August 15, 2001 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer speaks with Michael Yang, director of the Immigrant and Refugee Policy Coalition of Minnesota, about ceremony at Bethel College's Benson Hall where 730 Hmong Veterans and widows from Laos will become U.S. Citizens.
August 21, 2001 - Mainstreet Radio's Mark Steil profiles the The Continental Co-ets, one of the first all-girl garage bands from the 1960’s. Steil interviews Co-et’s guitarist Carolyn Behr and drummer Vicki Steinmen. Others involved with band’s history also make comments.
August 23, 2001 - On the first day of the 2001 Minnesota State Fair, MPR’s Lorna Benson joins City Pages Eater's Digest columnist Dara Moskowitz to check out food items making their Fair debut…from deep fried candy bars, to wilderness fish cakes and fried alligator legs.
August 28, 2001 - Bill Pollack thinks you can buy books and read them on any machine in the future. He is also a book publisher.
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August 30, 2001 -
August 31, 2001 - A handful of elementary and high schools will open later than next week because they are still under construction. Many schools have a different look. Students and teachers will notice, with the new look of today, heading back to school next Tuesday may discover a change to the traditional school setting. Many knew Ed Codet of Codet Architectural Group has recently designed three new public schools for the city of Minneapolis. Create a more stimulating learning environment:
August 31, 2001 -
August 31, 2001 - The building of artistic gateways to Minneapolis neighborhoods. Ari Hauptman, from University of Minnesota, talks about restoring the Bible.
September 3, 2001 - For the final day of the 2001 Minnesota State Fair, MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Jerry Hammer, executive vice president of the State Fair, about the attendance and overview of how this year’s State Fair has gone.