October 3, 1980 - MPR's Nancy Fushan interviews Pinchas Zukerman about his new career as The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra musical director and conductor. Zukerman shares his excitement on the potential of orchestra and transitioning from role as virtuoso violinist to conductor.
September 15, 1980 - MPR's Nancy Fushan talks with twin cities playwright Nancy Beckett, whose play about battered women, "The Women Here are no Different", is being presented by the Women's Theater Project at the Hennepin Center for the Arts.
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July 30, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan talks with Thomas Sanchez, a California writer. Sanchez discusses language, writing and visual arts. Sanchez’s works include "Rabbit Boss", tracing the development of an Indian family from the 1850s to the Eisenhower Era; "The Zoot Suit Murders", a story of love and suspense amid the racial strife of Los Angeles in the 1940s; and a fictionalized account of the 1970s Wounded Knee conflict based on his real-life experiences as a supply-runner at Pine Ridge. Sanchez has been turning back to works of another era - the 50s Beat Generation. He’s traveled around the country reading to blues music poetry by Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Neal Cassady. Program opens with Sanchez performing a reading at the Walker Art Center. Also, on hand was pianist Butch Thompson.
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May 16, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews Dennis Russell Davies, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's principal conductor, as he completes his 1972-1980 tenure with organization. Davies reflects on his time at SPCO, why he programs more contemporary music than other conductors, what different factors make up a successful orchestral season, his experience conducting at Bayreuth for the Ring Cycle, and reflecting on his time at SPCO.
May 8, 1980 - MPR's Nancy Fushan interviews film animator Robert Breer about his work, the art of animation, and other issues.
May 8, 1980 - MPR's Nancy Fushan interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Donald Justice, who talks about writing poetry and reads some of his poems.
May 3, 1980 - City Segments is an exhibit at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis featuring new urban planning designs of top architects from around the world. MPR's Nancy Fushan prepared this report on the exhibit and on a two-day symposium attended by architects whose work is represented in the exhibit and by urban design critics.