Things to do in Dayton | Restaurants, Theatre, Music and More
Join us at Pink Moon Goods, Dayton’s cutest gift and home goods store, for an evening of art and music featuring never before seen drawings from the sketchbook of Ashley Speelman and tunes from DJ RIPOOG (picnic music for your outer space lagoon retreat.”
Always a fun night in the shop for hanging with friends, making new friends, chilling to some music and enjoying new art.
Complimentary snacks and beverages.
In the U.S., National Ice Cream Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in July. This very sweet annual celebration was first declared by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. People in America consume more than 23 gallons of ice cream on average each year, with the number skyrocketing during summers.
Here’s a list of the National Ice Cream Day freebies, deals and special offers you can enjoy in honor of the day:
Baskin-Robbins: From July 16, through July 22, fanss can receive $5 off their purchase of $20 or more through DoorDash, Uber Eats and Postmates with the promo code SEIZETHEYAY on all BaskinRobbins.com or Baskin-Robbins app orders. For in-shop orders, guests can redeem the in-app coupon at checkout.
Cold Stone Creamery: Treating My Cold Stone Club Rewards members to special deals all month long. Beginning Friday, July 14, a surprise offer will be uploaded to customers’ Cold Stone mobile app inboxes. The offer will be valid from Friday, July 14 through Thursday, July 20. You can also get .99 cent delivery on any order of $20 or more when they order on ColdStoneCreamery.com or the Cold Stone app through July 31. Fans can also get a $5 bonus e-gift card when they purchase $25 or more in gift cards on ColdStoneCreamery.com through July 31.
Dairy Queen: On Sunday, you get $1 off any soft serve dipped cone (excluding kids cones) through the DQ App
Dippin’ Dots: Giving away complimentary servings of their original beaded ice cream during a two-hour window at participating locations nationwide on Sunday, July 16, 2023 – so check with your local store to see when the giveaway will be. For those looking to celebrate National Ice Cream Day at home, Dippin’ Dots is offering 20% off all online orders on Sunday, July 16 at www.dippindots.com using the promo code NICD23.
Insomnia Cookies: Offering a free scoop of ice cream to level-up any in-store purchase or order for local delivery long from Friday, July 14 through Sunday, July 16, 2023.
Jubie’s Creamery: Buy 2 get 1 free pint sale, July 14 through Sunday, July 16, 2023.
Whole Foods Market: Celebrating National Ice Cream Day with its annual frozen treats sale. That means through Tuesday, July 18, Amazon Prime members can get 35% off – non-Prime shoppers get 27% off – on all ice cream and frozen treats including 365 by Whole Foods Market Organic Ice Cream Sandwiches, the new Van Leeuwen Black Cherry Chip French Ice Cream, and KIND Chocolate Cherry Almond & Nut Frozen Treat Bars.
Emily Collins, the proprietor of The Root Beer Stande on Woodman is celebrating her 15th anniversary of owning the business this Tuesday, July 11th. In sharing her story about acquiring the business she she told us she graduated from Stivers School for the Arts, left Dayton to attend Ohio University, where she received a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree. Upon graduation she returned to Dayton and struggled to find a job where she could use her degree. So she taught part time and worked in the food industry, as she had through high school and college. Her dad, who ran Klosterman Bakery came home one day told her the stand was for sale. Always wanting to own her own business, Emily decided she’d buy the place. So she went to the bank and says they looked at her like she was a crazy 24 year old, but suggested she put a business plan together.
It took her almost a year working with the SBA and in 2008 she actually bought the business from Alex Fabrick. What she didn’t realize is that the business was in bad shape. So she started making repairs as she could and marketing the Stande to attract new business. She upgraded the menu,
expanding from just hot doge fries and onion rings. She added Hank’s Hearty Burgers Made with Love, Hand-pattied 1/4 pound Angus burger including her favorite, the mushroom swiss burger.
She told us they currently sell about 800 hotdogs a week, with the Foot Long being their #1 seller, followed closely by The Dirty D- a Bacon wrapped, deep fried dog, smothered with chili, mustard, onions and cheese. They also have a pizza menu and added the Sno Shack a couple of years ago.
As part of the 15th anniversary celebration they will have footlongs dogs buy one; get one for $1.15 on Tuesday July 11. They are also running their Hank’s burgers and Dogs on special. They will be $5.15 that day.
