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Judy Garland and Gene Kelly for grownups, twins and pumpkin pie for the Littles. A good way to start a new month of reading. “C’Mon, Get Happy: The Making of Summer Stock”: by David Fantle and Tom Johnson: foreword by Savion Glover. (University Press of Mississippi, $35). The back story of how this film starring Judy […]

“She accomplished every goal that I saw her set out to.”

Nineteen Wenonah High School students handed out 100 fresh-baked sweet potato pies in remembrance of the 60th anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.

To the Editor:

ST. PETER — As actors took the stage in St. Peter during their rehearsal for "Kumbayah: The Juneteenth Story," playwright Rose McGee said theater was a good medium to share

Decades before it became a holiday, Rose McGee penned a two-act play dramatizing the history of the holiday marking the end of slavery.

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 ...

For the second time — and now for the first time as a state holiday — Juneteenth will be celebrated with activities in both Mankato and St. Peter.

It Was the Worst Antisemitic Attack in American History, but the 2018 Massacre Also Showed the Strength and Resilience of a City, a Neighborhood, and a Diverse Jewish Community

Slice or whole pies, Minneapolis and St. Paul’s tastiest.