June 19, 1997 - Apart from getting major ink in the local newspaper or weekly, posters are the primary way artists publicize their work. In Minneapolis stricter enforcement of an anti-bill-sticking ordinance has forced artists to find new venues to promote their shows and performances. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts reports on two artists who responded by starting a new magazine.
June 9, 1997 - Two Voices of Minnesota interviews: Mary Beth Blegen, National Teacher of the Year from Worthington, Minnesota. And a conversation with Minnesota School Psychologist of the Year, Sally Gotelaere. She works for the Hermantown School District.
June 6, 1997 - Take a stroll in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and you may or may not notice a chorus of crickets....chirping in broad daylight. This aural celebration of summer is actually a sound installation by electronic composer Ron Kuivila (KWEE-vi-la), whom the Walker Art Center describes as a pioneer in creating computerized sonic environments. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts visited the installation and found an artist who's primary goal is making people pay attention.
June 3, 1997 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles Minneapolis band The Hang Ups. Roberts interviews vocalist and guitarist Brian Tighe about the band and CD "So We Go."
May 30, 1997 - 1997 happens to be the 100th anniversary of the publication of Emily Bronte's classic novel, "Wuthering Heights". In honor of the novel's centennial year, an experimental theater company in Minneapolis called 15 Head, has brought the story to the stage. But the production lends itself more to the world of dreams than the world of theatrical adaptations of literary classics.
May 30, 1997 - 1997 happens to be the 100th anniversary of the publication of Emily Bronte's classic novel "Wuthering Heights." In honor of the novel's centennial year, an experimental theater company in Minneapolis called 15-HEAD, has brought the story to the stage. But as Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts reports, the production lends itself more to the world of dreams than the world of theatrical adaptations of literary classics.
May 14, 1997 - For the first time in it's 20-year history, St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre Company will perform August Wilson’s “Fences” on the stage of the region's best known theater, the Guthrie, in Minneapolis.
May 8, 1997 - Two years ago, then twelve-year-old Craig Kielberger was sitting in his Thornhill Ontario home reading the comics when an article caught his eye. It showed a picture of a 12-year-old Pakistani boy who had been assassinated for exposing the horrible conditions children face working in the nation's carpet industry. As Kielberger read on, he learned that the boy had been sold into bondage when he was four, and forced to work 12-hour days six days a week as a carpet weaver until he escaped at the age of ten. Kielberger was so moved he and other classmates formed "Free the Children," an organization devoted to stopping child labor around the world. Kielberger has since traveled to Asia and South America to see firsthand what child laborers face. He has met with the Canadian Prime Minister, addressed Canadian labor meetings and United Nations conferences, and has testified before Congress on the issue. There are now "Free the Children" chapters across North America
May 5, 1997 - As part of the “Voices of Minnesota" series, this program features two interviews on personal stories of overcoming life struggles. MPR’s Laura McCallum speaks with Stanley Sahlstrom, retired educator. Sahlstrom focused his adult life in support of agriculture. MPR’s Dan Olson speaks with Giovanna "Mama D" D'Agostino, a philanthropist and restaurateur. Program ends with a call-in segment with Kathleen Maloney, the new executive director of the Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education.
May 5, 1997 - One of the most widely debated issues in the modern workplace is whether employers should offer domestic partner benefits. In Minnesota, local governments which have sought to include unmarried, same-sex partners in their health insurance plans have run into legal roadblocks. But in the private sector, where the competition is growing for talented workers, more companies and organizations are finding domestic partner benefit packages make good business sense.