June 14, 2011 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews Bob Mould, co-founder of the seminal Minneapolis punk band Husker Du, as well as the hit-making alt rock group Sugar. Mould discusses and reads from his autobiography "See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody." Segment includes various comments from music contemporaries.
June 27, 2011 - On this Midday program, MPR President and APMG CEO Bill Kling answers your questions one last time as part of the Ask the President series. After 45 plus years, Bill Kling is moving on.
June 30, 2011 - Later today Concordia University in St Paul will welcome an unusual guest for a Lutheran liberal arts school - world champion poker player Jerry Yang. There's a lot that's unusual about Jerry Yang, as he makes clear in his new memoir "All In." And Euan Kerr reports while Yang lives in California there's a reason he's launching his book tour in St Paul on the July 4th weekend.
July 6, 2011 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on "Pianos on Parade," a collaboration between the city of St. Paul and the local non-profit "Keys 4/4 Kids."
July 15, 2011 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Davina and the Vagabonds and their CD "Black Cloud." Featuring horns instead of guitars, and a frontwoman who looks as if she had been lifted from another century, the music of Davina and the Vagabonds doesn't fit the traditional Minneapolis indie rock mold.
August 1, 2011 - Euan Kerr interviews Minnesota poet Robert Bly about his collection "Talking into the Ear of a Donkey." Bly reads from book. Segment also includes commentary about Bly from fellow poets Jim Lenfestey and Garrison Keillor, and wife Ruth.
August 4, 2011 - Lisa See, author of "Shanghai Girls" and "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," discusses her writing and the influence of her Chinese American heritage at the Hennepin Country Central Library in downtown Minneapolis as part of the Talk of the Stacks series.
August 25, 2011 - Local humorist, author, and playwright Kevin Kling shares a tale of taking a visiting cousin to the Minnesota State Fair. It is quite a day.
September 2, 2011 - The Minneapolis indie rock band Patches and Gretchen presents a theatrical debut of the group's wacky and whimsical variety show, named "Headquarters and Dimes." MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews band members Gretchen Seichrist and Tommy Tousey, as well as local fans of group’s work.
September 16, 2011 - The Twin Cities hip hop duo Villa Rosa stands out, as It features two emcees, Maria Isa and Muja Messiah, who both have established identities as solo artists. The male and female tandem share equally in songwriting duties, and that's something rare in rap. The pair talk with MPR’s Chris Roberts about their album "Blue Diamond Island."