January 25, 1980 -
January 26, 1980 - William Driver of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Arts Alliance talks about a recent major study on arts and their effects on the urban economy done by the Alliance as part of a nationwide study.
January 30, 1980 - Experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs spoke with MPR reporter Nancy Fushan commenting on his description of filmmaking as a salvage business.
February 1, 1980 - MPR’s Mark Heistad reports on a group in Madison, Minnesota, that are writing their own soap opera. Heistad interviews local author Carol Bly, who is heading the project.
February 4, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews George White, director of O'Neill Theater Center, about Eugene O'Neill's play "A Touch of the Poet."
February 8, 1980 - Minnesota novelist Tim O'Brien speaks about and reads from his work The Nuclear Age at a Worthington Community College event.
February 9, 1980 - MPR arts reporter Nancy Fushan reports on the opening of the major exhibit of works by the late artist Pablo Picasso at the Walker Art Center. This exhibit includes works from Picasso's personal collection, now owned by the government of France.
February 25, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews poet and activist Marge Piercy. Segment also includes Piercy reading two of her poems.
March 1, 1980 - The Milkweed Chronicle is not a run-of-the-mill newspaper, printed on stiff, durable paper and contains poems and illustrations. As the paper publishes its first issue, MPR’s Rich Dietman interviews guests Nancy Keating, publication’s business manager; Emilie Buchwald, editor; and Randy Scholes, art director.
March 7, 1980 - As part of the Walker Arts Center series on Modernism, literary critic Hugh Kenner discusses the meanings of modernism. The speech presents challenges faced by the writer, the reader, and the critic.