Mr. Mean Funkfest with the Funk Center. Mr. Mean is making its long-awaited return and it’s time to party! Now launching Mr. Mean Imperial IPA for an early preview and to Share a Pint Make a Difference for the Dayton Funk Center. Come down to the Taproom and boogie to celebrate the return of ‘The Man’ himself, Mr. Mean. Tuesday, 5 to 10pm.
Archives for February 2019
Free Yoga and Heartfulness Meditation
Join The Mall at Fairfield Commons and Heartfulness Dayton for this FREE weekly fitness class at the Heartfulness Center where you can learn the fundamentals of posture, alignment, breathing techniques and meditation that can be taken forward for years to come.
Dayton Region Walk of Fame Now Accepting Nominations
Wright Dunbar, Inc. is accepting nominations for 2019 inductees to the Dayton Region’s Walk of Fame, officials announced on Monday, Feb. 4.The Walk of Fame honors individuals or groups from the Dayton region who have spent a significant amount of time in the region and have made an enduring impact on the local community, the region, the nation and/or world. The Walk of Fame honors them by setting memorial stones in the sidewalks of Dayton’s historic Wright-Dunbar District. The 2018 inductees were Hannah Beachler, motion picture production designer; Julia Reichert, filmmaker; Richard DeWall, M. D., medical device inventor; Lucius and Dora Rice, Dayton Police sergeants; Robert C. Koepnick, sculptor, and U. S. Army Maj. Gen. George Crook, a Civil War veteran and civil rights advocate.
Wright Dunbar, Inc. is accepting nominations for 2019 inductees to the Dayton Region’s Walk of Fame, officials announced on Monday, Feb. 4.The Walk of Fame honors individuals or groups from the Dayton region who have spent a significant amount of time in the region and have made an enduring impact on the local community, the region, the nation and/or world. The Walk of Fame honors them by setting memorial stones in the sidewalks of Dayton’s historic Wright-Dunbar District. The 2018 inductees were Hannah Beachler, motion picture production designer; Julia Reichert, filmmaker; Richard DeWall, M. D., medical device inventor; Lucius and Dora Rice, Dayton Police sergeants; Robert C. Koepnick, sculptor, and U. S. Army Maj. Gen. George Crook, a Civil War veteran and civil rights advocate.
The Walk of Fame began in 1996 as part of the Dayton Bicentennial celebration. Since then, it has expanded to include individuals from the broader Dayton region—Montgomery, Clark, Greene, Miami, Darke, Preble, Butler and Warren counties.
In 2017 a Walk of Fame mural designed by artist James Pate that highlights several inductees was added to Wright Dunbar . Located on the southwest corner of West Third and South Williams, the mural faces the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park’s headquarters and the Wright Dunbar Interpretive Center.
“We look forward to the community nominating those who have done great work in support of the region, the nation, and the world,” said Harry Seifert, Wright Dunbar Inc. president and chair. “We know there are many in business, community service and other actives who deserve to be recognized. The region’s Walk of Fame provides recognition to those who are worthy and helps motivate a new generation to do great things.”
Nominations may be made in the categories of arts and culture; aviation;, business and corporate; education; entertainment and media; environment; government and military; invention and innovation; law; medicine; philanthropy; science,; significant personal achievement, and sports.
Nomination forms are available for download at daytonwalkoffame.citymax.com. The website includes a list of past inductees. Nominations must be emailed by 5pm on Thursday, March 1, 2019 to [email protected].
The 2019 winners will be honored at a luncheon at Sinclair Community College on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019.
Sammy Hagar & The Circle Coming to The Rose
Sammy Hagar & The Circle today announced plans for their extensive North American tour in support of their debut album of original material, Space Between, which can be pre-ordered today HERE and will be released on May 10 through BMG. The band, comprised of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Sammy Hagar and bassist Michael Anthony, drummer Jason Bonham and guitarist Vic Johnson, will kick off their 23-city North American beginning on April 19 in Reno, NV and will include a stop in Huber Heights, OH at Rose Music Center on Monday, May 20th. Rock great Vince Neil will join the tour as special guest.
Every ticket purchased to the North American tour will include one (1) CD copy of the new album Space Between. In addition, a digital copy of Space Between will also be delivered to customers who redeem the CD. Ticket purchasers will receive instructions on how to redeem their copy that will be mailed to them on May 10th.
Pre-order the album Space Between now and receive an instant download of the album’s first single, “Trust Fund Baby” HERE. Fans can also watch the lyric video for the track, HERE.
Hagar explained, “The 10 songs on the Space Between are not just a bunch of new songs grouped together on an album. They were sewn together conceptually for a complete mental, emotional and physical experience (kind of a Three Lock Box). Once I had the overall vision, the lyrics and music began to just flow through me.”
