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2012 Haunted Houses and Halloween Attractions in the Dayton Region

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The Dayton Region has several Halloween attractions for people of all ages, from kid-friendly hayrides during the day to terrifying haunted houses and trails until midnight.  Check out the list below for Halloween attractions in the region in 2012 including a chance to WIN TICKETS to our Featured Halloween Attraction “Land of Illusion Haunted Scream Park”!  And if we’re missing any attractions, let us know in the comment section below so we can add it to the list.

Update 10/1/2012 8:45pm: Added “Haunted Caves at Lewisburg” (thanks Ben T. Adams for the tip)

Update 10/6/2012 9:00am: Added “Oregon District Hauntfest on 5th”

Dayton Region Haunted Attractions Map

FEATURED ATTRACTION: Land of Illusion Haunted Scream Park

Where: 
8762 Thomas Rd.
Middletown, OH 45042
(513) 423-9960

When: 8/31 – 11/3  Fri/Sat 8pm-1:30am; Sun 8pm-11pm (October Only)

Price:  General Admission: $34.00 | VIP Fast Pass: $44.99 | Sunday: $24.99 (Parking All Days: $3)

Description: On the outskirts of Middletown, Ohio, lies a parcel of haunted land cursed by ancient spirits. Not a typical Halloween haunted house but a demonic haunted theme park, a wasteland of ghostly beasts, madmen, evil spirits and bloody monsters.

Links:  Official Website | Facebook Page | OhioValleyHaunts.com Review | Video

Dayton Most Metro Ticket Contest

We have TWO PAIRS of General Admission tickets for the Land of Illusion Haunted Scream Park ($68 value) to give away EVERY Wednesday of the month of October!  Just fill out the form below, and then leave a comment at the end of this article that says YOU want to win tickets from Dayton Most Metro to the Land of Illusion!  We’ll announce winners on Wednesday after 4pm – GOOD LUCK!

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TICKET WINNERS:

10/3/2012:  Ashley Urbansky and Sarah Muench

10/11/2012:  Tameka Nooks and Susan Steinmetz

10/17/2012: Sue Harmeyer and Maria Koogler

The Chambers of Horrors


Where: 
1601 South University Boulevard
Middletown, OH 45044
(937) 232-8102

When: 9/14 – 10/31  Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri: Dusk to Midnight; Sat: Dusk to 1am

Price:  $12.00 ($1 Coupon)

Description: Don’t miss out on one of the scariest haunts you’ll visit this year! Rated “the scariest” by our customers, not the fabricated review boards! With over 30 rooms, over 100 doors and 30 minutes long. See if you can find your way out this year.

Links:  Official Website | Facebook Page | OhioValleyHaunts.com Review | Video
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Foy’s Halloween Store

Where: 
208 West Main Street
Fairborn, OH 45324
(937) 878-4534

When: Multiple stores with different schedules – check website for details

Description:   Foy’s is an old-fashioned variety store and is the oldest store in Fairborn. The variety store is one of seven different Foy’s stores, including a restaurant, that is located in Fairborn and based around a Halloween theme.

Foy’s is now entering it’s fourth generation. From Albert to Norman to Michael to Michael Jr. Foy’s is still Foy family owned.

From costumes and masks to candy and toys, Foy’s has something for everyone. Stop in and step back in time to your childhood memories.

Links:  Official Website | Facebook Page | Video

 

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Haunted Caves at Lewisburg

Where: 
4392 Swisher Mill Road
Lewisburg, OH 45338

When: 9/21 – 10/27  Fri/Sat 7pm-Midnight

Price:  Adults – $15.00; Children (age 10 and under) – $5.00

Description: Beneath the peaceful village of Lewisburg, Ohio, the Haunted Cave is the longest running, most highly-rated underground Halloween attraction in Ohio. Located 80 feet below ground in a long-abandoned mine, the Haunted Cave is home to over 30,000 bats, and possibly as many ghosts and ghouls. The Haunted Cave is Ohio’s longest, darkest, creepiest and scariest Halloween event, period!

Links:  Official Website | Facebook Page | OhioValleyHaunts.com Review

Horror Acres / Maze of Insanity

Where: 
6995 Springfield-Jamestown Road ( state route 72 )
Springfield, OH 45502
(937) 206-4066

When: 9/28 – 11/3  Fri/Sat 8pm-Midnight

Price:  Maze of Insanity:$10; Horror Acres: $15

Description: Come see what Freddie, Leatherface and more have instore for you this year. Don’t get lost in the cornmaze, and attempt to excape the chainsaws ! Unless you are too scared!

Links:  Official Website | Facebook Page

Masquerage

Where: 
Montgomery County Fairgrounds – Round House
1043 South Main Street
Dayton, OH

When: Saturday 10/20

Price:  General Admission: $50; Red Ribbon Lounge VIP: $150

Description: Dayton’s Party of Parties 
will once again rock the RoundHouse at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds! This years theme is Vixens & Villains, so don’t waste any time waiting to plan out what you’ll wear!

Links:  Official Website | Facebook Page

Nightmare on Valley Street Haunted Trail

Where: 
4355 Valley Street
Dayton, OH 45424
(937) 397-2273

When: 9/14 – 10/29  Trail & Rat Trap: Fri/Sat Dark until Midnight; Hayride: Sat/Sun Noon until Midnight

Price:  Trail: $12 | Rat Trap: $10 | Hayride: $10 | Combo (all three): $20 (Free Parking)

Description: NIGHTMARE ON VALLEY STREET continues its nineth year as Dayton’s only premier haunted trails! Located on Valley Street near Harshman Rd. Just one mile behind Stebbins High School & three miles east of the Children’s Medical Center. All new trails, attractions and scares for 2012! This year’s guests will hike the “Haunted Trails” for 20+ scenes with more than 40 live monsters!” Many scenes that will play with your senses and emotions. The trail takes 30 minutes to walk thru the woods!! Rat Trap is 200 x 100 feet!! The Hillbilly Hayride is an offroad experience, un-haunted, pitch black at night, family friendly in the day!! We Will Scare The Yell Out Of You

Links:  Official Website | Facebook Page | OhioValleyHaunts.com Review | Video

 

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Oregon District Hauntfest on 5th

Where: 
Oregon District – 5th Street
Dayton, OH 45402

When: Saturday 10/27  7pm-2am

Price:  Advanced Tickets (available at select 5th Street businesses): $5; At gate before 10pm – $5; At gate after 10pm – $10

Description: Put on your costume and head to Fifth Street in the Oregon Arts District for the region’s largest and longest-running Halloween street party! Enjoy live music, food, drinks, a costume contest with emcee Jim Bucher, and thousands of your closest friends! Most of the taverns in the District will waive their cover charges until midnight.

