December 1, 1992 - MPR’s Joe Kelly reports on a Duluth public reading of poetry about people’s experiences with AIDS, sponsored by local group Poetry Harbor.
December 1, 1992 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Marsha Hunter and Brian Kent, performers in the local version of AIDS Quilt Songbook, a Walker Art Center music event that quotes songs by Minnesota composers about HIV and AIDS.
December 2, 1992 - Local theater critic Erin Hart reviews holiday fare…Elliott Hayes’ Homeward Bound at Loring Playhouse; Thomas Olson’s The Velveteen Rabbit at The Children's Theatre; and Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity at Penumbra Theatre.
December 4, 1992 - A Midmorning conversation with Minnesota journalist, author, and educator Dave Nimmer about his memoir, The Journey Goes On. Nimmer presents an autobiographical collection of short stories about the milestones on his journey.
December 4, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend profiles the Theater Mu production of Mask Dance, a theater piece about and by Korean Americans. The work tackles family, love, and identity.
December 5, 1992 - A Midday Christmas music special with Rick Shefchik, music critic for St. Paul Pioneer Press, who reviews various holiday releases for gift-givers and plays some seldom-heard seasonal treasures.
December 7, 1992 - MPR’s Leif Enger reports on travelling educators who have created a musical road school in Northern Minnesota. Enger interviews both educator and student alike on this newfound access in learning how to play an instrument.
December 11, 1992 - MPR’s Liz Hannon interviews Ann Reed, Minnesota songwriter, singer, and guitarist. Reed shares her process of songwriting and performs songs “Hole in the Day” and “Too Much Trouble.”
December 12, 1992 - Lucia was sainted, and adopted by the fishermen of Sicily as their patron saint. No one knows exactly how she became the queen of light in a little country far up in the North. Perhaps the Vikings brought the legend back with them. It seems fitting the the tune the old Sicilian folk song was used in Sweden as a traditional song of Lucia.
December 15, 1992 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly reads a segment from The Lords of Discipline. The Pat Conroy novel was removed from the curriculum at Mound-Westonka High School.