MPR News to Host the Final DFL Gubernatorial Debate Sunday, August 8 at The Fitzgerald Theater
July 22, 2010
Minnesota Public Radio News will host the final DFL Gubernatorial Debate at The Fitzgerald Theater on Sunday, August 8.
Minnesota Public Radio News will host the final DFL Gubernatorial Debate at The Fitzgerald Theater on Sunday, August 8.
In a three-part series, Minnesota Public Radio News reporter Liz Baier revisits some of the crucial moments following the historic 1985 Hormel labor strike to air on All Things Considered August 9-11, 2010. The series will also appear on MPRNewsQ.org, with historical and current photos of Austin, video, and extended audio interviews.
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is excited to announce the addition of The Dinner Party Download, the popular news and culture podcast from American Public Media. Beginning today, MPR News will air an eight-and-a-half minute version of The Dinner Party Download every Friday evening at 6:20 p.m. CDT, immediately following the afternoon newsmagazine All Things Considered.
Minnesota Public Radio announced today that The Current will broadcast in the New Ulm area on 95.3 FM.
Minnesota Public Radio presents another installment of its wildly popular "Movie Party" series. Join MPR's Movie Maven Stephanie Curtis, along with A Prairie Home Companion's sound effects man Tom Keith and theater organ master Mike Grandchamp as they create a rich sound-and-music accompaniment to four of Laurel and Hardy's best silent films.
Explore Minnesota Tourism has teamed up with 89.3 The Current, from Minnesota Public Radio, to create Explore Minnesota Radio, featuring music from popular Minnesota artists on its travel planning website, www.exploreminnesota.com/minnesota-music.
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) today announced the debut of Minnesota Today, a new online service that aims to amplify Minnesota arts, culture and statewide current events. Minnesota Today, which can be found on MPRNewsQ.org, features an arts and cultural events calendar along with news, blogs and photography from across the state. The project is funded in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.
As the last Minnesota Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra broadcasts of the 2009-2010 have come to a close (but will return again in the fall), Classical MPR has made some changes to its summer schedule.
Minnesota Public Radio announced Tuesday that Toni Randolph has been named MPR News' Editor for New Audiences, a newly created position in the newsroom aimed at connecting with ethnically diverse Minnesotans.
Classical Minnesota Public Radio has named Cantus its Artists-In-Residence for the 2010-2011 concert season. The second-ever Artists-In-Residence for Classical MPR, Cantus will perform in Greater Minnesota concerts and on Performance Today broadcasts. They will also give a series of master classes at high schools around the state and augment the residency online at classicalmpr.org.