Last year, the pandemic sketched a daunting and discomforting future for the Houston entertainment industry. Once lively and reputable venues dimmed their lights, packed districts transformed into silent ghost towns and Houston’s admirable hustle and bustle atmosphere tainted. CRUISE GUIDE: The cheapest and fanciest cruises now sailing out of Galveston […]
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After a ‘lackluster’ year, high schools are excited to celebrate students with in-person graduation
Gracie Oliver entered her senior year with caution, not fully knowing what to expect because the pandemic had everything “turned upside down.” Many students were unsure if schools would hold classes in person or virtually, if they would get to attend events that were scrapped last year or even if […]
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How and where to celebrate in-person and online
CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide June 1 marks the beginning of LGBTQ Pride Month, usually celebrated with street festivals, events and parties. The first Pride was a protest outside the Stonewall Inn in New York in 1969, led by Black transgender women. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic […]
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Pride is back in 2021! Here’s how to celebrate with parades, in-person and online events
June 1 marks the beginning of LGBTQ Pride Month, usually celebrated with street festivals, events and parties. The first Pride was a protest outside the Stonewall Inn in New York in 1969, led by Black transgender women. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shifted celebrations to a virtual platform. However as […]
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Kavasutra Denver, Lakewood bans teachers who won’t do in-person teaching
The exterior of Kavasutra Kava Bar on East Colfax in Denver. The cafe remains open but it’s not possible to see inside as windows have been covered with paper. Kavasutra has a second location on West Colfax in Lakewood. (Beth Rankin, The Denver Post) Kavasutra Kava Bar, a cafe chain […]
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AI now added to Zillow 3D Home tours to even more closely mimic an in-person viewing
Next-gen tech merges existing media content such as 3D home tours and detailed listing photos and AI-generated floor plans. Image: Zillow The coronavirus wiped out the traditional real estate open house, with brokers’ Tuesday afternoon for colleagues and weekend showing for house hunters. But agents are a wily bunch and […]
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Despite Pandemic Surge, More In-Person Classes For Colleges’ Spring Semesters : NPR
Last week, Ayiana Davis Polen finally set foot on the campus of Spelman College — a historically Black liberal arts school for women in Atlanta. She’s a freshman there but had started her college experience last fall taking classes from her bedroom in Puerto Rico. Back then, she wasn’t sure […]
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GRAPHICS PRO EXPO Announces In-Person and Online Event Dates
Find out more about the next generation of in-person and online events for the graphics market at the new GRAPHICS PRO EXPO website, graphics-pro-expo.com. National Business Media Inc. announces that THE NBM SHOW will enter the new year in 2021 as GRAPHICS PRO EXPO (GPX). GPX will visit six cities […]
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Why Some Kids Are Shy In Remote Learning But Not In-Person Classes
There are many reasons why a child who is not usually introverted at school would be shy in a remote learning setting. (Photo: Mayur Kakade via Getty Images) Remote learning often comes with technical difficulties, but it also can bring about challenges with student engagement. By now, most students have […]
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These Classroom Halloween Ideas From Teachers Work For In-Person & Digital Learning
Holidays were so much fun back in elementary school. Do you remember? There were themed activities, fun art, parties, and more. This year, Halloween celebrations may look a bit different for many kids, but there are some things teachers are doing for Halloween this year to make sure kids still […]
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3 families chose between online and in-person school. Now they’re questioning their decisions.
DETROIT — A few days before the start of the eighth grade, Jonah Beasley considered the risks he’d face when he walked back into the classroom and summed them up in stark terms. He could get Covid-19 from a classmate or a teacher, he said, and “if I get it, […]
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Quarantine requirements may delay return to in-person school
Shannon Silver had planned to take her family on a trip from her home in Connecticut to visit relatives in Ohio just before the start of the school year for her two children. But she and her husband reversed course when people traveling from Ohio were added to a list […]
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New Britain students may take classes in-person, online or on a hybrid schedule
Parents of New Britain students will have the option this fall to keep their children home for all-online education, send them to school for traditional classes or try a mix of both. In explaining the school district’s plan for teaching 10,000 students during the pandemic, Superintendent Nancy Sarra emphasized that […]