April 26, 1993 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with famous musician Doc Severinsen, who has been named the first principal pops conductor for the Minnesota Orchestra. Severinsen details what symphony orchestra program will look like as a “pops” concert.
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April 27, 1993 - A month into the 1993 Major League Baseball season, the Twins are suffering a poor bull pen performance, resulting in a run of game losses. MPR’s Robin Gehl breaks down what has…and what hasn’t been working for the team.
April 27, 1993 - We think that the Hmong believe that education is the route to upward social mobility in the United States. And we find that most students have a great deal to support for educational achievement both from their parents and from their peer groups and because the Hmong community is rather more tightly knit than other communities in St Paul. These supports kind of compound each other.
April 29, 1993 - A Midmorning interview Huston Smith, author of The World’s Religions. Smith details various locations and cultures throughout the world, including China.
April 29, 1993 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen profiles Teatro del Pueblo, a performing arts theater on St. Paul’s West Side. Wilcoxen interviews theater founder and artists on the efforts to foster Latino storytelling.
April 29, 1993 - A Midday interview with Roger Moe, state senator of the 2nd District. Moe comments on Governor Carlson’s tax plan and the varied approaches on taxes at the State Capitol.
April 29, 1993 - MPR’s Bill Catlin reports that the Minnesota House is taking up health care reform bill. Drafted legislation is designed to reduce health care spending in the state by creating large Integrated Service Networks (ISN).
April 30, 1993 - Louis Porter II reviews Thomas King’s "Green Grass, Running Water." The novel is set in a contemporary First Nations Blackfoot community in Alberta, Canada.
April 30, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, American writer and farmer Stanley Crawford reads from his memoir, A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm.