January 29, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Laurie Allmann reads a version of her essay on the sub-boreal forest of Minnesota.
January 30, 1993 - Local pop-culture expert Karal Ann Marling comments on paint by number. It’s a multifaceted history.
February 4, 1993 - Local theater critic Erin Hart reviews Penumbra’s production of Michael Henry Brown’s King of Coons. Abdul Salaam El Razzac plays Cotton Pickit, a portrayal of Black film comedian Stepin Fetchit.
February 5, 1993 - On this First Friday program, a collection of stories including Stepin Fetchet, trend-watching, can poetry matter?, barn poetry, stress of racism, who music serves, snowboarding terms, “Thank You, M’am,” and minor league baseball stadiums.
February 5, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Randy Sue Latimer, local playwright and co-founder of Sell the Cow Theatre, a new theater company in the Twin Cities. Others involved in the joint venture are Brad Lowery, Anne Welsbacher, Jeff Reynolds. The group’s first offering is Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker and Lyle Kessler’s The Orphan.
February 5, 1993 - St. Paul teacher and author Roger Barr talks about his book, The Treasure Hunt. The mystery follows characters as they hunt for a hidden medallion in Ramsey County. The story is based on the Saint Paul Winter Carnival and the Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt.
February 5, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Duluth writer Barton Sutter reads an essay on cross-country skiing.
February 5, 1993 - In this segment from First Friday program, Anne Soukhanov, editor of American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, gives examples of snowboarding terms that were reviewed for latest edition…including ‘fakie’ and ‘phat.’
February 5, 1993 - On this First Friday segment, actor Gregory Alan Williams reads Langston Hughes short story, Thank You, Ma'am.
February 5, 1993 - On this segment from First Friday, American poet Dana Gioia discusses the history of poetry in a conversation about his book “Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture,” published by Graywolf Press.