A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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December 24, 1984 - In this edition of KSJN's Morning Edition: The Sounds of the Season from Around the Twin Cities, Doug Hamilton profiles a local Santa at Dayton’s department store.
December 26, 1984 - Cicero Wilson, director of the neighborhood revitalization program at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, provided the keynote speech at the 1984 Itasca Seminar. The theme of the seminar was "Competition and Cooperation - Power and Sharing: Finding the Balances". Wilson spoke about the forces of competition and cooperation in revitalizing distressed neighborhoods. After his presentation, Wilson took several questions and comments from conference participants. Cicero Wilson was educated at Harvard and Columbia and was president of the "Students' Afro-American Society" at Columbia during the student protests of 1968. The Itasca Seminar is organized and sponsored by the Minneapolis Foundation. This year's seminar was also co-sponsored by 17 different corporations, foundations and other organizations in the Twin Cities.
December 26, 1984 - MPR’s Dennis Hamilton interviews Paul Durand, author of the book Where the Waters Gather and the Rivers Meet: An Atlas of the Eastern Sioux.
December 26, 1984 - MPR’s Stephen Smith profiles Prince Rogers Nelson. Segment includes interview with critic Jon Bream, author of the book "Prince: Inside the Purple Reign" and commentary from local evangelists who find Prince’s music offensive.
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December 27, 1984 - Virginia Corsi, consultant, speaking at the Itasca Seminar "Competition and Cooperation - Power and Sharing: Finding the Balances,” organized and sponsored by the Minneapolis Foundation. Corsi’s address was on the topic "Risk-Taking as a Means to Personal and Professional Growth." Virginia Corsi heads a 20-member institutional investors council in New York City. Before that she worked in the Agency for International Development in the U.S. State Department, and earlier was associated with the Aspen Institute of Colorado and New York City. Corsi is a graduate of the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
December 27, 1984 - MPR’s Gary Eichten profiles the local bar band Willie and the Bees as the band prepares to call it quits. Segment presents an interview with band founder Willie Murphy about the band and their sound.
December 28, 1984 - Alexis Herman, chief operating officer and a co-founder of Green-Herman and Associates, a minority-owned corporation that specializes in improving productivity for small businesses, speaking at the 1984 Itasca Seminar. The theme of the seminar was "Competition and Cooperation - Power and Sharing: Finding the Balances". Herman addressed the effects on employment of a competitive high-tech environment. After her presentation, Herman took several questions and comments from conference participants. Herman heads a minority-owned small business corporation in Washington, D.C. Previously, Alexis Herman was director of the women's bureau in the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration. She is a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana. The Itasca Seminar is organized and sponsored by the Minneapolis Foundation. This year's seminar was also co-sponsored by 17 different corporations, foundations and other organizations in the Twin Cities.
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