Join us at noon Thursday, Aug. 27, for a virtual Bring the Sing, sponsored by Classical MPR and the Rochester Downtown Alliance. Lift your voice with your neighbors in a mass rendition of several well-known and spirit-lifting songs.
To celebrate National Radio Day (Aug. 20), Classical MPR offers a special presentation of our live March 13 broadcast of the Minnesota Orchestra, with remastered audio and new commentary from host Melissa Ousley, as a gift to listeners. On that historic night, the orchestra performed to an audience-less hall amid concerns surrounding the coronavirus.
The U.S. Postal Service is warning states it cannot guarantee that all ballots cast by mail for the Nov. 3 election will arrive in time to be counted, even if ballots are mailed by state deadlines. Here are some questions and answers about what's going on with the post office and the upcoming election. - As USPS pressure grows Postmaster general to appear for House hearing next week - From APM Reports Postal delays, errors in swing states loom over election - Previously from APM Reports More mailed votes, more rejected votes in Wisconsin
More than 8 in 10 Minneapolis voters say the killing of George Floyd by police was not an isolated incident, but rather a sign of larger problems in how the city’s Police Department treats Black people, according to a new MPR News/Star Tribune/KARE 11 poll. - Poll results Only a quarter of Mpls. residents favor city’s Police Department - More Reallocate money from MPD, but keep the department
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the music world - in some ways that will change back, and in some ways that won't.
Tuesday the DNC holds the presidential roll call. Speakers include: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bill Clinton, Jill Biden and Sally Yates. Watch the speeches live beginning at 8 p.m. CT. - 1st night 7 takeaways from the Democratic National Convention - Recap Left and not-so-left unite against Trump - Listen Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders headline opening night
COVID-19 is hitting Black female entrepreneurs in Minnesota just like everyone else, but many missed on the federal lifeline for small businesses because their operations and business relationships don’t sync with traditional banking. - In April Minnesota women applying for unemployment at higher rates than men - NPR Not-so-small businesses continue to benefit from PPP loans
Protests large and small emerged across Minnesota after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. MPR News talked to some of the people behind rallies, marches and demonstrations beyond the Twin Cities metro area — about their experiences with race in Minnesota, why they marched and what they hope for the future.
Francisco J. Nunez created the acclaimed Young People's Chorus of New York City to bring children from all backgrounds together to make music. He's now questioning what more we need to do to better serve our young singers. - More Is singing together safe in the era of coronavirus? - More Eric Whitacre picks 6 favorite virtual choir performances - Listen Choral Stream
Janice Matichuk, the longest-serving interior ranger in the history of Quetico Provincial Park, died from brain cancer. For 35 years she greeted canoeists crossing from the Boundary Waters into Canada at the remote Cache Bay Ranger station, on a small island on Saganaga Lake, at the end of the Gunflint Trail.