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Dayton Theatre Guild – Open Auditions For Shining City

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actorLogoFrontAttention aspiring thespians! Dayton Theatre Guild will be holding auditions for the play Shining City from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1.

Directed by Ralph Dennler, the production opens Jan. 15 and will run for three weeks.

A recent review of the play:

In contemporary Dublin, Ireland, a man claiming to have seen the ghost of his recently deceased wife seeks help from a therapist. What begins as an unusual encounter becomes a struggle between the living and the dead in a game that will define both men for the rest of their lives. I was blown away…Conor McPherson’s new play is haunting, inspired and absolutely glorious.” Ben Brantley, The New York Times.

The production is looking for actors for these parts:

  • John – 50’s – Haunted by his dead wife, struggling to get back to his normal life.
  • Ian – 40’s – A novice therapist trying to help others while dealing with his own demons.
  • Neasa – 30’s – Blue collar woman trying desperately to save a relationship and protect her new child.
  • Laurance – 20’s – A male prostitute.

Four week, evening rehearsals are required, with a break for the holidays. Be prepared to give readings from the script.

Interested parties should contact Ralph Dennler at [email protected].

Dayton Urban League advances empowerment agenda

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DUL-redlogo-anim-125The Dayton Urban League Young Professionals is looking to train the next generation of leaders.

The Dayton Urban League auxillary group, founded in 2001, will host a networking event for young professionals on December 16 at Therapy Cafe at 5:30 p.m. Wrap up the year and prepare for 2010 by coming out to “meet and greet” with community leaders and other professionals in the Dayton area. The DULYP will unveil its “I am empowered to…” campaign as well as outline plans for the upcoming year.

The Dayton Urban League Young Professionals employs a five-point agenda:

  • Education and Youth Empowerment: Ensuring that all of our children are well educated and prepared for economic self-reliance in the 21st century. DULYP works with DUL’s youth programs and Parity to provide role models and mentors for youth in the community.
  • Economic Empowerment: Empowering all people in attaining economic self-sufficiency through job training, good jobs, homeownership, entrepreneurship and wealth accumulation.
  • Health and Quality of Life Empowerment: Working to build healthy and safe communities to eliminate health disparities through prevention, healthy eating, fitness, as well as ensuring complete access to affordable healthcare for all people.
  • Civic Engagement and Leadership Empowerment: Empowering all people to take an active role in determining the direction, quality of life, public policy and leadership in their communities by full participation as citizens and voters, as well as through active community service and leadership development.
  • Civil Rights and Racial Justice Empowerment: Promoting and ensuring our civil rights by actively working to eradicate all barriers to equal participation in all aspects of American society, whether political, economic, social, educational or cultural.

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For more information, or to RSVP to the event, please contact:

Dayton Urban League Young Professionals. 907 West Fifth Street,Dayton, Ohio 45402. 937-220-6665

Cookies For A Cause

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We Care Arts is a non-profit organization that helps emotionally, mentally and physically disabled adults and youth achieve greater personal independence.  Through a variety of art classes and experiences, they promote the artist’s individuality, self esteem, community skills, ability to focus, life skills, responsibility, confidence and job skills.

Through the creation and sale of their individually crafted items, artists are able to affirm their self worth, take steps back into the mainstream of society and receive a supplemental income. We Care Arts provides all training and materials to artists and a portion of the proceeds of all sales is returned to the artist. The remainder goes back to program funding.

On Sat Dec 5th from 10am – 2pm,  We Care Arts will host it’s annual Cookie Walk fundraiser.  Thousands of the most gorgeous, bite-size, melt-in-your-mouth cookies will be arranged on long tables. At the start of the walk, you will receive a food service glove and bakery box. As you make your way along the cookie tables, you select as many goodies as you want, in as many varieties as you want. At the end of the walk, your box (or boxes) of cookies is weighed. The Cost – $5 per pound!!

Come buy cookies, donate cookies or candy, volunteer to help at the event and help spread the word!!

