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Lifestyle

Twin Cities surrounded by composer Portman's music

Twin Cities surrounded by composer Portman's music

Academy Award winning composer Rachel Portman may live in London, but her work is all over the Twin Cities right now. She wrote music for "The Duchess", the Kiera Knightley period drama showing at area movie theaters.
by Euan Kerr

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Commentator reconnects with favorite authors in fall

Commentator reconnects with favorite authors in fall

It is autumn in Minnesota. As the leaves turn and the birds start to fly south, MPR commentator Peter Smith finds himself migrating back to a couple of favorite old authors.

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Why do we vote on Tuesdays?

Why do we vote on Tuesdays?

This week's Electionwise podcast asks why Americans hold elections on Tuesdays. The answer dates back to agrarian times, and governments are slow to change the rules. But some states are making it easier to vote before Election Day.

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Commentator Peter Smith on the coming of fall

It's officially fall. Yesterday at 10:44 a.m. marked the autumnal equinox, the date each year when the sun begins spending more time below the horizon than above it. That moment is considered the official beginning of fall in the northern hemisphere. But commentator Peter Smith does not mark the change in seasons by looking to the sky. He sees the change at the end of his own bed.

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Cutting-edge technology makes new 35W bridge a model for future

Cutting-edge technology makes new 35W bridge a model for future

How fast the new bridge was completed has some people wondering how safe it will be, but officials say the bridge's advanced design and cutting-edge technology make it a model for bridge building in the future.
by Jessica Mador

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Beyond T-ball on the White House lawn

Beyond T-ball on the White House lawn

A president's day always has its share of ceremonial events. But the modern U.S. presidency is a job ruled by the schedule and governed by a large staff. Two historians talk about how presidents really spend their time.

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