April 21, 2011 - Midday presents internationally renowned scholar Marcus Borg speaking at Westminster Town Hall Forum. Borg’s topic is reclaiming the language of Christianity.
May 11, 2011 - A Prairie Home Companion host and author Garrison Keillor speaks at the Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries dinner about writing, performing, and how libraries are a refuge from the outside world.
May 12, 2011 - Students at the Perpich Center for the Arts were treated to an appearance by theater royalty, Dame Julie Andrews. She spoke to the students about the vital role the arts play in our culture. Following speech, MPR’s Marianne Combs interviews Julie Andrews. Andrews mentions how family played the most formative role in her career, and what brings her satisfaction in her work.
May 27, 2011 - Morning Edition’s Cathy Wurzer presents moments from Harmon Killebrew tribute at Target Field. Hundreds of people attended the event in honor of the Minnesota Twins' first Hall of Famer.
August 4, 2011 - Lisa See, author of "Shanghai Girls" and "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan," discusses her writing and the influence of her Chinese American heritage at the Hennepin Country Central Library in downtown Minneapolis as part of the Talk of the Stacks series.
August 23, 2011 - Governor Mark Dayton announced Joyce Sutphen, a college professor who lives in Chaska, will serve as the state's next poet laureate.
December 21, 2011 - Midday re-broadcasts Lisa See, author of Shanghai Girls and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, speaking at the Hennepin Country Central Library in downtown Minneapolis as part of the Talk of the Stacks series. See discusses her writing and the influence of her Chinese American heritage.
December 23, 2011 - Midday presents a broadcast of Of Mirth and Mischief, a performance of stories, winter fairies, and elves from writer and humorist Kevin Kling at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.
April 3, 2012 - David Treuer, an Ojibwe author from the Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota, speaks at the Minneapolis Central Library as part of the Hennepin County Library's Talk of the Stacks series. His book is titled, "Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through Reservation Life."
May 28, 2012 - Minnesota native Tim O'Brien, speaking as part of the Club Book series in Blaine a few years ago about his acclaimed book about the Vietnam War and the impact it had on soldiers. It's titled, "The Things They Carried."