Minnesota Public Radio | American Public Media has named Randi Yoder senior vice president for development. Yoder will oversee all company development initiatives and operations.
Cantus will tour Greater Minnesota as part of Classical MPR's Artists-In-Residence program during the first months of 2011. The group will perform concerts in Ely, St. Peter, Grand Rapids and Crookston, Minn.
Events in Tucson have stopped many of us in our tracks. We are starved for fresh ways to talk about difficult, important things. Join Krista Tippett for a conversation about how we build a common life, even as we may hold deep disagreements over difficult issues.
Minnesota Public Radio | American Public Media has named Valerie Arganbright managing director for Membership. The position oversees the development and implementation of the company's member program.
MPR News' Bright Ideas series welcomes Mark Addicks, Chief Marketing Officer for General Mills. Host Stephen Smith will discuss Addicks' belief that strong marketing can make a better world.
Hosts Stephen Smith and Kate Ellis will discuss their new book, Say It Loud! Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity.
"Voice Match" tells the story of two star-crossed voiceover actors who finally meet after years of working together but from different cities. Sue Scott and Tim Russell play Greta and Charlie, who are about to meet at a trade convention. They are staying at the same hotel. Hilarity ensues. It's a new show by renowned playwright Jeffrey Hatcher. Sound effects genius Tom Keith will also lend his voice to the evening's fun.
The University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and Minnesota Public Radio today released the results of a review of polling methodology used in joint surveys conducted during the 2010 election season. An independent audit of the polling review was released as well.
Minnesota Public Radio has joined with public television and public radio stations across the country in an unprecedented effort to harness the enthusiasm of the 170 million Americans who watch, listen to or use the services and programming of public media each month (1). The centerpiece of the campaign is a web site - 170MillionAmericans.org - that represents the beginning of a grassroots effort to engage the support and energy of listeners and viewers in local communities from Homer, Alaska, to Fort Myers, Florida.
The Current announced today that it will celebrate its sixth year of broadcasting with a party January 21 2011, at First Avenue in Minneapolis. The lineup is a cast of all-star Minnesotan musicians: Free Energy, Cloud Cult, Jeremy Messersmith, surprise guests, plus music spun by The Current DJs.