How can you help?
Helping We Care Arts by donating home-baked cookies for our event. The guidelines for donations are as follows:

1. Please contact Martha Leach at 426-5312 to confirm your donation to the
Cookie Walk.

2. We’d prefer the cookies to be miniature, bite-sized (approximately 1-1/2”). Buyers feel they can get more variety if the cookies are smaller. If your cookie works better larger, that’s ok, we’ll take them all!

3. Make your cookies extraordinary! This is an event where people can purchase homemade cookies that they normally would not make themselves. Ethnic or unusual ingredients, dipped cookies, or a variation on an old favorite are big sellers. We also welcome diabetic-friendly cookies as well as bite-sized bar cookies.

4. Homemade candies and snacks are also accepted.

5. Please include a 3×5 card with the name of the cookie and listed ingredients to inform persons with food allergies. This card will be set out with the cookies, so please print! Also specify on your 3×5 card if the cookie is diabetic friendly or sugar-free. (If you wish to be contacted for donations for next year, please fill out the form below and return it with your donation.)

6. Cookies must be delivered to We Care Arts, 3035 Wilmington Pike, on Friday, December 4, between the hours of 10 AM and 3 PM.

Think Like an Onion! Enjoy the Great Outdoors This Winter

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Truly Experience Winter in the Miami Valley

As the first weather reports of snow appear in the holiday forecast our routines shift from a fall to winter mind set.  One of my favorite attributes of the Miami Valley is the ability to truly experience all four seasons, and winter is surely one of them.  When the temperature drops below freezing, Miami Valley residents have a tendency to lock themselves in their homes, crank up the heat and pull out the snuggies.  Why stay inside all winter when this region has numerous opportunities to enjoy the serenity, spirit, and color of the winter season.

Before you begin to scan local calendars, festivals, maps, and resorts, it is vital to understand how to properly dress during the winter in the great outdoors.  The easiest way to state it is to, “Think Like an Onion.”  Yes, an onion, not the onion that makes your eyes water or gives you bad breath but the onion that is layered.  Layering is the key to regulating your body temperature in the winter.

Understanding how your body loses heat is the key to choosing the right layers.  There are four ways you body looses heat, each with a scientific label that I will leave out as not to bore you.  Body heat is lost by heat escaping due to lack of insulation, wind drawWV Snow Sports Pics 095ing heat off exposed skin, direct contact with cold surfaces, and evaporation from sweating.

Numerous dangers, which include hypothermia and frost-bite are possible, even in mild temperatures, when the body is not properly protected.  In order to protect yourself from cold ailments and dangers you need to be properly insulated for the activity you will be participating in.

Sedentary: like fishing or hunting require thick insulation around your core area and where your body might come in contact with cold surfaces

Active: such as cross country skiing and snowshoeing require not as much insulation around your core and should focus on protecting your extremities with fabrics that wick sweat and breathe well.

Mixed: Alpine Skiing is an example of a mixed activity where you may experience a balance between heart-pounding effort and rest.  Layering and venting become more important to easily transition between bundling up and cooling down.

Thinking like an Onion is the principle concept in protecting your body during outdoor activities in the winter.  The layering process consists of 3 main layers.

Base Layer: consists of a thermal layer, sometimes referred to as long underwear. Base Layer fabrics should consist of non-cotton material such as silk, polyester, and poly blends that are excellent in wicking moisture off your skin.

Mid Layer: the functionality of the mid layer is to provide some insulation and style when the outer garments are removed.  Wool and Fleece make a great insulating mid layer. If possible, stay away from cotton at all costs.

Outer Layer: provides protection from the elements, such as wind and rain, or snow.  Outer layers can also have additional insulating capabilities.  Effective outer layer materials include breathable, waterproof fabrics.  Many companies have different names for outer layer fabrics which may include Gore-Tex, Conduit, etc.

