October 12, 2001 - On Word of Mouth, MPR’s Chris Roberts provides a radio guide to the local arts. This episode includes "Hush, Hush", John O'Donohue, Bakken Ensemble, “The Rink,” Jazz and Italian modern art, Lea Thomas, and an arts round-up..
October 12, 2001 - Does the theater scene challenge you?
October 19, 2001 - Peter Razor's debut novel was a lifetime in the making. The 72-year-old Native American author spent the better part of his adulthood trying to forget his childhood as a ward of the state orphanage in Owatonna. But after his own children kept prodding him for details on their family history, he finally decided it might be worth dredging it all up. In his new memoir, "While the Locust Slept", Razor talks frankly about his life in the orphanage.
October 26, 2001 - For the first time ever a woman will lead the largest Jewish congregation in the Midwest. Marcia Zimmerman will be installed tonight as Senior Rabbi at Temple Israel in Minneapolis. Over five thousand members attend the reform synagogue. Zimmerman has served as Temple Israel's associate rabbi for the past 13 years. Since September 11th she's tailored her sermons to address questions about current events, but she says there aren't any easy answers.
October 26, 2001 - "The Spirit Light" is playing at the Lake Como Pavillion. Micah Chiampa, a talking blues artist, put out a CD "Talking Eccentricity Rags."
October 26, 2001 - "The Play Maiden's Prayer" is about a playboy who chooses a wife. Fritz Stransky, a lawyer who died in Auschwitz, was an art collector and his collection is on display.
October 30, 2001 - Mainstreet Radio’s Bob Reha profiles Mel Nygaard and his haunted farm. The rural Moorhead farm is getting national attention for providing plenty of scares.
October 31, 2001 - Many ghosts and goblins will be staying indoors this Halloween. We all still have images of burning skyscrapers in our minds. Anthrax scares and new terrorist threats dominate the headlines. Psychologists say Halloween typically offers children a special time to face their fears. Before September 11th kids could dress up as monsters and take on their fear of the dark. Now for many kids and their parents, fear and a new awareness is part of everyday life. Mainstreet Radio's Erin Galbally reports trick or treating is no exception.
October 31, 2001 - The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis is one step closer to becoming history. Yesterday, (tues) a city council committee approved a demolition permit to allow the Walker Art Center to expand on the Guthrie site. The issue attracted a standing-room-only audience at the public hearing. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports:
November 5, 2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh published 13 books, recording her thoughts and experiences in memoirs, essays and poems. But a series of strokes left her unable to write or speak fluently during the last few years of her life. Lindbergh spent those days with her youngest daughter, Reeve, who describes the experience in her new book, "No More Words." She told Minnesota Public Radio's Greta Cunningham she got the title from one of her mother's poems.