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Archives for November 2021

Time to Order Ghostlight Pies For the Holiday

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With the holidays just around the corner, it’s important to know that it’s still possible to get homemade pies locally.  For the last six years the gals behind these sweet treats from Ghostlight Coffee have been baking up some of the best pies in the area. Order your Thanksgiving or Hanukkah treat now!

Their most popular pies are The Lumberjack Pie (pictured above) – a combination of salty & sweet: a crispy, cinnamon-y cookie inspired crust is filled with ooey-gooey, buttery, custard-y, maple-y goodness.The Kentucky Bourbon Pecan Pie– Pecan Pie gussied up with a splash (or few) of Kentucky Bourbon and Mama Smith’s Fantastic Apple Pie- a vegan  Dutch Apple Pie with a touch of spice and super sweet & crisp apples.

Place your order online now until noon on Sat. Nov 20th for Thanksgiving treats. Click link to online shop via GhostlightCoffee.com to see the menus.  Pick up will be at the South Park Ghostlight location between noon and 6pm on Tues, Nov 23rd or Wed, Nov 24th.

Rugelach cookie bars

This is the 2nd year they are offering Hanukkah treats and the menu includes pies, Rugelach cookie bars, tarts, macarons, ghost tarts and bagels. Pick-up for these treats will be on Sat, Nov 27th.

A limited supply of additional pies & desserts will be available for on-site purchase at Ghostlight Coffee on each pick-up date from 2pm-6pm.

Muffin Making Adventure at Evans Bakery

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In a very special collaboration Evans Bakery is teaming up with St. Anne’s Cheese Co to make muffins.  Guests are invited into this historic Old North business to join the team in a hands on cooking class where they can create their own variety of muffins.  Taking place after normal business hours on Thursday, November 18th from 5-7pm, each guest will leave with a dozen muffins using specialty cheeses from St. Anne’s that include Feta, Chevre, Cheddar and one more that will be revealed that evening to the guests.

You can make reservations online to be a part of this muffin adventure.

 

Five Course Beer Dinner at Yellow Springs Barrel Room

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Guests will enjoy a five-course menu (pictured below) curated by Chef Dane, perfectly paired with rare and exclusive Yellow Springs Brewery beers. Each course will also feature a vegan alternative.
Dane Shipp is an established chef throughout the Dayton area who believes that food is life and always brings a sense of creativity to every plate.
Doors open at 6:30pm, dinner starts at 7:00pm

Igloo Dining is Back at Mudlick Tap House

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These cozy dining domes at Mudlick Tap House were a huge hit last year allowing parties of up to 10  to enjoy a private dinner party.  And now they are back! Each igloo has a small heater in it as well as a UV air purifier.  It it’s sunny out they can get quite warm, but when the temperature drops, you’ll want to bundle up for a comfortable dining experience.

Reservations must be made online and you’ll need to put down a $50 deposit at the time of booking, which will be applied to  your bill.  There is a minimum spend required of $200 (that’s just $25/person if you have 8 guests.) Your igloo reservation is good for a 2 hour dining experience. Reservations book up quickly, so make plans now to enjoy you  private, heated oasis for a fun unique dinner experience.

Mudlick Tap House
135 East 2nd Street
Dayton, OH 45402

937-895-4066

Tues – Thurs: 4-10pm
Fri 4-11pm
Sat 11am – 11pm
Sun 11am – 9pm

 

RTA Recovers a Piece of Dayton History with Return of Holiday Trolley

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A piece of Dayton history came home today as the Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) unveiled the return of one of the agency’s original Christmas trolleys—#559 a 1948 Marmon-Herrington TC-48. Famous for its simulated fireplace, Santa seat, and reindeer mounted on the roof, the trolley rejoins RTA’s electric trolley fleet just in time for the holiday season.

