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• Herb Brooks commemorated in bronze and on the big screen
  In movie theaters around the country Friday night, audiences will relive the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team's unlikely march to a gold medal under the leadership of the late Herb Brooks. In Brooks' hometown of St. Paul, the opening of the movie "Miracle" is just one part of a hockey-filled week. Thursday night, officials unveiled a bronze statue of the Hall of Fame coach outside the city's arena and convention center, which is hosting this weekend's National Hockey League All-Star game. Family members and friends attending the ceremonies say Brooks' spirit is alive and well in the city he called home.February 6, 2004
• Duane Hanson's portraits from the heartland
  Duane Hanson's sculptures are so realistic, gallery patrons often talk to them. A retrospective of the Minnesota-born sculptors work is on display at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo.February 6, 2004
• Celebrating Robert Burns with a D.I.Y. haggis
  It's January, so people around the world are taking a wee dram and toasting the memory of Robert Burns. He's Scotland's most famous poet. Sunday was the 245th anniversary of his birth. This week is the time for "Burns Suppers." People gather for a meal of haggis, and other Scottish food, and read Robert Burns poems. Up near Cloquet, eight folks got together at the farm of Daina and Joel Rosen.January 26, 2004
• Ice Palace opening marks start of Winter Carnival
  The St. Paul Winter Carnival's first walk-in ice palace in more than 60 years marks the start of Minnesota's oldest winter festival.January 23, 2004
• Ani DiFranco gets back to basics
  In a time when many musicians rely on digital technology to enhance their sound, folk icon Ani DiFranco is returning to basics. She recorded her new album, Educated Guess, by herself, in her living room, using an old reel-to-reel tape recorder. The result is a raw, intimate, sound. DiFranco brings that sound to the Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis this weekend.January 23, 2004
• Minnesotan from Iraq laments family's plight
  A Minnesotan recently returned from Iraq says people there are happy the old regime is gone, but are fearful of the criminals preying on them. Sami Rasouli is an Iraqi-American and a Minneapolis businessman. He was born and raised in Najaf, a southern Iraq city where people suffered severe repression under Saddam Hussein. Rasouli visited several of his sisters still living in the country.January 20, 2004
• SPCO musicians take charge
  At the end of this season, the SPCO will dissolve its Music Director position. The musicians will assume many of the responsibilities for running the orchestra. The SPCO says the move is designed to strengthen its position as one of the premier chamber orchestras in the country. Most of the musicians say they're energized and excited by the transfer of power. But some observers say they'll face a number of challenges as the new system is put in place.January 16, 2004
• Music in Baghdad: An Iraqi pioneer looks back
  Beatrice Ohanessian is a woman of many firsts. She was Iraq's first concert pianist. She was the first ever Iraqi female composer. She performed with the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra for three decades. Now she makes a quiet living teaching piano from her home in the Twin Cities suburbs.January 15, 2004
• Building the ice palace is 'a labor of love'
  After weeks of delays in construction, the Winter Carnival ice palace is finally beginning to take shape in downtown St. Paul. That's thanks to the colder weather -- and to thousands of hours of labor donated by local trade unions.January 15, 2004
• Stepping in "The Same River Twice"
  Documentary maker Robb Moss has been taking some old friends on a trip through time. In 1978, he filmed 17 river guides paddling the Colorado River. Two decades later he caught up with five of them, and made another film showing what happened to them.January 14, 2004
• Barb Cohen comes home (for a bit)
  A few years back, Twin Cities singer and songwriter Barbara Cohen was enjoying a promising career. She signed to Virgin Records and relocated to Los Angeles. Cohen is back in Minnesota for a performance this weekend at the Cedar Cultural Centre in Minneapolis. Her circumstances have changed, however. She returns with a new solo cd, but no record contract. Cohen's CD is called "California." Several of the songs reflect disillusionment and a longing for home.January 8, 2004
• Delfs leaving as SPCO adopts a new leadership model
  Andreas Delfs is leaving the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He will step down at the end of the 2003-2004 season. The move is in conjunction with the SPCO's adoption of a new model of creative leadership which places musicians at the center of the decision making.January 7, 2004
• Living in post-war Liberia
  The conflict in Liberia has faded from the headlines, but the West African nation still faces many problems. Some people in Minnesota are trying to help. Nyeba Manston-Dunbar recently visited her hometown of Monrovia on an assessment mission for the Minneapolis-based American Refugee Committee. She is a registered nurse, studying adolescent nursing at the University of Minnesota. She was on the mission to talk to young people who were traumatized by the war.January 5, 2004
• Animal care and training
  Veterinarian KateAn Hunter and her dog Ancel stop by the MPR studios to answer questions about animal care and training.January 2, 2004
• Calling all story suggestions
  We spent dozens of hours on the big story of the year, the U.S. war and occupation of Iraq. For the first hour of 2004, our listeners get a chance to tell us their story ideas.January 1, 2004

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