May 13, 1987 - An interview with playwright Marisha Chamberlain's about her play, Angels of Warsaw. It revolves around travelers on a train ride between Paris and Warsaw. The play premieres at the Cricket Theater, in Minneapolis.
May 15, 1987 - Minneapolis writer Sheila B. Richter is winner of the 1987 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, a prize where writers try to write the worst first sentence. MPR’s Loren Omoto reads the “honored” short composition.
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May 21, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend looks at the seven-year tenure of Pinchas Zukerman, conductor of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Friend interviews members of SPCO about the genius, influential, and sometimes difficult orchestra leader.
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May 22, 1987 - A profile of a baseball clinic for kids (6 to16) run by the Minnesota Twins. Report includes numerous interviews, including instructor Glenn Gostick, clinic founder Angelo Giuliani, and a former clinic child attendee, Twin first baseman Kent Hrbek.
May 23, 1987 - On this Weekend program, Kathy Heidel, naturalist for Hennepin Parks, leads a walking tour through Carver Park Reserve, identifying a variety of bird calls, describing wild plant and animal life, including a nesting pair of ospreys.
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May 29, 1987 - MPR’s Stephen Smith reports on the upcoming arrival of a new round of Hmong refugees to the United States. Smith interviews numerous officials about the Hmong hardships and resettlement.
June 1, 1987 - MPR’s Loren Omoto presents profile on The Beatles “Sergeant Pepper’s Club” album, and it’s influence in the Twin Cities. MPR’s Jim Bickal talks with Rod Eaton, drummer of T.C. Atlantic, who shares how that Beatles album affected the “The Minneapolis Sound” in the late sixties.