February 15, 2001 - Singer Stephen Salters sings songs that represent African American heritage.
February 16, 2001 - Two actors who have been separated by an ocean for 30 years now come together to do their own version of Hamlet: through miming.
February 16, 2001 - The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis is celebrating today after announcing Great Britain's Royal National Theater will bring its award-winning "Hamlet" to Minneapolis in May. Since Sir Laurence Olivier founded the London-based theater in 1962 it has become a major force in world theater, and this production of "Hamlet" has been the hit of this year's West End season. Guthrie Artistic Director Joe Dowling told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr Guthrie staff began negotiating as soon as it learned the show might be available for Minnesota audiences.
February 19, 2001 - Mainstreet Radio’s Mark Steil interviews American composer Maria Schneider, who has been nominated for her jazz orchestral album "Allegresse." Scheinder grew up in Windom in the southwest part of the state. She reflects on how she first got into music.
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February 20, 2001 - MPR’s Lorna Benson interviews Bo Thao, who proposed a new oral history project documenting the lives of Hmong women in the Twin Cities. Thao says she hopes the stories will empower younger women with the knowledge that Hmong women have always been leaders in their communities, especially in times of war.
February 21, 2001 - Veteran French Director Agnes Varda discovered the subject for her new film at the open food market near her home in Paris. After the stalls closed and before cleaning crews swept up... she saw people descend on the discarded food. Where most would see garbage, these folks saw a meal. Agnes Varda spent a year getting to know these scavengers living on the fringes of society. Her documentary about them, " The Gleaners and I", played at the Cannes Film Festival, and premieres Friday in the Twin Cities at the Walker Art Center. The 72-year-old Varda told Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Curtis making the movie changed how she sees her country.
February 26, 2001 - All Things Considered’s Lorna Benson talks with Bruce Coppock, managing director of the SPCO, about conductor Bobby McFerrin leaving The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. McFerrin took the SPCO job in 1994, signing on for a two year contract after visiting the orchestra to conduct. Those two years turned into seven, and now McFerrin's ready to pursue other projects.
February 28, 2001 - The last day of February means anglers have to take their ice houses off Minnesota lakes. But with so much snow on the ground, skiing and snowmobiling enthusiasts are still living it up. And for some Minnesotans, another winter activity could start any day -- maple sugaring. The season is unpredictable -- requiring warm days and cold nights. Author Susan Carol Hauser writes about maple sugaring and is preparing to tap the trees near her Bemidji-area home. She says according to folklore a wet winterlike the one we've had means more sap.
February 28, 2001 - In the four years Deborah Copaken Kogan worked as a press photographer, she travelled in Afghanistan with rebel fighters, visited drug dens in Amsterdam, uncovered the horrors of the Romanian orphanages, and dodged bullets during the Moscow coup in 1991. She tells her story in "Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War", a book which has drawn both praise and criticism for its frank descriptions of her love life. Kogan told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr she was drawn to photography when she realised a camera could be a passport to many places. But it wasn't the only factor that led her to become a war photographer.