October 30, 2000 - MPR’s Bob Reha profiles William "Jack" Jackson, a North Dakota author who travels around gathering strange stories…like a dogfight with a UFO over Fargo, finding the back door to hell, and meeting a ghost named Sophie.
November 1, 2000 - They say it's a tale as old as time....the Disney musical "Beauty and the Beast" is opening tonight (Wed.) at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. The Broadway-style show is offering Minnesotans some local flavor -- one of the lead characters grew up in Minnetonka. Jay Russell plays the candelabra named "Lumiere." He says he's looking forward to the chance to perform before a hometown audience:
November 2, 2000 - Paying for Napster. BMG is joining Napster and is going to sell music online.
November 3, 2000 - What do you do if you're not who you think you are? A hermaphrodite's memoires are now the basis of a play in the Twin Cities.
November 7, 2000 - The world's only corn palace may have another distinction to add its long list of unique qualities. The Mitchell, South Dakota tourist destination may become a national historic landmark. Lynda Shwan is a specialist with the South Dakota state historic preservation office. She is recommending the corn palace for the designation:
November 14, 2000 - Using the 110-year old Grainbelt Brewery as an architectural headquarters. Before that can happen, it needs to be cleaned up and reconstructed.
November 16, 2000 - MPR’s Laura McCallum reports on Governor Ventura's job with the XFL, a professional American football minor league, beginning in February 2001. XFL founder says Ventura was chosen because he is honest and opinionated. Legislators are not thrilled with the situation and are making their displeasure known.
November 17, 2000 - Kevin Maynor, an African American opera singer, singing the African American version of Turnadot.
November 17, 2000 - Robyne Robinson opened an art gallery, Flatland Gallery. She is one of the strongest, most visible advocates of art in the Twin Cities.
November 20, 2000 - In his new book "Postville" author Stephen Bloom examines the conflict that erupted when a group of Hasidic Jews from New York moved to a small Iowa town in the late 1980s and opened a kosher slaughterhouse. The relationship began on a friendly note, with the locals welcoming the Jews who were bringing hundreds of jobs to the economically depressed region. But soon the relationship soured and when the locals lobbied in favor of a referendum to annex the slaughterhouse, the Jews claimed anti-semitism was fueling the vote. For Bloom, the clash of cultures was particularly interesting since he too, is a Jewish man who traded in big city life for Iowa cornfields.