Experiencing the outdoors during the Miami Valley winter is a great way to beat the cabin fever and get out of the house.  To ensure a safe and enjoyable winter outing, be sure to have little skin exposed to the outside, adequate insulation, regulate your body temperature through layering to avoid sweating, and have a great time.

A few key outdoor retailers in the area are experts in winter recreation and outdoor endeavors.  Visit these two locally owned shops for more expert tips on effective layering and to purchase some of the best gear available.  Great Miami Outfitters, www.greatmiamioutfitters.com and Valleywood Ski Shop, www.valleywoodskishop.goodbarry.com

Shrug to record live album at Canal Street Tavern, open for MINK reunion

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ShrugShrug recently celebrated their 15th anniversary of bringing music to Dayton and beyond.  That celebration will continue on Friday, November 27th at Canal Street Tavern, and it promises to be quite a treat for local music fans.  Shrug will open the show with a set of songs ranging from their 1995 album, Straight to Beta to present-day material.  Shrug’s set will be recorded for a live album (so come out and make some noise!).  The evening will be headlined by a reunited MINK, who took the Dayton music scene by storm in the 90’s.  It should be a great night to be thankful for our local musical offerings.

Shrug will also appear on Kaleidoscope on Wednesday, November 25.  They’ll be doing an acoustic set and chatting about Friday’s show, the live album, and their 15 years of making music.  Tune in from 8 to 11pm on 91.3FM WYSO or listen online at www.wyso.org

Giving thanks for having a home, be it ever so humble.

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Welcome home DaytonDo you have a dream home? You know, that one home that exists in your mind against which you measure all other homes? Is yours a cool loft condo, or an ornate historic home? Maybe it’s a new, custom built 3500 square foot home on 5 acres? Is it a quiet 30 acre gentleman’s farm in that place between large working farms and suburbia?

One very cool thing about the Dayton area is that you can start at Third and Main, and drive in nearly any direction and see all sorts of homes- everything from lofts, past historic homes, into post-war inner ring mid-century modern homes, newer subdivisions, small farms, and within 20 minutes you can be cruising past row after and tidy row of corn and soybeans. Dayton, like most of the Rust Belt, is wonderfully diverse in many ways, and that diversity is visible in all the different real estate options available to us. We could say there’s a dream home in Dayton for everyone.

She called one late-winter afternoon.
“I got your name from Miami Valley Fair Housing. Can you help me with a short sale?”
A short sale occurs when a bank agrees to accept less on the sale of a home, than is actually owed. In other words, the bank is going to come up short on this sale, thus “short sale”. Typically the owner finds themselves unable to pay back the mortgage and instead of waiting to be foreclosed on, they negotiate with the bank to enter into a short sale. It looks better on your credit rating than a foreclosure, so it might be in the owner’s best interest to discuss the possibility with their mortgage lender, but it can be a long and difficult process. As Realtors often joke- Short sales are anything but.

Outside my office window, the snow was that lovely shade of Sludge Gray that defines old snow, and the sky was that lovely shade of Cloudy Gray that defines sunless Dayton winters. I was taking notes as she started telling me her story. Single mother, job loss, working part time, going back to school- she was doing everything “right”, but she was still going to lose her home- her dream home.

Now, Realtors know that your dream home is going to be completely different from your brother’s dream home, which is not at all like your best friend’s dream home. We are each unique, and we are each entitled to have our own unique dreams. She was living in a brand new home, in a brand new subdivision. Tract home, yes, but for her, a new home was a dream, and she was going to lose her dream home, in the middle of a gray Dayton winter. Deep breath. Okay.

I went out to the new home in the new subdivision in Trotwood. I was paying close attention to the neighborhood, and the exterior condition of the home. Modest homes, and only a few years old, but you’d be surprised how quickly a little neglect can lead to big problems. I was relieved to see that this home looked great on the outside. She loved her home and it showed- curb appeal always helps, but especially in winter.