Links:  DMM Event Calendar | Facebook Page | Facebook Event

Rainbow Haunted Lakes

Where: 
3491 Ohio 235
Fairborn, OH 45424
(937) 318-5757

When: 10/5 – 10/31  Fri/Sat Dark until Done (plus Weds 10/31)

Price:  $12 ($10 with Coupon)

Description: The Haunted Lakes is designed to entertain you with both funny & frightening scenes for one low price..!30 minutes of fun & fear – 50 acres of lakes & woods. With the purchase of your ticket you will first walk through a number of attractions while listening to Erie music, then you will proceed past the witches’ cauldron, the deck of doom and through the tunnel of darkness. When you emerge you will venture into the Haunted Lakes, past the bone yard and the wall of torture, the guillotine execution and others, then into the forbidden forest, beyond the lake of the dead and past the boggy swamp cemetery, see the death pit being guarded by the grim reaper, the scare crows field of horror, you will see Jason’s machete mutilation, walking zombies, chain saw maniac’s and dead bodies everywhere…….and numerous other special scenes too good to expose here…!

Links:  Official Website

Riverside Jaycees Haunted Castle of Carnage & Trail

Where:
1213 Old Harshman Rd.
Dayton, OH 45431
(937) 254-2576

When: 9/21 – 10/28  Fri/Sat: Dark until Midnight; Sun: Dusk until 10pm

Price:  $10

Description: This is our 26th Anniversary. We are still in the same location and our same group is running the haunts. We offer two Great attractions for one low price. Come on out and join us this season and support your local community.

Links:  Official Website

Slash Moraine

Where:
3800 Main Street
Dayton, OH 45439

When: 10/12 – 10/27  Fri/Sat: 8pm-12:30am

Price:  $7 ($1 Coupon)

Description: None Available

Links:  Official Website | Facebook Page

Springboro Haunted Hay Ride & Black Bog

Where:
6070 Springboro Rd
Lebanon, OH 45036

When: 9/21 – 10/27  Fri/Sat: Dusk to 11:30pm

Price:  $12 Hayride | $10 Black Bog | $20 Combo Ticket

Description: None Available

Links:  Official Website | OhioValleyHaunts.com Review | Video

 

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Stoddard Avenue Pumpkin Glow

Where:
Stoddard Avenue (Grafton Hill)
Dayton, OH 45405

When: 10/30, 10/31 – Dusk

Price:  Free

Description: Over five hundred jack-o-lanterns are carved, lit and set out covering the hill behind the Greek Orthodox Church in the Dayton historic district of Grafton Hill on October 30th where they can be viewed for two nights. Visitors from all over the region and beyond make the annual trek to see this amazing display created by volunteers from the neighborhood. Check out more in our DMM Feature: “Of Soft And Golden Hue” by J.T. Ryder in 2010, and look for this year’s photos shortly afterward.

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Village of Screams

Where:
1166 Dayton Xenia Rd
Xenia, OH 45385
(937) 938-7237

When: 10/5 – 10/28  Fri/Sat: 7pm-Midnight; Sun:7pm-10pm

Price:  House of Screams: $12 | Prison Yard of Doom: $12 | Combo Ticket: $20

Description: The Village of Kil-Kare was just a quiet little village where nothing ever happened. People played with their kids in the front yard, planted flowers, and went about their normal every-day lives. That is, until “The Event” happened.  “The Event” made all the village residents go crazy. Some killed themselves, and others killed their neighbors. The villagers like to do one thing, and that is kill.

Eddie Hacksell was the very first casualty of “The Event,” and that’s why he got the nickname “Crazy Eddie.” See, Eddie was a lumberjack who had a very nice collection of axes and saws. After “The Event,” dead bodies started showing up with Eddie’s axes stuck in them. Before the other villagers went crazy, they convicted Eddie of murder. As punishment, Eddie was sentenced to death by hanging, but Eddie just wouldn’t die that way. Next, the villagers tried to electrocute Eddie in The Chair, but that didn’t kill him either. They tried burying him, burning him, and chopping him up into little pieces, but Crazy Eddie just kept coming back to terrorize the villagers. No one has seen Eddie in while, so keep an eye out for him.

Links:  Official Website | Facebook Page

Wayne Ave. Haunted Butcher House

Where:
508 Wayne Ave
Dayton, OH 45402
(937) 848-1134

When: 9/14-10/27 Fri/Sat: 8pm-Midnight

Price: $12

Description: Dayton’s Haunted Butcher House features 22 rooms of terror and over 30 blood soaked ghouls. We are located conveniently with in walking distance to Dayton’s Historic Oregon District. Voted Best Haunted House in Active Dayton 2011.

Links:  Official Website | Facebook Page | OhioValleyHaunts.com Review | Video

 

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Wilmington Haunted Hollow Ride

Where:
1261 W. Dalton Rd.
Wilmington, Ohio 45177

When: 9/21-10/27 Fri/Sat: Dusk-11:45pm

Price: Bus Ride: $12; Nightmare Penitentiary: $10; Slaughter Hotel: $10; Combo Package: $20; VIP Combo Package: $30

Description: Located on W. Dalton Rd. off of Route 68 in Wilmington, The Wilmington Haunted Hollow Ride not only takes you on a bus ride through the hollows of Wilmington– where the monsters and freaks of the night like to play; but through the rumored thirteenth floor of Dr. Slaughter’s twelve story underground hotel, and a penitentiary where the very souls of the most demented prisoners are trapped for eternity.

But the scaring doesn’t start with the bus, or the hotel, or even the penitentiary. It starts as soon as you leave your car! Can you survive all three haunts? Or will you chicken out at the bus ride? Just remember, no matter where you sit, they WILL get you! Come early! The lines grow fast! Delicious food and concessions available!

Links:  Official Website | Facebook Page | OhioValleyHaunts.com Review

Urban Bites, Urban Nights

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Ribs from “HIckory River” in Tipp City

Friday Sept 14th, 2012 was a great evening in Downtown Dayton.  The Urban Nights event showcased dining, nightlife, retail shops and more.  Good art and good music filled the city, as did festival goers.  But The Food Adventures Crew were at this huge street party to try the street food for an Urban Food Adventure.  It was great to see the bustling downtown area with businesses and restaurants opening their doors to the public.  Dancers and musicians entertained the masses and there were even people repelling down one of Dayton’s tallest buildings!

Crowds gathered from Riverscape to the Oregon District.  Dayton was hopping during Urban Nights.  There were dozens and dozens of restaurants and food vendors selling their eats.  So many vendors, that it would be impossible to list them all here, so please click on our photos below.  A picture is worth a thousand words, right?

Oyster Shooter from Jay’s Seafood Restaurant

There was soul food and seafood.  There were pies and burgers ‘n fries.  Varieties ranges from Bratwurst eats to vegetarian treats.  We ate South American food, Italian food and Indian specialties.  The event also featured beer and wine vendors.  Some vendors, like the ones near Riverscape, made you purchase 3 dollar tickets to buy food at any vendor.  Other street vendors downtown were on a cash for food basis.

