Mayhem & Mystery returns this Fall with a new show filled with mystery, laughs, and interactive fun. A Phantom is haunting the Italian Autumn Pumpkin Harvest Festival. Can the Festival organizers save their events? Or will the Phantom succeed at destroying the fun?
Archives for November 2018
Yellow Gets Blue: A Night of Blues
Who is up for a night of slamming blues? Want to see three of Dayton’s best bands take on a night of Blues tunes? We are in our third year and we have a great slate of entertainment. Doors are and 7 and music starts at 8 with:
Luminaries of Dayton: Charles G. Bickham
Charles Goodwin Bickham received the Medal of Honor for “distinguished gallantry” on May 2, 1902, in the Battle of Bayang, during the Moro Rebellion. Lt. Bickham carried a wounded soldier across a “fire swept field.” His medal was awarded by Theodore Roosevelt on April 28, 1904.
He served on the staff of Ohio Governor William McKinley. During the Spanish-American War, he served in Company G, 3rd Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and later in the Ninth Regiment, U.S. Volunteer Infantry. He served during the Philippine-American War in the 28th Regiment, U.S. Volunteer Infantry, under Col. William E. Birkhimer. After receiving his commission in the regular army as a Lieutenant, he served again in the Philippines with the 27th U.S. Infantry under then-Captain John J. Pershing. Lt. Bickham was honorably discharged from the army in June 1910. He never married.
Charles G. Bickham was born in 1867 and died in 1944. He is located in Section 101, Lot 1420. The bronze marker decorating the grave of Charles Bickham was placed there by a gentleman who traveled across the country visiting graves of Congressional Medal of Honor winners, personally paying for the honor of doing so.
Woodland Cemetery, founded in 1841, is one of the nation’s five oldest rural garden cemeteries and a unique cultural, botanical and educational resource in the heart of Dayton, Ohio as you will see as you read through this new MostMetro.com series. Visit the cemetery and arboretum and take one of the many tours Woodland offers free of charge. Most of Dayton’s aviation heroes, inventors and business barons are buried at Woodland.
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum is located at 118 Woodland Avenue off of Brown Street near the UD Campus. The Woodland Office is open Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm and Saturday 8 am to 12 pm. The Cemetery and Arboretum are open daily from 8 am to 6 pm. The Mausoleum is open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. For more information, call 937-228-3221 or visit the Woodland website.
Culture Works Unveils a New Look
Culture Works has announced a new logo and brand as the organization prepares to enter its 45th year serving the Dayton Region.
“We’re looking to the future—not only of our organization, but of the community as a whole,” said Culture Works Executive Director Lisa Hanson. “Our vision for the arts in the Dayton Region is one of collaboration, dynamism, and expansion. It’s time for our brand to reflect that vision.”
The organization revealed the new logo at its annual meeting on November 1st to a crowd of longtime supporters, community leaders, and arts partners.
Over the course of its history, Culture Works has undergone many significant changes, starting out as the Dayton Performing Arts Fund and later merging with the Miami Valley Arts Council to expand into a regional body which advocates for cultural organizations in a broader geographical area. Throughout this evolution, however, Culture Works’ core mission has remained the same: Strengthening the Dayton Region through the power of the arts.
Rather than an organizational change of course, the new logo represents an enhancement and expansion of Culture Works’ existing roles in the community. In designing the new logo, Culture Works staff and board members sought inspiration from the organization’s rich history and vision for the future. The intersecting lines represent community collaboration, the myriad ways the arts touch our lives every day, and Culture Works’ role as a connector between arts, education, business, government, and individuals. The new color palette represents the vibrancy of our cultural community and the ways in which artists and artistic disciplines feed into and complement one another. Finally, the logo’s circular shape represents unity—a unified voice for the arts, a unified Dayton Region.
The new logo is only the beginning. In the coming months, Culture Works will launch a new website, a new video celebrating individual artists in the Dayton community, and a new arts education portal designed to connect the region’s educators with transformative arts experiences from local organizations.
Learn more at cultureworks.org.
How To Get Your Hands on Old Forester Birthday Bourbon
The Raffle to win the right to buy one of the limited bottles of Old Forester Birthday Bourbon will begin at the Arrow Wine Centerville locations at 6:00pm on November 14. Entries will be collected for 90 mins. At 7:30pm, names will be drawn. One entry per person. A valid ID must be presented when entering and to verify winners.
They only have 42 bottles so if you don’t win, you may want to use the 90 minutes between entering and drawing to make friends with everyone there, and hope they’ll crack open a bottle and share if they win!
About the Birthday Bourbon:
The 2018 Old Forester Birthday Bourbon was drawn from 12 year old barrels from different warehouses and floors. A total of 120 barrels; 93 barrels matured together on the 3rd floor, on the Northwest side of Warehouse J. The remaining 27 barrels matured together on the 3rd floor, on the Northwest side of Warehouse I.
