May 26, 2000 - The May edition of "Voices of Minnesota" featuring Elizabeth Close, one of Minnesota's first woman architects, Gerald Haukebo, founder of the Concordia Language Villages and women's rights leader Edna Schwartz.
February 28, 2000 - Minneapolis resident Dr. Geneva Southall has written two volumes of history about the life and times of Blind Tom, a black composer. Dr. Southall is a professor emeritus of Afro-American Studies at the University of Minnesota. She talked with Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson about the slave who was a composer as part of our Voices of Minnesota interview series.
February 28, 2000 - The February edition of Voices of Minnesota highlights the work of two African American women. MPR’s Stephanie Curtis interviews Mary Easter, Northfield dancer and choreographer, who discusses the political nature of her work. MPR’s Dan Olson interviews Dr. Geneva Southall, author and retired University of Minnesota Afro-American Studies history professor, who talks about her personal reflections on race, and her research on "Blind Tom" (Thomas Green Wiggins).
February 28, 2000 - The February edition of "Voices of Minnesota" featuring retired University of Minnesota Afro-American Studies history professor Geneva Southall and Northfield dancer and choreographer Mary Easter. Geneva Southall is speaking at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. Stephanie Curtis invus Easter in the first part of the program.
January 7, 2000 - The Guthrie Theatre is focusing its two-year-long search for a new theatre site on Minneapolis' downtown riverfront. A Guthrie representative met with city officials late Thursday who say the Theatre is interested in land next to where the Minnesota Historical Society's Mill Ruins Park project is taking shape. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports. Minneapolis mayor Sharon Sayles Belton says her meeting Thursday afternoon with a Guthrie representative convinces her the Theatre is now interested in the riverfront location. The site is three blocks north of the Metrodome, on the Mississippi riverfront, near where the historic Stone Arch bridge curves across St. Anthony Falls. Sayles Belton says Guthrie officials will talk over their options at a Monday board meeting. audio . . . that's the one they want to try advance to their
December 29, 1999 - Shoreview Republican Representative Phil Krinkie is suing Governor Ventura to force the Governor to show the proposed Hiawatha AVenue light rail line meets legal requirements. Ventura approved a bonding bill which includes money for light rail. The state's cost benefit analysis released after bonding was approved shows the Hiawatha Avenue line will yield one dollar of public benefit for every two dollars of cost. Those results don't appear to meet a state law requiring projects to show a positive benefit.
December 27, 1999 - As part of our Voices of Minnesota series, MPR’s Dan Olson profiles Internationally acclaimed singer and actor Joe Carter, who talks about his life and career.
December 23, 1999 - This is a tough time of year for goats. Sheep dominate nativity scenes everywhere. And here in Minnesota cows have a lock on the dairy market. But goats are making a stand. Their milk, cheese and meat are gaining in popularity. And in the wider world of dairy consumption goats rule.
December 16, 1999 - Vending machines have come a long way from the old clunkers that shake, rattle and then sometimes steal your money without delivering the goods. The new generation whirs and purrs and almost always delivers the product. A little known St. Paul business is a world leader in vending machine technology. The family-owned Automatic Products International company is celebrating fifty years of business.
December 10, 1999 - Metro Transit wants to revamp bus service for a large portion of Minneapolis , St. Paul and several northeastern Twin Cities suburbs including Roseville. Planners say the changes won't cost more money or raise fares, but will mean extra service and less confusing schedules. The plan is part of a realignment of bus service for the entire region in the next four years.