What sounds more like Fall to you? Giant Pumpkins, flannel shirts, scarecrows, or viewing the fall foliage from a bi-plane ride? How about all of that and more?
– Wear your best Flannel! You are going to see plaid everywhere in downtown Middletown on October 1st! This First Friday celebration is all about fall comfort. Don your favorite flannel clothes and your favorite beanie. Visit the pumpkin Patch and pick out the best pumpkin to take home. Warm up by the fire and roast s’mores with your friends. For the kiddies there is a pumpkin painting class. The grown-ups can take the spiked cider/cider beer tour at the local bars.
– Gawk at some giant pumpkins. Ok, they are technically giant squash but who cares when they get carved into amazing designs?! The Operation Pumpkin festival in Hamilton runs October 8-10 and has everything pumpkin-related you can imagine! A Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off, pumpkin-flavored treats, a Pumpkin Wall, live music, vendors, a pet parade, and more!

– Get lost in a Corn Maze and ride down Scarecrow Lane. The Fall Farm Fest is held at Lost Creek Reserve in Miami County on October 9-10 amidst tree-lined lanes and colorful foliage. After you conquer the maze, try your hand at shooting corn from a corn cannon. Ready, aim, fire – at a couple different targets. Take a wagon ride or walk the charming farm lane lined with scarecrows created by local business, organizations and families. Take a selfie with the Riverway Scarecrow, and tag us on instagram to win a prize!

– Do your leaf peeping from the sky. You can experience the ride of a lifetime in an open cockpit bi-plane and fly over the colorful fall trees on weekends at the WACO Historical Society in Troy.

– Enjoy some good old-fashioned family fun! The Great Pumpkin Roll Festival is October 16 in Franklin. Wear your favorite costume and bring the kids for trunk-or treat. You will see shows by the Cincinnati Zoo, watch the Great 4th Street Pumpkin Roll, play games, enjoy the food trucks, and find the best one at the pumpkin patch.

– Scary and spooky more your style? Then the highly-anticipated Historic Haunted Theater in Sidney is perfect for you. On October 13-17 and 20-22 you can start with Part 1 – a family-friendly spooking – and then have the option to continue to Part 2 where the true scaring begins. Only want to be a little spooked? Visit Patterson Homestead on October 31 for their All-Hallow’s Eve Tea. Join costumed interpreters for an authentic three-course tea service. Maybe the Patterson’s will join you.
Check out the Great Miami Riverway Events Calendar for more Fall Fun including Sidney’s Boos and Brews Festival, Woodland Cemetary’s History, Mystery, Mayhem, and Murder Tour, and find your way to a pumpkin patch – along the Great Miami Riverway!


Welcome and amuse bouche:
Welcome is from 4pm to 4:30. Chef Rico and Gabriel will speak from 4:30 to 5:00. Dinner will last from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Tickets are $119 per person and can be reserved online. Bottles will be available for purchase after the event. Limited seats available.


Even though we’re holding THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE for another week, we’re adding two new films to the mix. Our first selection is a UK import that has had many audience members swooning – FALLING FOR FIGARO. Our second selection is a film that has already played in this market – but several NEON fans have been asking for it – THE GREEN KNIGHT. Both of these could be gone in a week…so hurry down.



The Better Business Bureau’s Women in Business Networking (WiBN) program is thrilled to announce the 2022 Women of Impact honorees, as well as Jeanne Porter Career Achievement Award recipient.



Warped Wing Barrel Room and Smokery, smoked meat and barrel aged beer; these are perhaps the two things I associate most with the season of fall. When I saw that The Warped Wing Barrel Room and Smokery was celebrating their 1 year anniversary this weekend, I couldn’t think of any better way to bring in the season.

Fall is also soup season as they say so I would be remiss if I did not order the gumbo. This is a recipe you can tell Erin has been working on for some time and honestly, it tastes like bourbon street at your feet until the break of dawn. Awesome job nailing this NOLA classic. Perfect brown coloring from a proper rue and you don’t get shorted on the ingredients. White fish, alligator, andouille sausage and shrimp all came together great in this well balanced dish.
The star of the show though for me was by far the Rauchtoberfest Boro Rauchbier. This beer actually gets its Smokey flavor by using malted barley dried over an open flame. In terms of complimenting the food Erin is busting out at this Smokery, I don’t think you could find or create a better beer. I considered getting a growler of it to take home, but ended up taking a couple bottles of one of their classics from the vault, the Grape Must, which I’ll be cracking on thanksgiving.




The area’s newest foodtruck, Slide Thru, was launched just last month by Chef Kali Muhammad. After he was laid off from his job at a catering company, due to the pandemic he found himself cooking for family and friends as a way to support myself financially, and keep his skills sharpened. “The support that my family and friends provided gave me the inspiration I needed to pursue my dreams and invest in myself. I figured I would do a food truck so that I could pick my business up and take it wherever I needed to go in the instance of another shelter in place order, “shared Kali.


