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New Year’s Eve 1964: The Escapades were debuting at the St Paul Armory, opening for music legend Chuck Berry, and playing for concert promoters who were planning to run off with the money. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]
2008: The last time the Coen Brothers – Joel and Ethan – had filmed in Minnesota was for 1996’s Fargo. Now they were back, this time recreating the St. Louis Park of their childhood for A Serious Man. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]
March 4, 1915: Isabel Davis Higbee’s doctor told her she needed to rest. But the philanthropist wasn’t about to give up an opportunity to convince the legislature that women, rather than being quartered in a men’s prison, needed a reformatory of their own. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]
2019: Why would the New York Times comment on a Twin Cities theatre opening night? Because it was a production of Hair by senior actors who, according to the paper, were losing theirs. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]
