January 2, 2007 - Gov. Tim Pawlenty begins his second term in office Tuesday with an inauguration ceremony at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. Minnesota Public Radio has live coverage of the event.
October 29, 2007 - Kevin Kling, one of Minnesota's best-known storytellers, explains the title of his new book "The Dog Says How," the difficulties of catching a wild beaver and why he's so obsessed with squirrel monkeys, in a recent performance at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. Minnesota writer and humorist Kevin Kling has collected some of his best NPR pieces and new essays into his first book, "The Dog Says How."
October 29, 2007 - Kevin Kling explains the title of his new book "The Dog Says How," the difficulties of catching a wild beaver and why he's so obsessed with squirrel monkeys, in a recent performance at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.
October 29, 2007 - Kevin Kling, one of Minnesota's best-known storytellers, explains the title of his new book "The Dog Says How," the difficulties of catching a wild beaver and why he's so obsessed with squirrel monkeys, in a recent performance at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. Minnesota writer and humorist Kevin Kling has collected some of his best NPR pieces and new essays into his first book, "The Dog Says How."
November 21, 2007 - "Prince of Tides" author Pat Conroy says "Patricia Hampl writes the best memoirs of any writer in the English language." She has written five of them, most recently "The Florist's Daughter," which she adapted into a performance and reading recently at the Fitzgerald Theater. Minnesota memoirist Patricia Hampl has won numerous honors including a Guggenheim fellowship and a MacArthur Fellowship. Hampl is also a regents professor of English at the University of Minnesota.
December 25, 2007 - Stage Session's "The Traditions of Christmas: Those You Want and Those That Are Foisted Upon You," with Heather McElhatton and guest poet Bill Holm, who present an eclectic Christmas show featuring an unexpected mix of literature, music and more.
March 10, 2008 - MPR’s Tom Crann interviews Mary Hu, high school poetry champion of the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest held at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. Segment also includes clip of Hu performing a Thomas Hardy poem. The students recited poetry of old -- by Longfellow, Poe, Kipling and Browning -- as well as new, like Maya Angelou, Billy Collins and Sharon Olds. After three rounds, Morris Area High School student Mary Hu emerged as this year's winner.
November 2, 2008 - Final U.S. Senate debate before the election in two days. Sen. Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Dean Barkley, hosted by Gary Eichten at the Fitzgerald Theater.
April 18, 2009 - Friends of Bill Holm with Robert Bly, hosted by Fred Child of Performance Today, will feature an impressive list of writers and musicians who were friends with, inspired by, and connected to Bill Holm, including Emilie Buchwald, Phebe Hanson, Jim Lenfestey, John Calvin Rezmerski, and Barton Sutter with his musical brother Ross Sutter.
April 19, 2009 - Friends of Bill Holm with Robert Bly, hosted by Fred Child of Performance Today, will feature an impressive list of writers and musicians who were friends with, inspired by, and connected to Bill Holm, including Emilie Buchwald, Phebe Hanson, Jim Lenfestey, John Calvin Rezmerski, and Barton Sutter with his musical brother Ross Sutter.