May 4, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on the Minnesota Composers Forum. Friend interviews various members of group about organization’s purpose in supporting local composers.
May 6, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend interviews Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko. He answers listener questions about his work and his impressions of artistic expression in the USSR.
May 10, 1987 - Midday presents the documentary “Williams Pipeline Under Fire: The South Dakota Story,” which looks into gasoline leaks and spills, as well as information about other unsafe and possibly illegal activities at Williams Pipeline Companies Sioux Falls, South Dakota terminal.
May 11, 1987 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen profiles the “Minnesota Celebrates Lindbergh” celebration, in honor of the 60th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s transcontinental flight. Features includes interviews from Little Falls.
May 13, 1987 - An interview with playwright Marisha Chamberlain's about her play, Angels of Warsaw. It revolves around travelers on a train ride between Paris and Warsaw. The play premieres at the Cricket Theater, in Minneapolis.
May 15, 1987 - Minneapolis writer Sheila B. Richter is winner of the 1987 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, a prize where writers try to write the worst first sentence. MPR’s Loren Omoto reads the “honored” short composition.
May 19, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend profiles Patricia Hampl and her work, Spillville. The book is a narrative and reflection on Hampl and a few of her friends rode-tripping to Iowa to visit the same small town Antonin Dvorak visited when he wrote his String Quartet No. 12 in F major (nicknamed American Quartet).
May 20, 1987 - A recording of Charles Lindbergh reading from his memoir, Spirit of St. Louis, an autobiographical account of his first flight across the Atlantic.
May 21, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend looks at the seven-year tenure of Pinchas Zukerman, conductor of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Friend interviews members of SPCO about the genius, influential, and sometimes difficult orchestra leader.
May 22, 1987 - A profile of a baseball clinic for kids (6 to16) run by the Minnesota Twins. Report includes numerous interviews, including instructor Glenn Gostick, clinic founder Angelo Giuliani, and a former clinic child attendee, Twin first baseman Kent Hrbek.