Top-grade venues and companies providing live theater, orchestral music, opera, ballet, and modern dance have sustained and enhanced the reputation of Minnesota as a premier arts mecca in Mid-America.
Upcoming Juneteenth events in the Twin Cities twincities.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from twincities.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Juneteenth is a federal holiday celebrating when slaves in Texas were told about the Emancipation Proclamation two years after it had been announced. The following events are taking place in the Twin Cities in commemoration of the holiday. Kumbayah: The Juneteenth Story Kumbayah: The Juneteenth Story will be performed at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday at Breck School in Golden Valley. The play .
Nearly 300 Nebraska business owners and executives across the state have gone on record in support of ballot Initiative 433, which would gradually raise Nebraska s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026. Dave Titterington, owner of the Wild Bird Habitat Stores in Lincoln and Omaha, said it is tough enough to find employees in the current marketplace, and even harder if all you can offer is $9 an hour. "When you got child care, you got food to put on the table, you got increased fuel costs for home heating and automobile, how can anybody make it on the minimum wage?" Titterington asked. " .