Arts & Entertainment
Five Things You Should Know Today: August 2
Rainy enough for you? If not, never fear – more may be on the way, but it shouldn't affect Night to Unite.
- There’s a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms today, according to the National Weather Service, but mostly before 1 p.m. After that, we can expect partly sunny skies, with a high near 86 and light winds. Things will clear off tonight , with a low near 66.
- It’s Minnesota’s – a time to get out and meet your neighbors, Rosemount’s police force, fire department and city council members. The city has more than 20 neighborhood get-togethers registered. Organizers say the effort makes communities safer places to live.
- The rain should dissipate in time for the , from 2 to 6 p.m. in the community center parking lot, 13885 Robert Trail S. Pick up some fresh vegetables and flowers.
- Head up to Eagan for a performance by . The group, founded by Kenna Sarge, will demonstrate West African dances and drum patterns, and give the audience a chance to dance and play, too. The event begins at 10 a.m. in Caponi Art Park, 1220 Diffley Road.
- On this day in 1956, Albert Woolson – the last surviving Union veteran of the Civil War – died in Duluth at age 109. Woolson enlisted in the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery at 16, serving as a drummer boy. He moved to Duluth in 1905.
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