There were even 3 separate stages spread out across the downtown area where you could listen to live bands and more.  We dined to some classic rock by local band ‘Spungewurthy.’

Empanadas from “El Meson” restaurant

Did you miss Urban Nights and the food extravaganza?  Then mark your calendars for Friday night May 10th, 2013 when Urban Nights returns to the Gem City.

The atmosphere was friendly and fun.  It was really something to enjoy a Food Adventure while standing among Courthouse Square or underneath Dayton’s skyline.   Urban Nights was a great time and made us proud of our hometown of Dayton!  Enough of the sentimental stuff, you have to check out these amazing food photos below !!

But first, please comment below and tell us what you thought of URBAN NIGHTS !

Also, check out Food Adventures on Facebook and “like” us HERE.

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Lawrence of Arabia | Won’t Back Down | E.T. | Maloof Money Cup World Skateboarding Championship

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Hello Dayton! This week mainly focuses on new openings for the week. Opening the week of 09/28 there are some great new movies and special events.

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (10/04)

Lawrence of Arabia has been digitally restored for its 50th anniversary and back for one day only. Originally released in 1962, directed by David Lean and starring Peter O’Toole, the film follows T. E. Lawrence during his experiences in Arabia in World War I. This highly literate historical epic covers the Allies’ mideastern campaign during World War I as seen through the eyes of the enigmatic Lawrence. After a prologue showing us Lawrence’s ultimate fate, we flash back to Cairo in 1917, when Lawrence gets transferred to Arabia and befriends Sherif Ali Ben El Kharish. He then gets caught up in helping the Arabs and leads his army northward and helps a British General destroy the power of the Ottoman Empire. The film received ten Academy Award nominations and seven Academy Awards! Showing on 10/4 at 1pm and 7pm.

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WON’T BACK DOWN (09/28-10/4)

 

A new movie featuring “The Help’s” Viola Davis and “Crazy Heart’s” Maggie Gyllenhaal, where
two determined mothers­, one a teacher, look to transform their children’s failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children.
This feature will open on September 28th.

 

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E.T. (10/03)

 

A meek and alienated little boy finds a stranded extraterrestrial. He has to find the courage to defy the authorities to help the alien return to its home planet. This lovable classic will be back on 10/03, showing at 2pm and 7pm.

 

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MALOOF CUP SKATEBOARDING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT (10/2)

 

The world’s greatest skateboarding event comes to movie theaters nationwide for only one night. NCM Fathom Events and Maloof Skateboarding are excited to bring the Maloof Money Cup World Skateboarding Championship to the big screen on Tuesday, October 2nd at 7:30 PM. Captured and broadcast from South Africa the Maloof Money Cup World Skateboarding Championship is a unique on-screen adventure airing exclusively in-theaters and will feature jaw-dropping skateboarding, competition highlights, behind the scenes footage and more. Join us for this exciting ride as we get up close and personal with the competition and its athletes. Don’t miss the Maloof Money Cup World Skateboarding Championship in select movie theaters on Tuesday, October 2nd at 7:30 PM for this special one night event.

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Consumption of the Heart/Collective Vol 4: Emotion Premiere at Englewood Cinema

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On Friday September 28 Englewood Cinema will showcase eleven big independent film experiences. Englewood is known for its yearly show of support to local filmmakers including Horrorama and featuring films that could be considered ‘slightly’ off the mainstream radar and older vintage classics that otherwise would never see the big screen again.

First up is local independent visionary, artist and Horrorama host Andrew Copp’s short Consumption of the Heart which will appear in the upcoming Collective Volume 5 collection. Mr. Copp is known for his deep, dark and diabolical approach to the camera creating graphic, surrealistic, unforgettable images, scenery and themes turning the most perverse/twisted idea’s into macabre beauty. His 1998 visually disturbing and brutal gore-splashed tale of self torture and blood lust The Mutilation Man ranks as an exercise in stamina for the eyes. 2009’s Quiet Nights of Blood and Pain is a psychological drama dealing with the post emotional/mental effects of heavy combat and the violence of the mind. In 2010 he turned his interest from exploring inner torture to the outer epidermis in the Tattoo Documentary Ink & Flesh featuring Dayton artist Chad Wells. Mr. Copp’s boldest and most controversial vision to date is the upcoming nightmarish, surreal tale of obsessive vengeance for a lost love taking a man’s mind, heart and soul to the brink of utter madness in Church Of The Eyes. Friday nights excursion into the drifting apart emotions and anatomical decay/physical deterioration a couple willingly experiences to rekindle the lost flame is a ‘consuming’ if not physically grotesque show of their true love and devotion to each other. The film is unrated but contains adult themes and graphic content and will be the ONLY Dayton screening.

Next up is Indie filmmaker Jason Hoover and Jabb Pictures fourth volume is a series of ten 10 minute short films by different teams each about a different emotion. Volume three was exclusively directed by women relating to the theme ‘ten minutes to live’. Volume four carries with it a wide variety of celluloid inspiration and degeneration. Featured film Bryan Wolfords Myctophobia is about a woman’s crippling Fear of the dark while David Ross’  black and white Greek import Flash of The Wire explores SCHADENFREUDE, Pleasure in the suffering of others. Two entries by Jason Hoover, Frankie-a take on Grief and the urban mockumentary 101 Taylor Street discusses Denial. There’s a saying about not drinking the Koolaid, well Dustin Mills’ Epidemic about Trust warns us to stay away from the pizza too.  James Mannan covers Lust and ghost hunting in Death Do Us Part. Jim Dougherty’s films Regret about genetic lycanthropy in Contrition, series staple 14 year old Dakota Meyer shows Hate in Luke 1:17. The collection ends with a double dose of grind-house humor about the worlds oldest professional with Happy Hooker Bang Bang, David Paul Bonnell tells the sordid tale of the Envy a girl has for her ‘working’ roommate while its street walking counterpart Jakob Bilinski’s Bloody Hooker Bang Bang: A love Story is all the Rage.

Several of the evening’s filmmakers will be there to sign copies and talk to fans. Friday night September 28th 11:00 pm $5 at the door 320 West National Rd, Englewood Ohio 45322. For more info go to www.facebook.com/pages/Independent-Shadow-Cinema/214329891916690, coppfilms.weebly.com,366weirdmovies.com and jabbpictures.com.

The Miracle Worker Review – Wright State University – The Special Relationship

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Cyndii Johnson (l) and Kate Mueller in The Miracle Worker (Contributed photo)

Wright State University opens its 38th season with a wonderfully heartfelt production of William Gibson’s 1959 Tony Award-winning drama “The Miracle Worker,” the compelling account of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan set in Tuscumbia, Alabama and based on Keller’s 1903 autobiography “The Story of My Life.”

