August 4, 1974 - MPR’s Steve Monroe reports on Poetry Out Loud caravan in Minnesota. Caroline Vogel and poets from around the state speak to the strength of the poetry communities in Minnesota.
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August 26, 1974 - MER’s Connie Goldman talks with exhibitors Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bach about their vegetable submissions in hopes for prize-winning blue ribbons.
August 28, 1974 - MER’s Connie Goldman interviews MER Classical host Dennis Rooney about his interest in covering the food at Minnesota State Fair. Rooney promotes the various traits of food fair.
September 7, 1974 - Sigurd Olson, environmentalist and author, speaking at the University of Minnesota-Duluth summer commencement. Topic of speech is on the ‘wilderness challenge.’
September 19, 1974 - Poet Nikki Giovanni, one of the leading voices in the black artist movement, talks about current affairs on the third anniversary of the Attica uprising. She was in Moorhead for a poetry reading on the Concordia College campus.
September 19, 1974 - The Council of American Witches hold their fourth convention in Minneapolis. Chairman Carl Weschcke says witches are socially conscious people, wanting to save mankind from self-destruction.
September 21, 1974 - Media artist Robert Whitman put together a "call-in" new program for the common man, and the "event" had a fascinating appeal.
October 5, 1974 - Alex Haley, author of "Roots", speaks at Macalester College in St. Paul about his experience in a foreign crowd.
October 9, 1974 - Documentary on Southwestern Minnesota tour of ‘Minnesota Poetry Out Loud’ - a week-long caravan of Minnesota poets operating out of Camden State Park, south of Marshall, giving formal and informal readings at the end of July 1974.