December 27, 1984 - MPR’s Gary Eichten profiles the local bar band Willie and the Bees as the band prepares to call it quits. Segment presents an interview with band founder Willie Murphy about the band and their sound.
December 28, 1984 - Alexis Herman, chief operating officer and a co-founder of Green-Herman and Associates, a minority-owned corporation that specializes in improving productivity for small businesses, speaking at the 1984 Itasca Seminar. The theme of the seminar was "Competition and Cooperation - Power and Sharing: Finding the Balances". Herman addressed the effects on employment of a competitive high-tech environment. After her presentation, Herman took several questions and comments from conference participants. Herman heads a minority-owned small business corporation in Washington, D.C. Previously, Alexis Herman was director of the women's bureau in the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration. She is a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana. The Itasca Seminar is organized and sponsored by the Minneapolis Foundation. This year's seminar was also co-sponsored by 17 different corporations, foundations and other organizations in the Twin Cities.
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December 31, 1984 - Nancy Amidei, director of the Food Resources Action Coalition, speaking to a Twin Cities forum sponsored by the Mayor's Task Force on Food Policy in Saint Paul. Amidei’s address was titled "The Politics of Food." Focus of speech was on the poor and hunger. Afterwards, there were follow-up responses by Cy Carpenter and Ruth Ann Wefald.
January 5, 1985 - On this Weekend program, St. Paul Mayor George Latimer and Robert Ebel, both members of Minnesota Tax Study Commission, discuss commission's recommendations to the governor and the 1985 legislature.
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January 7, 1985 - Minnesota Journal host Gary Eichten presents a collection of reports and news items for Monday, January 7, 1985.
January 7, 1985 - As part of the American Prose Series, an interview with author and literary critic Doris Grumbach, who discusses her writing and reads from her books Chamber Music, Missing Person, and The Ladies.