SPACE BETWEEN track list:
1. Devil Came to Philly
2. Full Circle Jam [Chump Change]
3. Can’t Hang
4. Wide Open Space
5. Free Man
6. Bottom Line
7. No Worries
8. Trust Fund Baby
9. Affirmation
10. Hey Hey [Without Greed]
With the upcoming release of Space Between, the band harnesses the depth of their artistic experiences and seminal collaborative sound with Hagar’s prolific writing vein to produce an album that builds and explodes, song after song, around the concepts of money, greed, enlightenment and truth.
Formed in 2014, the acclaimed supergroup featuring Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Sammy Hagar and bassist Michael Anthony, drummer Jason Bonham and guitarist Vic Johnson, quickly established themselves as one of the most emphatic and exciting live acts on tour today, seamlessly ripping through career-spanning hits from Montrose, Van Halen, Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas and Led Zeppelin.
BMG signed a worldwide label deal with Sammy Hagar & The Circle for the new album, Space Between, and will also include select Hagar catalog titles.
Lyrically and musically, the collection of songs on Space Between build from intimate and introspective eye-openers to heart-pumping anthems. The music draws on the bands’ substantial careers independently and collaboratively; presenting a veteran band still at the peak of their game. Sammy Hagar & The Circle will release Space Between on May 10 via BMG.
Tickets for the Huber Heights show will go on sale to the public beginning 11:00am on Friday, February 8th at www.Ticketmaster.com andwww.Rosemusiccenter.com. Charge by phone at 1.800.745.3000. *Ticket prices include parking and are subject to applicable Ticketmaster fees. Dates, times and artists subject to change without notice. All events rain or shine.
Engineers Club Teaches Merit Badges to Local Scouts
Once again the Engineers Club of Dayton has taught technical Merit Badges to 12 different troops from Montgomery, Greene and Clark Counties represented by 27 Scouts BSA members. Since 2012 we have taught such subjects as Astronomy, Aviation, Composite Materials, Digital Technology, Electronics, Electricity, Energy, Engineering, Environmental Science, Inventing, Nuclear Science, Space Exploration, and Sustainability along with Geology, Robotics, Radio, and Weather which have been taught in previous years. All in all, we have taught over 150 scouts and they have earned nearly 300 merit badges. We are proud of the fact that in previous years we have had scouts from Kentucky and West Virginia to earn Merit Badges here because they were not offered at their troop’s location.
While the Club typically teaches in the building at 110 East Monument Avenue, we have gone to various sites around the Dayton Area such as the local Rocket Club’s site on a farm in Greene County for a rocket launch required by Space Exploration Merit Badge, the National Museum of the Air Force for the Aviation Merit Badge. We typically teach over 6 weeks starting in late October and ending the weekend after Thanksgiving.
We have worked with the Miami Valley Council BSA, representing the Sunwatch and Wright Brothers districts, north and south of Dayton. The Council has notified the troops of our ability to teach the technical merit badges. Our Merit Badge leader is Dr. Charles Bleckmann who has had many meetings and conversations with the Council making sure we meet all the Scouts requirement for teaching the merit badges as well as having interactions with the scouts.
Huber Heights Brewery Alematic Artisan Ales Opens Today!
Their search for a location for their brewery began several years ago, they thought they had a space in the south suburbs, but that didn’t work out. But then they found just the right spot in Huber Center on Chambersburg Road to build their 100 seat tap room to serve up beer, ciders and even wine they plan to make.
Yesterday on facebook they shared this post:
“You’ve been asking. It’s finally here! We are kicking things off with a soft opening tomorrow (2/2) from 12-10. Regular hours will begin next Wednesday. Can’t wait to see you! Cheers ?”
A neighborhood brewery located in Huber Heights, OH. We take pride in handcrafting small batches with high-quality ingredients to bring you brews of all styles.
Owners: : Jerrod Fisher, Greg Cason, Mike Meholick
Brew Master: Jerrod Fisher
Huber Heights, OH 45424
937.612.2337
Owner of 3 Area Bowling Alleys Receives National Recognition
Joseph Poelking of Springboro, Ohio, were selected by the United States Bowling Congress Board of Directors to receive USBC National Recognition Awards.
Poelking is the owner of three centers in the Dayton, Ohio, area – Poelking Lanes South, Poelking Woodman Lanes and Poelking Lanes. His centers are home to 33 adult leagues and 11 youth leagues that support more than 1,800 USBC members.
“I am very honored to receive this award,” Poelking said. “I know this comes from those people that I work with and for, and I’m proud to serve those in the bowling industry and my community. In looking at the list of past recipients, I found I know many of them, and I feel humbled and truly honored to join this elite group of bowling proprietors.”