As the deaf, blind and mute Helen, Kate Mueller, a musical theater major, is an impressively expressive presence. With wide eyes and childlike wonder, Mueller, never resorting to off-kilter or exaggerated dramatics, beautifully grasps Helen’s yearning to communicate more fully through sign language while trapped by her own fussy stubbornness and the unhelpful sheltering of overly doting parents. She also makes the smallest revelations prodigious, particularly in Act 2 when Helen, inquisitively sensing competition, becomes jealous of her playmate Percy, adorably played by Julian Rojas.

Helen’s fascinating evolution, astutely guided by director Lee Merrill who doesn’t discount the strain and brokenness within the Keller household, is firmly molded by the commanding presence of Cyndii Johnson, an African-American, as the determined, unflinching and incredibly dedicated Annie, a true survivor in her own right scarred by the harrowing memories of living in a Massachusetts asylum with her brother. Johnson’s non-traditional casting doesn’t work in the play’s societal context, but her stringent, no-nonsense demeanor and occasionally curt attitude registers perfectly as Annie spins the Kellers into a slight frenzy, providing numerous moments of refreshing levity. Even so, it is the special relationship she shares with Mueller that provides the production’s riveting pulse. The volatile breakfast scene, an Act 1 highpoint skillfully aided by combat consultant Bruce Cromer, is a terrifically executed, meticulously paced fury of flying spoons, force-feeding, kicks and screams concluding with a folded napkin signaling victory and relief. More significant are the final iconic moments when Helen’s mastery of 18 nouns and three verbs culminates with her recognition of water, a truly tear-jerking epiphany superbly syncopated by Johnson, Mueller, Merrill and lighting designer Danielle Ferguson.

Additionally, Kelsey Andrae and Andrew Quiett are a solid team as Helen’s parents. Quiett especially creates a properly prickly rapport with Johnson as Captain Keller and Annie battle for authority over Helen. As Helen’s snippy stepbrother Jamie, Cameron Blankenship strikingly depicts the overlooked anger of living in Helen’s shadow while desiring more love, encouragement and support from his emotionally detached father. Kevin Blessing, DeLee Cooper, Tyler Edwards, Caroline Gruber, Amie Lea Heller, Xander Hildenbrandt, Anita Hill, Stephen Kell, Taylor Montgomery, Liz Romey, Tyler Tanner, Amy Wheeler and Renika Williams complete the strong cast attractively costumed by Mary Beth McLaughlin. Michael Amico’s expansive set, James Dunlap’s first-rate sound design and John Lavarnway’s properties are equally noteworthy aspects of this fine presentation.

“The Miracle Worker” continues through Sept. 30 in the Festival Playhouse of the Creative Arts Center at Wright State University, 3640 Col. Glenn Hwy., Fairborn. Performances are Wednesday and Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Act One: 80 minutes; Act Two: 50 minutes. Tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for students and seniors. For tickets or more information, call (937) 775-2500.

Yoga On The Boulevard in South Park

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Join us for outdoor yoga at Historic South Park’s most iconic spot, the Olmsted-designed boulevard on Park Dr. Previous yoga experience is helpful, but not necessary! This is a FREE class, thanks to the generosity of our friends at Practice Yoga on 5th, although donations will be accepted. Please bring your own mat! We’d appreciate if you’d RSVP, but there’s no class size limit— the more, the merrier!

Coming Up in Cincinnati Theatre: Sept. 24-30

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…BLINK AND YOU’LL MISS

JUST BEYOND REACH

Shark Eat Muffin Theatre Company

The Story: A creative and collaborative night of short plays. Various themes were suggested on the company Facebook page and one was drawn at random. That theme was JUST BEYOND REACH and it allowed three very different but local playwrights to let their creativity thrive. Two months later the writers have created three short scripts all based around the interpretation of that theme.
The Dates: Sept. 27-29, 2012
Tickets and More Information: Shark Eat Muffin Theatre Company | BTC page |

…OPENING THIS WEEK

THE LITTLE PRINCE

Thomas More College

The Story: Based on Antoine de Saint Exupery’s classic novella. Stranded in the Sahara desert, a world-weary aviator comes across a mysterious boy who speaks of the magic of the world around him. Captivating the pilot’s imagination through his adventures, the Little Prince coaxes the Aviator to see “what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
The Dates: Sept. 28-Oct. 7, 2012
Tickets and More Information: Thomas More College| BTC page |

Daniel Beaty.

THROUGH THE NIGHT

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

The Story: This tour-de-force solo performance embodies the stories of six African-American men, ranging in age from 10 to 60, whose lives are intertwined in beautiful and unexpected ways during one life-changing evening. Dayton native Daniel Beaty’s signature style displays a dazzling blend of humor, poetry, music and drama that earned him Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award nominations. Transcending race and gender, THROUGH THE NIGHT is a hard-hitting and inspirational story filled with possibility and promise.
The Dates: Sept. 22-Oct. 21, 2012
Tickets and More Information: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park | BTC page |

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU

Northern Kentucky University

The Story: This Pulitzer Prize winning comedy celebrates non-conformity as a man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family. One dinner party and their families’ differences ignite! Will their love persevere, or will family ties pull them apart?
The Dates: Sept. 27-Oct. 7, 2012
Tickets and More Information: Northern Kentucky University | BTC page |

…CONTINUING THIS WEEK

THE PRODUCERS

Footlighters Inc.

The Story: New York, 1959. Max Bialystock was once the king of Broadway, but now all his shows close on opening night. Things turn around when he’s visited by the neurotic accountant Leo Bloom, who proposes a scheme tailor-made for producers who can only make flops: raise far more money than you need, then make sure the show is despised. No one will be interested in it, so you can pocket the surplus. To this end, they produce a musical called Springtime for Hitler and as opening night draws near, what can go wrong?
The Dates: Sept. 20-Oct. 6, 2012
Tickets and More Information: Footlighters Inc. | BTC page |

…CLOSING THIS WEEK

Torie Pate as Mae, Katie Hamilton-Meier as Maggie & Clifford Nunley as Brick. Photo by Holly Yurchison.

CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

Covedale Center for the Performing Arts

The Story: In a plantation house, a family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of its patriarch, Big Daddy. But the mood is tense, despite the festivities, as long-simmering evils poison the party. Greed, sins of the past and desperate clawing hopes for the future spar with one another as the knowledge that Big Daddy is dying slowly makes the rounds.
The Dates: Sept. 6-30, 2012
Tickets and More Information: Covedale Center for the Performing Arts | BTC page |

THE CURIOUS SAVAGE

Village Players

The Story: After inheriting $10 million, Mrs. Savage decides to establish a fund to help others realize their dreams. But her grown step-children have their own designs on the money and commit her to a sanatorium, hoping to “bring her to her senses.” There she meets various social misfits—just the kind of people she wants to help. A warm-hearted, uplifting comedy.
The Dates: Sept. 21-29, 2012
Tickets and More Information: Village Players | BTC page |

Helen Raymond as Marion, Owen Gunderman as Winthrop & Dan Doerger as Harold Hill. Photo by Holly Yurchison.

