Retail beef prices are at record highs, but cattle ranchers say those profits aren’t trickling down to them. While some are giving up, others are trying to hold on in the face of stagnating cattle prices and industry consolidation.
It’s not easy being a rancher, and while some are giving up, others are trying to hold on in the face of stagnating cattle prices and industry consolidation. While retail beef prices are at record highs, cattle ranchers say those profits aren’t trickling down to them.
As Police and Protesters Stand Off, Uptown Businesses Struggle Lake and Hennepin business owners grapple with another wave of protests and fear.
Entering Uptown from 31st and Hennepin on Tuesday afternoon, it felt like a fairly normal June day: Buses running, cyclists pedaling, and pedestrians on the sidewalks.
But a block away at Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue, around 20 protesters stood peacefully on the crosswalk between Juut Salonspa and Seven Points (formerly Calhoun Square), blocking traffic from going eastbound on Lake towards the parking ramp where Winston Smith was shot and killed by law enforcement on June 3.
For the retailers and restaurants that call Uptown home, these disruptions to traffic flow are just fanning the growing flames. The past year-plus has been unwaveringly challenging, many business owners say. Between Covid, unrest and looting after George Floyd’s death a year ago, and now, Winston Smith’s death and the subsequent protests, Uptown b
UC Davis presents plays exploring genetic engineering and incarceration
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Genetic engineering and its promise of flawless children forms the basis of “Perfect,” a new work by playwright Jonathan Luskin, whose “Kill the Wabbit” was workshopped at UC Davis in 2018.
The drama will be presented free online as an informal reading in collaboration with the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17.
Danny Gomez appears in “Perfect” on Wednesday, Feb. 17.
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“Perfect” is directed by alumna JanLee Marshall (M.F.A, dramatic art, ’15) and features actor Danny Gomez, recipient of the 2020 Media Access Award, which recognizes depictions of disability that are accurate, inclusive and multifaceted. The cast also includes undergraduate students Sophie Brubaker, Cheryl Kuo, Kyle Nagasawa and Aubrey Schoeman. Undergraduate student Sam Votrian is the stage manager.