November 21, 2003 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles The Commissioning Club, a local performing arts organizations that commissions new music. Roberts interviews numerous supporters of club to better understand it’s purpose and process.
July 11, 2003 - In this edition of Word of Mouth - Mainstreet Radio’s Tom Roberston profiles the writers of the Northwoods, including novelist Will Weaver; writer Kevin McColley; poet Susan Carol Hauser; and non-fiction writer Kent Nerburn / MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Nathan Keeper’s “Fully Commited” comedy / St. Paul poet Paul Dickson reads a poem on highschool / Arts-round-up
April 11, 2003 - On this Word of Mouth program, MPR’s Chris Roberts looks at the Penumbra production of August Wilson’s “Seven Guitars,” Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis hosting the fifth annual American pottery festival, a play adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’s “Main Street” novel, and “Dancing with Shadows” performance art.
September 26, 2002 - Today marks the beginning of an unprecedented weeklong event in the twin cities arts community. "Art on the Town" involves dozens of art galleries and four museums in an effort to raise awareness of what the local visual arts scene has to offer. For more on "Art on the Town," we turn to Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts.
August 16, 2002 - On Word of Mouth, MPR’s Chris Roberts provides a radio guide to the local arts. This episode includes Chamber Music Society of MN, Roman Polanski retrospective, all things Finnish folk, Christ Church Lutheran, Blood Money, and an arts round-up..
May 3, 2002 - Glen Wolffe, an artist that sees the cosmos when looking down on a fish. Outword Spiral Theater and why it keeps going and going. The Eddies, a group that reads together and plays music together.
May 3, 2002 - Paul Jacobs will play the complete organ works of Olivier Messaien at a recital at the Basilica of Saint Mary. The walls of Franklin Artworks became the canvas to Alexa Howahowski have ink drawings and paintings of Argentinian cowgirls in order to mythologize the cowgirls in a similar way as cowboys are. "Blue Room" is a play by David Hare features ten people from different ethnic groups. Father Hennepin will play homegrown music in Duluth.
April 26, 2002 - It has been argued that technology is helping new artists, but it can also make things harder.
April 26, 2002 - "The Rush" at the Red Eye Theater shows about how fast-paced life has become and how theater typically keeps the fast-pace out. LA-based Katherine Opi has been the Walker Arts Center's visual artist-in-residence and she is focused on skyways and ice houses. Charlotta Marie from Saint Paul sings chants she has written based on traditions around the world and has recorded CDs.
April 19, 2002 - How the Brave New Workshop Comedy Theater is taking a look on how the world has changed since September 11th. The opera Little Women is examined. Alicia Renee, an 18 year old jazz singer, is a singing sensation.