The interior was just as lovely- more so actually, with nice decorative touches here and there, and still as clean as a model home. She loved this place, it was obvious, and she told me how happy she was to have purchased a new home in a new neighborhood for her and her son. This was a lovely place to call her own, but she lost her job, and her part time job wasn’t paying nearly enough, so we started the short sale process. Because of her love and care, we were going to be able to list this at nearly full price.

Before a bank agrees to a short sale, they want to make sure that they cannot recoup the full amount owed on the loan. The seller has to fill out forms and statements, and send specific information of proof that their financial situation has changed. If you’ve ever applied for a home loan, you know how extensive that process is. A short sale is no different. You might think of it as un-applying for the loan. It took a few weeks to gather all the documents and make contact with the loss mitigation officer who would be taking over her loan, and get all the forms her lender needed.

Like foreclosures, short sales can be an emotionally painful time, and Realtors try to make this process as smooth as possible. We are not only dealing with the bank on our client’s behalf, we are sometimes a shoulder to cry on. Occasionally a seller will just give up and let the home go, become uncooperative and uncommunicative, but this seller loved this home and wanted to do whatever she could to keep her dream home, so during this time of un-applying for the loan, she kept working, going to school, taking care of her son and her household.

Just a few days before we were ready to officially list the property in the MLS, I got a phone call. “Teri, I wanted to let you know that I’m so grateful for all your help, but I was just offered a new position at work, and I’ll be able to make my mortgage payments now!”

As you gather with loved ones this week, you might drive past a suburban Dayton subdivision and wonder why anyone would want to live there. You might look around at the people you know so well and think about their homes. A modest tract home, a large McMansion, an historic fixer, a garden condo- any one of these might be the furthest thing from your dream home. But take a moment to be thankful for what I know- that every home, regardless of how modest or extravagant, new or old, each home holds the unique dreams of the remarkable dreamers within, and in that regard, we are all the same.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Photo credit: Teri Lussier.

10?’s with Savona’s Keith Taylor

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1p3Chef Keith Taylor graduated from the culinary program at Sinclair Community College in 1997 while working as a sous chef at L’Auberge with Dieter Krug. In 2000, Taylor left L’Auberge to work at Pacchia, an Italian-American restaurant in the Oregon District under then owner Glen Brailey. After four years there, Taylor worked for a year at the Schuster Performing Arts Center until Citilites changed into a buffet-style arrangement. Taylor then went on to  work at Country Club of the North, before finally deciding to open his own place in 2007.  Savona Restaurant originally started out old world Italian, but has evolved over the years, the menu has broadened and the wine list is filled with French, Italian and American vintages.  The menu changes a couple of times a year, but is often supplemented with specials, inspired by locally grown ingredients.   Chef comes off a little shy when you first meet him, but over time I’ve learned he’s a great story teller, with a mischievous laugh and a sarcastic outlook on life.  After much harassing, he reluctantly agreed to answer my 10 questions:

What is your favorite ingredient to cook with?
Beer- that way I can have a little nip while I prepare. Bud is my standby, but I also like dark porters and stouts.

What ingredient do you dread?
The best part of owning a restaurant is I no longer have to cook things I dread! Really what I dread is the monotony of making simple dishes over and over, like salads, vinaigrettes… I really need a challenge. Another thing I dread is cooking for people who are vegan or have things like celiac disease in the middle of a rush. That’s such a responsibility to make sure you do not have any ingredient that can affect someone’s well being, I really don’t want to screw that up!

What’s your favorite dish to make?
Whatever I’m hungry for! At home it’s probably Sloppy Joes. At work I really like braising- it’s a slow process that infuses layers of flavor. I’m really into complex flavors and meat. Often the starch and veggie are last minute afterthoughts to the meals I plan!

What’s your favorite pig out food?
Pizza – Hand tossed pizza with everything- meat, cheese, mushrooms and onions. If you put tropical fruit on your pizza, I wanna slap you-that’s an abomination.

