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• Cokie Roberts on politics
  NPR political analyst Cokie Roberts talks about covering and commenting on Congress. And she reaches back into her beginnings in journalism.Midmorning, September 14, 2006
• The Sonic Memorial Project
  A year after 9/11, they came together: artists, construction workers, bond traders, secretaries, archivists, ironworkers, policemen, widows, firefighters and radio producers. They created a documentary commemorating the World Trade Center and its neighborhood. Their stories are just as moving and relevant on the fifth anniversary as they were on the first.Midday, September 8, 2006
• Who was the real Jay Gatsby?
  Not much is known about the origin of the character Jay Gatsby, but a St. Paul author is writing a biography about a dashing Minnesotan who may have been F. Scott Fitzgerald's inspiration.September 8, 2006
• Survey asks what white people think about being white
  Researchers at the University of Minnesota are shedding new light on race and racial identity. In a new survey, instead of questioning people in minority groups, researchers focused on what white people think about being white. Researchers say it is the first survey of its kind.September 7, 2006
• The new Guthrie offers a restaurant with plenty of local flavor
  Lenny Russo, the chef and localism advocate who brought diners the Heartland in St. Paul, is now taking his cooking and restaurant philospohy to a larger stage: Cue and Level Five at the Guthrie. In doing so, he's also changing the way his suppliers do business.September 3, 2006
• Listening to "The Quiet"
  For the last five years actor Elisha Cuthbert has helped stave off international catastrophe as agent Kimberly Bauer in the Fox TV series "24." This weekend Cuthbert will appear in a very different role in her new movie "The Quiet."August 31, 2006
• Star-spangled state fair
  The Minnesota State Fair is awash in American flags. Apparently, nothing brings out patriotism quite like a barn full of pigs and bucket full of chocolate chip cookies.August 31, 2006
• The last sideshow
  Where have all the bearded ladies gone? There used to be more than 100 traveling sideshows in the United States. Now there's just one.August 28, 2006
• Dominic Papatola: State Fair arts commentary
  Minnesota Public Radio arts commentator Dominic Papatola remarks on his annual attraction to the Minnesota State Fair.August 23, 2006
• Carl Flink gives dance a sporting chance
  A new Minnesota dance company is as athletic as it is artful.August 17, 2006
• The good and the bad of gentrification
  When a neighborhood is gentrified it can be traumatic both for long-time residents, and the newcomers. A new movie called "Quinceanera" examines the struggles of a quickly changing neighborhood in Los Angeles where different cultures and generations grind against each other in unexpected ways.August 16, 2006
• Minnesota violinist becomes Houston Symphony concertmaster
  After six seasons with the Minnesota Orchestra, violinist Angela Fuller is leaving to become one of the youngest concertmasters in the country when she joins the Houston Symphony in September.August 15, 2006
• Encountering dolphins at the Minnesota Zoo
  The Minnesota Zoo has a program where you can pay $125 to get up close and personal with dolphins and some other animals.August 13, 2006
• Harry Davis -- a life of accomplishment
  African American civil rights activist Harry Davis has died. Davis rose from humble beginnings in a poor, segregated north Minneapolis neighborhood to prominent business and civic leadership in the Twin Cities.August 11, 2006
• Headphone festival is shared, but isolated, experience
  It isn't often that you need to bring your own equipment to an art gallery. But headphones are required for the sound art festival at the Rochester Art Center.August 11, 2006

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