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Join us for Bring the Sing in Rochester on Dec. 3

November 26, 2022

YourClassical MPR's fun, free event Bring the Sing is returning to Rochester! Minnesota Public Radio, Rochester Civic Music, Rochester Downtown Alliance and Threshold Arts are partnering to invite everyone in Rochester and southeast Minnesota to Bring the Sing at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, in the Peace Plaza. Join with friends, family and neighbors in singing along with local musicians LaSonya Natividad, Dianna Parks, Mitch Stevenson, Eric Straubmuller and Chris Wessel in a mass rendition of many festive, well-known winter and holiday favorites. 

The Current: Time Machine Weekend

November 25, 2022

Listen each hour as The Current takes you back to the sounds of a specific year with a carefully curated list of the best songs. They’ll also reexamine some deeper cuts as we look back on what happened that year in music, pop culture and the world.

Rethinking Thanksgiving: How to speak to young children about historical and racialized trauma

November 24, 2022

The Thanksgiving “pilgrim and Indian” stories that many of us were taught as children perpetuate harmful stereotypes and whitewash a painful history of violence and colonization that continues to impact Indigenous communities today. How can we have a more honest conversation with our children about this history? On this episode of Early Risers, host Dianne Haulcy speaks with early childhood educator and Dakota language activist Vanessa Goodthunder. 

Where to watch 2022 FIFA World Cup games in the Twin Cities

November 22, 2022

Here are the bars, restaurants and venues that are airing World Cup games and hosting watch parties for soccer fans. - FIFA World Cup U.S. and Wales tie 1-1 in crucial opening match - Related Soccer fans gather in the cold to cheer on U.S. men's team in World Cup - World Cup stunner Saudi Arabia beats Messi's Argentina 2-1

Temps warm during quiet weather week; dry pattern returns

November 21, 2022

After an active couple of weeks this week will be quiet. A clipper will bring light snow to northern Minnesota late Monday night into early Tuesday and a system on Thanksgiving stays mainly south. Temperatures will be warming to above normal this week also. More on the forecast via Updraft

The Splendid Table Turkey Confidential 2022

November 17, 2022

It’s time to start thinking about Thanksgiving and The Splendid Table’s annual show Turkey Confidential! Listen to MPR News on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, 2022 to hear guests Claire Saffitz, author of Dessert Person, Rick Martinez author of Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from My Kitchen in Mexico, Chef, and Chopped judge Maneet Chauhan, and our very own Jesse Sparks, host of The One Recipe podcast, and of course host Francis Lam!  Turkey Confidential 2022 Recipes for Thanksgiving

Hometown hero and 2020 Olympic champ Sunisa Lee to make a run at Paris 2024

November 16, 2022

The 2020 women’s all-around gymnastics champion announced Tuesday that she will return to training at the elite level following the end of her sophomore season at Auburn next spring. - August Olympic champion Suni Lee surprises students at St. Paul elementary school - Timeline Olympian Sunisa Lee's path from St. Paul to stardom - 2021 'A historic moment for our community': Hmong Minnesotans revel in Sunisa Lee's Olympic journey

Published Vote now in Round 4 of YourClassical's Carol Countdown

November 15, 2022

It’s down to the Final 4 in YourClassical’s Carol Countdown, a tournament-style voting bracket in which our listeners pick their favorite Christmas songs. Will the winner be “Sussex Carol,” “Silent Night,” “Coventry Carol” or “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”? Only you can help decide. Vote now!