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Miami Beach taps Alanis Morissette to tame spring break

cincylink — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:27:12 +0000

Miami Beach is looking to bring in an older crowd for this year's spring break concert and event series, and the city has tapped headlining acts that shot to success in the 90s and early 2000s like Alanis Morissette, Juanes and Wilson Phillips.

The city's "Miami Beach Live!" concert and event series is a $3.2 million dollar project that will be centered around Lummus Park on the beach from March 4 to March 27, the Miami Herald reported.

Daytime events will include athletics and wellness activities along with movie nights and other musical performances as the city looks to clean up its image, especially after scenes from last year where the city saw over 1,000 arrests make and around 100 gun seizures amid a party-all-night spring break, the Associated Press reported. The city had to order an 8 p.m. curfew that officials had planned to extend until spring break season was over.

This year, the city's tourism director Lissette Garcia Arrogante said that the goal is to try and broaden the tourist demographic to bring in older tourists and families and not just college-age party crowds.

“We hope that the programming helps us move the needle a little bit in terms of changing the narrative and making it more inclusive,” Arrogante said.

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CDC urges travelers to not visit Mexico due to ‘very high’ COVID-19 risk

cincylink — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 08:37:03 +0000

As families look ahead to Spring Break, the CDC and the State Department are urging people to avoid traveling to Mexico due to “very high levels of COVID.”

Mexico moved to the “very high” risk level 4 this week after being considered level 3 for more than six months.

A record number of new COVID-19 cases were reported this month in the North American country.

The agency advises if you must travel to Mexico, you should make sure to be to date with your COVID-19 vaccines.

Even if you are fully vaccinated, you may still be at risk of being infected and spreading the virus.

Children under two years of age should wear a mask indoors.

The CDC assigns countries as level 4 when there are more than 500 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 cases in the past 28 days.

The CDC also assigned 11 other countries to the level 4 list.

They include:

• Anguilla
• Brazil
• Chile
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Kosovo
• Mexico
• Moldova
• Paraguay
• The Philippines
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Singapore

The level 4 list now has a total of 130 destinations.

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UC Davis to pay students $75 to not travel for Spring Break

cincylink — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 04:48:59 +0000

One university in California is offering to pay its students to not travel for Spring Break amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

In a statement last week, the University of California Davis said it'd give out $75 grants to the first 750 students who choose a "staycation."

Students can use the money at “selected Davis business,” UC Davis Chancellor Gary May said in the statement.

Students can use the funds to purchase supplies in four categories: Get Active, Get Artsy, Home Improvement, and Let’s Stay In.

The university's Spring Break is slated for March 20-24.

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‘Almost like it is Mardi Gras:’ Crowds pack out French Quarter

cincylink — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 04:48:49 +0000

QUIET RIGHT NOW HERE IN THE FRENCH QUARTER, BUT PEOPLE THAT I SPOKE WITH TODAY. THEY SAID THAT OVER THE WEEKEND IT WAS PACKED AND FULL PEOPLE ON SPRING BREAK. YEAH DOWN HERE ON BOURBON STREET, MAN IS LIVE. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE THIS WEEKEND ON BOURBON STREET. OH NO CROWDS OF PEOPLE PARTYING CLOSELY IN THE STREET. AND A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW SHOWS THICK AND DEEP CROWDS DURING THE DAY. IT’S NOT LOCALS. GET ELSEWHERE. GO WHEN Y’ALL JODI BOUDREAU IS A PETTICAP DRIVER IN THE FRENCH QUARTER. WHEN IT IS JAMMED IN THE STREET, I’M PULLING UP MY MASK. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL HAVE THAT FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY MAYBE THAT OH, I’M VACCINATED. SO I’M OKAY. I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS SOME TOURISTS SAY THEY ARE AVOIDING THE BIG CROWDS. WOW, BUT OTHERS SAY THEY FEEL SAFE. SO. IT WAS IT WAS A LOT. EVERYBODY WAS MASKED UP. I DON’T KNOW. IT WAS STILL ALIVE. IT WAS FUN. IT WAS A LOT. MORE THAN IT SHOULD THEN BUT IT’S STILL YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GOOD TIME, YOU KNOW EVERYBODY I STILL FEEL SAFE AS FOR BOUDREAUX. SHE HOPES EVERYONE ABIDES BY THE GUIDELINES. SO THE CITY CAN COME BACK TO LIFE. I DON’T WANT TO SEE NEW ORLEANS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE AGAIN, NOT JUST FROM MY STANDPOINT BUT THESE BAR OWNERS THE MUSICIANS. A JAZZ CLUBS THAT EMPLOYED SO MANY PEOPLE ON FRENCHMEN STREET AND ELSEWHERE. I MEAN THOSE PEOPLE ARE DYING STILL, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE A PENNY. AND TAKE A LOOK. WE REACHED OUT TO MAYOR CANTRELL’S OFFICE TODAY. THEY ISSUED US A STATEMENT SAYING THAT LARGE GATHERINGS REMAIN A SERIOUS CONCERN ESPECIALLY IN THE FRENCH QUARTER AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, WE AS RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE TO MASK UP WASH HANDS AND CONTINUE TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING. WE DON’T WANT TO LOSE THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE AS SPOKESPERSON FOR THE MAYOR’S OFFICE. ALSO ASKING EVERYONE JUST TO STICK TO THE GUIDELINES. THEY SAY THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT CAN WHEN IT COMES TO LARGE GATHERINGS THEY HAVE OFFICERS ON HORSEBACK AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY POSSIBLY LOOKING AT ADDING FURTHER RESTRICTIONS IF NEEDED, BUT

'Almost like it is Mardi Gras:' Crowds pack French Quarter

People packed into the French Quarter this weekend in New Orleans, which has some concerned about the spread of COVID-19.Video from Saturday night shows people gathering and dancing in the streets, while pictures from a balcony showed thick and deep crowds of people during the day."Oh my gosh, they are huge. It is almost like it is Mardi Gras,” pedicab driver Jody Boudreaux said. “When it's jammed in the street, I'm pulling up my mask. I think we all have that false sense of security; 'I'm vaccinated so I'm OK.' I don't know about the people in the streets.""It was a lot more than it should have been it was a good time I feel safe,” tourist Dinesha Simms said. "To me, it was a lot. Everybody was masked up. It was fun,” tourist Whitney Cassidy said. A spokesperson for Mayor Cantrell issued WDSU the following statement:"The guidelines that are in place remain in effect. Large gatherings remain a serious concern, especially in the French Quarter and other parts of the City. We ask residents and visitors alike to mask up, wash hands, and continue to practice social distancing. We don’t want to lose the progress we have made."

People packed into the French Quarter this weekend in New Orleans, which has some concerned about the spread of COVID-19.

Video from Saturday night shows people gathering and dancing in the streets, while pictures from a balcony showed thick and deep crowds of people during the day.

"Oh my gosh, they are huge. It is almost like it is Mardi Gras,” pedicab driver Jody Boudreaux said. “When it's jammed in the street, I'm pulling up my mask. I think we all have that false sense of security; 'I'm vaccinated so I'm OK.' I don't know about the people in the streets."

"It was a lot more than it should have been it was a good time I feel safe,” tourist Dinesha Simms said.

"To me, it was a lot. Everybody was masked up. It was fun,” tourist Whitney Cassidy said.

A spokesperson for Mayor Cantrell issued WDSU the following statement:

"The guidelines that are in place remain in effect. Large gatherings remain a serious concern, especially in the French Quarter and other parts of the City. We ask residents and visitors alike to mask up, wash hands, and continue to practice social distancing. We don’t want to lose the progress we have made."

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