THE MUSIC MAN

Showboat Majestic

The Story: THE MUSIC MAN follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys’ band he vows to organize – this despite the fact he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respectable citizen by curtain’s fall.
The Dates: Sept. 12-30, 2012
Tickets and More Information: Showboat Majestic | BTC page |

Adam Van Wagoner as D’Artagnan and Shad Ramsey as Rochefort. Photo by Sandy Underwood.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

The Story: Young Frenchman D’Artagnan and his plucky sister Sabine aspire to join the famed Musketeers. But they get more than they bargained for when they stumble into the center of a bitter rivalry between King Louis and the evil Cardinal Richelieu. The stakes have never been higher for our favorite swashbucklers in this action-packed update of one of the greatest adventure stories of all time.
The Dates: Sept. 1-29, 2012
Tickets and More Information: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park | BTC page |

Alyssa Mehnert as Jean Louise Finch (Scout), Bruce Cromer as Atticus Finch, Noah Lentini as Jeremy Finch (Jem) & Torie Wiggins as Calpurnia. Photo by Jeanna Vella.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company

The Story: In 1932 Alabama, Atticus Finch challenges the conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy. This story is a powerful portrait of a south poisoned by prejudice and the one man with the courage to fight against an injustice, but like the novel from which it comes, is filled with warmth and humor.
The Dates: Sept. 7-30. 2012
Tickets and More Information: Cincinnati Shakespeare Company | BTC page |

WAIT UNTIL DARK

Fairfield Footlighters

The Story: A tense situation develops for Suzie Hendrix, who is blind, when a gang of criminals believe she has possession of a doll filled with drugs that they want, and they’ll stop at nothing to get it back.  But they soon find out Suzie is not an easy victim when she levels the playing field when darkness falls.
The Dates: Sept. 21-30, 2012
Tickets and More Information: Fairfield Footlighters | BTC page |

…COMING SOON

DEAD AND BURIED

Miami University

The Dates: Oct. 3-7, 2012
Tickets and More Information: Miami University | BTC page |

DEATH DEFYING ACTS

Stagecrafters Inc.

The Dates: Oct. 6-14, 2012
Tickets and More Information: Stagecrafters Inc. | BTC page |

Megan Marshall as Hippolyta & Trey Wright as Nick Bottom in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

UC College-Conservatory of Music

The Dates: Oct. 3-7, 2012
Tickets and More Information: UC College-Conservatory of Music | BTC page |

THE SANDMAN

The Carnegie

The Dates: Oct. 7, 2012
Tickets and More Information: The Carnegie | BTC page |

SEUSSICAL

Acting Up

The Dates: Oct. 5-7, 2012
Tickets and More Information: Acting Up | BTC page |

SNOOPY THE MUSICAL

The Drama Workshop

The Dates: Oct. 5-21, 2012
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Jazz Spotlight: Mike Wade + Upcoming Local Jazz Sept. 26 – Oct. 9

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Happy September 26th; the American composer George Gershwin was born on this day in 1898. More info on George Gershwin can be found here.

Who is Mike Wade?

Mike Wade is currently the Band Director at Withrow High School. He began his journey with the trumpet during his preteen years. While a student at The Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington DC, he received a National Symphony Scholarship to study with Symphony Trumpeters. Following a year at Howard University, he completed his musical education with a bachelor’s degree in Music Education at Central State University, he then went on to the University of Cincinnati, Conservatory of Music to complete graduate studies in classical trumpet performance.

Professionally, he is no stranger to the titles of producer, composer, arranger, and educator.  He is also the founder and leader of the Standard Time Quintet, Mike Wade & The Jazz Mafia, and the Mike Wade Reality Band. Mike Wade can blow his trumpet in hard bop style, hence his nickname “Shorty Bop”, and he can also play funky grooves that make you want to swing.  Wade has been prolific in performing, recording, composing, producing and arranging. He has recorded three CD’s under his name; “Standard Time”, “The Broach Approach”, and “Reality.”  A fourth CD is currently in the works, all of which features new arrangements of straight-ahead standards and original compositions.

Mike is no stranger to the Dayton scene having performed with the Sinclair College Jazz Ensemble at Blair Hall, and numerous times at The Dayton Art Institute and Gilly’s.
On Saturday, October 6 he is bringing a quartet to Jazz Central consisting of Mike Wade (trumpet), Dr. William Menefield (piano), Anthony “T” Lee (drums) and Brandon Meeks (bass), which will afford local Dayton fans to see a great group from Cincinnati.

Jazz Calendar

Here are some (not all) of the upcoming jazz events for the next couple of weeks:

Tonight Wednesday, September 26 – Lizz & Rex Quartet are at The Dayton Event Connection in Dayton and John LaIacona is at Eddie Merlot’s in Cincinnati.
Thursday September 27 – the Mike Teckenbrock Trio is at Spinoza’s in Beavercreek and Marcus Miller is at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights.
Friday September 28 – Terry Murphy and Company Band performs at the De’lish Cafe in Dayton while Kathy Wade & Ed Moss are at Schwartz’s Point in Over-The-Rhine, Cincinnati.
Saturday September 29 – Jazzy 88.9 WCSU, is celebrating 50 years and will present the award winning contemporary jazz group The Jazz Patrol with Randy Villars at Gilly’s in Dayton. This Anniversary Benefit Concert is one night only- two shows beginning at 8:30 PM with all proceeds going to support their public radio station. Check it out at: http://www.wcsufm.org/
Sunday September 30 – Hoo Doo Soul Band performs at the Rumba Café in Columbus and Dayton’s longest jazz jam continues at Jazz Central in Dayton.
Monday October 1 – the John Taylor Trio is at the Brio Tuscan Grille in Beavercreek and a Jazz Jam hosted by Sandy Suskind is at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club in Cincinnati.
Tuesday October 2 – the UD Jazz Ensemble is at University of Dayton Boll Theatre in Dayton and the Tony Monaco Trio is at the Rumba Café in Columbus.
Wednesday October 3 – the Blue Wisp Big Band is at the Blue Wisp in Cincinnati and Dave Greer’s Classic Jazz Stompers performs at Neil’s Heritage House in Dayton.
Thursday October 4 – Math Games does the Dayton Art Institute Vectren Jazz & Beyond and “Jazz on an Autumn Day” concert by Jazz Spoken Here! is at the Union Hall Theater in Chesterhill, OH.
Friday October 5 – Doc Broadnax and the Thompson House in Newport, KY presents the Tessa Souter Quartet and Ricky Nye will be at Anna Ree’s Andouille in New Richmond, OH.
Saturday October 6 – the Mike Wade Quartet plays at Jazz Central in Dayton and Lavieena Campbell presents…MOCHA at The Greenwich in Cincinnati.
Sunday October 7 – Phil DeGreg Trio performs at Dee Felice in Covington, KY and Randy Reinhart & Bill Glemmer’s Small Band is at Gallagher Student Center Theater, Xavier University in Cincinnati.
Monday October 8 – Vaughn Wiester’s Famous Jazz Orchestra is at Clintonville Woman’s Club and Mark Flugge, Derek Dicenzo & Jimmy Castoe are at Due Amici in Columbus.
Tuesday October 9 – Phil DeGreg’s Samba Jazz Syndicate is at the Cactus Pear Southwest Bistro in Cincinnatil and the great jazz jam at the Park Street Tavern continues in Columbus.

