May 31, 1997 - In sports news: The Philadelphia Flyers take on the Detroit Red Wings in Game One of the Stanley Cup finals tonight. The Flyers have not won hockey's top prize in 22 years and the Red Wings are seeking to end a 42-year title drought. The Minnesota Twins play game two of their three game series against the Anaheim Angels tonight. The Twins are in the midst of a five game road series. Although it seems like plans for a Twins stadiums are "on ice"--hockey plans are heating up in St. Paul, Weekend Edition Sports Commentator Jay Weiner says while a NHL team may come, the Twins are threatening to go---so, we turn to a Marvin Gaye song to summarize this situatuion---WHAT'S GOING ON???
May 31, 1997 - Kids are staring their summer vacation and you know what that means--within 48-hours they'll claim utter boredom. Well, Curious George and Dr. Seuss may save the day. But choosing a book is a challenge. The Red Balloon Book Shop in St. Paul and the children's section of many public libraries are great places for kids and parents to find books. The owner of the Red Balloon--Michelle Cromer-Poire' says book sellers and libriarans are good resources.
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April 19, 1997 - Living in an artists loft may be your secret dream...this weekend you'll get the chance to see if the reality lives up to your expectations. Over 160 artists are opening their lofts and displaying their work as part of this weekend's ST. PAUL ART CRAWL. Craig Thiesen is a photographer living in the Northern Warehouse. He says even as a young artist he always dreamed of living in a Lowertown loft. He says loft living may not be as exotic as people think.
April 13, 1997 - Francisco de Goya's 80 images entitled "The Disasters of War" are on display this weekend at Hamline University. This rare Goya exhibit is part of Hamline's ESPANA festival--a celebraion of Spanish culture. The festival includes speeches by American scholar Noam Chomsky--flamenco dancing, music and art. I toured the Goya exhibit with Curator and Art Professor Leonardo Lasansky. Prof. Lasansky says many people are not familiar with many aspects of Goya's large body of work.
April 12, 1997 - Seventeen Minnesota authors are waking up winners this morning. The 9th Annual Minnesota Book awards were awarded last night at the Minnesota History Center. The Coordinator of the MN Book Awards Roger Sween, says seventy books are nominated for awards this year-another record year for nominations.
April 5, 1997 - Dorothy said, "there's no place like home." Author Barbara Bonner agrees. In her new book "Sacred Ground: Writings About Home" Bonner complies an interesting collections of writings about "home." Barbara Bonner says home has always been the focus of her life. Five years ago Milkweed Editions Publisher Emilie Buchwald asked her to edit "Sacred Ground". The first step in compiling the book was to advertise in literary magazines for material. Bonner says she was overwhelmed with the response.
March 22, 1997 - Welfare reform, the stadium deal and snowmobile rules are some of the issues dominating this years legislative session. The State Legislature is half way through it's long budget session.
March 22, 1997 - Monday night more than a billion pairs of eyes will be glued to the small screen to celebrate the best of the big screen. The 69th annual Academy Awards are billed as Hollywood's biggest night of the year. Weekend Edition Film Critic Rob Nelson says he's generally pleased with this year's crop of nominations.
March 22, 1997 - It's nail-biting time once agin for Gopher fans as the Men's Basketball team faces UCLA at 2:40 this afternoon in the Midwest Regional final. Fans have barely had time to recover from the double overtime victory against Clemson Thursday night.