November 5, 2001 - Anne Morrow Lindbergh published 13 books, recording her thoughts and experiences in memoirs, essays and poems. But a series of strokes left her unable to write or speak fluently during the last few years of her life. Lindbergh spent those days with her youngest daughter, Reeve, who describes the experience in her new book, "No More Words." She told Minnesota Public Radio's Greta Cunningham she got the title from one of her mother's poems.
November 6, 2001 - Two university professors came forward this week to solve a months old mystery of a second Kensington Runestone. The pair say they carved the stone in 1985, while taking a class on runes at the University of Minnesota. Three other students were involved, but have decided to keep quiet about the event. A Minneapolis artist found the 2,200 pound rock six months ago. A team of townspeople and scientists then dragged it to a secret location where an archeologist has been studying it to determine its age and origin. Jana Schulman is one of the confessed carvers. She is currently an associate professor of English at Southeastern Louisiana University. I asked her why she decided to tell her story now:
November 6, 2001 - F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the great American novel. We know him as the author of "The Great Gatzby," and Minnesotans take pride in his Minnesota roots. But the inspiration for many of his stories comes from a largely uncredited source. His wife Zelda. In a new book titled "Sometimes Madness is Wisdom," author Kendall Taylor examines Zelda's talents and her marriage to one of America's great literary giants of the 1920's. Taylor says the marriage between Zelda and Scott was complicated.
November 9, 2001 - MPR’s Chris Julin profiles Tasha Turk, a 15-year-old girl that also happens to be the best classical soprano in the town of Two Harbors. Turk got her start singing to livestock. She's come a long way…she'll be in Boston recording for a national radio show.
November 14, 2001 - A recently created police force on the White Earth reservation may lose authority in a large part of the reservation. Mahnomen and Clearwater counties are ending a cooperative law enforcement agreement with the tribe. Mainstreet Radios Dan Gunderson reports.
November 15, 2001 - Novelist Alan Furst writes specific stories about a specific time. His tales of intrigue, which have been compared with the work of Graham Green and John le Carre, are all set in the late 1930's and early 1940's, and involve eastern Europeans. While the stories are fiction, they are carefully researched. Furst is in the Twin Cities to read from his two most recent novels, "Kingdom of Shadows" and "The Polish Officer." He told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr that the "The Polish Officer" was inspired by a photograph from 1944 which he admits he did not initially understand.
November 16, 2001 - Chanteuse and cabaret singer Leslie Ball and friends are calling the Bryant Lake home for story and song. Molly's Delicious is a play about a girl who is in love with a man who was shipped to Korea. New Visions of the American Heartland is an exhibit at the Weisman Art Museum.
November 16, 2001 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Minneapolis businessman Harvey MacKay about a group of state business leaders that will meet with Governor Jesse Ventura to discuss the future of the Minnesota Twins. The group is working on a proposal to buy the team from owner Carl Pohlad. They're also exploring ways to get a new ballpark.
November 16, 2001 - MPR's Stephanie Hemphill visits a rehearsal of the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra as they are led by Markand Thakar, their new conductor. Thakar has his feet in two musical worlds. He'll keep his job as an assistant conductor at the New York Philharmonic while commuting to Duluth for the monthly concerts with the DSSO. The Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 70th season under the baton of a Thakar.
November 19, 2001 - All Things Considered’s Lorna Benson interviews Minnesota Orchestra Concertmaster Jorja Fleezanis about anger local musicians have over a new aviation security bill, with calls to members of Minnesota's congressional delegation to express their concerns.