February 4, 2011 - MPR’s Euan Kerr reports on Minnesota guitarist Dean Magraw and tabla-player Marcus Wise, and their 30 years of collaboration culminating in CD "How the Light Gets In."
February 7, 2011 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Minneapolis rapper and emcee Carnage the Executioner, aka Terrell Woods. Roberts interviews Carnage the Executioner about his personal life and album “Worth the Wait." Roberts also talks with others in the music industry about Carnage the Executioner’s talents.
February 11, 2011 - Learning you have breast cancer is never easy, but for members of the deaf community, the diagnosis can be particularly isolating. Now a group of Minnesota film makers are trying to change that with a documentary called "Signing On." The film will be previewed this weekend in St. Paul, but Euan Kerr reports the film is already attracting attention internationally in the deaf community.
February 18, 2011 - Midday presents A Prairie Home Companion host and creator Garrison Keillor speaking to an audience at Concordia University in St. Paul about the challenges he's had to face as a writer and how his upbringing has helped him deal with them.
February 21, 2011 - Minneapolis rapper Sims has a reputation for being the most overtly-political emcee in the hip hop crew, Doomtree, and a track on his “Bad Time Zoo” CD takes aim at ‘progressive’ public radio listeners.
April 5, 2011 - St. Paul singer/songwriter Terry Eason is committed to reaching a formidable goal -- writing and recording a song a day for an entire year. MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews Eason and his spouse about the unique musical undertaking.
April 5, 2011 - MPR’s Euan Kerr talks with St. Paul poet Jim Moore about collection "Invisible Strings." Moore reads from book.
April 15, 2011 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Minneapolis singer-songwriter Ben Weaver about his songcraft in “East Jefferson.”
April 15, 2011 - MPR Presents "Writing Minnesota," a special program highlighting Minnesota writers and authors. Program showcases some of the exciting literary work coming out of the state.
April 18, 2011 - MPR’s Tom Crann interviews playwright Dominic Taylor, actor Dennis Spears, and director Lou Bellamy about the play "Black Pearl Sings."