May 8, 1991 - MPR’s Chris Roberts presents excerpts from a keynote speech by playwright August Wilson, entitled "Odyssey of an African in America," for the Minnesota Alumni Association annual meeting.
May 9, 1991 - Minnesota-based author, educator, and outdoor enthusiast Bill Hansen reads his essay, Boo Boo the Bear.
May 13, 1991 - Mainstreet Radio’s Rachel Reabe visits the newly opened Grand Casino in Mille Lacs. The casino, built on reservation land by Twin Cities investors, guarantees over 50% of profits to the Mill Lacs Band and has dramatically improved the unemployment problem in area. The reservation has plans to expand with a much larger facility.
May 16, 1991 - MPR’s Mark Heistad interviews Alan Ominsky, author of A Catalog of Minnesota-Made Cars and Trucks. Ominsky shares the history of success and failure of auto production in the state.
May 18, 1991 - Judith Lewis comments on progress toward multiculturalism on Minnesota stages, and within theaters across the country.
May 18, 1991 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, an essay by naturalist writer and poet Laurie Allmann on searching for morels.
May 20, 1991 - Mainstreet Radio’s John Biewen visits La Paysanne, a sheep milk production company outside of Hinkley, Minnesota. The cheeses made from sheep milk include feta and ricotta. The sheep dairy industry in the U.S. is a small market and a tough business to succeed at.
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May 24, 1991 - Guthrie Theater actress Sally Wingert reads the Meridel Le Sueur essay, I Was Marching.
May 24, 1991 - MPR’s Marlana Benzie presents a report from Hibbing on the 50th birthday of former hometown resident Robert Allen Zimmerman, better known as the legendary Bob Dylan.