February 26, 1997 - As part of Minnesota Public Radio's Voices of Minnesota series, a presentation of excerpts from an interview with George Latimer, former St. Paul mayor.
March 3, 1997 - MPR’s Gary Eicthen talks with Minnesota's most prominent statesman, Walter Mondale, who recently retired from public service. Mondale discusses political issues, business, and his years as U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Vice President, Presidential candidate, and U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Mondale also answers listener questions.
March 3, 1997 - Hour 2 of Midmorning features a Voices of Minnesota segment with Doug Wood. Arne Fogel samples a new four-volume compact disc set of Louis Armstrong music entitled, "Louis Armstrong: the Complete RCA/Victor Label Recordings." Also included is Odd Jobs - lie detector.
March 5, 1997 - Langston Hughes was a pillar of the Harlem Renaissence who wrote poetry about the struggles of the ordinary african american. His first novel, "Not Without Laughter" has been described as one of the best coming of age stories ever written about the black american experience. Now the Children's Theater in Minneapolis is attempting the first ever stage production of the novel.
March 5, 1997 - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is changing its walleye fishing regulations on Mille Lacs Lake this season. The DNR will require anglers to release all walleye between 16 and 20 inches in length. However, Minnesota Public Radio's Perry Finelli reports many people with business interests on Lake Mille Lacs aren't happy with the decision.
March 5, 1997 - The 20th century has been hard on Minnesota's night sky. Cities expanded into suburbs; small towns grew into big ones; and even towns that stayed small, lit themselves up. Streetlights, parking lot lights, security floodlights -- it's a lot harder to look up and see the Milky Way now than it was a hundred years ago, even in places with loons and black bears.
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March 10, 1997 - Morvern Callar is 18 years old, loves listening to loud music on her Walkman, and going to raves in the small Scottish port where she lives. She doesn't seem to care about much else in the novel bearing her name, even when her long-time boyfriend rather messily commits suicide in their kitchen. The book, written by first time novelist Alan Warner, is attracting a great deal of attention as a portrait of late nineties youth. It's also the latest in a stream of books from a group of Scottish Novelists, including Irvine Welsh of "Trainspotting" and James Kelman of "How Late it Was, How Late" who have taken the literary world by storm. Alan Warner reads from his work tonight at the Hungry Mind Bookstore
March 14, 1997 - MPR’s Maryann Sullivan interviews jazz bassist Anthony Cox, who discusses his return to Twin Cities in hopes of supporting a stronger jazz scene in area.
March 14, 1997 - Tami Hoag, Minnesota resident and author of many bestselling suspense novels. Her newest is "A Thin Dark Line."