The historic trolley ran along Dayton roadways as a special Christmas bus from 1977 until 1988, when it was retired to allow the agency to operate ADA-compliant vehicles. It was then donated to San Francisco Municipal Railway in California, to be a part of their historic vehicle fleet, where it was used as a holiday bus.  RTA CEO Bob Ruzinsky felt it was time for #559 to come home, and worked with Daron Brown, RTA’s director of maintenance, and Pat O’Malley, RTA’s fleet manager, to make it happen.

The road back to Dayton wasn’t an easy one, Ruzinsky said, as getting the trolley shipped back to Dayton during a national truck driver shortage proved a challenge. While RTA was able to successfully have ownership of #559 transferred over, San Francisco did not have a process for delivering the vehicle more than 2,300 miles to Ohio. RTA utilized its relationship with Kiepe Electric, the maker of RTA’s NexGen electric trolley buses, to broker a deal to have the vehicle transported home. Kiepe managed a similar endeavor when it delivered RTA’s 45 NexGen trolleys from California to Georgia for production, and then to Dayton for final delivery.

“We are very thankful to San Francisco Municipal Railway and to Kiepe Electric for helping deliver this piece of history back to Dayton,” Ruzinsky said. “With our 50th anniversary celebration ahead in 2022, this felt like the right time to bring #559 back home”

The 1948 Marmon-Herrington TC-48 will be stored at RTA facilities during the year, but will make treks out onto Dayton roadways again for special runs during the holidays, Ruzinsky said.

The #559 trolley is part of a long-standing tradition in Dayton that was started in 1965 by W.W. (Bill) Owen, president of City Transit Company, the forerunner of the present-day RTA. The #559 trolley was painted and illustrated by Blommel Sign Co., and features a simulated fireplace, Santa seat, loudspeakers on the roof playing recorded music suitable to the season, and team of stuffed reindeer along with a non-smoking chimney mounted on the roof. The chimney is a nod to an infamous 1968 design, which had a chimney placed on the roof which included a hidden smudge pot to produce smoke. However, this design set the roof on fire, so that experiment was not repeated.

Since 1998, RTA’s holiday bus designs have utilized diesel vehicles rather than trolleys. “It will be fantastic to have an actual historic Christmas Trolley join our diesel holiday bus in the future” Ruzinsky said.  “Think about it, this bus first hit the streets in 1948, 73 years ago”.  Welcome home #559.

 

The Wedding Singer at Springboro Performing Arts Center

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It’s  1985, and rock star wannabe, Robbie Hart, is New Jersey’s favorite wedding   singer. He’s the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the   altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as   his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck   would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and,   unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his   dreams will be gone forever.

 

 

Dayton Literary Peace Prize: A Conversation with the Authors

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On Saturday, November 13, the Victoria Theatre stage will be graced by the presence of the national and international authors whose works are being recognized as advancing the cause of peace. The panel of winning authors will be moderated by Gilbert King, DLPP and Pulitzer winner for Devil in the Grove.  Send questions for any of the authors to Sharon Rab [email protected].

The panel will be followed by an interview of Margaret Atwood, the 2020-21 winner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award by the 2015 Holbrooke winner, Gloria Steinem.

Tickets range from $20-$150 and can be purchased by calling the Dayton Live ticket office at 937-228-3630 or online.

New Starbucks Coming to Schuster Center

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A new Starbucks Café is coming to downtown Dayton and it will be located in the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, announced Dayton Live today. The popular coffee destination will be located in a part of the space formerly occupied by Citilites Restaurant & Bar in the Kettering Wintergarden of the Schuster Center.

Permits are being filed with the county and city as required by law.

Victoria Theatre Association d.b.a. Dayton Live will be granted a license to operate this new Starbucks café and anticipates the entire permitting and build-out process to be complete for a grand opening date sometime in the spring of 2022.

More information will be available at a later date once a timeline for opening has been confirmed.

Miamisburg Cider Ride

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In partnership with Whitman’s Bike Shop, this ride celebrates the beautiful bicycling along the Great Miami Riverway. Riders can choose from a guided 7 or 15 mile route, beginning and ending at Whitman’s. Enjoy delicious post-ride pies and cider along with raffle prizes, music and cheer!

