May and June were going to be peak wedding season at PAIKKA, the St. Paul event space where Donato serves as venue director. PAIKKA was fully booked by couples wanting the symmetry of the new decade for their anniversary.
Donato is just as busy now working from home, helping clients reschedule their big days for the fall or even later. Having a job at all is a blessing. Her musician husband Hank wasn’t so lucky. All his shows have been suspended, as have the church services he’d play for extra money.
They have a lot of friends—gig workers, artists, servers—in the same position or worse. Their social media feeds quickly filled with gloom.
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