Island City Jazz Jam supports area nonprofits (4/28/2021)
Over the past four years, the monthly Jazz Jams at Island City Brewing Company have offered an afternoon of family-friendly fun and a chance for area musicians to jam with the H3O Jazz Trio.
On April 18, the Jazz Jam introduced a whole new dimension of community involvement. H3O Jazz Trio and Island City Brewing Company used the monthly event to support area nonprofits by raising $170 in donations which was matched by Island City and H3O to bring the total to $510.
Winona Volunteer Services will use this donation to assist them as they wrap up the annual MN FoodShare drive.
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Feds get more options for specialized education programs 1 day ago Feds will have six new programs to choose from, under the Office of Personnel Management s Federal Academic Alliance. (iStock/Getty Images) Federal employees looking to obtain a bachelors or masters degree to further their government careers will now have six more options to choose from, as part of new academic agreements the Office of Personnel Management announced May 7. The Federal Academic Alliance program, which now partners with 23 colleges and universities, offers federal employees and in some cases their families reduced tuition rates and scholarships for degree programs deemed essential for closing government skills gaps.
Photo by Alexandra Retter Elena Holey (foreground, left) waits for her turn to dive during a swim practice at the Winona Family YMCA while instructor Kaitlyn Calabrese (foreground, right) helps Graham Dembiec prepare to dive. The Y is one of many local groups planning summer programming for children. Summertime fun for kids returns (4/28/2021)
For Eileen Moeller, seeing students fully perform one of Shakespeare’s plays is the highlight of Great River Shakespeare Festival’s (GRSF) summer programming for children. “That’s always one of my favorite performances of the year, because you see kids who are maybe 10 or 11 years old recite these full monologues,” Moeller, who is GRSF’s marketing and sales director, said. Audience members can tell the students are confident and understand what they are saying, she added. “The kids always bring their own twist on everything to it, and it just makes it a really engaging thing to