What restaurant, other than your own, do you like to dine at in the Miami Valley?
Who’s picking, me or my wife? If it’s up to me we’re going to C’est Tout or Meadowlark. It’s got to be an independently owned restaurant for me. If my wife’s picking, we’ll end up at Don Pablo.  If the kid’s are with us, McDonald’s- I can eat a Big Mac with the best of them. I’m also trying to get my son into sushi.

What’s your best advice for home chefs?
Eat out!

If you could invite any 4 guests to a dinner party who would they be and why?
My Mom, Barack Obama- so I could find out what he really thinks,
Chef Dieter –but he’d be mad if I make him sit with Barack and my wife- because she and I bickering would be entertaining for all.

Who do you look up to in the industry and why?
keith&dieter,jpgChef Dieter (and it’s obvious by the quieting of his voice and the slow tilt of his head, he’s still mourning the recent loss of his mentor) Dieter taught me to make Bouillabaisse. It’s a labor of love. Fresh stock, rich flavors and customers really seem to enjoy it. He also instilled in me a great work ethic.

What do you do in the Miami Valley on a day off?
Take my kids to school, ok I do that every day, then I like to cook for my family and have family time. The kids set the table and we sit down for dinner, just like I did when I was growing up. And I can’t wait to take my son to the Air Force Museum – it’s probably the coolest thing around here and I remember going when I was a kid.

Share a kitchen disaster, lucky break or other interesting story:
We were getting ready for a busy night and I asked a dishwasher to drain the stock. He poured the stock down the drain and kept the bones. After a few choice words and throwing a few things at him, I had to make stock, again…. I don’t explode like I used too. I’m not saying it doesn’t happen, but it’s a lot less often… (Savona’s Sous Chef Trevor agrees- there’s never a dull moment with Keith- and he should know, as he’s worked with him as far back as Pacchia, and followed him to Schuster, Country Club of the North and came along to open Savona with him. Buy him a beer sometime and maybe he’ll tell you about the flying knife blade….)

Savona Restaurant is open for dinner Tues- Thurs from 5-9pm, Fri  & Sat 5-10pm.  Reservations are suggested- call 937-610-9835.  Located in Centerville,  at 79 S. Main Street, just south of St Rt 725, the restaurant seats 74 and features a wine tasting on the 2nd Wed of each month.

Savona will start serving lunch between 11am and 2pm on Fridays starting December 4th through the month of December.

Traveling Light & Corpus Christi

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I started Katrina Kittle’s first novel, Traveling  Light on Friday and stayed up travelinglightto finish it on Saturday evening.  Katrina Kittle is a Dayton native who continues to live in the region, working on her fourth novel and recently acting in several local theatre productions.  I ran across her books while surfing Amazon for a good read, not even realizing she is a local author.  I went to the library with the intention of borrowing Two Truths and a Lie but it was not on the shelf and thus I picked up Traveling Light.  It felt as though I was supposed to be reading that book this weekend.

On Saturday night we went to the Dayton Playhouse to see Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi, a controversial passion play that depicts Jesus and the apostles as gay men.  There were several parallels between the two works and it was an amazing opportunity to experience them intertwined.  Both the book and the play are significantly about the prejudices that exist against homosexuals and the concept that love can be pure in any form.    Both works explore issues of acceptance and have heroes that teach of unconditional love.  There are even parallel scenes in the book and play where passages from the bible are used to both condemn and defend homosexuality, highlighting the propensity to pick and choose bible verses to support a point of view.

As we walked toward the theatre on Saturday evening, we were greeted warmly by two members of the Dayton Playhouse.  Just behind the greeters stood several protestors… who really were not protesting as much as holding signs that quoted the bible.  It was actually very peaceful and the chair of the Dayton Playhouse summed it up well by saying that the protestors had as much right to be there as they did in putting on the play.  It made me very proud of my city that the cast and crew had the courage to put on such a controversial play… and that the protestors were not hateful or cruel in their demonstrations.