Barreled on June 9, 2006 – Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2018 is presented at 101 Proof. This is the first Birthday Bourbon vintage to be bottled at the new Old Forester Distilling Co. on Louisville’s Historic Whiskey Row.
ACCOLADES
INTERNATIONAL WINE AND SPIRITS COMPETITION 2017
Outstanding ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE 2017
Extraordinary, Ultimate Recommendation
WHISKIES OF THE WORLD AWARDS 2016
Gold Medal
TASTING NOTES
COLOR
Rich Mahogany
NOSE
Singularly focused initially with a pronounced rich dark cherry cobbler note opening into a dynamic build of caramel and dark chocolate covered smoked almond nuttiness with hints of charred oak. A touch of herbal lemon tea sweetened with a touch of honey round out its depth of character.
TASTE
Subtle sweetness blossoms into a warm and green spiced multi-dimensional experience, brightened by a lemon honey note followed by a cherry cobbler.
FINISH
Long and drying with an herbal lemon honey sweetness.
Arrow Wine 
615 Lyons Rd
Dayton, Ohio 45459
Dayton, Ohio 45459
(937) 434-2456
Kick Off the Holiday Beer Season at Beerry Christmas Dayton!
This Saturday Planned2Give kicks off the holiday beer season with it’s 4th annual Beerry Christmas Dayton. “With the abundance of holiday ales and winter warmers coming out, deciding which ones to buy can be overwhelming, and that’s why we created this event, to allow you to sample a variety of them before you buy for your holiday entertaining,” says event co-founder Jeff Jackson.
Hosted in the lobby of the Kettering Tower this Saturday, Nov 4th from 4-7pm, tickets are just $25 in advance, available online and include a souvenir tasting glass and tickets for ten 4 ounce samples and pictures with Santa Claus. Tickets will be $5 more at the door, with proceeds benefitting Brothers Helping Brothers, who assist small and/or rural fire departments obtain vital tools and lifesaving equipment. Many of these departments struggle to have the proper tools and equipment to do their job
The beer line up includes: 
Breckenridge Christmas Ale
Brooklyn Winter Ale
Christian Moerlein Christkindl Winter Warmer
Crooked Handle Crooked Kringle
Deschutes Jubelale
Fat Head’s Holly Jolly Christmas Ale
Fifth Street Brewpub’s Ramona w/ Maple Praline
Great Lakes Christmas Ale
Holy Moses Raspberry
Hoppin’ Frog Brewery Frosted Frog Christmas Ale
New Belgium Accumulation
Oskar Blues Hotbox Coffee Porter
Ridgeway Brewing Lump of Coal
Ridgeway Brewing Santa’s Butt
Sam Adams White Christmas
Shiner Cheer
Southern Tier 2xMas
Southern Tier Cinnamon Roll
Sweetwater Exodus
Taft’s Santa’s Bribe
A few more beers are pending, based on arrivals from distributors.
New this year, the Garland & Johnson Dental VIP Lounge, which will offer additional specialty holiday beers to taste, including a few of Southern Tiers newest line of products and catering by Milano’s for $40/ticket.
Another new element to the event, the mitten tree! Guests are encouraged to bring mittens, gloves and scarves, which will be distributed to those in need. Each donation will be rewarded with a raffle ticket, which guest can then drop in the box affiliated with the prize they’d most like to win.
Raffle prize include a New Belgium bicycle, provided by Bonbright Distributing, an advent case of craft beer, a pair of VIP tickets to the Bloody Mary Showdown, a gift certificate for the 937 Party Bus, and restaurant gift certificates. Raffle tickets are $5 each, 3 for $10 or 10 for $20.
So dig out your ugly holiday sweaters and make plans to drink some holiday beers that are rich in cinnamon, ginger, honey and citrus, all for a great cause!
Flying Pumpkins at Air Force Museum
This year’s chuck will take place on November 2, 2018 at the airstrip adjacent to the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (Use the entrance at the Spinning Road gate on Airway – 5901 Airway Road, Riverside OH 45431?). Activities will include chucker demonstrations and competitions, a pumpkin pie baking contest, and a pumpkin cream pie speed eating challenge. Concessions will be provided by several local food trucks!
The CFC Pumpkin Chuck has proven to be an exciting event that gives teams and spectators a chance to observe some of the brightest minds in the area as they attempt to demonstrate the most effective way to make a pumpkin fly.
For rules, regulations and registration info click here.
Class A – Pumpkin Chuckers (8-10 lb. pumpkins)
Class A* – World Championship Punkin’ Chunkin’ Official Distance Shot
Class B – Pumpkin Chuckers (5 foot by 5 foot base, approximately 2 lb. pumpkins)
Class C – Human Powered Chuckers (launcher provided w/3 pumpkins 2-3 lbs per entry fee)