” Let’s Explore” Activities Provide Fun Ways for Kids, Families To Explore Nature

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Five Rivers MetroParks has launched a program, Let’s Explore, that provides a fun, guided nature experience for younger children.

Let’s Explore is also designed to make it easier for families to spend time with kids outdoors. All Let’s Explore adventures start at a nature play area, a playground comprised of natural materials. Kids use their imaginations during unstructured outdoor play, building forts, digging in the dirt, balancing on logs and more. Next, hike a nearby trail suitable for kids and participate in Let’s Explore activities, such as:

  • Hike & Seek: How many types of trees, plants, rocks and insects can you find?
  • Wildlife Warmup: Can you jump like a frog, balance on one leg and buzz like a bee?
  • Wildflower Hunt: How many different colored flowers can you find?

Let’s Explore activities can be found at four MetroParks.

  • Englewood MetroPark East Park, 4361 W. National Rd.
    • Start at the nature play area at Patty Shelter.
    • Hike the 1.5-mile red trail through a forested area. View a wildlife marsh area from the trail’s edge.
  • Hills & Dales MetroPark, 2606 Hilton Dr.
    • Start at the newly opened nature play area located at this entrance.
    • Hike the easy orange Adirondack Trail, which is 1.4 miles round trip with an option to turn around at Dogwood Pond for a shorter hike. Beyond the pond, look for woodpeckers and other birds, along with wildflowers in the spring and Zebra Swallowtail butterflies in summer.
  • Sugarcreek MetroPark, 4178 Conference Rd.
    • Start at the nature play area
    • Hike the flat 0.7-mile yellow trail through a tall grass prairie, which is a great place to see wildflowers throughout summer and early fall. The trail also passes a vernal pool where visitors might spot some frogs and salamanders.
  • Possum Creek MetroPark, 4790 Frytown Rd. 
    • Start near the nature play area next to the education center.
    • Hike the easy 0.3-mile green trail, shaded by native trees, around the Possum Creek Farm. Various birds and wildlife might be spotted along the trail, and evening hikers may hear owls.

“Spending time outside is good for all of us — but is especially important for children,” said Beth Burke, MetroParks interpretive coordinator. “Spending time outdoors helps children develop problem-solving skills, foster cooperation and inspire curiosity. It improves children’s physical and mental health. And time outdoors creates a connection with nature and develops a long-term appreciation for the natural world.”

Visit metroparks.org/letsexplore for more activities, suggested hikes and tips for hiking with kids. Visit metroparks.org/mobile to download MetroParks’ free mobile app, which includes maps, nearby amenities, points of interest and much more.

A Christmas Story: The Musical at La Comedia

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Ralphie Parker wants only one thing for Christmas: an official Red Ryder® Carbine-Action 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle! A Christmas Story The Musical is the hilarious account of Ralphie’s desperate quest to ensure that this most perfect of gifts ends up under his tree this Christmas.

Bourbon Tasting With Hayner Distilling Co.

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This will be a blind tasting featuring Hayner Bourbon and Hayner Rye, alongside two mystery bourbon selections from our in-house collection. Will Hayner take the top spot? Be there to find out! Must pre-register to attend. $20 includes one of our locally supplied soft pretzels. Also included free admission to the evening’s musical entertainment

10th Annual We Care Arts Cookie Walk

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For the 2nd year in a row,  We Care Arts annual Cookie Walk will actually be a drive through. You’ll select a one, two, three or four pound box of cookies ($8/pound) and yes, there is a nut-free version available. Your cookies will be packaged for you for easy pick up.

You can order your cookies online now and pick up will be on Saturday, December 11th from 10am – 2pm at the Berkeley Center location at 3035 Wilmington Pike in  Kettering.  Proceeds from the Cookie Walk will benefit We Care Arts clients to increase confidence and artistic skill.  We Car Arts believe in the healing power of creating and producing art that transforms physical, developmental, and mental challenges into a future rich with possibilities

If you’re interested in donating cookies, please click here or contact Bridget Herzog at [email protected]. Thank you!

 

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