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08/02/2024

To celebrate International Beer Day check out this audio piece from 1986 found in the MPR archive. This interview features the founder of local Summit Brewing Company, Mark Stutrud, as well as beer historian Gary Bruggemann and master brewer Fred Thomasser. Summit Brewing Company is Minnesota’s first modern day microbrewery. Cheers!! 🍻

For the complete interview, please visit this link:

https://archive.mpr.org/stories/1986/09/25/summit-brewery-opens-in-st-paul

02/08/2024

Today we are highlighting we are focusing on a story from February 27th, 1993. This piece is a profile on Sounds of Blackness, which is a vocal and instrumental ensemble from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota who perform music from several genres music including gospel, R&B, soul, and jazz. Check out today’s archival highlight to hear MPR’s Elizabeth Stawicki interview the founder of the group, Russell Knighton, as well as several students from Macalester College.

https://archive.mpr.org/stories/1993/02/27/coming-home-beginnings-of-sounds-of-blackness

12/04/2023

"Anomalies such as the paranormal and monsters have fascinated me ever since I was a child watching Casper the Friendly Ghost and bigfoot documentaries. I curated the archival collection 'Cryptids' to commemorate that love, show how these creatures influence pop culture, and to demonstrate their presence even in the news world." - Shandi Burrows, MLIS, MPR Archive Fellow⁠
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Check out the collection here: https://archive.mpr.org/collections/special-collections/cryptids

11/09/2023

It's November, which means we celebrate Native American Heritage Month! Today's archival highlight from 1996, "Traditional stories and legends told at Lake Superior Ojibwe conference", focuses on sharing tales from Ojibwe culture, even the creation of Lake Superior! Use this link (https://archive.mpr.org/stories/1996/03/22/traditional-stories-and-legends-told-at-lake-superior-ojibwe-conference?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-mprarchive&utm_content=later-39070785&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio) to check out this story and other pieces in our archive

In today’s archival highlight from 1986, MPR’s Kate Moos talks with St. Paul’s Ann Bancroft about her expedition to the ...
10/26/2023

In today’s archival highlight from 1986, MPR’s Kate Moos talks with St. Paul’s Ann Bancroft about her expedition to the South Pole. In this audio, Bancroft recounts the challenges of being in the Arctic and becoming the first woman to reach the North Pole on foot and by sled. Check it out with this link - https://archive.mpr.org/stories/1986/05/27/ann-bancroft-arctic-explorer

Today is National Kevin Day! Today we are highlighting one of many contributions to the archive by Kevin Kling, a Minnes...
10/03/2023

Today is National Kevin Day! Today we are highlighting one of many contributions to the archive by Kevin Kling, a Minnesota born storyteller and humorist. In this audio, MPR's Cathy Wurzer hosts Kevin Kling and Matthew Sanford of Mind-Body Solutions on stage at the University of St. Thomas December 9, 2014 for a program about the healing power of storytelling. https://archive.mpr.org/stories/2014/12/26/cathy-wurzer-kevin-kling-and-matt-sanford

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