Tolerance is generally the first step of the journey that leads to acceptance and respect.  In Kittle’s novel, that theme is told through several characters.  One young character is full of hate but has a life changing experience that teaches him tolerance.  The matriarchal figure loved her gay grandson but barely tolerated his lifestyle and partner; in the end she came to respect and accept them as a couple, recognizing the persecution of gays as being as tragic as the persecution of Jews during WWII.  Last night at the show, there was tolerance between the protestors and the theatre.  The play itself was a testament depicting the journey of persecution, tolerance, love and acceptance.

The parallels that could be made between the main characters of the play and the hero in the novel are amazing.  Joshua (Jesus) in the play is teaching unconditional love, while Todd and Jacob epitomize unconditional love in the book.  Both Joshua and Todd see the beauty in their persecutors and suffer immensely at death, while never losing their faith in humanity.   Todd is revered by his family as virtually without fault, as is Joshua by the disciples.

Some of the novel’s critics saw Todd’s character as a caricature and attributed the sparse character development to the fact that is was Kittle’s first novel.  I wonder if perhaps Todd and Jacob are intended to represent characters we all know well within our culture and that is why further development wasn’t necessary.   I am also curious if Kittle was at all influenced by Terrance McNally’s script or if the similarities are merely a result of my interpretation.  Regardless, I look forward to reading more work from this very compelling author, and possibly seeking her out at the Word’s Worth Writing Center where she is currently teaching seminars.

GIVEAWAY: Jucifer/Mouth of the Architect/Beneath Oblivion @ Southgate House 11.21.09

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…hey kids! You like yr rock n’ roll at maximum volume? Well have we got a treat for you! We’ve got 2 pairs of tickets to giveaway tomorrow night for a show down at The Historic Southgate House in Newport, Kentucky. With a bill certain to cave in yr chest cavity, you’ve got sludge duo, Jucifer, longtime Dayton faves of doom Mouth of the Architect, and Beneath Oblivion. The show is 18 & up and doors are at 8 pm…

…if you’d like to get yr paws on a pair of tickets, email us at [email protected] with “SGHTIX” in the subject line. Obviously, supplies are limited, so first come first serve. Go…

MP3:Mouth of the Architect “Hate And Heartache”
Download audio file (Hate_And_Heartache.mp3)

Hiring Incentives For Local Businesses

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projecthireDayton-area businesses in targeted growth industries may be eligible for financial assistance in employing dislocated workers.

Project Hire, a State of Ohio program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, may provide stipends of up to $6,000 per hired employee to assist with training expenses.

By packaging job seekers’ existing skills with a tax credit and additional training, these individuals will become more attractive to prospective employers, beyond what the job seekers could have accomplished on his or her own. The job training will be funded through the use of Ohio Learning Accounts (OLA), which will provide dislocated workers short-term training resulting in an industry-recognized, portable credential to expand employment opportunities. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) is a federal credit administered by the state that employers can take for hiring workers from the following disadvantaged groups: unemployed veterans, disconnected youth in need of skills, member of a family receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), long term family or food assistance recipient, person living in a federally designated empowerment zone, summer youth program employee, vocational rehabilitation referral, ex-felon, and supplemental security income (SSI) recipient

Total Funds: The initiative will be funded with $8 million from the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act Statewide Workforce funds in Fiscal Year 2010.

The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Montgomery County, will hold a workshop on Tuesday, December 1, to help employers determine their eligibility. It will be held at Sinclair Community College’s Building 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

To register for the December 1 event, visit www.daytonchamber.org.

For more information on Project Hire, contact Chris Wimsatt at the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce at 226-8293.

Champagne & Sparkling Wine Tasting

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images3Join The Winds Cafe and Bakery in Yellow Springs for  this very special afternoon tasting on Sat, Dec 5th at 3pm.  You’ll get to taste some authentic, grower Champagnes, but we’ll also taste some very affordable sparkling wines from around the world. See how beautifully sparkling wine pairs with a wide variety of dishes.

Cost is $50 per person. For information and reservations call 937-767-9441.  Events like this at The Winds always sell out, so be sure and reserve early!

