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🌱 Patch AM: 'Radio City Rockettes Meets Aurora': Dance Academy To Stage Rendition Of 'The Nutcracker'

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What's up Batavia! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Jazz-infused Nutcracker brings big-city sparkle to Batavia stage
  • How Batavia’s Avery Hacker became Kane County’s top cross country runner
  • How a Batavia man’s experimental brain implant stopped his seizures

Also on today's calendar: Guns! Accessories! and Ammo! Auction! and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: I once read a book about anti-gravity. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Friday: Cloudy, cold; p.m. flurries, with a high of 27 and low of 2 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Saturday: Frigid with snow and flurries, temps: high: 6, low: -8.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and very cold, with a high of 5 and low of -2 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 'Radio City Rockettes Meets Aurora': Dance Academy To Stage Rendition Of 'The Nutcracker' (patch.com) — Batavia residents can enjoy a jazz-infused Nutcracker performance at the Batavia Fine Arts Centre on Dec. 21, presented by Monarch Academy of Dance. The show, featuring about 70 dancers and live percussion, blends big-city flair with holiday tradition and brings performers from Aurora, Naperville, and beyond to Batavia’s stage.
   

• Batavia junior Avery Hacker is the Kane County Chronicle Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Year (shawlocal.com) — Batavia High School junior Avery Hacker has been named Kane County Chronicle Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Year after a standout season that included multiple sub-17-minute races and a runner-up finish at the Class 3A state meet. She reflects on her training, race strategy, and goals, including chasing the Batavia school record next year.
   

• A 23-Year-Old's Seizures Broke His Spine. A Stem Cell Implant Into His Brain Stopped Them. (menshealth.com) — A 23-year-old Batavia resident with severe epilepsy has become seizure-free after receiving an experimental stem cell implant to his brain at UChicago Medicine, dramatically improving his daily life and independence. The procedure, still in clinical trials, targets overactive neurons using GABA-producing cells and could eventually help others with hard-to-treat seizure disorders and related neurological conditions.
   

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