Named the Bowling Proprietors’ Association of America (BPAA) Proprietor of the Year for the state of Ohio in 2013, he has served on the BPAA board, did two separate terms as president of the BPA of Greater Dayton, and currently serves on the Strike Ten Entertainment board. He has been the state president and executive board chairman of the Bowling Centers Association of Ohio (BCAO).
He was inducted into the Ohio Bowling Council Hall of Fame for meritorious service in 2017 and received the BCAO Hall of Fame Meritorious Service Medal in 2012. His centers have hosted many local and state events and will host the Intercollegiate Team and Singles Championships in April.
The National Recognition Awards will be presented during the 2019 USBC Convention and Annual Meeting, set for April 29-May 2 at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Sunday Brunch at the Engineers Club!
Once a quarter, the Engineers Club of Dayton offers an all-you-can eat brunch in their dining room that is open to the public. For the first part of 2019, that date is February 3! Start your Sunday with a delicious meal in our century-old, historic building right next to Riverscape. Chef Laura and the staff serve brunch from 11 AM to 2 PM, preparing an amazing meal for all of our members, guests, and potential members.
The buffet-style meal features an omelet station, country ham, bacon, hash brown casserole, biscuits & gravy, seasoned beef, seared salmon, wild rice pilaf, roasted vegetables, and salad bar. With such a large selection of food and drink, everyone can find something they will enjoy on our menu! Brunch runs $15.95/member and non-members can enjoy for $17.95.
Engineers Club of Dayton
(937) 228-2148
110 E. Monument Ave.
Dayton, OH 45402
Netflix Acquiring Julia Reichert & Steve Bognar’s ‘American Factory’ Documentary
Word is leaking out from Deadline.com that Netflix is negotiating a deal to acquire the world rights to the documentary that premiered last Friday night at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City Utah.
Directed by Yellow Springs residents Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, the documentary can be considered a follow up to their 2009 film The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant, which followed the final days of the GM factory — the same space that now houses Fuyao. In 2009, that film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary (Short Subject).
“American Factory” follows a Chinese billionaire opened a Fuyao factory in a shuttered General Motors plant in Dayton, Ohio. For thousands of locals, the arrival of this multinational car-glass manufacturer meant regaining their jobs—and dignity—after the recession left them high and dry. American Factory takes us inside the facility to observe what happens when workers from profoundly different cultures collide.
At first, the culture clash is humorous. Transplanted Chinese workers attend trainings on dealing with their peculiarly casual and “chatty” American counterparts. But tensions mount. Slack safety standards and meager wages ignite serious doubts among the American rank and file. Low productivity and talk of unionization trigger a cascade of controls from Chinese management. Meanwhile, something ominous—the specter of job loss from automation—looms.
With precision and astonishing access, directors Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar capture every key moment in this high-stakes intercultural chess game, revealing how American and Chinese workers view themselves within systems of authority. What results is an epic masterwork about the future of American labor and Chinese economic dominance, all within the confines of a factory in Ohio.
The film was financed by Participant Media and is produced by Bognar, Reichert, Jeff Reichert and Julie Parker Benello. The co-producers are Mijie Li and Yiqian Zhang, with Jeff Skoll and Diane Weyermann the exec producers.
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The Century Bar’s Winter Menu
The Century Bar, Dayton’s only bourbon bar, located at 10 S. Jefferson Street is locally owned by Diane Spitzig and Joe Head. Named The Century in 1942 and bought by Diane in 1996, it was at Joe’s urging that they started to focus on bourbon in 2011 and has since been voted one of the “Best Bourbon Bars in America” by The Bourbon Review for seven consecutive years. It also made the “10 Best Bourbon Bars in America” list by Men’s Journal in 2015, and was named one of the “Best Whiskey Bars in America” by Travel & Leisure in 2014 and continues to rack up accolades and recognition across the country.
The new winter drink menu rolls out today and I had the chance to preview it with Dayton’s bourbon expert Joe Head. It seems only right that this new menu comes out on the 21st anniversary of Joe’s hiring as a bartender at The Century.
The menu changes seasonally, Joe explained and he basically gives each of the bartenders an ingredient challenge and then allows them to creatively craft a cocktail based on that suggestion. Once each of their 11 bartenders (which include their 4 current apprentices) perfect their drink, then the entire staff sits down for a tasting, often helping each other perfect the taste profile of the winter cocktails.
I tasted a few of them, starting with Nick’s Cured and Crafted. His challenge flavor was bacon. His cocktail is a collaboration cocktail derived from an Iberico ham leg provided by Crafted & Cured on Wayne Ave. He used a hickory bacon based syrup blended with Jim Beam double oaked and garnished with Drops and Sansimone cheese
The Cigar City was the next one I tasted and the aroma of this drink brings back memories of my father’s den with the pipe tobacco bitters and a sweetness from the port.
