June 19, 2003 - St. Paul's Ordway Center for the Performing Arts has been awarded a two hundred fifty thousand dollar grant from the city of St. Paul, a move that's raised the ire of a coalition of smaller arts organizations in the city. The Ordway is in the midst of a five million dollar capital campaign and says the city's show of support will boost its fundraising efforts. Smaller arts organizations say the grant -- which adds up to one-quarter of the city's annual arts budget -- leaves little left for groups wielding less clout. Neil Cuthbert is the Arts Program Officer at the McKnight Foundation. He acknowledges the city's decision may be hard for some to swallow. But he says the Ordway is facing a key phase in its development and the money comes at a vital time in its history.
June 18, 2003 -
June 17, 2003 -
June 16, 2003 - Actor, screenwriter, and theater director Hume Cronyn died yesterday in his home in Fairfield, Connecticut. He was 91. Cronyn and his late wife, Jessica Tandy, were the first notable actors hired by the Guthrie Theater for its opening season. Joe Dowling is the Guthrie's artistic director. He says it was an honor to know Cronyn.
June 16, 2003 - Despite fresh violence in the Middle East, the Bush Administration has called on both Israelis and Palestinians to remain dedicated to the so-called roadmap to peace. Brian Atwood is the Dean of the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. He served as the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development from 1993 to 1999. Atwood was the first American official to meet with Yasir Arafat after the PLO leader returned to Gaza and the West Bank in 1994. Atwood supports President Bush's peace initiative, but warns it won't be effective unless it's backed by the necessary support.
June 16, 2003 - Actor, screenwriter, and theater director Hume Cronyn died yesterday in his home in Fairfield, Connecticut. He was 91. Cronyn and his late wife, Jessica Tandy, were the first notable actors hired by the Guthrie Theater for its opening season. Joe Dowling is the Guthrie's artistic director. He says it was an honor to know Cronyn.
June 12, 2003 -
June 11, 2003 -
June 11, 2003 - Today marks the one-year anniversary of the flood that damaged most of Roseau (ROH'-zoh). The city recently received 14-million dollars in state funding to continue its recovery efforts. Jeff Pelowski is mayor of the northwestern Minnesota town. He says he vividly remembers what he was doing a year ago today.
June 10, 2003 -