All Is Bright, with host Lynne Warfel, offers an hour of gorgeous, contemplative choral music that tells the traditional Christmas story with songs about angels, the star and the manger scene. Featured artists include Cantus, Chanticleer, Cambridge Singers, Bryn Terfel, Emma Kirkby, Jessye Norman, and a variety of choirs. Tune in or stream YourClassical MPR Sunday, Dec. 4 at 6 p.m. CT.
Are you curious about working in media? Are you interested in what working at MPR or American Public Media might look like? We are excited to bring back our virtual American Public Media Group Conference! Join us for an informative and immersive virtual event focusing on the changing landscape of media. We'll also give you a sneak peek into our work towards digital transformation. This event is FREE and a great opportunity to connect with us. Register today! December 6, 2022 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. CST
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is an award-winning historian who is known for his best-selling books on antiracism. But a few years ago, he also started writing books for very young children, including a new book “Magnolia Flower,” which he adapted from a short story written by Zora Neale Hurston. In this special episode of Early Risers, Dr. Kendi reflects on his personal journey as a parent and children’s book author, including how children’s books can teach children about cultivating love as a tool for resistance.
Enjoy seasonal favorites and a variety of Christmas and Hanukkah programs! Here is a day-by-day guide to all of our special holiday programming for the 2022 season, from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Eve.
From the MPR Archive, circa 2013: In this episode of Appetites, MPR’s Tom Crann talks with Minnesota poet and writer Heid Erdrich about the local food movement. Though seen as a relatively recent phenomenon, Erdrich argues in a book that the local food movement goes back to the indigenous populations of our region. Her book "Original Local" details the concept.
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.
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.
Rammy Mohamed used to make clothes in her basement. Now she’s opened a highly visible boutique in the St. Paul skyway.
This two-hour collection of works is filled with a festive American flavor of music to celebrate family, feasting and the harvest themes. It's ready when you are.
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.