May 8, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews Karal Ann Marling, author and professor of Art History and of American Studies at the University of Minnesota, about the history and impact of the public holiday Mother’s Day in the United States.
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May 12, 1993 - A collection of reviews from local theater critic Erin Hart on The Piano Lesson by August Wilson at Penumbra Theater; and two one-act plays by Kim Hines, Cut on the Bias and Do Not Pass Go at Illusion Theater.
May 14, 1993 - MPR’s Liz Hannon interviews members of Quintessence, a Minneapolis folk-jazz-world fusion combo. Segment also includes music clips of the band.
May 14, 1993 - A Midmorning interview with Minnesota author and teacher Jon Hassler, who talks about the process of writing Dear James. Hassler first got the idea of novel during a trip to the Vatican.
May 14, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota author Barton Sutter reads his essay on spring cleaning and remembrances, titled Ghost of a Good Bad Man.
May 15, 1993 - Minnesota travel writer John Shepard visits MPR studios with some summer vacation ideas. Shepard details areas of state beyond the well-traversed.
May 19, 1993 - Erin Hart reviews Jungle Theater production of Old Times, a Harold Pinter play.
May 19, 1993 - MPR’s Liz Hannon interviews American author and poet David Mura about Secret Colors, a multi-media performance collaborative piece with Black writer Alexs Pate. The work is about their lives as men of color and Asian American-African American relations.
May 21, 1993 - A phone interview with Daniel Appleby, a Minnesotan filmmaker, about his experience showing his film Bound and Gagged: A Love Story at Cannes Film Festival.