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Word of Mouth

2003
Sep 12, 2003 —

Word of Mouth

Word of Mouth Roundup

2003
Sep 12, 2003 —

Word of Mouth arts roundup.

Osmo Vanska takes over Minnesota Orchestra

2003
Sep 11, 2003 —

Osmo Vanska will lift the baton for the first time as Music Director of the Minnesota Orchestra. The Finnish conductor arrives as the Orchestra celebrates its centennial. Vanska says he realizes he has to live up to many expectations.

Ground breaking for new Guthrie Theater

2003
Sep 9, 2003 —

The Guthrie Theater Company celebrated a new beginning on Monday evening.  Hundreds of people witnessed the ceremonial groundbreaking on the site of it's new riverfront theater complex in downtown Minneapolis.

Word of Mouth

2003
Sep 5, 2003 —

Word of Mouth

Art

2003
Sep 5, 2003 —

Word of Mouth Roundup.

Maria Muldaur, singing at the Dakota tonight, has a new tribute to Peggy Lee

2003
Sep 3, 2003 —

It's been almost thirty years since Maria Muldaur topped the charts with the song "Midnight at the Oasis." Since then, she's traversed all corners of the musical landscape -- experimenting with everything from jazz and gospel to country and the blues.

US Mint officials kick off the first meeting of the Minnesota state commemorative quarter task force

2003
Sep 3, 2003 —

The process of picking a commemorative Minnesota quarter began in earnest today. It's part of the United States Mint's program to assign a quarter to each of the 50 states in the order they joined the union.

Tom Crann interviews Paul Elie about his book "The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage"

2003
Sep 2, 2003 —

Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Walker Percy and Flannery C'Connor are all important 20th century American writers, especially in the Catholic tradition. Despite the differences in their work, writer Paul Elie (EE-lye) believes they could be fairly characterized as a school.

Young woman starts up newspaper in Wood Lake, Minnesota

2003
Aug 19, 2003 —

Minnesota has lost jobs lately, but entrepreneurship is on the rise. In rural Wood Lake, Minnesota, that news is making the paper. Mainstreet Radio's Annie Baxter reports

Orchestra names Tony Woodcock its new president

2003
Aug 13, 2003 —

The Minnesota Orchestra begins an entirely different movement this fall with a new music director, Osmo Vänskä, and now a new president. The Orchestra named Oregon Symphony president Tony Woodcock to lead the Minnesota organization.

Fonda introduces his 1971 movie "The Hired Hand" in Minneapolis

2003
Aug 8, 2003 —

Say the name Peter Foda to most people and they think "Easy Rider." Fonda played the laid back, wrap-around-shades-wearing Captain America. That's been a problem for Fonda.

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