The Campanile Center for the Arts is a regional arts center in Minocqua dedicated to promoting and supporting the arts through education, performance and
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Shoppers and event-goers will continue to be able to use a large parking lot in downtown Minocqua after the electorate Thursday unanimously approved its purchase by the town.
Backed by a heavy contingent of Island business interests, the vote was 55-0 to purchase the private lot from the Campanile Center for the Arts for $600,000. The town plans to turn it into a public parking lot.
The Golta Family, who owns the Gaslight Square Shoppes, Otto’s Beer & Brat Garden and several vacant parcels on the Island, will cover a substantial portion of the cost with a $300,000 donation.
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The Town of Minocqua has received a substantial cash donation toward the proposed purchase of a large private parking lot in downtown Minocqua, according to town chairman Mark Hartzheim.
The parking lot is currently owned by the Campanile Center for the Arts, which approached the town board to see if it was interested in purchasing it. Saint Patrick Catholic Church once owned the parking lot.
The private donation is being made by the Goltra family, which owns the Gaslight Square Shoppes, Otto’s Beer & Brat Garden and several vacant parcels on the Island including the former Spang’s restaurant property.
I’m sitting in Rhinelander High School’s nearly empty auditorium.
On the stage in front of me, about 20 students are performing their final dress rehearsal of
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
One of the actors twirls around in a long, rainbow-colored coat.
They’re singing into microphones tucked beneath tie-dye masks.
The students are getting ready for a weekend of performances.
Like their rehearsals, these performances will look much different than shows from a pre-COVID era.
Kristin Higgins is one of the directors.
In addition to the masks, she said the play has been choreographed so that students stay six feet apart.
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