October 26, 2001 - For the first time ever a woman will lead the largest Jewish congregation in the Midwest. Marcia Zimmerman will be installed tonight as Senior Rabbi at Temple Israel in Minneapolis. Over five thousand members attend the reform synagogue. Zimmerman has served as Temple Israel's associate rabbi for the past 13 years. Since September 11th she's tailored her sermons to address questions about current events, but she says there aren't any easy answers.
October 26, 2001 - "The Spirit Light" is playing at the Lake Como Pavillion. Micah Chiampa, a talking blues artist, put out a CD "Talking Eccentricity Rags."
October 26, 2001 - "The Play Maiden's Prayer" is about a playboy who chooses a wife. Fritz Stransky, a lawyer who died in Auschwitz, was an art collector and his collection is on display.
October 30, 2001 - Mainstreet Radio’s Bob Reha profiles Mel Nygaard and his haunted farm. The rural Moorhead farm is getting national attention for providing plenty of scares.
October 31, 2001 - Many ghosts and goblins will be staying indoors this Halloween. We all still have images of burning skyscrapers in our minds. Anthrax scares and new terrorist threats dominate the headlines. Psychologists say Halloween typically offers children a special time to face their fears. Before September 11th kids could dress up as monsters and take on their fear of the dark. Now for many kids and their parents, fear and a new awareness is part of everyday life. Mainstreet Radio's Erin Galbally reports trick or treating is no exception.
October 31, 2001 - The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis is one step closer to becoming history. Yesterday, (tues) a city council committee approved a demolition permit to allow the Walker Art Center to expand on the Guthrie site. The issue attracted a standing-room-only audience at the public hearing. Minnesota Public Radio's Patty Marsicano reports:
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.