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IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS - In this image taken on Tuesday, Nov. 3 2020, Annie's Blue Ribbon General Store in Brooklyn, NY prepares for Small Business Saturday, founded by American Express in 2010 to encourage consumers to Shop Small, this year on November 28, 2020. (Diane Bondareff/American Express via AP Images)
Some Dayton restaurants and shops to keep in mind this Small Business Saturday
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The historic Clifton mill, built in 1802 and still working, opened its Legendary Lights for the 2018 holiday season on Friday, Nov. 23. You can see Clifton Mill featured on ABC TV’s “The Great Christmas Light Fight” from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Former Ohio governor to flip switch tonight at Clifton Mill holiday display
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The highlight of the evening, the Grande Illumination Tree Lighting, is scheduled to take place at 7:55 p.m. sharp, this Friday, Nov. 26. When the switch is flipped, 50,000 colored lights will illuminate the three-story-tall tree on Courthouse Square, located at Third St. and Main St.
TONIGHT: Get ready for the kickoff to the holiday season in downtown Dayton
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Museum Store Sunday reminds shoppers that unique gift items are available at museum shops. CONTRIBUTED
Uncover local treasures at Dayton museums on Museum Store Sunday
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Wright State University graduate Megan Arseneau is part of the 2021-22 national touring company of the Broadway show "CATS.'' The show runs Tuesday through Sunday at the Schuster. CONTRIBUTED
Feline flair: 5 reasons to see ‘CATS’ at Schuster Center
Whiskey Rebellion Day is happening Saturday, Dec. 4 starting at 11 a.m. at both the original Warped Wing Brewing Company location in downtown Dayton and its Springboro Taproom. Whiskey Rebellion and all three variants will be on tap upon opening.
Fans should plan ahead for Warped Wing’s Whiskey Rebellion Day
Scythian, a regular headliner at the annual Celtic Festival, returns to town for a Black Friday party at The Brightside in Dayton on Friday, Nov. 26. CONTRIBUTED
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The Legendary Lights of Clifton Mill will be turned on Friday night. The historic mill was built in 1802. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Former Ohio governor to flip switch this week at Clifton Mill holiday display
Take a look behind-the-scenes at the filming of Downtown Dayton’s Virtual Grande Illumination on Courthouse Square, part of the 48th annual Dayton Holiday Festival. Mandates on large gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic shifted the Downtown Dayton Partnership, organizer of the event into creating a virtual broadcast aired by WHIO-TV Channel 7 on Friday, November 27, 2020 at 7 PM. The lighting of Dayton’s holiday tree was actually filmed on Monday, November 23, 2020. TOM GILLIAM/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Expanded holiday light show returns downtown this week
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2018 file photo, Dave Chappelle poses in the press room with the best comedy album award for "The Age of Spin" and "Deep in the Heart of Texas" at the 60th annual Grammy Awards in New York. Netflix said Friday, Oct. 15, 2021 that it had fired an employee for disclosing confidential financial information about what it paid for Dave Chappelle’s comedy special “The Closer," which some condemned as being transphobic. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Dave Chappelle nominated for Grammy
Ben Young is surrounded by acres of Christmas trees Friday at Carl and Dorothy Young's Cut Your Own Christmas Tree Farm. BILL LACKEY/STAFF
Find your dream Christmas tree at one of these local farms
This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows chef Julia Child, the subject of the documentary "Julia." (Jim Scherer/Sony Pictures Classics via AP)
Julia is waiting at the theater this Thanksgiving
For an afternoon of family fun all you need to do is head to RiverScape and lace up your skates. CONTRIBUTED
Skate your way into the holidays
Slavic-Appalachian Folk Alliance, Slavalachia, was founded in 2019 by Dayton-native Brett Hill and Belarusian folk archivist, Siarhei Douhushau, (fourth and fifth from the left, respectively). The group’s still-unfinished documentary, “The Road to Slavalachia,” is a nominee in two categories at the ADAMI Media Prize in Tbilisi, Georgia. CONTRIBUTED
International folk alliance’s documentary up for awards
A retrospective of Academy and Emmy Award-winning documentarian Julia Reichert titled “Julia Reichert: 50 Years in Film” will begin Sunday, Nov. 21 at the Neon.
Director Julia Reichert’s retrospective begins at Neon
Dayton Ballet, accompanied by the full Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, will present the holiday favorite “The Nutcracker.” CONTRIBUTED/SCOTT ROBBINS
Festive, joyous ‘Nutcracker’ returns to Schuster Center
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Mead Theatre of the Schuster Center. CONTRIBUTED
Dayton Live revised COVID-19 health policy fuels concern
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Centerville Jazz Band to perform at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Zach Bravo as Rum Tum Tugger in the national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning “Cats,” presented by the Premier Health Broadway in Dayton series at the Schuster Center in Dayton on Tuesday, Nov. 23. CONTRIBUTED
WEEKEND EVENTS GUIDE: Plan ahead for music, comedy and more
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Downtown tavern adds stand-up comedy to entertainment lineup
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Wright State grad appears in HBO Max series ‘Sex Lives of College Girls’
Wright State University graduate Megan Arseneau is part of the 2021-22 national touring company of the Broadway show "CATS.'' The show runs Tuesday through Sunday at the Schuster. CONTRIBUTED
‘CATS’ comes to the Schuster
Holiday season is upon us and stores have started releasing Thanksgiving and Black Friday store hours. (Associated Press)
Thanksgiving and Black Friday store hours: What we know now
(clockwise) John Dorney (The Old Man), Sam Kingrey (Ralphie), Jax Heritage (Randy) and Karie-Lee Sutherland (Mother) in La Comedia Dinner Theatre's production of "A Christmas Story."
La Comedia presents family-friendly musical ‘A Christmas Story’
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