June 20, 1987 -
June 20, 1987 - MPR’s Mark Hesitad talks with organist Karl Eilers about playing the Mighty Wurlitzer at World Theater. Segment includes Eilers performing examples of music set to film.
June 27, 1987 -
June 27, 1987 -
June 27, 1987 -
June 29, 1987 - Athol Fugard, South African playwright, speaking at the University of Minnesota Guy Stanton Ford Memorial Lecture. Fugard's address is on the topic "Port Elizabeth Roots: The Art, Life and Politics of South African Playwriting." The 55-year-old Fugard has drawn his writings and characters from the dispossessed of the fringes of South African culture. His plays include "'Master Harold'...and the Boys" performed at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis four years ago.
July 3, 1987 - MPR host Loren Omoto invites fellow staff Jim Bickal and Mike Mulcahy to partake from a can of Spam for the first time. It is an underwhelming experience.
July 3, 1987 - MPR’s Jim Bickal profiles how, despite its popularity, Spam has received little respect in the last 50 years. Report provides humorous commentary about the meat product, including an excerpt of the obligatory Monthy Python song.
July 4, 1987 -
July 11, 1987 - Roger Dumas, owner of Roger Dodger Music, discusses the art and sounds behind use of a synthesizer and digital sampler.