They will be doing a 50/50 raffle with proceeds going to the breast cancer foundation. They will have some raffle prizes available as well. Emily invites everyone to come celebrate on July 11th, noting “we wouldn’t have made it this long without you!” She also credits her employees for helping her business succeed. She says she still has many of the same ones she hired 15 years that were in their teens then and now are mother’s working part time. During COVID she made the decision to keep the business open year round, so she could keep her staff employed, added Door Dash and watched their carryout business increase, for which she’s grateful.
On their facebook pages she’s requested guests share photos and family memories.
Legendary Pop music icon Belinda Carlisle is hitting the road in 2023 with an all-new headlining tour. Hear songs from Carlisle’s internationally acclaimed recording catalog performed live at Rose Music Center at The Heights on Tuesday, July 11. M. Ross Perkins will join the show as support.
Rock stars come and rock stars go. In an everchanging landscape of shifting musical trends, few artists stand the test of time. Belinda Carlisle is one of those rare talents who continues to remain relevant after nearly four decades in the business. Amidst changing tastes, the gifted and glamorous singer-songwriter has indelibly touched the hearts of pop fans around the world with her unique blend of gutsy vocals, emotively charged melodies and picturesque lyrics.
Perfect for your late night cravings. Enjoy a variety of appetizers at half off the regular menu price during Late Night, like Boneless Wings, Mozzarella Sticks and Spinach & Artichoke Dip. This offer is for dine-in only.
And of course, all your favorite fair food will be there, Soul food, tacos, ice cream, fried pork tenderloins, deep fried desserts, you’ll find it all at the fair.
To help reduce lines we are asking you to purchase your tickets online. $10 Admission Includes Grandstand Events, Free Parking. Kids 6 and Under are free with a paid adult. You also have the option to purchase your tickets at the gate by scanning the QR provided. Weeklong passes are available for $40
Visited K & R Pretzel Bakery recently. It’s run by the sister and brother team of Pattie and Jim Glaze. Their parents started the business in 1967.
Their set up is a bit different than the one at Smales Pretzel Bakery because their oven has a conveyer belt. They sold me one that had just dropped off the conveyer belt. It was amazing. They also sell assorted novelty candies, circus peanuts and bottled sodas.
1700 Flesher Ave
Kettering, OH 45420
Hours:
Tuesday through Saturday from 10 to 4.
This fall the village of Yellow Springs, OH will launch its first official film festival slated for October 6-8, 2023. Films and events will run at The Little Art Theatre, The Foundry at Antioch College and Crome Architecture
The first Special Event announcement is the audio immersive film experience, 32 Sounds (World Premiere, Sundance 2022). Audiences will be outfitted with headphones to explore what Rolling Stone calls, “The greatest documentary you’ve ever heard”. Oscar Award nominated director Sam Green will be attending both screenings to speak about the project and answer audience questions after.
The initial slate of additional documentary features will include, The Cave of Adullam (Tribeca ’23), Rather (Tribeca ’23), Citizen Sleuth (SXSW ’23), We Are Fugazi From Washington DC (’23), and Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd (’23).
The Shorts program will feature work from Steven Bognar, Rick Gomez / Steve Zahn, Charlotte Ercoli, Adam Meeks, Stephen Michael Simon and more. Narrative programming / special events announcements will come throughout the summer.
YSFF will also have a free retrospective of the career of Julia Reichert, a longtime Yellow Springs resident and Oscar Award Winning Director. Patrons can peruse film posters, listen to interviews and view excerpts of her incredible work.
The festival is the brainchild of filmmaker and producer Eric Mahoney. Mahoney’s work has premiered at Cannes, Tribeca and SXSW and he is the host of the film centric Kon-tiki Podcast. He most recently directed and produced the documentary, Brainiac: Transmissions After Zero (World Premiere SXSW 2019). He is co-producing the event with Ian Jacobs, a Brooklyn based editor / producer / musician and long-time collaborator.
This year the festival has partnered with the Yellow Springs Community Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit, who is acting as the fiscal sponsor. YSFF has been able to launch from the immense generosity of private donors, local sponsors and is now in the midst of a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Backers can get first access to special events, purchase a badge for the duration of the festival or get merchandise while helping the YSFF to establish what they hope will be an annual and scalable event.
