July 18, 2001 - Joe Dowling, Guthrie Theater artistic director, sits in the studio with Gary Eichten to talk about the future of the venue and answer questions from MPR listeners.
July 19, 2001 - Alice Quinn, poetry editor at the New Yorker and Head of the Poetry Society of America discusses the promotion of poetry. Quinn also reads two of her favorite poems.
July 20, 2001 - A favorite speech for the summer by author Rebecca Wells. Wells is the author of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Little Altars Everywhere. She visited the Twin Series during the 2000-2001 season of the Hennepin County Library Foundation's Pen Pals Lecture Series.
July 24, 2001 - MPR’s Mary Stucky profiles Marcela Rodriguez, a Minneapolis painter attempting to preserve little bit of ancient Chilean culture…and a little of the contemporary Chilean society too.
July 25, 2001 - INTRO-- Governor Jesse Ventura will be among the speakers later today at a rural summit in Duluth. More than one-thousand delegates are at the summit to discuss ways to stregthen and build rural communities. For the past two days, they've been convering topics like diversity in rural Minnesota and rural poverty. This afternoon, the topic will be rural development policy. Colleen Landkamer (LAND cam er) will speak at that session. Landkamer is a Blue Earth County Commissioner, and a representative to the National Association of Counties.
July 25, 2001 - This week in Duluth, local government officials, university extension agents, and others working on development in rural areas of the world have been meeting and exchanging ideas. This afternoon they heard from Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Hemphill reports.
July 27, 2001 - Tom Robertson reports on the people of White Earth in northwestern Minnesota trying to bring back the lake sturgeon. The tribe is working to restore the fish and reclaim its heritage. Officials on the White Earth Indian Reservation say when the sturgeon disappeared, so did an important part of their culture.
July 30, 2001 - MPR’s Annie Feidt interviews slam poet Thadra Sheridan. She is one of five local poets that are sharpening their words, and clearing their throats in perparation for this year's National Poetry Slam.
July 31, 2001 - Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer is praising a new report by the National Federal Election Commission. The report recommends a number of election reforms, including turning election day into a national holiday and implementing uniform voting procedures within each state. Former Presidents Ford and Carter, who led the commission, hope their recommendations will help avoid a repeat of last year's bitterly contested vote-count. Kiffmeyer says she can't find anything in the report she doesn't like:
August 1, 2001 - MPR’s Art Hughes reports that new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau show same-sex households account for nearly one percent of all Minnesota couples. The 2000’ Census figures provide the agency's most accurate count yet of same-sex couples. Advocates and officials alike say the numbers still don't accurately track the true number of gays and lesbians, but are an important marker nonetheless.