Play3min 08secFinding beauty in the religions of othersDecember 6, 2007 3:00 AMBy Marianne CombsA Minneapolis sculptor uses handmade paper, uprooted trees, grapevines, and dried roses to tell a story of loss, displacement and personal spiritual transcendance.
Play53min 55secFour stories for the start of HanukkahDecember 4, 2007 12:00 PMNational Public Radio commissioned four short stories to commemorate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, which begins Tuesday at sundown.
Play53min 54secMichelle Shocked's spiritual journeyNovember 29, 2007 2:30 PMWhen a punk rock feminist folk singer finds Jesus, the result is a beautiful live gospel album.
Coleman presses Thai ambassador on Hmong gravesNovember 12, 2007 2:38 PMBy Toni RandolphIn 2005, a videotape surfaced showing workers in Thailand exhuming Hmong graves at the Wat Tham Krabok refugee camp, dismembering bodies, removing the bones, and throwing the remains into open graves.
Play53min 59secPriest puts L.A.'s ex-gang members to workNovember 8, 2007 12:00 PMRev. Greg Boyle is the founder of Los Angeles-based Homeboy Industries, an organization that gives jobs to young men and women who agree to give up the gang life.
Play7min 05secHoward Jacobson spins a world from 'Kalooki Nights'November 5, 2007 4:50 PMBy Euan KerrKalooki is central to British novelist Howard Jacobson's new book. It's a card game in which no one really knows the rules. Jacobson says it's a great way to describe the British Jewish community where he grew up, and he uses it in his new comic novel "Kalooki Nights."
Play2min 29secDay of the Dead celebrates lifeNovember 1, 2007 3:30 PMBy Roseanne PereiraDay of the Dead is celebrated Thursday all across Latin America and one Minneapolis non-profit is mounting a celebration of its own.
Play5min 22secRecounting the Holocaust by podcastOctober 31, 2007 6:00 AMBy Bob CollinsUntil now, the iPod has not been much of a gateway to history. That's changing, in part because of a Holocaust survivor in Little Canada, a criminal justice professor at St. Cloud State University, and a small group of broadcasters with the vision to use podcasts to bridge generations.
Play4min 25secOpen Eye Figure Theatre opens a new homeOctober 25, 2007 1:00 AMA new theatrical venue quietly opened in south Minneapolis recently. It's the new home for Open Eye Figure Theatre. It's a small operation. Yet the company is expected to have a big impact on the local theater scene.
Play53min 53secRabbi Kushner's advice to the disappointedOctober 17, 2007 12:00 PMHarold Kushner has counseled many people going through disappointing times of their lives in his work as a rabbi. The bestselling author spoke about his new book of advice, "Overcoming Life's Disappointments," Tuesday at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis.