunting Reverence: Meditations on a Northern Land.
December 21, 1996 -
December 23, 1996 - On this Voices of Minnesota feature, an interview with St. Paul jazz vocalist Roberta Davis. Subjects of racism, family and the complexity of jazz are discussed.
December 24, 1996 -
December 24, 1996 - MPR’s Eric Friesen interviews local composer Stephen Paulus and poet Kevin Crossley-Holland about carols. They have collaborated on the creating the piece “Pilgrim Jesus” for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge.
December 24, 1996 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews local singer/songwriter Stuart Davis on his unique holiday show "Break from the Relatives."
December 24, 1996 -
December 24, 1996 - Small town merchants are facing increasing competition to keep retail dollars in their towns. Many small town residents drive to the Twin Cities or regional shopping hubs, such as Sioux Fall and Mankato. Small town retailers say bigger is not always better, and they're trying to get that message out to shoppers. But regional shopping hubs ARE attracting customers, somtimes from from as far as 150 miles away. Today we have a two part report on the regional competition for shoppers' dollars. We begin with Minnesota's Public Radio's Holly Nelson reporting on the southern Minnesota town of Le Sueur where shoppers are within easy driving distance of both the Twin Cities and Mankato.
December 25, 1996 - Minnesota author Ann Daly Goodwin commentary on the holiday surprise of cookies and joy of togetherness.