More info and jazz listings can be found at JazzAdvocate.com

Fashion Without Boundaries

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The 3rd Annual I Am Fashion Show takes place this Thursday September 27, hosted by Casanav Simmons and Christian Richardson; I Am Fashion will feature designers from Dayton, Springfield, Columbus, and Cincinnati including Misti Creations, S.T.Y.L.E.S. by Sheree, and the events producer Aaron Washington and also have live performances by the WRHH Dance Team and Beau Wellington.

The events producer Aaron Washington, who is also known as Dourjé is an aspiring stylist and assistant to local Fashion Designer Sonya Mills of Kerapa Design House.  Washington says that this event is significant for the Miami Valley area and credits Dayton Fashion Week for creating an awareness of Dayton’s growing fashion movement. “Dayton Fashion Week changed my life and allowed me to meet a lot of likeminded individuals who share the same goals and visions that I have for this community” He added “I don’t believe in following trends, I believe in making something that you believe in, owning it, and selling it to the world—Fashion has no limits, it is without boundaries”

I Am Fashion is being held at the 801 Union Hall located at 313 South Jefferson St., Dayton, OH 45402 and starts at 6pm.

 

 

 

 

Enjoy The Schnitzel – Local Restaurants Celebrate Oktoberfest!

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The original Munich Oktoberfest originally took place during the sixteen days up to, and including, the first Sunday in October.  While the DAI may have already hosted their celebration last week, our local eateries are just gearing up for their celebration of traditional German foods. Here are a few places you can celebrate Oktoberfest:

Savona – 79 S. Main Street, Centerville   610-9835 

Hours:  Tuesday – Thursday  5 – 9pm, Friday – Saturday 5 – 10pm
Chef Keith will be featuring Potato Salad, Beer cheese soup, Beef Rouladen, Wiener schnitzel, Sauerkraut  with smoked
pork and sausages  Sept 27 – 29.


The Hawthorn Grill – 1222 East Stroop Road, Kettering  298-2222


Hours:  Tuesday-Thursday  5 – 9pm, Friday-Saturday 5 – 10pm


Enjoy their  German menu  specials from Sept 25th through Oct 6th


Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Mashed Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, 18


Caraway & Apple Cider Pork Chop, Herbed Spaetzle,, Braised Apples & Carrots, 20


Choucroute Garnie, Sauerkraut, Assorted Sausages, Potatoes, Whole Grain & Dijon Mustard, 17


Wiener Schnitzel, Herbed Spaetzle, Braised Red Cabbage, 18


Sauerbraten, German Potato Dumpling, Braised Apples, 19


Autumn Apfelstrudel, Traditional German Dried Fruit and Apple Strudel, Vanilla Custard Sauce, 6


Plum Kuchen, German Plum Cake, Streusel Topping, Vanilla Ice Cream, 6


 


Amber Rose – 1400 Valley Street, Dayton  228-2511


Hours:  Mon 11am – 2pm,  Tues – Thurs 11am -9pm, Fri 11am – 10pm, Sat 4-10pm


Their annual celebration begins Friday September 28th and runs through Saturday November 3rd.

They invite you to come in for fun, food, and of course our famous Oktoberfest 10 cent Draft Beer!


 


And the Minster Oktoberfest runs Fri, Oct 5th – Sun, Oct 7th and  emphasizes the community’s rich German heritage. The people of Minster feel that the Oktoberfest is not just an event; it’s a feeling, a spirit, a happy mood that conveys the warmth and friendliness of the community.


Volunteers for Dayton! Opportunities Sep. 25-Oct. 2


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Get to know your neighborhood


The City of Dayton and it's 64 official neighborhoods. Image: City of Dayton


Some of our most effective urban revitalization comes from the city’s many neighborhood associations, yet a lot of my well-intentioned friends have never been involved with their local group. Some of them don’t even seem to know what neighborhood they live in. (No, all of Southeast Dayton is not Belmont like your realtor told you.) So I thought I’d take a minute to share with you the City of Dayton neighborhood directory and map, divided into 64 unique planning districts. Sometimes the planning district name might not be the same as the common neighborhood or historic district name – for instance Five Points is now known more as Wright-Dunbar and Historic Inner East as St. Anne’s, Huffman, and Newcom Plain. I also asked our Facebook group members to help me compile a list of neighborhoods with a web presence and here’s what we came up with. Let us know what we missed in the comments section below. Once you find your neighborhood, introduce yourself at their monthly meeting!



Get Involved


Twin Towers neighborhood teens meet with updayton to plan a new park for their neighborhood


    

  • Our updayton Streetvival team is moving forward with plans to turn a vacant lot at the heart of the Twin Towers neighborhood (Xenia & McClure) into an outdoor ‘reading room’ and performance space with an interactive chalkboard mural. This month we met with the neighborhood association and teens from Peace Academy and Camino de Vida after school programs. In October we will host a Fall Work Weekend to lay the groundwork for completing our pocket park at Xenia & McClure in the spring. Saturday, Oct. 13 at 10am (prep/prime wall and plant trees) and Sunday, Oct 14 at 1pm (paint chalkboard). Contact me to get involved.
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  • The “Old” Yellow Cab Building is a 7,000 sqft grassroots community arts space at the eastern edge of the Oregon District near Garden Station; both began as initiatives of the Circus Creative Collective. They could always use help from handy volunteers, and in particular are looking for someone with HVAC experience to get furnaces up and running in their garage performance space. Let Jeff Opt know if you’re that person, or if you’d like to use the space for a creative event, contact Christina Lewis.
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  • Garden Station still needs more volunteers at their weekly Saturday morning work sessions. Show up at 4th and Wayne from 8:30am to noon and Lisa  will put you to work!

