October 5, 2001 - Mainstreet Radio’s Jeff Horwich reports on a new grant awarded in central Minnesota that will be a small first step to put more violins, violas, and cellos in the hands of children in smaller school districts.
October 8, 2001 - Since the attacks on New York and Washington on September Eleventh, more Americans have been showing their patriotism. One place that's seen an increase in business is the neighborhood tattoo parlour. Across the nation, tattooists report their doing dramatically more patriotic tattoos. Minnesota Public Radio's Nick Schmidt visited an annual tattoo convention in Duluth to find out more. {
October 8, 2001 - SPCO Music Director Andreas Delfs says music has taken on more meaning since the September 11th attacks. Nine major Minnesota arts organizations are joining together for a special performance, called "Elegy," to honor the victims of September 11th, 2001.
October 10, 2001 - MPR’s Tasha Rosenfeld interviews American-born Iranian poet Susan Atefat Peckham about the country Iran and Peckham's first book "That Kind of Sleep." Peckham reads from book.
October 11, 2001 - Writer and rancher Dan O'Brien says he was so desperately in need of change five years ago he'd become physically and mentally sick. He found that change when, almost on a whim, he moved a dozen buffalo calves onto his land. In his new book "Buffalo for the Broken Heart" O'Brien describes how his growing herd heals his spirit and his land. He told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr as soon as he saw buffalo on his pasture, he knew it was the right thing to do. Writer Dan O'Brien's book is called "Buffalo for the Broken Heart."
October 11, 2001 - The fate of the current home of the Guthrie Theater will be determined next month when the Minneapolis City Council votes whether to approve plans by the Walker Art Center to destroy the building to make way for parking space. The Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission voted this week to recommend against the proposed demolition, and the issue now goes before the city's Zoning and Planning Committee. City Council member Lisa McDonald chairs this committee and joins us on the line. That's Minneapolis City Council member Lisa McDonald. Her committee will discuss the Guthrie at a meeting on October 16th.
October 11, 2001 - It was pure coincidence that a men's chorus from Norway arrived in New York City to begin a long-planned North American tour shortly after the terrorist attacks. However, an observer says their singing lifted spirits among New York audiences in the dismal aftermath of the attacks. The singers, no strangers to hardship and danger, are from the tiny fishing village of Berlevag (BARE leh vog) in far northern Norway. They are in Minneapolis for a concert Friday night. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports.
October 12, 2001 - On Word of Mouth, MPR’s Chris Roberts provides a radio guide to the local arts. This episode includes "Hush, Hush", John O'Donohue, Bakken Ensemble, “The Rink,” Jazz and Italian modern art, Lea Thomas, and an arts round-up..
October 12, 2001 - Does the theater scene challenge you?
October 19, 2001 - Peter Razor's debut novel was a lifetime in the making. The 72-year-old Native American author spent the better part of his adulthood trying to forget his childhood as a ward of the state orphanage in Owatonna. But after his own children kept prodding him for details on their family history, he finally decided it might be worth dredging it all up. In his new memoir, "While the Locust Slept", Razor talks frankly about his life in the orphanage.