July 8, 1999 - Last February Norwest Bank Minnesota made an announcement that stunned the local arts world; it was donating its world renowned collection of decorative, applied and graphic arts to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The collection features rare and significant metalwork, furniture, ceramics, glass, even posters, from one of the most explosive and diverse periods in art history....what scholars call the "modernist" period, between 1875 and 1945. Tomorrow the M.I.A. will unveil part of its prized gift to the public in a new exhibit called "Milestones of Modernism," and Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts has a preview.
April 30, 1999 - It's twenty past six and we'll wind up this Friday's All Things Considered with the Word of Mouth arts roundup and Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts.
March 31, 1999 - A part time carpenter and social worker in Minneapolis can now call himself....author. Philip Martin's first book, entitled "The Zen Path Through Depression," applies his 24-years as a student of Bhuddism to an affliction affecting millions. The book arose from Martin's own serious bout with depression, and his discovery there wasn't much written offering a spiritual response to the illness.
February 23, 1999 - The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis has announced its 1999-2000 season. While it maintains the Guthrie's devotion to the classics, it also feature new works, including a musical that wowed critics in London and another collaboration with St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre.
February 16, 1999 - Instant reality is the theme of an exhibition of photographs on display in Northeast Minneapolis . It's called "The Moment Seized," and the only criteria for the hundreds of pictures adorning the walls of the Acme Visual Arts gallery is that they be shot with a polaroid camera.
February 5, 1999 - One of the Twin Cities smallest venues for theater has gotten significantly larger. The Jungle Theater is moving from its somewhat cramped quarters on Lake Street a half block away to a new, renovated building it purchased last year. While The new Jungle will be able to accomodate more people and mount grander more lavish productions, its founder says the ambience and intimacy of the old Jungle will remain.
January 29, 1999 - One of the losers in Governor Ventura's budget proposal is public broadcasting. Ventura says he wants to gradually eliminate state subsidies for public radio and public television stations in Minnesota. The stations, some of which are in rural areas, say its money they can't afford to lose.
January 18, 1999 - It is unofficially a day of mourning for Minnesota Vikings players and fans who saw their super bowl dreams shattered yesterday by the Atlanta Falcons in overtime at the Metrodome. The final score of the NFC championship game was 30-27, thanks to the foot of Falcons kicker Morton Anderson. Vikings players and coaches say the team's loss shouldn't be blamed on kicker Gary Anderson. Anderson had record forty-six straight field goals until he missed a thirty-eighty yard attempt in the fourth quarter.
January 12, 1999 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Andrew Curry, managing partner of Curry, Ferner, Scarpetta and Devries, a fundraising consulting firm in Minneapolis working with non-profits. Curry discusses the many ongoing arts organization capital campaigns.
January 11, 1999 - As most Minnesotans know by now, The Minnesota Vikings have moved into the NFC title game after dumping the Arizona Cardinals 41-to-21 yesterday at the Metrodome. Randall Cunningham tossed three touchdowns. Robert Smith ran for 124 yards and his cohort Leroy Hoard scored three touchdowns. The Vikings host the Atlanta Falcons Sunday. After the game, the consensus was the Vikings have yet to play their best game, and football analyst Jeff Agrest, associate editor of Pro Football Weekly, says Minnesota's win over the Cardinals certainly wasn't turnover-free.