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DECember 6, 2021
🙌 We’ve all made it to the last month of 2021! That’s it. That’s the post.
So without further ado, here’s what you might have missed in Dayton news this past week.
- The team at Curafied
So without further ado, here’s what you might have missed in Dayton news this past week.
- The team at Curafied
BE HOME BY 11
lifestyle
Gov. Mike DeWine announced a statewide curfew of 11 pm as COVID cases rise. The curfew will be tied to the state’s hospitalization numbers. Hmm, we wonder if this applies to Santa…? Read the full story here.
the hill is alive
entertainment
With the sound of historical tours, food trucks, and Christmas cheer. St. Anne’s Hill is hosting its first ever Holiday on The Hill: A Neighborhood Tour. This free event takes place on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 11 and 12 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. More here.
a plan for the arts
philanthropy
The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance is seeking public funds to construct a new Dayton Performing Arts Campus at the Wright factory site off of Third Street in western Dayton. The $49.6 million dollar campus would “transform lives through the power of music and dance” and bring “permanent educational, economic development, and health catalyst to a disadvantaged region.” Full story here.
ANOTHER ONE
BUSINESS
Move over, DJ Khalid. Dayton-based CareSource, Ohio’s largest Medicaid managed care organization, is expanding into Mississippi through an alliance with TrueCare. This would be the eighth state that CareSource operates in. Learn more here.
touchdown for job training
business
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is supporting and creating awareness for job assistance in Southwest Ohio with LevelUp Grit Ohio. The new initiative is aimed at connecting people to training and career resources and helping them find careers in growing industries in southern Ohio. Get the full story here.
THAT'S WEIRD
entertainment
The Schuster Center will welcome “Weird Al” Yankovic and his “Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour” on Aug. 23, 2022. According to a press release, “he’s leaving behind the high-octane theatrics he’s known for and going bare-bones: no costumes, props or video screens... Just Al and his band of almost four decades hanging out on stage and playing music.” That really is...weird. Read more here.
"home" for the holiday shopping
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Thanks for hangin’ with us! 🍊
We’ll be back again next week.
We’ll be back again next week.