November 8, 1987 - Host and authors Patricia Hampl and Carol Bly present the second installment of Hampl and Bly on Books, a collaboration between MPR and The Loft. The program includes a look at violence in books and a dictionary questionnaire.
November 1, 1987 - Host and authors Patricia Hampl and Carol Bly present the first installment of Hampl and Bly on Books, a collaboration between MPR and The Loft. The program includes a look at idea of family in fiction, a profile on writer Joseph Brodsky, and an introduction on ‘living list' of great books.
June 29, 1987 - Athol Fugard, South African playwright, speaking at the University of Minnesota Guy Stanton Ford Memorial Lecture. Fugard's address is on the topic "Port Elizabeth Roots: The Art, Life and Politics of South African Playwriting." The 55-year-old Fugard has drawn his writings and characters from the dispossessed of the fringes of South African culture. His plays include "'Master Harold'...and the Boys" performed at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis four years ago.
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.
May 19, 1987 - Patricia Hampl and a few of her friends rode-tripped to Iowa to visit the same small town Antonin Dvorak visited when he wrote his American Quartet.
May 13, 1987 - An interview with Marisha Chamberlain's about her play "Angels of Warsaw."
May 6, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend interviews Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko. He answers listener questions about his work and his impressions of artistic expression in the USSR.
May 4, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on the Minnesota Composers Forum. Friend interviews various members of group about organization’s purpose in supporting local composers.
March 27, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend presents an interview with James Earl Jones about his role as Troy Maxson in August Wilson's Fences.
March 26, 1987 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on Broadway opening of the August Wilson play, Fences.