August 20, 1994 - Historian and pop culture expert Karal Ann Marling details the history of Woodstock, New York beyond a particular festival weekend.
August 22, 1994 - On this Midmorning interview, Minneapolis-born screenwriter and actor Nick Sadler talks about writing his script, Amateur Fools. He also discusses filming in Minnesota.
August 24, 1994 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Yee Chang, Pioneer Press library researcher and Hmong Youth Cultural Awareness Project coordinator; and Pang Xiong, a project contributor, about student written book, A Free People: Tracing Our Hmong Roots. Chang and Xiong describe the purpose of book is to better connect young Hmong students and their parents/grandparents through history of Hmong culture.
August 24, 1994 -
August 25, 1994 - MPR’s John Rabe interviews Minnesota State fairgoers about Curt “The Big Boar,” the largest pig ever at the State Fair. Curt is 1,340-pound and raised by Pat and Patricia Malvin of Blomkest, MN.
August 25, 1994 - Local theater critic and writer Erin Hart reviews Home, a play by British playwright David Storey being staged at the Guthrie Theater.
August 25, 1994 - MPR’s Mark Zdechlik reports on the changes and new items at the 1994 Minnesota State Fair…as well as the return of the familiar, like the Salem Lutheran Food Hall.
August 25, 1994 - MPR’s Greta Cunningham presents an audio montage of an array of creative arts and crafts State Fair submissions, described by their creators.
August 26, 1994 -
August 27, 1994 - Local writer and commentator Lawrence Sutin confronts the need of author’s to take responsibility for their words and subject matter.