October 29, 1992 -
October 30, 1992 - Author Jerry Dennis and illustrator Glenn Wolff detail the aspects of their book, It’s Raining Frogs and Fishes: Four Seasons of Natural Phenomena and Oddities of the Sky. Segment concludes with a reading from Dennis.
October 30, 1992 - Master storyteller Duke Addicks tells the ‘real’ ghost story of Rex, a long dead dog.
October 31, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on the new location in Minneapolis Warehouse District for Theatre de la Jeune Lune, the celebrated local theater company. The space was once the Minneapolis Van and Warehouse Company.
October 31, 1992 - On this segment from Weekend Edition, historian and pop culture expert Karal Ann Marling shares insights into the architecture of numerous bridges that traverse spots within the Twin Cities.
November 2, 1992 - Continuation of speech segment of Japanese linguist Dr. Junji Miura.
November 2, 1992 - A speech segment of Japanese linguist Dr. Junji Miura.
November 6, 1992 - John Frohnmayer, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, speaking at Minnesota Meeting. Frohnmayer’s address was on the topic “Art and the First Amendment.” Following speech, Frohnmayer answered audience questions. Frohnmayer resigned under pressure, in response to a series of political advertisements launched by Pat Buchanan, which criticized some of the artwork funded by the NEA. Minnesota Meeting is a non-profit corporation which hosts a wide range of public speakers. It is managed by the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
November 6, 1992 - MPR’s Bill Wareham presents a profile on Minneapolis band Soul Asylum. Wareham interviewed band members on their break into the national scene with album “Grave Dancers Union” on Columbia Records.
November 6, 1992 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks to the playwright and cast behind "We are Hmong," an original play collaboratively produced in St. Paul. The play explores the generational and cultural tug-of-war that characterizes Hmong family life in America.