November 23, 2001 - Moliere's Tartuffe comes back. Chamber ensemble Musical Offering is going to feature Slovakian music at their next concert. Hush is a new exhibit that is about the parent-child relationship.
November 16, 2001 - Chanteuse and cabaret singer Leslie Ball and friends are calling the Bryant Lake home for story and song. Molly's Delicious is a play about a girl who is in love with a man who was shipped to Korea. New Visions of the American Heartland is an exhibit at the Weisman Art Museum.
October 12, 2001 - On Word of Mouth, MPR’s Chris Roberts provides a radio guide to the local arts. This episode includes "Hush, Hush", John O'Donohue, Bakken Ensemble, “The Rink,” Jazz and Italian modern art, Lea Thomas, and an arts round-up..
October 5, 2001 - This weekend hundreds of *self-proclaimed Janites* are congregating in Seattle for the Annual General Meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America. The author of such classics as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, and Emma, Jane Austen is still a source of great fascination 184 years after her death. The Jane Austen Society of Minnesota is one of the most active chapters, with monthly book groups, English teas and outings. Minnesota Public Radio's Marianne Combs attended a recent meeting.
September 7, 2001 - Word of Mouth roundup
August 10, 2001 - Jim Henson changed the face of television. His creations Kermit, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie, to name but a few, are now known around the world. A new show opening tomorrow at the Children's Museum in St. Paul gives visitors a chance to meet the characters. They'll also get a behind the scenes look at how muppets are made and how Henson led innovations in the puppet industry to make them more life-like and expressive. Word of Mouth's Marianne Combs has this report: {(note + 1:07 in music ends clean)
July 27, 2001 - (pronouncer: Bonfiglio = Bone-FEEL-ee-oh) The Minnesota Orchestra continues its SummerMusicFest this week with the musical theme "Absolutely American." Tonight and tomorrow night, the Orchestra will perform works by Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, John Adams and even Elvis Presley. Joining the orchestra is internationally famous harmonica player Robert Bonfiglio. He told Word of Mouth's Marianne Combs how he first discovered the harmonica:
May 18, 2001 - This Sunday Open Book in Minneapolis celebrates its first anniversary, and a very successful year. Co-owned by the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, the Loft Literary Center and Milkweed Editions publishing company, Open Book is the nations first center of its kind: a place to read, write and bind books. At the center of the Open Book building white panels furl out from the handrail of a large spiral staircase. Sculptor and Book Artist Karen Worth, who helped design the staircase is writing a series of words onto scrolls of paper attached to the panels - she says the staircase is not only a physical connection between the floors of the building but also a metaphorical connection between the different book organizations working in the building.
May 18, 2001 - This Sunday Open Book in Minneapolis celebrates its first anniversary, and a very successful year. Co-owned by the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, the Loft Literary Center and Milkweed Editions publishing company, Open Book is the nations first center of its kind: a place to read, write and bind books. Minnesota Public Radio's Marianne Combs reports: { At the center of the Open Book building white panels furl out from the handrail of a large spiral staircase. Sculptor and Book Artist Karen Worth, who helped design the staircase is writing a series of words onto scrolls of paper attached to the panels - she says the staircase is not only a physical connection between the floors of the building but also a metaphorical connection between the different book organizations working in the building.
April 27, 2001 - "The Laramie Project" highlights the different media perspectives to the Matthew Sheppard murder. Reedie makes etchings of exotic flowers. Nathan Johnson, the curator of Under Cinema, about underground film.