October 18, 1996 - Blend Memorial Day with Thanksgiving and you get something close to the ancient Aztec observance called Days of the Dead. The two day observance in early November is for honoring the memory of family and friends. The celebration is traced to the indigenous people of Mexico. The Days of the Dead is one of the most popular celebrations in Mexico and is growing in popularity in Minnesota.
October 17, 1996 - As part of Minnesota Public Radio's election coverage, we're presenting profiles of candidates. Today, we'll hear about Rudy Boschwitz. During his two terms in the U. S. Senate, Republican Rudy Boschwitz's party controlled the White House, but not Congress. Boscwhitz was a loyal Reagan-Bush supporter in the Senate. His former colleagues say Boschwitz's intelligence and business background helped him understand complex government programs and propose reforms. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson has more. TV viewers remember the plaid shirt. But long before Rudy Boschwitz's folksy ads touting Plywood Minnesota, the family business, Boschwitz was a familiar name to many. His friend Jerry Pappenfus, a Winona-based radio executive, says Boschwitz was active in the early '70's raising money for the Cancer Society.
September 2, 1996 - On this segment of Voices of Minnesota, MPR’s Dan Olson interviews Mary Foster Rosenthal, a local labor union advocate. Rosenthal is a political organizer for the Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council, AFL-CIO.
July 22, 1996 - In this Voices of Minnesota interview, Dave Ray, blues vocalist and guitarist, talks about his life in music.
July 22, 1996 - In this Voices of Minnesota interview, Dave Ray, blues vocalist and guitarist, talks about his life in music.
June 3, 1996 - Hour 2 of Midmorning, featuring Voices of Minnesota with Nina Archibald of the Minnesota Historical Society, David Noble, University of Minnesota professor of American Studies, and Susan Hill Gross, Upper Midwest Women's History Center.
May 30, 1996 - MPR’s Dan Olson profiles playwright Rebecca Rice and her play Everlasting Arms, which is being performed at The Penumbra Theatre.
May 6, 1996 - One year ago, attornies settled a big Minneapolis housing discrimination lawsuit with an agreement to move hundreds of residents out of delapidated public housing and find homes for many of them in the suburbs. So far, only one suburb has agreed to participate. The settlement is called the Holman Decree - it's named after one of the families who brought the suit against the federal government and the city. The suit says public agencies created and perpetuated public housing discrimination in Minneapolis based on race for over forty years.
May 2, 1996 - Four of Minneapolis ' poorest neighborhoods will have 150 new or rehabilitated homes in a few years. One of the new homes was dedicated today in Minneapolis ' Central neighborhood . Money for the project comes from companies and foundations. The money is being matched with the know-how of public and non-profit home building agencies who have been struggling to rehabilitate housing in poor neighborhoods. Supporters see the collaboration as a way to build and repair houses faster by linking groups who usually operate independent of one another.
April 15, 1996 - On this segment of Voices of Minnesota, MPR’s Dan Olson sits down with one of our region's best known poets Michael Dennis Browne in his home to talk about his life and poetry.