January 8, 1997 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Chris Dorn, founder and frontman of Minneapolis band The Beatifics. Dorn discusses songwriting, the band’s album “How I Learned to Stop Worrying,” and the “power pop” genre.
January 9, 1997 - Midday looks at the proposal for a new Twins ballpark and the surrounding financial details with guests Gene Merriam, Minnesota Senate Finance Committee Chairman; and MPR reporter Bill Wareham. Program also includes short interviews with key individuals on proposal and listener call-in questions.
January 9, 1997 - for fri am State Human Services Commissioner David Doth (dawth) has outlined the Department's plans for Welfare Reform legislation this session. Doth says a big emphasis will be placed on putting welfare recipients to WORK: Doth says the Governor is planning to outline his budget priorities for programs that will make it EASIER for people to move off of welfare and into jobs...programs that will likely get more funding include child care, health care and job training. Sun 28-MAY 21:10:58 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
January 9, 1997 - MPR’s Bill Wareham reports on Minnesota Twins release of stadium proposal. State lawmakers now know it will cost upwards of $200 million to ensure the Twins remain in Minnesota. The team announced it would contribute $83 million of the estimated $350 million needed to build a new ballpark. Though the public would have to come up with the rest, it would get something no other community has…a 49% ownership interest in the team.
January 9, 1997 - Women in the Directors Chair, an annual film festival, is underway at the Walker Art Center is Minneapolis. The series includes films by female directors from Minnesota, movies made by girls between 7-and-19, and local premieres. Julie Swenson's film, The Fairy Gardener, shows tomorrow evening at the Walker. Swenson started making The Fairy Gardener a few years ago in New York. She now lives in the Twin Cities. The Fairy Gardener -- shot in one day -- is a very short film, with narration only at the beginning and end, with lyrical oboe music in between. I sat down with Swenson and a copy of her film yesterday. Twin Cities filmmaker Julie Swenson. The short film The Fairy Gard
January 10, 1997 - WX INFO Minnesota Public Radio's own Marcie Tveidt is on a West Coast vacation. That is, she was supposed to be on vacation, but she took the Empire Builder train and, when we last heard from her, was somewhere is the middle of North Dakota's winter weather. Minnesota Public Radio's Marcie Tveidt, reporting from Stanley, North Dakota. Sun 28-MAY 21:10:04 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
January 10, 1997 - MPR’s Gretchen Lehmann reports on the growing number of women involved in the sport of dog sled racing. Women are out in record numbers as mushers, braving sub-zero temperatures to experience the thrill of rushing through the woods on a sled pulled by a team of dogs.
January 10, 1997 - In technology news today, pagers go wild, IBM admits email troubles with its internet service. And, a peek at the future of Apple with Steve Jobs back on the ship.
January 10, 1997 - With the resurgence of the Hennepin Avenue theater district in Minneapolis and the strength of the Ordway theater in St. Paul, broadway-style entertainment in the twin cities would appear to be healthier than ever. But some wonder whether the local appetite for broadway is big enough to support the three major broadway venues in town. While there's agreement on both sides of the river that the local music theater industry needs a metro strategy, officials haven't been able to work out the details. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts reports.
January 10, 1997 - The state's non-profit sector is hoping to gain the ear of state lawmakers this session as they work through welfare reform. As Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports, as services cutbacks occur and restrictions tighten...non-profits are bracing for an even BIGGER role in maintaining the social welfare of the state's people. As the state legislature shapes major policy for the next two years in this budget session, leaders of various non-profit organizations want to be at the table. Various complex issues such as welfare reform affect non-profits since THEY are often on the front line.... providing services as diverse as health CARE, education, transportation and welfare. In the case of WELFARE reform...many non-profits expect to be fulfilling f