May 17, 1978 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan reports on a shake-up in The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's leadership. James Halland's contract to be general manager is not renewed and Principal Conductor Dennis Russell Davies is leaving after the 1979-1980 season to conduct in Europe. Edward Taylor, the president of the Orchestra Association's Executive Board, blames the shake up on the lack of financial stability in the future. There is also a proposal to alter the management structure.
May 17, 1978 - MPR's arts reporter Nancy Fushan and Jazz Image host Leigh Kamman prepared this sound portrait of the the post-1950s and contemporary jazz scene in the Twin Cities, collecting stories from musicians, educators, and club owners on an era of both creativity and strife.
May 16, 1978 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan reports on a shake-up in The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's leadership. This includes James Halland's contract to be general manager not being renewed and Dennis Russell Davies leaving after the 1979-1980 season to conduct in Europe. Report includes phone interview with Davies.
May 16, 1978 - MPR's arts reporter Nancy Fushan and Jazz Image host Leigh Kamman prepared this sound portrait of the Twin Cities jazz scene as it existed from the late 1920s to the 1950s, collecting stories on the musicians who played it and the people who listened to it.
May 8, 1978 - Harold Rosenberg, art critic for the New Yorker and social philosopher, speaking at the “The Big Question: Art/Not Art?” mini-conference, sponsored by the University of Minnesota Studio Arts Department. Rosenberg authored several books on art criticism including "The Tradition of the New". Since 1967, Rosenberg has been resident art critic for the New Yorker magazine.
May 5, 1978 - First part of Walker Art Center's 1980 literature series with guests. Speakers include: William Burroughs, Tillie Olson, and Imamu Amiri Baraka. book, author, writer.
May 3, 1978 - In March 1978 the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks hosted the 9th annual Writers Conference. Minnesota Public Radio Arts and Cultural Affairs reporter Nancy Fushan attended the conference, this is the first of three programs with an overview of the themes.This year's theme is Literature as Lamp and Mirror.
March 20, 1978 - On this Mixed Media program, MPR’s Nancy Fushan profiles poets Robert Creeley & Diane Wakowski, and filmaker Alfred Guzetti. Creeley
February 3, 1978 - Closing remarks to "The Zestful Generation: Exploding the Myths of Age" two-day conference on aging held at the Dayton's Department Store Auditorium in Minneapolis given by author Garson Kanin. His most recent book was titled "It Takes a Long Time to Become Young: An Entertainment in the Form of a Declaration of War on the Mindless Youth Cult That Has Our Time in Its Grip." Introduction by WCCO Radio's Charlie Boone.
February 3, 1978 - Special: "The Best is Yet to Be" - "The Zestful Generation: Exploding the Myths of Age" two-day conference on aging held at the Dayton's Department Store Auditorium in Minneapolis with Studs Terkel, moderator for the final panel discussion. Panelists include Hoyt Catlin, founder of The Fertile Company in Norwalk, Connecticut; veterinarian William Andberg, "The Grey Ghost" from Anoka; and Sterling Robson, onetime professional whistler and wrestler who tends bar at Jennings' Red Coach Inn in Saint Louis Park. Introduction by WCCO TV's Bill Carlson.