April 2, 1993

First Friday: "Patient A" play / Stephen Summers and Huck Finn / Critic segments / Myths and Realities: Images of Young Black Men / Computer music / Susan Berkson and spring weddings

Beth Friend - Host, Lee Blessing - Interviewee, Gary Eichten - Contributor, Kimberly Bergalis - Interviewee, Robert Montgomery - Interviewee, Stephen Summers - Interviewee, Jeanne Blake - Interviewee, Vickie Abrahamson - Interviewee, Patrice Koelsch - Interviewee, George Bergalis - Interviewee, Dan Sullivan - Interviewee, Susan Berkson - Interviewee, Daniel Bergin - Interviewee, Unknown - Interviewee, Gallagher Jones - Interviewee, Chris Roberts - Reporter

LISTEN:First Friday: "Patient A" play / Stephen Summers and Huck Finn / Critic segments / Myths and Realities: Images of Young Black Men / Computer music / Susan Berkson and spring weddings
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On this First Friday program, MPR’s Beth Friend presents story and interview collection that includes: Minneapolis playwright Lee Blessing and Patient A, a play about AIDS victim Kimberly Bergalis; a chat with trendwatcher Vickie Abrahamson; Stephen Sommers, director of Walt Disney film The Adventures of Huck Finn; art critic Patrice Koelsch…are critics too reticent?; art critic Dan Sullivan…are Minnesotans too nice?; Black teens with video artist Daniel Bergin; computer music minus one on play-along records; commentator Susan Berkson on spring ritual of getting married.

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