Season 15 - "Off 90"
In the final episode of Season 15, we visit an all-inclusive ballpark and playground in Mankato, and we talk to members of Mower County Citizens for Felines, who care for feral cats. In two episodes from our archives, we meet a couple from Nerstrand who raise sheep and produce cheese, and we take a closeup look at a wood carver from who whittles tiny sculptures.
In this episode of Off 90, we watch butter being made at the Hope Creamery in Hope, Minnesota; visit the workshop of artist Karl Unnasch in rural Chatfield; learn about a program in Austin that sends food home with kids; and visit the studio of Twin Cities photographer Timothy G. Piotrowski.
In this episode of Off 90, we visit the Mower County Humane Society; talk with writer Brad Zellar, a former Austinian; and take in the music at the Harmony Park outdoor event venue near Clarks Grove.
This week on Off 90: The original Happy Chef restaurant in Mankato; The Cold War in Minnesota; in Albert Lea, longtime clothing store Leutholds; and Cathy Richardson from Winona, who makes glass paperweights.
This week on Off 90: food security in Mower County; a glider regatta in Albert Lea; the Flame movie theater in Wells; Hal Leonard, the world's largest sheet music publisher, in Winona; and two drive-ins, the Lakeside in Winona and the former A&W in Spring Valley.
In this episode of Off 90, we learn about an inflatable planetarium in Austin; revisit the case of the deformed frogs outside Henderson, MN; see artwork by patients at a treatment center in St. Peter; and hear music by Winona saxophone player, band leader, and composer John Paulson.
We visit Bleed Heart Floral, a flower farm and design studio in Mazeppa; we go paddling with the Canoemobile in Austin; and we visit with author Harriet Hodgson of Rochester.
We meet Amber Rahe, a Mankato painter; visit the Wanda Gag House in New Ulm; learn about Gina Grundmeier and Pay It Forward; and take in the Mid West Music Fest in Winona.
This week we visit an architectural gem, the Winona Public Library; meet metal artist Darryl Clements; travel along on the Bluff Country Studio Art Tour; meet 105-year-old auctioneer Bertram Boyum; and learn about a 1909 visit to Austin by orator Williams Jennings Bryan.
This week we meet two Pacelli High School graduates who created a rocketry club in the 1950s; visit with photographer Jacob Schlichter of Albert Lea; learn about a do-it-yourself bike repair shop in Mankato; and take in a community art space in Mankato.
Bee Keepers, Mauer Brothers Tavern, Rochester State Hospital Cemetery