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.
December 31, 1998 - An MPR Special report, presenting the big Minnesota news stories of 1998. Highlights include Governor election, Comfrey and St. Peter tornado, farm crisis, mergers, the Northwest strike and the big tobacco trial. Program ends with brief remembrance segments on various individuals that made news in the year.
December 22, 1998 - Productions of "A Christmas Carol" are a holiday staple, most notably in Minnesota at the Guthrie Theater. For the last two years, visitors to the St. Paul Hotel have been going directly to the source to get their annual dose of Charles Dickens' classic tale, or at least to the great great grandson of the source. Gerald Charles Dickens is winding up a 43-day American tour, performing his great great grandfather's work while his audience sips an afternoon tea, or digs into an evening feast. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts met up with the present-day Dickens this afternoon....
December 22, 1998 - The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis is taking steps to broaden its mission beyond its longtime role as purveyor of the classics. The Guthrie has appointed a well known figure in the New York theater world as "artistic advisor", to help it focus on living writers and contemporary work. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts has more.
December 14, 1998 - *******USE THIS VERSION********* A new film which opened last weekend offers an inside look at the music business and a slice of the Minneapolis music scene. Producer and Director Steven Greenberg, best known for his international mega-hit single "Funkytown," followed several Minneapolis bands for more than three years, documenting the glamour and excitement of their performances and the harsh realities of being a musician. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts has this report on "Funkytown" the movie.
December 8, 1998 - Those who erroneously think of books as simply words on pages between two covers might consider visiting the Minnesota Center For Book Arts in Minneapolis. The MCBA's first juried exhibition of "artist books" is on display, redefining in an age of desktop publishing and digital printing, what a book can be.
December 8, 1998 - Those who erroneously think of books as simply words on pages between two covers might consider visiting the Minnesota Center For Book Arts in Minneapolis. The MCBA's first juried exhibition of "artist books" is on display, redefining in an age of desktop publishing and digital printing, what a book can be. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts reports.