August 17, 1993 -
August 17, 1993 - Minnesota's first district Democratic Congressman Tim Penny will be answering listener questions about the budget process, taxes and the deficit, flood relief and more. Congressman Penny is back in Minnesota for the August congressional recess, and announced recently he will not be running for re-election.
August 19, 1993 - Wings by Arthur Kopit at Loring Playhouse; Orgasmo Adulto Escapes From the Zoo by Dario Fo and Franca Rame at Loring Playhouse; and Comedy of Terrors by Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop.
August 19, 1993 - Includes a review of the book "Too Hot, Went to Lake" by Peg Meier, winner of a 1994 Midwest Book Achievement Award.
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August 20, 1993 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews two local historians about the early days of the Minnesota State Fair. They discuss its development from farm celebration to entertainment, and a future as a gathering.
August 20, 1993 - Drop Him Till He Dies: The Twisted Tragedy of Immigrant Homesteader Thomas Egan by C. John Egan, published 1994. Thomas Egan was hanged in South Dakota for the murder of his wife. Over a hundred years later, his great grandson wrote this book to make a record of Thomas Egan's innocence. On August 21, 1993, Governor Walter D. Miller formally apologized for the wrongful hanging of Thomas Egan in 1882.
August 20, 1993 - Essay later collected in "Cold Comfort: Life at the Top of the Map" by Barton Sutter, published October 1998 by University of Minnesota Press.
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August 21, 1993 -