May 25, 2001 - Word of Mouth Host Chris Roberts talks with Osmo Vänskä, the Minnesota Orchestra's new music director. Osmo Vanska, of Finland, says he's honored to have been chosen to lead what he called one of the great orchestras in the world. He says one of his primary goals is to build a team spirit and intimacy among musicians to engender a feeling and sound closer to a chamber ensemble, than a huge symphony orchestra.
May 18, 2001 - A traveling exhibition of artifacts from the Harlem Renaissance are heading back to the Weisman Museum.
May 4, 2001 - The lives of the Tibetan nomads are captured in photographs.
May 4, 2001 - An Indian Tibetan photographer discusses his photographs of Tibetan nomads.
April 27, 2001 - "The Laramie Project" highlights the different media perspectives to the Matthew Sheppard murder. Reedie makes etchings of exotic flowers. Nathan Johnson, the curator of Under Cinema, about underground film.
April 27, 2001 - Guthie presents the modern Hester Prine in their production of "In the Blood"
April 20, 2001 - "Two Sisters of the Piano" is performed by the Eye of the Storm Theater in Minneapolis, two sisters in Cuba who are in house arrest in Cuba. "Minnesota Below the Surface" is an exhibit of paintings featuring sealife. Stuart Davis puts out a new CD.
April 6, 2001 - Saint Paul International Film Festival is upon us. A group of Ojibwe students from the Leech Lake wrote a play about a love story on the Reservation. Talking with Rob Nelson, a critic about what movies to see at the International Film Festival. Riffs is a play about African American life.
April 6, 2001 - Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Film Festival and an Ojibwe love story.
March 16, 2001 - On Word of Mouth, MPR’s Chris Roberts provides a radio guide to the local arts. This episode includes Yoko Ono, Peter Ostroushko, Popular Creeps, and an arts round-up.