May 4, 2001 - The lives of the Tibetan nomads are captured in photographs.
May 4, 2001 - Napster is like a ghost town lately because of court orders to cut back drastically on songs.
May 4, 2001 - The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled religious and political leader, will make his first visit ever to the Twin Cities this Monday. Minnesota is home to the second largest population of Tibetans, almost one thousand strong. Local Tibetans practice Bhuddism, and teach their young people ancestral music and dance. Ngodup Tsering (No-doop SARE-ing)is organizing a group of young Tibetans who will preform traditional songs and dances for the Dalai Lama. I asked him to describe the different types of Tibetan music.
May 4, 2001 - A popular literary press is leaving the Twin Cities after more than 20 years of publishing the works of new and emerging authors. New Rivers Press closed its doors earlier this year because of financial difficulties. Now, it hopes a move to Minnesota State University Moorhead will revive the publishing house. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson reports.
May 7, 2001 - For six years, Ruth Reichl was the most powerful food critic in the world. Her columns in the New York Times could propel a chef to immediate stardom or the unemployment line. These days she dispenses culinary tips to the readers of Gourmet Magazine -- which has seen a big jump in readership and advertising revenue since she took over as editor two years ago. But there was a time early in her career, when Reichl's influence seemed unlikely. In the 1970s she was living in a Berkley commune when she decided to accept a job as a restaurant critic at New West Magazine. In her new book "Comfort Me With Apples" Reichl recalls those early years and her friends' disappointment in her career choice.
May 8, 2001 - Time Warner Books are opening its doors to undiscovered authors using electronic publishing arm called iPublish.com
May 8, 2001 - A St. Paul art history professor who secretly photographs women and then kills them is John Sandford's villain in his new book "CHOSEN PREY." In the 12th book in a best-selling series, Sandford's detective hero, Lucas Davenport wrestles with his personal life even as he chases the serial killer through the Twin Cities. Sandford was a reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press newspaper. He left journalism several years ago to begin writing the "Prey" books. Sandford told Minnesota Public Radio's Greta Cunningham sticking with the same main character though so many stories introduces some challenges.
May 9, 2001 - Walker Art Center officials are downplaying reports they will have to close for up to a year during construction of the museum's ninety (M)million dollar expansion. At a community meeting earlier this week, Walker admisitrative director David Galligan raised that possibility. But he says at this point, it's only speculation:
May 11, 2001 - In Nani Power's novel "Crawling at Night," a Japanese chef leads a lonely, but obsessed, life in New York. His obsessions? Making the best sushi possible, and finding his lost love. He's been forced to move from his homeland to the U.S. by a dark secret, and finds his new life hard. In Japan his skills preparing raw fish were revered: in America they prompt irritating remarks.
May 14, 2001 - MPR’s Tasha Rosenfeld talks with Bob Frame, executive director of The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, about organization’s list of the state's "ten most endangered historic properties." The annual register includes typical historic sites, including an old school house, a series of stone arch bridges, and Minnesota's oldest hospital. But at the top of the list is the Guthrie Theater, a structure built just four decades ago.