January 9, 1993 - Minnesota Black writers Pamela Fletcher, Margaret Carlson, and Chen Lee Barksdale talk about the importance of the Loft Literary Center’s Inroads Mentoring Program providing ‘voice’ to writers of color.
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December 4, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend profiles the Theater Mu production of Mask Dance, a theater piece about and by Korean Americans. The work tackles family, love, and identity.
October 31, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on the new location in Minneapolis Warehouse District for Theatre de la Jeune Lune, the celebrated local theater company. The space was once the Minneapolis Van and Warehouse Company.
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September 21, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend & John Biewen present the documentary “No Jews Allowed.” In the 1930s and 1940s, Minneapolis enjoyed the dubious distinction of being one of the most anti-Semitic cities in America.
September 17, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend interviews American poet Eileen Myles, who discusses her presidential candidacy.
September 17, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on playwright John B. Davidson’s The Last Minstrel Show, being performed at The Penumbra Theatre. The play is about the lynching of three African American circus workers in Duluth on June 15th, 1920.
September 16, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend talks with members of Sink the Ships production being staged at Mixed Blood Theatre. The performance art piece provides a Native profile on the 500th anniversary of Columbus arrival to the “New World.”