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Sacred Heart Music Center, like other venues in the country, has struggled through the pandemic. One Less Guest and Ursa Minor are throwing a fundraiser for the former church. (2017 file / News Tribune)
At Sacred Heart Music Center, like other venues around the country, business has been mostly stalled since mid-March, when the pandemic led to large-scale closures and social distancing.
About a half-dozen concerts were canceled in the spring, and they didn’t bother scheduling anything for the fall. The on-site Music Resource Center, an afterschool program for music-minded kids, closed. The number of weddings, according to Mark Nicklawske, was dramatically reduced.