May 16, 1987 -
May 16, 1987 -
May 16, 1987 -
May 19, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend profiles Patricia Hampl and her work, Spillville. The book is a narrative and reflection on Hampl and a few of her friends rode-tripping to Iowa to visit the same small town Antonin Dvorak visited when he wrote his String Quartet No. 12 in F major (nicknamed American Quartet).
May 20, 1987 -
May 21, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend looks at the seven-year tenure of Pinchas Zukerman, conductor of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Friend interviews members of SPCO about the genius, influential, and sometimes difficult orchestra leader.
May 23, 1987 - On this Weekend program, Kathy Heidel, naturalist for Hennepin Parks, leads a walking tour through Carver Park Reserve, identifying a variety of bird calls, describing wild plant and animal life, including a nesting pair of ospreys.
May 23, 1987 -
May 23, 1987 -
May 27, 1987 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with Lou Bellamy, artistic director of The Penumbra Theatre, about August Wilson receiving a Pulitzer Prize Award.