April 26, 2001 - Here's a heads-up for people heading to downtown Minneapolis tonight: there may be an unusually large number of nuns along Hennepin Avenue. Maybe an increase in folks wearing lederhosen. The reason? They'll be there to sing along with Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music." After sold-out runs in London and New York "The Singalong Sound of Music" is opening in Minneapolis tonight. The idea is simple. The full-length feature has the song lyrics subtitled on the screen, so the crowd can sing along. The show is drawing cult audiences, many of whom dress up as their favorite characters, hence the nuns. Tom Lightburn is the producer of the show, and he's come by the studio this morning. Tom Lightburn is the producer of the Sing-Along Sound of Music. The show opens tonight at the Historic State Theatre in Minneapolis with a benefit for the Minnesota Orchestra and the Minnesota Film Board. It will then run from May 3 through May 6.
April 27, 2001 - As part of Mainstreet Radio series Broken Trust: Civil Rights in Indian Country, MPR’s Dan Gunderson reports on free speech within the Indian reservation.
April 27, 2001 - Guthie presents the modern Hester Prine in their production of "In the Blood"
April 27, 2001 - It's been three years since a tornado wiped out Saint Peter's famous canopy of trees. This weekend, a new playground is going up to mark the spot where one of the town's huge trees grew. More than a thousand volunteers will transform an empty spot into a scene out of ninetieth century river town life. Mainstreet Radio's Erin Galbally reports:
April 27, 2001 - "The Laramie Project" highlights the different media perspectives to the Matthew Sheppard murder. Reedie makes etchings of exotic flowers. Nathan Johnson, the curator of Under Cinema, about underground film.
May 1, 2001 - Family members of children killed at Columbia claim that video games like Doom inspired the violence at the high school.
May 2, 2001 - Women's technology group, GraceNet, hands out Dis-Graceful awards to companies who use sexist images to push their product.
May 2, 2001 - Saint Paul officials say the Charlie Brown hotline is one of the hottest lines in town. Many in the capital city are optimistic the follow-up to last summer's popular series of Snoopy statues will be even more successful. The promotion is part of the city's tribute to Saint Paul native Charles Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip. Organizers say dozens of Saint Paul businesses have lined up to sponsor the Charlie Browns. Minnesota Public Radio's William Wilcoxen reports...
May 3, 2001 - INTRO-- One of Minnesota's award-winning children's authors is out with a new book. Kate Dicamillo's (dee come ELLO) won the Newbery Honor for her first story, "Because of Winn-Dixie." Now she's written "The Tiger Rising," which follows a boy named Rob, his friend Sistine, and a live tiger Rob finds while walking through the Florida woods. Dicamillo says her main goal was to write a good story.
May 4, 2001 - An Indian Tibetan photographer discusses his photographs of Tibetan nomads.