December 14, 2001 - Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts has a look at what's going on with arts around the state this week.
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December 17, 2001 - Stephen Sondheim, award-winning composer and lyricist, gives a speech at the Guthrie Theater's "Global Voices" series.
December 17, 2001 - Three Norman Rockwell paintings stolen from a Minnesota Gallery 23 years ago have been recovered and will be returned to their owner. That story made big news, in part because it involved the work of a famous artist. Art theft is a multi-billion dollar crime that plagues collectors, gallery owners and insurance agencies. And as Minnesota Public Radio's Marianne Combs reports it's on the rise:
December 17, 2001 - Gwendolyn Cates was 11 when her father first took her to visit a Navajo reservation. Her father had set out to learn the local language, and made friends on the reservation. Gwendolyn continued to visit as she grew older. Later she became a professional photographer. It was almost a natural when she was asked by the Men's Journal to travel to ten reservations around the country to document Indian Country. A book "Indian Country" grew from the assignment. It contains dozens of portraits, including many from Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin. Cates told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr she wanted to dispel misconceptions about native people. The book includes pictures of many well known and not so well known Indians. One is a portrait of Leonard Peltier who is serving a life sentence for murder at the Federal Prison in Leavenworth, Kansas.
December 20, 2001 - From Nat King Cole asking us to picture "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" to choirs singing "Handel's Messiah"--the holiday season is a time for traditional music. I sat down with Minnesota Public Radio's Classical Music host, Tom Crann, to hear the stories behind a few of those classics and some of his picks for the best of the season: Once again, you can tune into Christmas Day With Tom Crann on Christmas day from 9 to 11 right here on Minnesota Public Radio.
December 21, 2001 - Health of Minnesota theater is looked at in the next episode.
December 21, 2001 -
December 21, 2001 - Belle Weather is featured on the show.
December 21, 2001 - Examining the health of Minnesota theater.