October 2, 2006 - MPR’s Tom Crann talks with St. Paul poet Alex Lemon about his book collection of poems is called "Mosquito." Lemon reads from book.
October 3, 2006 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen reports from the much maligned Metrodome, where the Minnesota Twins prepare for Game 1 of American League Division Series against the Oakland A’s. It is not a situation many had expected, as the Twins won the AL Central pennant on the last day of regular season.
October 3, 2006 - MPR’s William Wilcoxen provides a recap of Game 1 in the American League Division Series, pitting the Minnesota Twins against the Oakland A’s. The game result was a disappointing one, with the A’s winning 3-2.
October 4, 2006 - MPR’s Sea Stachura reports on the race in Minnesota's 1st Congressional District. The contest features two very different candidates…incumbent Republican Gil Gutknecht faces DFL challenger Tim Walz. Renewable energy, Iraq war, taxes, budget spending, and healthcare are topics of debate between the two candidates.
October 4, 2006 - The Penumbra Theatre Company in St. Paul kicked off its 30th anniversary season by announcing a multi-year August Wilson project.
October 5, 2006 - Hundreds of people are expected at the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis tonight. The main attraction will not be a film, although one will be showing. They're going to see fantasy writer Neil Gaiman. He burst onto the international scene two decades ago with his "Sandman" comic. Since then he's written novels, plays, film scripts, and children's books. Tonight, before a showing of his screenplay "MirrorMask," Gaiman will read from his new short story collection "Fragile Things." The book will enter the New York Times best sellers list this week at number 14. Many of the stories in the collection are quite horrifying.
October 11, 2006 - MPR’s Tom Crann interviews poet Tess Gallagher and asks her to read selected poems.
October 12, 2006 - An obscure 1960s rock group, the Monks, is rehearsing in northern Minnesota this week. It's the latest chapter in one of the stranger tales in rock and roll history. MPR’s Tom Robertson profiles the band, and interviews Gary Burger, Monk’s lead singer; Eddie Shaw, Monk’s bassist; David Fricke, Rolling Stone music critic; Dietmar Post, German film documentarian; and musical artist Genesis P-Orridge.
October 13, 2006 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Duluth Mayor Herb Bergson about his opposition to the U.S. Coast Guard conducting periodic training exercises on the Great Lakes to prepare for law enforcement and homeland security missions. The exercises have included live machine gun fire.
October 13, 2006 - Neil Simon, who will be honored Sunday with the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, was at the Guthrie Theater on Oct. 8 for a conversation with its artistic director Joe Dowling.