August 29, 2000 - MPR’s Brandt Williams gets a tour of “The Electric Bus,” a portable sampler of Seattle's 240 million dollar interactive museum called the Experience Music Project. Inside the exhibit visitors can get a history lesson or play around with some high-tech toys.
September 4, 2000 - Mainstreet Radio's Tim Post profiles The Minnesota Fishing Museum in Little Falls, Minnesota. In the land of 10,000 lakes, a few things are sacred. And here, where rods and reels can become almost a personal appendage, there's a shrine to the past time. The museum boasts antique rods, reels, lures and boats along with generations of fish stories. But the museum founders Al Baert and Morry Sauve say this is not a typical museum, it's focus is on the people.
September 5, 2000 - One of the Wild West's most famous sharpshooters takes the stage at the Orpheum in Minneapolis tonight. Irving Berlin's Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun", first staged in 1946, is loosely based on the life of frontier sure-shot Phoebe Anne Oakley Moses, who traveled with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show from 1885 to 1901. Actress Marilu Henner, who plays the title character, says it is the best role she's had since her days as Elaine on the T.V. series "Taxi". She admires Annie Oakleys spirited approach to life:
September 8, 2000 - Saint Paul will throw a party tomorrow (Sat) for its newest park, which is also one of its oldest parks. A fourteen million dollar face lift of Harriet Island Regional Park has revived a century old gathering place on the Mississippi River. The park renovation - combined with this summer's news that new housing and jobs are coming to the river flats - is creating a new momentum for Saint Paul's West Side. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports...
September 12, 2000 - Governor Ventura made what he said was a welcome stop home in the Twin Cities Monday as part of his nationwide book tour. He signed copies of his newest book, "Do I Stand Alone?," for approximately an hour and a half and greeted a long line of admirers. Ventura says his latest book is about his political philosophy, while his first book, "Aint Got Time to Bleed," was more autobiographical. Five days into his book tour, the governor says he's been well received around the country. Minnesota Public Radio's Amy Radil reports.
September 12, 2000 - In Bemidji author Kevin McColley's new novel "The Other Side", a civil war era farm boy flees after killing a local bully in a fight . After drifting for a while, he ends up in Missouri with Quantrill's Raiders, a rag-tag guerilla army involved in brutal attacks against northern civilians. McColley says he'd wanted to write a Civil War novel for a long tine, but only felt he'd found a subject that hadn't been done to death when he ran across accounts of the raiders. His novel, which has now been nominated for a National Book Award, examines how ordinary people can do horrible things. He told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr he actually finished the book four years ago, but it has taken that long for him to get over the experience of dealing with the subject matter. Kevin McColley's novel "The Other Side" is published by Simon and Schuster. He will read from his book at St Olaf College in Northfield October 11th.
September 14, 2000 - At the turn of the 20th century barns were the farm's cathedral. The red or white structures were designed and personalized for each farm family. The massive barns held livestock and tools with a second floor for hay and the occasional barn dance. Towering wooden barns have given way to sleek metal sheds on many farms and now, barns have become the stuff of historic preservation. Mainstreet Radio's Cara Hetland reports.
September 15, 2000 - If you've missed any of St. Paul's Peanuts on Parade Snoopys this summer you can now see most of them in one place. The city is gathering 75 of the 101 statues along Wabasha street in downtown. We caught up with a few Snoopy spectators earlier today.
September 15, 2000 - The Cathedral of St. Paul has a new statue, a bronze image of Saint Paul the Apostle. Ironically, it's the first statue of Saint Paul ever for the 85-year-old cathedral that carries his name. When Archbishop John Ireland commissioned the cathedral in the early twentieth century, he said it was enough of a dedication to give it the saint's name. The new statue is fifteen feet high and weighs over one thousand pounds. It was sculpted by Glen Terry, an artist from East Bethel, Minnesota. Terry says he was interested in the project because of his devotion to the apostle.
September 15, 2000 - The annual Faith, Reason and World Affairs symposium opens today at Concordia College in Moorhead. The topic is spirituality and healing, among those participating are six Tibetian monks who are performing a ritualistic intricate sand painting they believe will provide healing to the entire planet. Minnesota Public Radios Dan Gunderson reports.