November 30, 1992 - All Things Considered’s Paula Schroeder interviews a local school board member about an appeal on whether or not to remove Pat Conroy’s The Lords of Discipline from public school curriculum.
November 27, 1992 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on the annual Hmong New Year’s celebration held in St. Paul. Roberts interviews participants and describes some of the customs on display.
November 14, 1992 - MPR’s Chris Roberts profiles District 202, gay and lesbian youth center in Minneapolis that is preparing to open by end of 1992. The site is designed be a safe social space and resource center for gay and lesbian youth. Report includes numerous interviews, including Elissa Raffa, who came up with the idea of center.
November 10, 1992 - As part of a Mainstreet Radio project, Midday broadcasts from Das Wurst Haus in Lanesboro, Minnesota to focus on the changing power in the state. For the first time, a majority of seats at the State Capitol come from metropolitan area.
November 6, 1992 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks to the playwright and cast behind "We are Hmong," an original play collaboratively produced in St. Paul. The play explores the generational and cultural tug-of-war that characterizes Hmong family life in America.
October 31, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on the new location in Minneapolis Warehouse District for Theatre de la Jeune Lune, the celebrated local theater company. The space was once the Minneapolis Van and Warehouse Company.
October 27, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews member of Heart of the Beast, a performing arts theater in Minneapolis, about receiving money from National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support non-traditional projects and audiences.
October 23, 1992 - MPR’s Elizabeth Stawicki reports on the Syl Jones play, No Harm Intended. The work focuses on ‘unintended’ racism found in Minnesota.
October 15, 1992 - MPR’s Leif Enger reports on a hunting event at Camp Ripley for disabled veterans. The excursion is part of a collaboration between Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Veterans Affairs Medical Center in St. Cloud, Camp Ripley, VFW American Legion, and disabled American veterans groups.
October 14, 1992 - Linda Chavez, former staff director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights under President Reagan and a fellow at the Manhattan Institute; and Angela Davis, author and professor at the University of California-Santa Cruz, speaking recently at Hamline University’s Justice for Everyone lecture series. Both addresses are on the question, "Justice for Whom?" Larry Osness, president of Hamline University, introduces speakers.