May 11, 1998 - MPR’s Art Hughes reports on a highway dedication of James Wright’s poem “The Blessing.” It was written after a ride with his friend Robert Bly as they pulled their car off the road and encountered a pair of horses.
May 14, 1998 - An award winning, controversial play is coming to Minneapolis, after dominating the off-broadway scene in New York for the last year. Paula Vogel's, "How I Learned to Drive," which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize last month, explores a disturbingly erotic relationship between a girl and her uncle. The "Eye of the Storm Theater" scored a coup when it won the rights to stage the play, in part because of its relationship with the playwright. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts reports.
May 14, 1998 - MPR’s Euan Kerr talks with St. Paul guitarist Dean Magraw about his album “Seventh One.”
May 15, 1998 - Arne Fogel, local radio personality and music historian, discusses the musical legacy of Frank Sinatra, who died May 14th, 1998. Fogel gives insight on Sinatra’s impact on popular singing. Program includes Sinatra song segments.
May 15, 1998 - Frank Sinatra will be remembered in different ways by different people... for writer Frank Skillman the memories go way back... --------------------------------------------------------- | D-CART ITEM: 9263 | TIME: 5.11 | OUTCUE: "...cult of frank (plus :13 sec music) --------------------------------------------------------- Writer Frank Skillman and producer Peter Donalds write, create "NeoRadio" for the Pacifica Network in River Falls Sun 28-MAY 11:08:59 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
May 15, 1998 - The Minnesota History Center will be celebrating the life of one of Minnesota's most famous living artists this weekend--George Morrison. The Grand Portage native was born in a small Ojibwe community in 1919, and spent years living in New York, where he made a reputation for himself as an abstract expressionist and hung out with artists like Jackson Pollack and Willim DeKooning. Morrison moved back to Minnesota in the seventies and still lives and paints up on the North Shore of Lake Superior. His wood mosiacs and abstract totem poles are in galleries around the world and even in the White House sculpture garden. It was in Grand Marais that Morrison met St. Paul writer Margo Fortunato Galt. The two collaborated on a book just published by the Minnesota Historical Society called "Turning the Feather Around: My Life in Art." Galt says other books have been written ABOUT Morrison, but this one is in his own words:
May 18, 1998 - In a surprise announcement, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra appointed a new acting concertmaster. The selection of the violinist to lead the musicians in any orchestra is a complex, mysterious, process. Insiders expected the SPCO selection committee to take a year to choose a successor to Romauld Tecco, but they found someone they really wanted…Denver-based Steven Copes playing and they hired him on the spot.
May 19, 1998 - THERE'S A CERTAIN MYSTERY TO THE WAY IN WHICH ARTISTS CREATE THEIR WORK. THE FINAL PRODUCT ON VIEW IN A MUSEUM OR GALLERY COMES WITH LITTLE EXPLANATION ABOUT THE HOW AND WHY OF A PIECE. BUT NOW, AT THE WALKER ART CENTER, THREE SCULPTORS ARE LETTING THE PUBLIC IN ON THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS. THEY'RE WORKING IN ONE OF THE WALKER GALLERIES...AND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO STOP IN, WATCH AND ASK QUESTIONS. MARY STUCKY VISITED WITH ROBERT FISCHER THE FIRST OF THE THREE SCULPTORS IN WHAT THE WALKER IS CALLING "SCULPTURE ON SITE".
May 19, 1998 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Native American blues band, Indigenous.
May 21, 1998 - The Minnesota Orchestra is considering building an outdoor amphitheater in Brooklyn Park. Orchestra officials say the northern Twin Cities suburban location is attractive because there are thousands of acres of undeveloped land. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports. audio . . . (Minnesota Orchestra music) The Minnesota Orchestra wants to bring in more money. To do that, the Orchestra wants to build an amphitheatre that can seat more summer ticket buyers. The Orchestra sells lots of seats for its popular Sommerfest and Cabaret Pops concerts. But Orchestral Association president David Hyslop predicts a new amphitheatre will draw nearly twice as many people as Or