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• Julie Walters gives "Driving Lessons"
  At the beginning of the new movie "Driving Lessons" a young man answers a help wanted ad in a church magazine. The woman is Evie, a retired actress, who's a little eccentric. Evie is played by veteran British actor Julie Walters. She told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr she fell in love the script as soon as she read it.November 9, 2006
• Democracy at birth
  As people head to the polls to exercise their political voice, Midmorning explores how one of the first democracies was practiced in ancient Greece, and how it's evolved into its current modern form.Midmorning, November 7, 2006
• Isabella Rossellini looks back - and forward
  This weekend the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis will celebrate the 20th anniversary of "Blue Velvet's" release with an appearance by Isabella Rossellini. The Regis Dialog launches a two week retrospective of her films.November 3, 2006
• A red or blue governor in Wisconsin?
  Wisconsin's gubernatorial race is as heated as Minnesota's. But in this race the governor is a Democrat.November 1, 2006
• Interview about a vampire
  Can modern medicine help explain the origin of the vampire myth?October 31, 2006
• Obama's reflections on race and politics
  Barack Obama is expected to announce he is officially running for president in 2008. Midmorning's Kerri Miller talked with Obama last fall while he was in the Twin Cities in which he talked about his approach to public life.Midmorning, October 31, 2006
• Simon's "Surprise"
  Just before his October 12 concert in Minneapolis promoting his new album, "Surprise," Kerri Miller talked with Paul Simon on his tour bus where he revealed himself as a songwriter still evolving.Midmorning, October 27, 2006
• Food for thought
  Anthony Bourdain travels the world uncovering the the world's most intriguing and sometimes, the most difficult-to-eat food.Midmorning, October 26, 2006
• An hour with Mary Louise Kelly
  National security is perhaps the top issue in the coming midterm elections. NPR's reporter on national security talks about the challenges covering the many intelligence agencies on stories ranging from North Korea to the re-structuring of the CIA.Midmorning, October 26, 2006
• The storm over the stormwater garden
  Duluth's Bayfront Park could have a new attraction. It's a storm water garden -- a series of artistically-constructed wetlands to treat water running off the hillside. But not everyone is convinced it's the best use of the land.October 24, 2006
• Reseeding the prairie
  The number of prairie areas in Minnesota is slowly increasing. Each fall the state reseeds hundreds of acres of marginal farmland and other parcels of land with native prairie plants.October 24, 2006
• The Dog Whisperer
  He's called the Dog Whisperer by his fans. Cesar Millan talks about how he helps resolve troubled relationships between dogs and the people who own them.Midmorning, October 23, 2006
• Duluth's poet
  Duluth's poet laureate, Bart Sutter, begins a year of events to bring poetry to people this weekend. The city is hosting an inaugural reading for Sutter.October 20, 2006
• Thomas Hirschhorn's cave
  There is a new opportunity to do cave exploration in the Twin Cities starting this weekend. It's at the Walker Art Center of all places. Using cardboard, and packing tape wrapped around a wood structure, a Swiss artist has created a huge five-chambered cave.October 20, 2006
• Revisiting American hardcore punk rock
  Twenty-five years ago American punk rock went hard core. During the years between 1980 and 1986 groups of teenagers all over the US got together to play loud, frenzied music, to dance violently, and generally scare their parents. Now a new film "American Hardcore"documents the era.October 19, 2006

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