February 14, 1997 - Of course today is Valentine's Day, and love seems to be in the air. If you'd like to continue your celebration into tomorrow night, you might want to check out the Walker Art Center's 4th Annual LOVE BASH. This year the show features performers all over the age of 40. This fact is the inspiration behind the show's title--"Mid-life Love Bash!" Leslie Ball hosts this ecletic evening. She proudly reveals she is over 40--42 to be exact. She says she's happier in this new decade and also has a new outlook on love.
February 14, 1997 - Of course today is Valentine's Day...and love seems to be in the air. If you'd like to continue your celebration into tomorrow night...you might want to check out the Walker Art Center's 4th Annual LOVE BASH. This year the show features performers all over the age of 40. This fact is the inspiration behind the show's title--"Mid-life Love Bash!" Leslie Ball hosts this ecletic evening. She proudly reveals she is over 40--42 to be exact. She says she's happier in this new decade and also has a new outlook on love.... Leslie Ball sat down with Minnesota Public Radio's Greta Cunningham at the Walker Art Center's GALLERY 8 RESTAURANT to chat about--LOVE... | D-CART ITEM: 7581 | TIME: 5:26 | OUTCUE: "..math in a while.
February 8, 1997 - From slumber parties to the therapists couch...the short stories in Minnesota author Julie Schumacher's new book "An Explanation for Chaos" weave tales of searching for meaning in life.
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February 1, 1997 - Minnesotans got their first look yesterday at the new baseball stadium the Twins want them to help build. The stadium design features a ten-acre sliding roof, 42-thousand seats on four decks, and left-field bleachers that hang over the field. It was was unveiled at the Mall of America on the site of the Twins' former home, Metropolitan Stadium. The stadium's price is estimated at 350 million dollars. The taxpayers would have to come up with about 200 million dollars. The saga of the Twins stadium captured headlines this weekend...Weekend Edition Sports Commentator Jay Weiner says he can sum up his reaction to the new stadium design in one word.
January 26, 1997 - The beautiful people are going home and the Park City, Utah movie theatres are empty this morning as the Sundance Film Festival ends. The ten-day festival is a showcase for independent film makers.
January 26, 1997 - From Pro-wrestling to drag queens--TAPES ROLLING gives audiences a behind the scenes look at some pretty interesting places. The KTCA-TV show begins it's 4th season of video verite. Minnesota Public Radio's Greta Cunningham turned the tables on the producers of TAPES ROLLING and rolled some tape on them.
January 25, 1997 - The St. Paul Winter Carnival is underway this weekend. To get in the spirit of winter-mania I decided to try a device relatively new to this area--a Norwegian kicksled. It looks like a dogsled but it runs on calories. About 70-thousand kicksleds are sold in Norway each year. Sue Bittken is an Interpretive Naturlist at the Lowry Nature Center. She says Americans call them kicksleds but Norweigens call them SPARKS.
January 18, 1997 - The big sports story this week was the "kick felt 'round the NBA." The NBA suspended Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman for at least eleven games for kicking a courtside cameraman in this week's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The suspension will cost Rodman about one million dollars in salary and lost incentives. Weekend Edition Sports Commentator Jay Weiner says in Rodman's case the severe punishment may fit the crime.
January 18, 1997 - Cakes, wizards and stiltwalkers are appearing at the Science Museum of Minnesota today. The Museum marks it's 90th Birthday...and to celebrate the Museum is throwing a party and offering FREE admission today. Over 800-thousand people visit the museum annually---and it's also the number one destination for school field trips. The Museum's Director of Marketing and Communication--Jane Eastwood--says many things have changed over the past 90 years...but the focus has remained the same.