Cheese is the star of the show at Rally’s with the introduction of the new Chedda Chedda Buford and new Chedda Chedda Mother Cruncher.
“Cheese lovers unite for what promises to be our cheesiest lineup of new menu items to date paired with craveable value and flavor,” said Ryan Joy, Senior Director of Menu Development. “If cheese between the buns isn’t enough, our Buford and Mother Cruncher Chicken Sandwich literally come on a brand-new cheddar cheese bun, allowing for an explosion of cheesy goodness across every single layer.”
Here’s a closer look at the new sandwiches:
The new Chedda Chedda Buford features two hand-seasoned, 100 percent beef patties topped with slices of American, cheddar and Swiss cheese along with dill pickles, ketchup, mustard, lettuce, parmesan garlic sauce and mayo on a new cheddar cheese bun.
The new Chedda Chedda Mother Cruncher consists of an all-white meat chicken breast that is coated in a super crunchy breading and lightly fried then topped with slices of American, cheddar and Swiss cheese along with dill pickles, ketchup, mustard, lettuce, parmesan garlic sauce and mayo on a new cheddar cheese bun.
Both new sandwiches can be enjoyed a la carte or as part of a combo served with a side of Famous Seasoned Fries and a drink.
Rally’s also invites guests to save their hard-earned ‘chedda’ with the new $5 Meal Deal. Choose between a fully dressed Rallyburger or a cheesy Bacon Cheddar Crisp, for a limited time, paired with eight white meat Chicken Bites, a small order of its Famous Seasoned Fries – long recognized as the #1 Most Craveable Fries in America** – and a 16-ounce drink. The Bacon Cheddar Crisp includes Checkers & Rally’s 100 percent beef patty, topped with crispy, crunchy bacon crumbles, ketchup, diced red onion and melted cheddar cheese sauce on a sesame seed bun.
With all of the local theaters in town we thought we would spotlight their upcoming seasons. This will give you plenty of time to fill your calendars and purchase season tickets. Our second installment will spotlight The Dayton Theatre Guild and Dayton Playhouse.
The Dayton Theatre Guild, Located at 430 Wayne Ave, begins their season with August Wilson’s Radio Golf– Directed by Robert-Wayne Waldron- With humor and courage, August Wilson’s Radio Golf examines the steep price “progress” can exact upon the soul. Performance dates are Aug 25–Sept 10, 2023. They will follow Radio Golf with the thriller, Wednesday’s Child, By Mark St. Germain, Directed by K.L. Storer. When Becca is found dead, a homicide investigation digs into the lives of everyone who knew her. This dramatic play explores motherhood, passion, and the thin line between right and wrong. Production Dates are Nov 3–19, 2023
In January, Doug Lloyd will direct True West written By Sam Shepard. January 12-28, 2024. “A quintessentially American play about two brothers caught up in a cycle of hostility and violence, and desperate to gauge their manhood by the barometers of both myths, and of each other.” …Theatre critic Deborah Klugman.
Flight of the Lawnchair Man, Directed by David Shough. Book by Peter UllianMusic & Lyrics by Robert Lindsey-Nassif, based on a concept by Robert Lindsey-Nassif. Loosely based on a true story, The Guild’s production takes off Mar 22–Apr 7, 2024. Flight of the Lawschairman is a musical that reminds us that dreams can come true if you believe in yourself.
Closing this wonderful season will be Superior Donuts “A witty, seductive, live-wire and greatly entertaining dark comedy that you just don’t want to end and you just don’t want to miss!” -Chicago Tribune. Written by Tracey Letts (August, Osage County) Superior Donuts explores the challenges of embracing the past and the redemptive power of friendship between an unlikely pair. Directed by Jared Mola, will perform Jun 7–23, 2024.
Tickets can be purchased here: https://daytontheatreguild.thundertix.com/
Dayton Playhouse, located at the beautiful Five Rivers’ Wegerzyn Gardens, 1301 E Siebenthaler, Dayton, dances into their 2023-2024 season with the new musical, The Prom. Music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and a book by Bob Martin and Beguelin, based on an original concept by Jack Viertel. Directed by Tim Rezash, This musical follows four Broadway actors lamenting their days of fame, as they travel to the conservative town of Edgewater, Indiana, to help a lesbian student banned from bringing her girlfriend to high school prom. September 22, 2023- October 8, 2023
The ONE ACT Play That Goes Wrong, written by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer, is a farce that takes place on the opening night of an overly ambitious 1920s-style murder mystery. Directed by Ray Gambrell, who directed the 2022 FutureFest Winner Every Livin’ Soul, takes the stage November 10 – November 19, 2023.
