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Step Up youth participants practice job interview skills in mock interviews in preparation for summer internships. Interns will have just completed their Step Up work readiness training. Jeremiah Brown from AchieveMpls talks about the process.

Through the pandemic, more Minnesotans are having difficulty making ends meet and securing food for their families. Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota has been busy this year with its LSS Meals service providing pop-up meal distribution sites, online meals and expansion of its services. Kristin Schurrer from LSS Meals talks about the importance of nutrition and how they are providing it during these difficult times.

Despite the pandemic, the North Central University Jazz ensemble has been getting ready for a virtual show at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis. It is 8 to 10 PM on March 18. Peter Shu is the director of the ensemble. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Peter addressed what it is like to lead an ensemble of players whose background is not Jazz, but Rock.

Despite the pandemic, the North Central University Jazz ensemble has been getting ready for a virtual show at Jazz Central Studios in Minneapolis. It is 8 to 10 PM on March 18. Peter Shu is the director of the ensemble. In a conversation with Phil Nusbaum, Peter addressed what it is like to lead an ensemble of players whose background is not Jazz, but rock.

Film publicist Peter Schilling talks about the "odder" films being shown at the Heights Theater, and a special screening at Trylon Cinema.

Singer-songwriter Mae Simpson and her band play at the Dakota in a live-streaming event Saturday, March 13 at 7:00 p.m.

The Minneapolis sibling group, NUNNABOVE, talks to the Morning Show about their upcoming performance at the Dakota.

Craig Rice from the MSP Film Society talks about new offerings on the Virtual Cinema.

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) will host a free virtual Alzheimer’s educational conference for Minnesotans on Tuesday, March 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. as part of its 2021 national Educating America Tour. The conference, which is free and open to everyone, will allow participants to learn from, and ask questions of, health, caregiving and legal experts. CEO Chuck Fuschillo talks about the conference.

State Climatologist Luigi Romolo encourages listeners to join CoCoRaHS, the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network. Volunteer weather observers collect precipitation data and other information to help accuracy.