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#635 – Dick Bernard: An evening of resonance in the midst of dissonance with the LoMoMo (Locked out musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra) and Maestro Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

October 18, 2012 /2 Comments/in /by

UPDATE: October 20, 2012. Page E1 of Variety Section of Minneapolis Star Tribune by Larry Fuchsberg, here. (click to enlarge all photos) The musicians union website is here; e-address contact@MinnesotaOrchestraMusiciansDOTorg. To the best of my recollection, this is the first time I’ve published two blog posts on the same day. (#634 is below, on this […]

#633 – Dick Bernard: Election 2012 #54. Three weeks from today…

October 17, 2012 /0 Comments/in , , /by

(Click on photos to enlarge. Both photos from Minnesota State Fair 2012) Three weeks from today, the 2012 U.S. Election will be over. Optimistically, possibly 60% of those who are qualified to vote will actually mark a ballot somewhere, hopefully reasonably well informed. We basically make the decision on who we vote for privately. “Don’t […]

Franco-Fete 2012 Minneapolis MN: Martine Sauret on Louis Hennepin

October 12, 2012 /0 Comments/in , , , /by

At Franco-Fete, Martine Sauret, visiting professor at Macalester College in St. Paul, gave a talk on Louis Hennepin. Here is the pdf text, in French, of Dr. Sauret’s remarks: Louis Hennepin. Texte Dr. Sauret’s remarks were presented to a diverse group, including students and teachers of French, persons of French-Canadian descent, and others. For those […]

#629 – Dick Bernard: Election 2012 #50. The Senate District 53 Candidate Forum in Woodbury October 9.

October 10, 2012 /0 Comments/in , , , /by

Last evening we attended the candidate forum for Senate District 53 at City Council Chambers in Woodbury. The event was expertly moderated by the League of Women Voters, and was televised by South Washington County Telecommunications Commission, and will likely be rebroadcast there between now and general election November 6. Check with SWCTC for details. […]

#627 – Dick Bernard: Election 2012 #48. A short seminar on Minnesota Public Schools and Public Policy

October 8, 2012 /0 Comments/in , , , , /by

Recently, there seems a sudden reverence for public schools in Minnesota. After years of using the schools and the local communities as a piggy bank to avoid political decision making requiring use of the word “tax” in the state political conversation, the architects of damaging schools are suddenly proclaiming that they are about the business […]