August 18, 1994 - Jon Gordon reports on St. Paul School Board Teaching and Learning Committee’s hearing regarding gay & lesbian support groups in the school district. Report includes commentary from both opponents and proponents of the program for gay and lesbian students.
August 19, 1994 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, northern Minnesota writer Barton Sutter reads The Shrink-Wrapped Campfire, an essay on camping equipment.
August 20, 1994 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews author Neal Karlen about his book, Babes in Toyland: The Making and Selling of a Rock and Roll Band. Karlen discusses his experiences following the band during the creation and reaction of Babes in Toyland’s first album.
August 22, 1994 - On this Midmorning interview, Minneapolis-born screenwriter and actor Nick Sadler talks about writing his script, Amateur Fools. He also discusses filming in Minnesota.
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August 24, 1994 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Yee Chang, Pioneer Press library researcher and Hmong Youth Cultural Awareness Project coordinator; and Pang Xiong, a project contributor, about student written book, A Free People: Tracing Our Hmong Roots. Chang and Xiong describe the purpose of book is to better connect young Hmong students and their parents/grandparents through history of Hmong culture.
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August 25, 1994 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer has a conversation with food author Lynne Rossetto Kasper at Minnesota Public Radio’s State Fair booth. The two talk about organic and local foods.
August 25, 1994 - MPR’s John Rabe interviews Minnesota State fairgoers about Curt “The Big Boar,” the largest pig ever at the State Fair. Curt is 1,340-pound and raised by Pat and Patricia Malvin of Blomkest, MN.
August 25, 1994 - MPR’s Mark Zdechlik reports on the changes and new items at the 1994 Minnesota State Fair…as well as the return of the familiar, like the Salem Lutheran Food Hall.