Mary Stucky
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- The story of a family of illegal immigrants from Mexico
As many as 85,000 illegal immigrants make Minnesota their home, including many who have crossed the border into the U.S. from Mexico. This is the story of one of them. We'll call her Maria even though that's not her real name because Minnesota Public Radio News has agreed to protect her identity. Maria is 20 years old and came to Minnesota illegally five years ago. She lives with her family in the Twin Cities. She is watching closely as Congress debates whether to crack down on illegal immigrants or give them opportunities to stay in this country.
- Word of Mouth: "Hush Hush" / "Inventory" / Bakken Ensemble / Joseph Allen / "The Rink" / Jazz & Italian modern art / Lea Thomas
On Word of Mouth, MPR’s Chris Roberts provides a radio guide to the local arts. This episode includes "Hush, Hush", John O'Donohue, Bakken Ensemble, “The Rink,” Jazz and Italian modern art, Lea Thomas, and an arts round-up..
- Minneapolis artist celebrates Chile
MPR’s Mary Stucky profiles Marcela Rodriguez, a Minneapolis painter attempting to preserve little bit of ancient Chilean culture…and a little of the contemporary Chilean society too.
- "Lake Street USA" - Wing Young Huie wins Sally Award
Acclaimed local photographer Wing Young Huie is being recognized at the Ordway Center with a U.S. Bank Sally Ordway Irvine Award for his installation of "Lake Street USA." Huie spent four years taking photographs on and around Lake Street which were then blown up and displayed outdoors on storefronts, bus shelters and buildings. MPR’s Mary Stucky met with Huie as he began installing these enormous portraits, and filed this report.
- Voices of Minnesota: Annette Garceau and Dick Goebel
Voices of Minnesota with legendary Guthrie Theatre costume designer Annette Garceau and Dick Goebel, a founder of America's Second Harvest, the country's largest food bank system. Also, Carl Anderson on his experiences in World War II and singing on an Armed Forces Christmas Eve NBC broadcast in 1941.
- Voices of Minnesota: Elizabeth Close, Gerald Haukebo, and Edna Schwartz
The May edition of "Voices of Minnesota" featuring Elizabeth Close, one of Minnesota's first woman architects, Gerald Haukebo, founder of the Concordia Language Villages and women's rights leader Edna Schwartz.
- 400 Bar holds a literary event
The 400 Bar in Minneapolis is a West Bank institution, with a rock and roll crowd, hot bands, cold beer and almost no one over 30. Now wildly successful bar readings in New York and L.A. are inspiring 400 Bar owner Tom Sullivan--who wonders will it work here?
- Voices of Minnesota: Don Gillmor and Betty Wilson
Latest edition of the Voices of Minnesota series with retired University of Minnesota Journalism Professor Don Gillmor and retired Star Tribune political reporter Betty Wilson.
- Furby and its attraction
MPR’s Mary Stucky reports that the hottest toy this Christmas season reflects the old adage "we want what we can't have.” The toy in question is called a Furby, a furry electronic pet. In the business of toy marketing, scarcity drives consumer demand. The day after Thanksgiving people lined up at local toy stores at six in the morning. One store at the Mall of America sold out 300 Furbys in just ten minutes. It's another example of how advertising, a limited product supply and the demands of children can create a monster demand. But the Furby may be something new; in an age of global communications there is a worldwide demand...and an international shortage.
- Public Religion Symposium
Should religion play a role in American public life? What does it mean to separate church and state? Is that possible? These are some of the challenging questions considered as part of the "Public Religion Symposium," a joint effort between MPR's Civic Journalism Initiative and the Public Religion Project headed by University of Chicago theologian Martin Marty. As part of the collaboration, yesterday 100 Minnesota leaders joined Marty in the Twin Cities to talk about the role of religion in public life. Mary Stucky reports the symposium revealed conflicting views on a subject - religion - that's still one of our most sensitive subjects.
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