Things To Do In Dayton (11/20 – 11/22)

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Dayton Featured EventsTime for this week’s installment of Things To Do In Dayton from our DMM Event Calendar…

On Friday 11/20 there are some great events happening – the closing reception for HORIZON at Space 11 (Excelsior building in the OD) and 3rd Friday Fling in the Springs in Downtown Yellow Springs are a couple of good bets.  Corpus Christi is showing at the Dayton Playhouse, and it has gotten RAVE reviews (as well as it share of protesters!).  And yes, even though Thanksgiving isn’t until next week, that doesn’t stop those crazy folks down in Springboro from starting the Christmas season early – check out the weekend kickoff of the Springboro Christmas Festival!

Next up on Saturday 11/21 – more art in YS at the The 2009 28th Annual Nature Arts and Crafts Show at Glen Helen.  Or you can go be a mall walker for a good cause at the Dayton Mall for the Give Thanks. Walk. which helps out St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.  And for you Bob & Tom fans – they’ll be in Downtown Dayton for the Bob & Tom Comedy All Stars show at the Victoria Theater.

Finally on Sunday 11/22 check out Dayton’s new hockey team – Dayton Gems Hockey vs Flint at Hara Arena.  And then some jazz action, with Jason Ricci & New Blood at Gilly’s and Jazz Jam w/Kenny Baccus On Organ at Jazz Central.  Or just head back down south of town and get more of your Springboro Christmas Festival!

These are just some featured events from the DMM Calendar – go over there for even more things happening this week and beyond. And if you have an event you’d like to promote or just want to help us become the number one event calendar in the Dayton Region then be sure to submit your events.

Cheers!

Eat at Chili’s and benefit Children’s

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images-50Stop in for a delicious lunch or dinner at either (or both!) of the Chili’s locations November 23-25 and 10% of your purchase will be donated to Dayton Children’s.

You will need to bring a voucher along with you. Vouchers are available at www.childrensdayton.org/fundraisers under the Chili’s Pepper Profit program area.

Addresses for the Chili’s locations in the Dayton area:
2762 N. Fairfield Rd., Beavercreek
1110 Miamisburg Centerville Rd., Dayton

Dayton’s Most Delightful Desserts

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The festivities begin Sunday, Nov 22, 5-8pm, at the Kettering Family Education Center in Carillon Historical Park. Start with an assortment of heavy Hors d’oeuvres … finish with the anticipated “Dayton’s Most Delightful Dessert” Contest.

Dessert Contest Participants:

Bellyfire Catering
Chocolate Slice of Heaven
Sliced chocolate mousse with butter cookie crunch and
mouth-watering raspberry sauce.

Benham’s Catering
Hazelnut Caramel Dessert Roll
White sponge cake filled with hazelnuts, apricots, golden raisins, and Frangelico-flavored whipped cream. Iced with caramel butter cream and served with Frangelico caramel sauce.

Brock Masterson’s Catering & Events
Eggnog Mousse with Irish Crème Anglaise
Eggnog mousse complimented with pecan short bread and drizzled with Irish coffee crème anglaise.

Dayton Marriott
Marriott’s Traditional Bread Pudding with Whiskey Sauce
Rich, flavorful, and delicious- a magical bread pudding
to enchant the senses.

Dayton Woman’s Club
Sweet Escape Chocolate Cake
Delectable chocolate cake infused with raspberry, caramel,
and chocolate sauces.

Karen’s Culinary Creations
Pumpkin Cheesecake Petites
Luscious pumpkin cheesecake made with fresh homemade graham crackers.

Relax and enjoy live entertainment with family and friends. Visit the open bar, serving up martinis, select beers, wines or non-alcoholic drinks. Or warm up to our premium coffee bar while bidding on enticing silent auction packages.

Tickets

Dayton History Members – $45 per person ($15 tax deductable)
Non-Members – $55 per person ($25 tax deductable)

Reservations

For reservations call 937-293-2841 or click here to download, print and mail the event RSVP card.