December 1, 1998 - If the great symphonies and orchestras of the world are worried about where their future audience will come from, jazz musicians and aficionadoes are doubly concerned. Many people don't come in contact with jazz until adulthood, and by that time can easily be intimidated by its complexity and sophistication. Which is why Baby Boom Records in Minneapolis has released a jazz c.d. for kids called "Jazz-a-ma-tazz," featuring childrens' songs interpreted by jazz musicians. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts spoke with the producer of the album and has this report.
November 20, 1998 - The Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis will glow in a field of beams tonight and tomorrow night. Two lighting designers will illuminate the architectual landmark as part of the Weisman's fifth anniversary. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts reports. Sun 28-MAY 07:53:00 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
November 18, 1998 - In less than an hour yesterday, the Childrens Theater Company sold out tickets for a performance of "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas." It was the latest in a new CTC program "Pay what You Can", which allows buyers to decide how much to pay for tickets. The program is one of the innovations brought by the CTC's artistic Director of a year... Peter Brosius (BRO-sious.) This season is the first selected by Brosius, and to some degree it signals a move away from adaptations of childrens' classics to new works and plays that deal with modern issues. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts reports.
November 18, 1998 - As part of the Our State, Our Forests series, a Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from MPR studios in Duluth, highlighting the Minnesota Northwoods. Rachel Reabe hosts a discussion/debate on forestry in Minnesota with Jim Sanders, forest supervisor for the Superior National Forest; Betsy Daub, forest program director for the Minnesota office of the National Audubon Society; and Wayne Brandt, executive vice-president for Forest Industries.
November 18, 1998 - As part of the Our State, Our Forests series, a Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from MPR studios in Duluth, highlighting the Minnesota Northwoods. In this hour, MPR’s Rachel Reabe presents stories by reporters Leif Enger and Mary Losure which portray the timber industry past and present and describe its impact on the environment and economy of Northern Minnesota.
November 13, 1998 - Bud Grant, former Minnesota Vikings and Hall-of-Fame coach discusses the Vikings team history and current strong season. After Grant interview, a report from Chris Roberts on the music history of Minnesota’s Soma Records. Begins highlights of the top ten releases from label and is continued into a second hour program with MPR’s John Rabe (aka Johnny R). Program contains pledge drive segments.
November 10, 1998 - *********excerpt is a little low in dcart, may need to pot up a bit********* A man who dedicated his life to human rights and to educating people about African and African American history has died. Kamau Kambui (ka-MAO kam-BOO-ee) died recently in Atlanta where he was undergoing holistic treatments for lymphoma. He was fifty-years old. Kambui became known to many Minnesotans for his re-eanactments of blacks escaping slavery on the Underground Railroad. In the fall of 1991, Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts went along with twenty-seven other people on an underground railroad excursion in a wilderness area just west of the Twin Cities. In an excerpt from his report, we meet Kamau Kambui just as the reenactment is beginning. | D-CART ITEM: 1179 | TIME: 3:43 | OUTCUE: "...battles which have been won are."
November 5, 1998 - For Minnesotans having a tough time defending our choice for governor to out-of-staters, Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts has a few tips. HOST TAG: Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts and Mike Mulcahy. with apologies to David Letterman.
October 29, 1998 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with Neal Hagberg and Leandra Peak, of the folk duo Neal & Leandra. The two share their thoughts about CD “Stranger to My Kin,” which takes a strikingly darker lyrical turn from duo’s previous sound.
October 12, 1998 - Back in the mid-sixties, garage rock bands such as the Trashmen, the Castaways, the Del Counts, and the Gestures were churning out one hit after another. That era has been captured on a 2 CD set called "The Big Hits of Mid-America... The Soma Records Story," produced by Steve Wilson, local pop historian. MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews Wilson, as well as Trashmen guitarist Tony Andreason, to help us re-live the memories.