January 18, 2002 - Park Square Theater presents their version of "Sideshow." Zeitgeist performs a free concert titled "Playing It Close to Home." "Time Take" at the Weisman Art Museum takes a look at women through the ages.
January 18, 2002 - Minnesota has a strong dance program. It is severely underfunded and that needs to change.
January 18, 2002 - Minnesota's climate is nothing if not extreme. The state seems to see it all including blizzards, floods, drought, and tornadoes. The new "Weather Permitting" exhibit at the Minnesota History Center explores how Minnesotans have experienced weather over the past decades. The exhibit is expected to be on display for five years and features artifacts, hands on activities and fun weather facts. I toured "Weather Permitting" with the exhibit's curator--Loris Sofia Gregory. She says the exhibit was a natural given Minnesota's diverse climate:
January 18, 2002 - Minnesota's dance is strong, but is it healthy?
January 21, 2002 - What if you could remember everything that's ever happened to you--the good and the bad. That's the premise of Minnesota-born author Anne Ursu's new novel "Spilling Clarence." The book centers on the psychological reactions that afflict the residents of Clarence, Minnesota after a leak at a psychopharmaceutical factory spills a drug into the atmosphere. One by one, the residents are traumatized by memories of the past. Anne Ursu says the idea to write a novel focusing on memory was a happy accident.
January 21, 2002 - As a young boy growing up in Duluth, Minnesota Public Radio's Classical Music Director Rex Levang listened to broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera and dreamed of being a contestant on the Opera's Quiz. Well, his dream came true, as Rex was part of a panel of opera fans who answered questions sent in by listeners and crafted by the Quiz Master. He recounts his experience with MPR’s Greta Cunningham.
January 23, 2002 - Word of Mouth host Chris Roberts talks with members of the local band Kangaroo. The group boasts three teachers and one playwright in its ranks. They discuss the desire to create happiness in their music. Segment includes music clips.
January 25, 2002 - MPR Classical Music Host John Birge interviews Bruce Ford, a tenor playing the title role of the Emperor Titus of Mozart's "La clemenza di Tito." The Minnesota Opera production is Ford's first appearance in the part.
January 31, 2002 - The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has acquired a rare Chinese sculpture of a horse from the Han (HAWN) Dynasty in the first Century. It's one of only 11 such works known to exist in the world, and will be the only one on public display in the United States. It's called the "Celestial Horse," and it stands almost 4 feet high. Joining us on the line is Dr. Robert Jacobsen, Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
February 4, 2002 - On this special Morning Edition held in Duluth, MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with poet Barton Sutter about his fascination with Lake Superior. Sutter also reads a poem about lake.