    Bike Miami Valley found some great volunteers for their valet through this column, including these UD students!
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  • What to do with that vacant lot?– Got some energy to help clear the weeds next door? Get a head start on next year’s season by registering with the City’s Care A Lot program. Or learn how to take it over as your own through Lot Links.
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  • The Community Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence is hosting a community discussion on what you can do to reduce violence in your neighborhood, Thursday, Sep. 27, 5:30-7:30pm, Northwest Recreational Facility. A nice overview on Dayton’s innovative community policing and its chief can be found here.
    

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  • Walnut Hills Delivery Crew – The mayor’s ‘hood, Walnut Hills, is building a team to hand deliver its new newsletter. So if you live in Walnut Hills, leave a comment here.
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  • The last alley sweep of the year will be in Historic Huffman. I’m sure they’d welcome extra hands from everywhere!: Jeff Heath, 301-8556
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  • Quick & affordable housing – Check out this cool video of how 100+ Habitat volunteers raised a house in eight minutes last Saturday. To volunteer in the future, visit their website.
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  • Don’t forget the downtown dog park cleanup we mentioned last week! Deeds Point, Saturday and Sunday, Sep. 29-30, 9am to 1ish each day. Bring your dog, gloves and any brush removal tool you own. Contact Karen Stephens, 510-6900.
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Just For Fun


Volunteers led creative PARK(ing) Day activities in the parklets, from yoga to stories to drumming.


    

  • Yarnbomb Dayton (or just knit)! – Noticed any colorful ‘knit graffiti’ around the Oregon District? It was probably the work of the Oregon Sip-n-Stitch, which meets every 4th Thursday (e.g. this Thursday) at Deaf Monty’s Inn Port d’Vino from 5-8. Open to any ‘portable handcrafts.’ Wine, beer and light snacks are available for purchase; BYO snacks to share are welcome. Contact Margot.
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  • Yogic takeover of the boulevard! When the famous Olmstead Brothers designed South Park’s lovely Park Drive boulevard in the 1880s, I bet they never imagined dozens of yogis praticing their sun salutations. Join the first-ever Yoga on the Boulevard with Practice Yoga, Friday, Sep. 28, 6pm.
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  • Meet your Salem Avenue-area neighbors at the Festival of Neighborhoods, Saturday, Sep. 29, 3-6pm, Grace United Methodist.
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  • Blanket concert – The Patterson Park neighborhood has planned a community concert on their commons. Sunday, Sep. 30, 6-8pm.
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Don’t forget to e-mail me your items and report back with your successes!


Volunteers for Dayton! Opportunities Sep. 25-Oct. 2


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Get to know your neighborhood


The City of Dayton and it’s 64 official neighborhoods. Image: City of Dayton


Some of our most effective urban revitalization comes from the city’s many neighborhood associations, yet a lot of my well-intentioned friends have never been involved with their local group. Some of them don’t even seem to know what neighborhood they live in. (No, all of Southeast Dayton is not Belmont like your realtor told you.) So I thought I’d take a minute to share with you the City of Dayton neighborhood directory and map, divided into 64 unique planning districts. Sometimes the planning district name might not be the same as the common neighborhood or historic district name – for instance Five Points is now known more as Wright-Dunbar and Historic Inner East as St. Anne’s, Huffman, and Newcom Plain. I also asked our Facebook group members to help me compile a list of neighborhoods with a web presence and here’s what we came up with. Let us know what we missed in the comments section below. Once you find your neighborhood, introduce yourself at their monthly meeting!



Get Involved


Twin Towers neighborhood teens meet with updayton to plan a new park for their neighborhood


    

  • Our updayton Streetvival team is moving forward with plans to turn a vacant lot at the heart of the Twin Towers neighborhood (Xenia & McClure) into an outdoor ‘reading room’ and performance space with an interactive chalkboard mural. This month we met with the neighborhood association and teens from Peace Academy and Camino de Vida after school programs. In October we will host a Fall Work Weekend to lay the groundwork for completing our pocket park at Xenia & McClure in the spring. Saturday, Oct. 13 at 10am (prep/prime wall and plant trees) and Sunday, Oct 14 at 1pm (paint chalkboard). Contact me to get involved.
    • 

  • The “Old” Yellow Cab Building is a 7,000 sqft grassroots community arts space at the eastern edge of the Oregon District near Garden Station; both began as initiatives of the Circus Creative Collective. They could always use help from handy volunteers, and in particular are looking for someone with HVAC experience to get furnaces up and running in their garage performance space. Let Jeff Opt know if you’re that person, or if you’d like to use the space for a creative event, contact Christina Lewis.
    • 

  • Garden Station still needs more volunteers at their weekly Saturday morning work sessions. Show up at 4th and Wayne from 8:30am to noon and Lisa  will put you to work!

    Bike Miami Valley found some great volunteers for their valet through this column, including these UD students!
    • 

  • What to do with that vacant lot?– Got some energy to help clear the weeds next door? Get a head start on next year’s season by registering with the City’s Care A Lot program. Or learn how to take it over as your own through Lot Links.
    • 

  • The Community Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence is hosting a community discussion on what you can do to reduce violence in your neighborhood, Thursday, Sep. 27, 5:30-7:30pm, Northwest Recreational Facility. A nice overview on Dayton’s innovative community policing and its chief can be found here.
    

    • 

  • Walnut Hills Delivery Crew – The mayor’s ‘hood, Walnut Hills, is building a team to hand deliver its new newsletter. So if you live in Walnut Hills, leave a comment here.
    • 

  • The last alley sweep of the year will be in Historic Huffman. I’m sure they’d welcome extra hands from everywhere!: Jeff Heath, 301-8556
    • 

  • Quick & affordable housing – Check out this cool video of how 100+ Habitat volunteers raised a house in eight minutes last Saturday. To volunteer in the future, visit their website.
    • 

  • Don’t forget the downtown dog park cleanup we mentioned last week! Deeds Point, Saturday and Sunday, Sep. 29-30, 9am to 1ish each day. Bring your dog, gloves and any brush removal tool you own. Contact Karen Stephens, 510-6900.
    • 



Just For Fun


Volunteers led creative PARK(ing) Day activities in the parklets, from yoga to stories to drumming.


    

  • Yarnbomb Dayton (or just knit)! – Noticed any colorful ‘knit graffiti’ around the Oregon District? It was probably the work of the Oregon Sip-n-Stitch, which meets every 4th Thursday (e.g. this Thursday) at Deaf Monty’s Inn Port d’Vino from 5-8. Open to any ‘portable handcrafts.’ Wine, beer and light snacks are available for purchase; BYO snacks to share are welcome. Contact Margot.
    • 

  • Yogic takeover of the boulevard! When the famous Olmstead Brothers designed South Park’s lovely Park Drive boulevard in the 1880s, I bet they never imagined dozens of yogis praticing their sun salutations. Join the first-ever Yoga on the Boulevard with Practice Yoga, Friday, Sep. 28, 6pm.
    • 

  • Meet your Salem Avenue-area neighbors at the Festival of Neighborhoods, Saturday, Sep. 29, 3-6pm, Grace United Methodist.
    • 

  • Blanket concert – The Patterson Park neighborhood has planned a community concert on their commons. Sunday, Sep. 30, 6-8pm.
    • 



Don’t forget to e-mail me your items and report back with your successes!