Next up was a cocktail created by bar manager Kelli, Strawberry Fields. Her challenge was to create a sweet cocktail, which was a challenge because she tends to usually steer towards smoky gin based drinks. She succeeded in making a cocktail that looks like pink and frothy, or as Joe described it- it’s an episode of Happy Days in a glass!
Another collaboration cocktail is the Winter in Versailles which is created using maple syrup that Chef Mike from the Inn at Versailles aged in a bourbon barrel provided by the Century. With notes of vanilla, rosemary and chocolate from the mole bitters.
Malia, the newest apprentice at The Century (apprentices must study, work and demonstrate their liquor knowledge for months, culminating in a 2 hour verbal test while bartending, with all current bartenders voting on whether they pass) was challenged to create a champagne cocktail for the winter menu. She chose the fermented raspberry flavor of Framboise complement the bubbly in creating her Red Dahlia, with a little gin and lemon juice and of course it is garnished with a flower.
If you like your cocktail on the savory side (Don’t Fear) The Reaper is the one for you- made with Pusser’s Rum, Falernum- an almond, ginger, lime, clove syrup, coconut curry, absinthe and curry bitters and it’s VEGAN.
If you prefer your drink with some heat, Bar Manager Tim has created the cocktail for you: Ring of Fire- a raspberry Habanero pepper based cocktail made with mescal and hellfire bitters
The menu includes some classic cocktails that Joe explains are standards on all of their menu’s, like the Whiskey Sour, Manhatttan, Sazerac and the drink they make the most of, the Century Old Fashioned. For the bourbon purists, the bar continues to add to their extensive line of whiskey and scotch and Kelli shared that currently there are about 3000 members in the Century Club. I can proudly share that I’m #13 , but alas I doubt I’ll ever catch Michael Colvin, who holds the record for drinking the most bourbon, Joe thinks perhaps even more that he has.
Of course in talking with the staff, I had to ask about the future plans. As many of you know the long talked about plans for the speak easy never came to fruition, due to complications from the first developer associated with the property. Perhaps it’s for the better, because the new plans are even grander! Hopefully within the next 6 months or so, The Century Bar will move one door south, bringing the bar and all the decor with them to a space that will allow them to seat up to 150 guests (current space seats about 75), with expanded bar seating. But that’s not all, they’ll add a 2nd floor intimate cocktail space with some booth seating and windows looking out on the city and on the 3rd floor, an event space that will allow The Century to host small weddings, corporate and charitable function for about 100 guests.
In the meantime, there’s plenty of reasons to stop by, and Joe said plans are underway to bring back the classic blind bourbon tastings, that were a monthly occurrence in the early days of their transition into a bourbon bar. Since the bar is often at capacity, Kelli suggests making The Century the start of your evening out, reminding folks they open at 3pm. You can also reserve the back room for meeting or host small bourbon tastings, which they’ll happily curate for you. They continue to purchase bourbon barrels, and Joe even told me about a recent meeting he had with the folks at the liquor commission where he was able to represent independent bar owners and help them to work on understanding the needs of small bar owners.
After a great afternoon of tasting, Joe’s parting words were “how proud he and Diane are of the business they’ve built and the staff they’ve created that not only care about bourbon, but are continually working to expand their knowledge and create great experiences for their guests.”
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A Dozen Charitable Events to Attend in Februrary
Dayton long ago earned a reputation for being a city that gives back. According to the history of the Dayton Foundation, NCR founder and Chairman John H. Patterson championed innovative projects for the betterment of the community. Joining him in his enthusiasm was his sister-in-law, Julia Shaw Patterson Carnell, and nephew, Robert Patterson, son of John Patterson’s brother, Capt. Robert Patterson, all active community leaders in their own right. A leading businesswoman, Julia Patterson Carnell helped establish the Dayton Art Institute by donating works of art, a mansion that served as the museum’s first home and $2 million towards the construction in 1930 of its current facility.
Today there are over 4000 nonprofits in the region, and to continue the legacy of taking care of our community, there are hundreds of fundraising events to support them.
Here are MostMetro’s list of the top 12 February events we think you should be aware of:
Savor Your Sunday Brunch
Every Sunday in February @ 10:00 am – 1:30 pm
Each Sunday, guests will experience the amazing talents of student performers from the featured music magnets, while enjoying a specially prepared menu showcasing the best CoCo’s Bistro has to offer at a great price! Guests will also have the opportunity to win and/or purchase one-of-a-kind pieces of art created by Stivers adjuncts & students.
FEB 3 – Concert Pianists
FEB 10 – Jazz Orchestra
FEB 17 – Strings Ensembles
FEB 24 – Chamber Choir
All funds raised during the Sunday brunches will support arts instruction at the school.
Advanced reservations required; seating is limited. Call 937-228-2626 to make your reservation.