October 19, 1974 - D. Smith presents a profile of Black poet Ramona Austin. Feature includes reading by Austin at opening and close of segment. There is also a short interview, where she discusses her thoughts on poetry and how race plays into her writing.
October 21, 1974 - During on-air intermission of the Dedication Concert of the new Orchestra Hall in downtown Minneapolis, MPR’s Dennis Rooney presents a recorded interview with Cyril M. Harris, the acoustic engineer involved in the design of hall. Harris discusses the importance of acoustics and avoiding the multi-use concept. Despite it’s contemporary feeling, he states Orchestra Hall is quite traditional.
November 6, 1974 - The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra returns to Minnesota from a four-week tour of Europe. In a brief interview at airport, Conductor Dennis Russell Davies said audiences were very receptive.
November 17, 1974 - Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand speaking at Ford Hall Forum. Rand’s address was titled “Egalitarianism and Inflation.”
November 18, 1974 - Mark Schubert, Director of Education for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, speaking to educators about arts in education during a preview of the Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Park. Schubert examined what the relationship between the arts and education is.
November 27, 1974 - The “future of public television” was the discussion for a conference held at Spring Hill Conference Center in Wayzata, Minnesota. Three highlighted speakers were Henry Loomis, Chairman of the Board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Ralph Rogers, Board Chairman of PBS; and Glen Robinson, former University of Minnesota Law Professor, now with the FCC.
December 13, 1974 - Richard S. Salant, president of CBS News, engaged in a question and answer session sponsored by the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Minnesota. MPR reporter Connie Goldman attended the informal discussion of network news operation and prepared this report. Ron Handberg of WCCO-TV, a CBS affiliate, introduced Richard Salant.
December 13, 1974 - MPR’s Connie Goldman talks to art dealer Hildegard Bachert at Dayton's eighth floor display, “Grandma Moses - Christmas in the Country.”
December 17, 1974 - Karen Klein, professor at Brandeis University, delivers luncheon address on the feminism and the family in literature at a meeting of the Minneapolis-St. Paul chapter of the Brandeis Women. MPR’s Connie Goldman attended the event and recorded Dr. Klein's discussion.
December 30, 1974 - On this Options program, Anthropologist and author Margaret Mead speaks at American Museum of Natural History conference on aging.