A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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September 16, 1992 - Theater critic and writer Erin Hart reviews Max Wilk’s play Mr. Williams and Miss Wood. Cricket Theatre opens its season with the play.
September 16, 1992 - Kenneth and Rachel Pellman, co-authors of The World of Amish Quilts, talks with Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer about quilts and culture of the Anabaptist Christian group known for a simple, nonconformist lifestyle.
September 16, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend talks with members of Sink the Ships production being staged at Mixed Blood Theatre. The performance art piece provides a Native profile on the 500th anniversary of Columbus arrival to the “New World.”
September 16, 1992 - An interview with Michael Scandrett, new director of HealthRight, a health care program for Minnesotans with low incomes.
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September 17, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews racing coach of Paycheck, a turkey who was to compete in Worthington Turkey Race until found killed. It makes for a strange conversation.
September 17, 1992 - Kathleen Hall Jamieson, professor and author of Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction and Democracy, speaks on campaign ads and speeches. She details public reaction to these political strategies.
September 17, 1992 - An interview with Minnesota author Gary Paulsen about his book Clabbered Dirt, Sweet Grass. It is an illustrated book that highlights the hard work and simple life of a farming family on the Great Plains.
September 17, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on playwright John B. Davidson’s The Last Minstrel Show, being performed at The Penumbra Theatre. The play is about the lynching of three African American circus workers in Duluth on June 15th, 1920.
September 17, 1992 - Theater critic and writer Erin Hart reviews Treasure Island and Mr. Popper's Penguins, being performed at New Children's Theatre in Minneapolis.