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• Open Eye Figure Theatre opens a new home
  A new theatrical venue quietly opened in south Minneapolis recently. It's the new home for Open Eye Figure Theatre. It's a small operation. Yet the company is expected to have a big impact on the local theater scene.October 25, 2007
• Minneapolis marketing its tap water to other cities
  Selling drinking water to other communities returns some of the $140 million spent on upgrading Minneapolis' filtration system.October 24, 2007
• 'Black Radical' remembers his days as a Minnesota Communist
  Nelson Peery grew up in the only black family in Wabasha, Minnsota. It was as an Army soldier during World World II that he learned what racial discrimination meant. When he returned to Minnnesota, he joined the Comunist Party, which he says was the only racially integrated organization a person could join.October 23, 2007
• More mindless eating
  The man behind the bottomless bowl of soup returns to Midmorning to talk about some of his latest research into people's eating habits.Midmorning, October 23, 2007
• Honeycrisp apple losing its patent protection, but not its appeal
  One of Minnesota's icons, the Honeycrisp apple enters a new era next year when its patent expires.October 21, 2007
• 'My Kid Could Paint That' - or could she?
  Amir Bar-Lev's life changed the day he heard abstract paintings by 4-year-old girl were selling for thousands of dollars. His film called "My Kid Could Paint That," opens locally this weekend.October 18, 2007
• Jerry Wayne produces a bleak view of Los Angeles
  Jerry Wayne knows all about the good and the bad of Los Angeles. As a kid from central Minnesota, he headed west to try to make it in the music business. He saw how some people succeed, but many don't.October 18, 2007
• How to solve a family crisis the democratic way
  The child welfare system traditionally diagnoses a family crisis and then tells the family how to fix it. But another model called Family Group Decision Making gives the family in crisis a voice in the decision making process. One family in St. Paul experienced this kind of democracy first hand.October 18, 2007
• Vernon Bellecourt laid to rest in White Earth
  White Earth Tribal Chairwoman Erma Vizenor gave a eulogy Wednesday for late American Indian Movement leader Vernon Bellecourt. She said his protest tactics were controversial, but of great importance to Native Americans everywhere.October 17, 2007
• Edward P. Jones writes about the real Washington
  Edward P. Jones writes about Washington D.C. Not the Washington of politicians and the government offices, but the Washington neighborhoods filled with people struggling to get by.October 17, 2007
• Ugandan doctor takes home diabetes strategies honed in Minnesota
  A Ugandan doctor returns to her diabetes clinic this week armed with new strategies for treating the disease in Uganda's impoverished kids.October 17, 2007
• The 'Flim Flam Man' gets a script reading
  Twin Cities film fans have a unique opportunity on tap. For one night only, a group of local actors will present a staged reading of "Flag Day." It's a screenplay based on Minneapolis writer Jennifer Vogel's award-winning memoir "Flim Flam Man."October 16, 2007
• Leonid Hurwicz -- commanding intellect, humble soul, Nobel Prize winner
  Hurwicz, one of three winners of the Nobel Prize for economics was a faculty member at the University of Minnesota for more than a half century. Hurwicz, 90, is known as a gentle and supportive soul with a demanding intellect.October 15, 2007
• Panel to discuss human rights from American Indian perspective
  A panel in Duluth will discuss human rights and the American Indian experience in MinnesotaOctober 14, 2007
• Minnesota wouldn't be Minnesota without...
  The Minnesota Historical Society asked people to finish that sentence and make the case why their selection should be included in an exhibit created to mark the 150th anniversary of Minnesota's statehood.October 12, 2007

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