Kathleene Clark, returns to direct Is There Life After High School, book by Jeffrey Kindley and music and lyrics by Craig Carnelia. In this memory musical, no cast member plays a single part, but instead, each represents an assortment of old grads looking back – mostly with affection – on their high school days. Come and remember The Kid Inside, January 12, 2024 – January 28, 2024.
Sense and Sensibility, adapted by Kate Hamill who said “I wrote Sense and Sensibility because I believe so deeply that the classics belong to everyone. When we ensure that narratives of all types can take center stage, we know that we can all be protagonists, no matter our gender or background or circumstance. We can be heroes — or heroines — of our own stories.” Directed by Jenni Cypher, Sense and Sensibility will run March 8, 2024-March 17, 2024
Dayton Playhouse will close their 2023-2024 Season with the musical Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Director Dawn Roth Smith, plans to include a children’s choir for this production. Go, go see it!
May 10, 2024-May 26, 2024.
Returning in 2024 FutureFest, a festival of new plays will be July 19-21, 2024.
Tickets for Dayton Playhouse can be acquired here: http://wordpress.thedaytonplayhouse.com/tickets/
The Winds Cafe in Yellow Springs offers seasonally influenced farm-to-table cuisine, plus classic cocktails and a rotating wine list.
And now lunch is back from noon – 3pm Tuesday – Saturday and here’s a peek at the current menu:
Also, they will offer a bar menu from 3-4pm before dinner service begins from 4-9pm.
215 Xenia Ave
Yellow Springs, OH
The increasing growth of non-alcoholic beverage trends across the U.S. is being reflected in sales figures. Between August 2021 and August 2022, total dollar sales of non-alcoholic drinks in the US stood at $395 million, showing a year-on-year growth of +20.6%.
The Wine Enthusiast recently released an article “The Best Non-Alcoholic Bottle Shops in America, According to the Pros.” Listing the best, divided by six regions, in the Great Lakes Region, Dayton’s The Bottle Shop by Ghostlight made the list.
Here’s their write up:
What do you get when you combine a bottle shop with a coffee shop? Happy customers.
“Bottle Shop by Ghostlight packs a one-two punch: a non-alcoholic bottle shop on one side, and a café on the other side,” says Molly Flynn, a non-alcoholic home bartender and content creator. “The cafe is cozy, chic, welcoming and goes a step beyond the norm by offering craft NA cocktails in addition to the usual coffee beverages.”
Flynn says the shop is small but mighty, boasting a selection of NA whiskey, mezcal, amaro, gin, wine, bitters, canned cocktails and mixers, along with botanical distillates and other non-analogue spirits. “I especially appreciated the station where you could build your own mix-n-match six pack of [NA] beer,” she says.
Owner, Shane Anderson told us, “We are humbled and honored to be acknowledged by Wine Enthusiast Magazine as one of the leading purveyors of non-alcoholic beer, wine, and spirits in the nation. Their recognition not only celebrates our passion for curating a unique collection but also highlights the increasing popularity and sophistication of alcohol-free alternatives. We raise a toast to Wine Enthusiast for spotlighting the exciting possibilities and expanding horizons in the realm of beverage enjoyment.”
1201 Wayne Ave.
Dayton, OH 45410
Shopping hours:
11am-4pm daily.
Get your “Country On” w/Luke Bryan, “Live Like You Were Dying” w/Tim McGraw, Get a little “Sideways” w/Dierks Bentley & Go “Head Over Boots” w/Jon Pardi at Country Concert ’23!
In 2008, the Club sponsored the first “Signature Ride” to promote cycling and helping to promote non-profit organizations in the community. This project was historical; it represented the first ever event in which a predominantly black cycling club accomplished such an event.
There are routes of varying distances for this event to accommodate all levels of riders. The planned distances are 18, 40, 63, and 100 mile routes. In addition, there is a family ride of 10 miles on the bike trail. The event also includes refreshment stops, SAG support, and a post ride lunch for ALL!