Zoot Theatre Company Brings Some Tolkein To Dayton With “The Hobbit”


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The Zoot Theatre Company, Dayton’s only professional puppetry and mask company will produce J.R.R. Tolkein’s classic tale of THE HOBBIT in the Dayton Art Institute’s NCR Renaissance Auditorium, Zoot’s new home. THE HOBBIT opens on Friday, September 28.  Join Zoot Theatre in Middle Earth, as we tell the tale of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who is much like the rest of us: he would rather sit at home and avoid any kind of adventures. When the wizard Gandalf and his company of 13 dwarves make a surprise visit, Bilbo is dragged unwittingly into an adventure that includes goblin dodging, battles and dragon slaying. This is J. R. R. Tolkien’s masterpiece brought to life as only Zoot can do! THE HOBBIT will feature more than 25 life-size puppets and 11 live actors. It is being directed by resident artist, J. Gary Thompson and Zoot’s Artistic Director, D. Tristan Cupp. Known for its creative and imaginative puppets and masks used in each show, Zoot fulfills its Mission by blending the visual and performing arts into a single medium. Dozens of local artists have been working day and night under the guidance of Zoot’s Artistic Director to bring the hobbit, dwarves, goblins, Gandalf the wizard, and the dragon to life as stunning, life-sized puppets that are sure to amaze people of all ages.


THE HOBBIT opens on Friday, September 28 and runs Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays through Sunday, October 14. Show times are 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. on Sundays.  All performances are held at the Dayton Art Institute’s NCR Renaissance Auditorium.


Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at www.zoottheatrecompany.org and over the phone by calling 937.223.5277. Both single performance tickets and subscriptions are available. Groups of 10 or more can receive a special discount by calling 937.512.0140.  Tickets prices for THE HOBBIT and the 2012-13 Zoot MainStage Season are: $18.00 for adults; $15.00 for seniors; $15.00 for students with a valid ID; and $12.00 for children 12 and under.


For more information, please visit www.zoottheatrecompany.org or call the Zoot Offices at 937.512.0140.


Dayton Most Metro Ticket Contest


We have THREE PAIRS OF TICKETS to give away to see The Hobbit by The Zoot Theatre Company – simply fill out the form below and then leave a comment saying that YOU want to win tickets to see Zoot Theatre’s “The Hobbit” from Dayton Most Metro.  We’ll draw a random winner on Wednesday 9/26/2012 after 4pm – GOOD LUCK!


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Dine and Dish with The League of Women Voters


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Since 1916, when the first woman was elected to the US Congress, fewer than 10 percent of all members have been women. Why is this number so extraordinarily small? And how has the presence of women in the electoral arena changed over the past hundred years?  The League of Women Voters welcomes Barbara Palmer, co-author of Women and Congressional Elections: A Century of Change to Dine & Dish on Friday, Sept 28th from 5:30-7pm at Sa Bai Asian Cuisine on the corner of Fifth & Jefferson Streets.


Join Barbara in a discussion about the unexpected consequences that shape the integration of women into political offices. Heavy appetizers, wine and a chocolate buffet will round out the evening.  Pay online using the PayPal link. Questions? Call the League Office at 228-4041.














 




Dayton Playhouse Presents “Dracula”


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(left) Alex Carmichal, Dracula, and Jared Mola, Renfield, rehearsing for the Dayton Playhouse production of Dracula


The Dayton Playhouse will present Dracula, October 12-21.  This version of the well-known play was adapted by William McNulty, originally dramatized by John L. Balderston and Hamilton Deane from Bram Stoker’s novel.


The action of the play engulfs the audience as Professor Van Helsing and his brave comrades must hunt down and destroy the evil Count Dracula.  However, the Count is exceedingly resourceful, employing superhuman strength and psychic powers to confound his antagonists.  The action culminates in a shocking confrontation between the King of Vampires and those who would rid the world of him.


David Shough, director of this production, and Jennifer Lockwood, assistant director, have assembled a seasoned cast including: Alex Carmichal as Count Dracula, Jared Mola as Renfield, Sara Parsons as Lucy, and Saul Caplan as Van Helsing.   Rounding out the cast are Margaret Foley, Matthew Glenn, David Hallowren, Carolyn Anne Hoogsteden, Matthew Lindsay, Heather Martin, Cari Meixner, Debra Strauss, David Thomas and Addison Paige Wheeler, Shough has incorporated many audio visual effects to heighten the drama.  According to Shough, “This is an intense and faced-paced version of the Dracula legend.  It will be a complete theatrical experience of the typoe seldom seen on this stage.  Not for the faint of heart.”


Projections for the opening narrative of this production were designed by Miamisburg artist, Chris Newman.  Some of the original pen and ink drawings will be raffled off in the lobby during the run of the play.  Proceeds from the raffle will go to the Dayton Playhouse Celebrate 25 capital campaign.  Tickets for the raffle will be $2 each, or three for $5.


Performances of Dracula will be Friday through Sunday, October 12-21.  All performances are at 8:00 p.m. except Sundays, which are at 2:00 p.m.  (see full schedule here)  Tickets are $17 for adults, $15 for seniors and students.  Tickets can be purchased online at www.daytonplayhouse.org, or through the box office, 937-424-8477.  The box office is staffed Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 2-5 p.m., however messages may be left at any time.  The Dayton Playhouse is located at 1301 E. Siebenthaler Ave., Dayton, OH 45414.


It’s Dayton Art Institute Oktoberfest Weekend !


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Cherry Strudel from “The Original Strudel Factory”


Need a little Food Adventure today?  Well you can have that and more, because this weekend is The Dayton Art Institute’s Annual Oktoberfest Weekend.  The beer starts flowing from noon – 11pm on Saturday (today), and noon – 7pm Sunday (tomorrow).  Grab a pretzel or some strudel and enjoy the art vendors,  food vendors, wine and craft beers.  The event is also kid-friendly with various art activities.  There is even live music to enjoy!  Prices at the gate are:  $7 adults; $5 for seniors; $4 for students.


The Food Adventure Crew were lucky enough to be at Friday Night’s Preview Party as guests of Dayton Most Metro.


Some of the Huge Grilled Bratwurst Available this Weekend


We tried to eat all of the bratwurst and drink all of the beer, but there is still plenty left for all of you Dayton foodies.  Gear up, grab a German hat or some lederhosen and enjoy this Dayton tradition !!  See you there, creme puff !


PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS BELOW FROM THE DAYTON OKTOBERFEST PREVIEW PARTY, FRIDAY SEPT 21st, 2012.


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