March 23, 1991 - MPR’s Susan Orandi reports on Garrison Keillor’s return to A Prairie Home Companion. Keillor stopped doing his A Prairie Home Companion show in 1987, but says he has searched for some happy way of rediscovering and operating the roots of the show.
March 25, 1991 - MPR’s Mark Heistad interviews editor of an annual published anthology that collects local women's stories. Segment includes a reading from publication.
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April 4, 1991 - MPR’s Carol Shotzko reports on a storytelling festival being held in Austin, Minnesota. The event was begun by Michael Carter, a local farmer who founded the Austin Storytelling Festival during a bleak period in the town's history…the Hormel meat Packer strike of 1985-86.
April 5, 1991 - MPR’s Mike Maus interviews Joel Shepard, a member of Film in the Cities (FITC) organization, about a gay and lesbian film festival running for two weeks in the Twin Cities. Shepard talks of the importance of arts in bridging social debate.
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April 9, 1991 - Morning Edition’s Beth Friend interviews Minnesota writer Carol Bly on her book, The Tomcat's Wife and Other Stories. Bly discusses how the book characters in small town find ‘fun.’
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April 20, 1991 - An interview with Martha Boesing on her play, Standing on Fishes, which is a part of the Environmental Theater Project in Minneapolis. Segment includes a performance clip.