Twenty-seven seasons in, Talking Volumes — presented by MPR News and the Minnesota Star Tribune — remains one of the region’s most anticipated literary event series. This fall, five bestselling authors sit down with award-winning journalists Kerri Miller and Catharine Richert for deep conversations about their books, their lives, and the ideas shaping our world. And we’ll do it all in a welcoming new home: The O’Shaughnessy Auditorium at St. Catherine University.
Unlike some Senate campaigns in other states, the race between DFL Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and GOP candidate Michele Tafoya is drawing little outside interest from funders or political parties. The two are scheduled to meet later this week in the MPR News studios for their first and possibly only debate.
The top high school marching bands from Minnesota and beyond will compete Saturday, Oct. 10, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis as part of the Youth in Music Marching Band Championships. Find out more about the 22nd year of the competition.
Texas singer-songwriter Jess Williamson performed four new songs solo with her acoustic guitar in front of an audience at MPR’s UBS Forum. She also spoke with Mac Wilson about the creation of her seventh studio album, ‘A Mile South of Heaven.’
