July 9, 1998 - In his new book, Bemidji novelist Kevin McColley begins to tell the story of an unsolved murder in a small Minnesota town but it becomes a story on the indignities of old age. "Praying to a Laughing God", which has been nominated for a national book award, is a bit of a change for McColley. His first four novels were aimed at young people, but his new book deals with the problems of a much older generation.
June 12, 1998 - THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING A BRONZE PLAQUE HANGING IN THE STATE CAPITAL ROTUNDA MAY BE ONE STEP CLOSER TO RESOLUTION. THE PLAQUE HONORS MINNESOTANS WHO FOUGHT IN THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES.....BUT IT CONTAINS INACCURACIES AND LANGUAGE OFFENSIVE TO MINNESOTANS OF FILIPINO DESCENT.. THIS AFTERNOON A NEW EXHIBIT WILL GO UP NEXT TO THE PLAQUE -- AN EFFORT TO CORRECT THE MISTAKES....BUT AS Minnesota Public Radio's MARY STUCKY REPORTS, FOR SOME, IT STILL DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH.
June 11, 1998 - ANCHOR INTRO IN THE 1940S, 50S AND 60S THERE WAS A HUGE MIGRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH ... AN ESCAPE FROM THE COUNTRY'S MOST VIRULANT RACISM AND A SEARCH FOR JOBS. BUT NOW .... AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE MOVING BACK TO THE SOUTH IN RECORD NUMBERS.... ACCCORDING TO A RECENT UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN STUDY. MINNESOTA IS RANKED 12TH FOR THE NUMBER OF AFRICAN AMERICANS MOVING TO THE SOUTH. AS MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S MARY STUCKY REPORTS, THIS DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RACIAL TOLERANCE OF NORTHERN STATES INCLUDING MINNESOTA.
June 3, 1998 - THE ANNUAL AARP CONVENTION IN MINNEAPOLIS THIS WEEK IS FOR MEMBERS FIFTY AND OLDER. BUT ONE CAMPAIGN BEING LAUNCHED AT THE CONVENTION IS AIMED AT BABIES. FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS HEALTH EDUCTORS HAVE BEEN TEACHING PARENTS ABOUT WAYS TO PREVENT SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROM OR SIDS. NOW AS MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S MARY STUCKY REPORTS MEDICAL AUTHOTIRITES BELIEVE ITS ESPECIALLY IMPROTANT FOR GRANDPARENTS TO GET THIS MESSAGE. nats 24:05 "Look at that. Are you going to make some noise?" (crying)
May 20, 1998 - MPR’s Bob Kelleher reports that leading environmentalists are vowing to fight a proposal that would return trucks to two boat portages in Northern Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
May 19, 1998 - THERE'S A CERTAIN MYSTERY TO THE WAY IN WHICH ARTISTS CREATE THEIR WORK. THE FINAL PRODUCT ON VIEW IN A MUSEUM OR GALLERY COMES WITH LITTLE EXPLANATION ABOUT THE HOW AND WHY OF A PIECE. BUT NOW, AT THE WALKER ART CENTER, THREE SCULPTORS ARE LETTING THE PUBLIC IN ON THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS. THEY'RE WORKING IN ONE OF THE WALKER GALLERIES...AND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO STOP IN, WATCH AND ASK QUESTIONS. MARY STUCKY VISITED WITH ROBERT FISCHER THE FIRST OF THE THREE SCULPTORS IN WHAT THE WALKER IS CALLING "SCULPTURE ON SITE".
May 18, 1998 - In a surprise announcement, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra appointed a new acting concertmaster. The selection of the violinist to lead the musicians in any orchestra is a complex, mysterious, process. Insiders expected the SPCO selection committee to take a year to choose a successor to Romauld Tecco, but they found someone they really wanted…Denver-based Steven Copes playing and they hired him on the spot.
May 15, 1998 - Frank Sinatra will be remembered in different ways by different people... for writer Frank Skillman the memories go way back... --------------------------------------------------------- | D-CART ITEM: 9263 | TIME: 5.11 | OUTCUE: "...cult of frank (plus :13 sec music) --------------------------------------------------------- Writer Frank Skillman and producer Peter Donalds write, create "NeoRadio" for the Pacifica Network in River Falls Sun 28-MAY 11:08:59 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
May 14, 1998 - MPR’s Euan Kerr talks with St. Paul guitarist Dean Magraw about his album “Seventh One.”
April 15, 1998 - Colum McCann's novel "This Side of Brightness" tells the story, of amongst other people, the men who dug the railway tunnels under New York, and the homeless people who now live in those same tunnels. McCann, who is in the Twin Cities to read from his book tonight, was born in Dublin, but has lived in New York for some time. He told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr he was attracted to the story of the tunnel-diggers because they broke ground with more than just their shovels. Author Colum McCann will read from his novel "This Side of Brightness" at the Hungry Mind in ST Paul this evening at 8. Sun 28-MAY 11:36:39 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001