Ticket holders will enjoy a sampling of music from artists that will be on our stage in 2022, live music from Joslyn & The Sweet Compression, heavy hors d’oeuvres provided by Rich Taste Catering and one drink ticket. A cash bar will also be available. Guests will have access to our amazing silent auction items and live raffle.
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Learn How To Fly Fish For Free
Always wanted to try fly fishing? Here is your opportunity. Instructors available for questions and will teach basic fly casting techniques in a controlled environment. Equipment is provided. No fishing license required at this location.
Toxic Brew Co Releases New Beer to Benefit SICSA
TEDxDayton Now Accepting Speaker Applications
The 10th annual TEDxDayton signature event will take place Friday, October 14, in downtown Dayton. Applications are now open as organizers seek local speakers and performers with big ideas to share. TEDxDayton’s mission is to bring the spirit of “ideas worth spreading” to foster deep conversation and connections within the community.
”We’re thrilled to return to a live, in-person show for 2022 after two years of virtual events,” said event co-chair Lizz Mahar. “This one will be extra special as we celebrate 10 years of TEDxDayton speakers, and look forward to what comes next.” This independently organized event will feature TED’s signature format of brief talks, demonstrations and performances.
In search of this year’s presenters, the organizers have issued a “Call for Speakers” on TEDxDayton.com. Anyone with a big idea they want to share, both with the live audience at the event and with the thousands of digital viewers who watch the talks online later, is invited to apply through the website by May 27.
Applicants do not need to be professional speakers, and TEDxDayton is looking for a wide range of topics from diverse speakers who can deliver a focused, thought-provoking message in about ten minutes.
“We look for speakers who can teach and inspire, and who will still have people talking as they leave the theater,” said event co-chair Cory Owen. “Over the years, we’ve heard remarkable talks on everything from technology to education, design to psychology, economics, social justice, healthcare, the environment…the list of possible topics is almost endless.”
The all-volunteer organizing team will review the applications and invite selected candidates to audition in person. Participants will be notified within a few weeks of auditions if they have been selected to be a TEDxDayton 2022 speaker.
Once selected, speakers will be paired with a mentor who will help them craft their message, refine their script, and practice their performance in the months leading up to the big day. Talks are professionally recorded during the show and released on YouTube a few months later.
“These videos have a long online life beyond the actual event, so we want all of our speakers to give the talk of their lives,” said event co-chair Luther Palmer. “As a former TEDxDayton speaker myself, I know how valuable mentor support and rehearsal feedback is during this process, and we hope to guide this year’s speakers toward talks that they can be proud of for years to come.”
The organizers will host information sessions for prospective speakers throughout the application window, with details to be announced on the TEDxDayton social media channels.
Miami Conservancy District Announces New Leader
The Miami Conservancy District (MCD) announced the selection of MaryLynn Lodor as its new general manager. She is currently chief operating officer/deputy director of the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati, a Cincinnati and Hamilton County metro-area wastewater utility that provides sewer service to about 230,000 households and businesses.
Ms. Lodor’s primary responsibilities will include overseeing MCD’s operations, including strategic planning and implementation, staff leadership, and fiscal management. MCD is a political subdivision under State of Ohio law, with the mission to protect lives, property and economic vitality within the Great Miami River Watershed through an integrated system that provides unfailing flood protection, preserves water resources, and promotes enjoyment of our waterways. MCD serves nine counties and its 2021 operating revenues are approximately $10.6 million.
When her tenure begins on May 4, Ms. Lodor will succeed Janet M. Bly. Ms. Bly is retiring after serving MCD as its general manager since 2002.
“The Miami Conservancy District is an essential contributor to our region’s ability to thrive,” explained Beth Whelley, Board President of MCD and executive vice president at Fahlgren Mortine. “MaryLynn will bring her relevant experience, respect for the MCD legacy, and enthusiasm for our future to the benefit of all of our constituents.”
Discussing her motivation to lead MCD’s ongoing commitment to the Great Miami River watershed, Ms. Lodor says, “I developed an appreciation for water and natural resources at an early age, growing up on a small farm in Upstate New York. While in college, I was drawn to the nexus between the environment and thriving local economies. I am thrilled to be joining MCD, an organization that has a rich history, and I am looking forward to leading it into the future — working with Ohio’s Great Miami River watershed communities to improve, protect and manage its water resources for the benefit of the regional economy and future generations.”
During her 12-year employment with Cincinnati’s Metropolitan Sewer District, Ms. Lodor advanced from environmental programs manager to chief operating officer. She oversaw the development and implementation of innovative watershed-based solutions, operation of numerous water management facilities, developed strategic plans based on the needs of internal and external partners, and reduced the risk of damage to infrastructure and personal property caused by extreme storm events. She’s provided leadership in several regional organizations through her career including the Confluence Water Technology Cluster, Hamilton to New Baltimore Groundwater Consortium, Mill Creek Watershed Council of Communities, the Ohio River Sanitation Commission, Fernald Advisory Committee, Green Umbrella, Groundwork Cincinnati, and the Natural Resource Assistance Council for the Southwest Ohio Public Works Integrating Committee.
She was recognized twice by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies with public service awards and received an Individual Professional Excellence Award from the Ohio Stormwater Association.
Prior to her employment with the Metropolitan Sewer District, Ms. Lodor rose to the role of environmental division head with the Butler County Water and Sewer Department where she worked on groundwater protection, the Great Miami River Water Quality Credit Trading Program, and other efforts associated with water management. She has also served communities in New York State, focusing on water resources, regulatory compliance, and economic development.
Ms. Lodor holds a master of science in environmental management and policy from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and a bachelor of science in business administration with a concentration in environmental studies from the State University of New York at Oswego.
Founded in 1915, MCD was one of the first conservancy districts established after legislation passed into Ohio law, enabling the creation of multi-jurisdictional, watershed-based organizations to solve flooding problems, to conserve and develop water supplies, and to treat wastewater. The law allows using conservancy district lands for recreation. MCD has a three-member Board of Directors governed by a Court of a Common Pleas judge from each of the nine counties it serves. MCD has more than a dozen maintenance facilities in as many communities along the Great Miami River and its tributaries. Its administrative office is in downtown Dayton, Ohio.
A Taste of Things to Come!
$3 Import bottles
$4 Craft bottles/cans/drought
$4 Tito’s shots/shooters/cocktails
$4 Tullemoredew shots/Green Tea shooters
$6 Long Islands/Sex on the Beach/One Punch
ABBAMania at the Sorg!
New Downtown Brunch Option!
This Sunday, May 1st is the first brunch at The Bar and Bistro at 32 Webster Street. You can dine in or on the Patio from 11am – 2m. Reservation are suggested and can be made by calling (937) 224-3663.
The brunch menu includes a variety of breakfast and lunch items. See the menu here:
Mother’s Day Dining 2022
This list is a work in progress, we’ll keep adding to it as we hear from more restaurants.
Amber Rose Restaurant – SOLD OUT
1400 Valley St, Dayton, OH
entrées
Scrambled Eggs •Biscuits & Gravy • Chicken & Waffles • Honey Ham •French Toast Bake • Omelet Casserole •Salmon•Herb Roasted Pork Loin • Kids Chicken Tenders • Carving Station • Cabbage Rolls
side dishes
Bacon • Sausage • Potatoes O’Brien • Pastries • Potato Pancakes • Mac & Cheese •Smashed Potatoes • Home-style Green Beans • Spinach Salad
desserts
Fresh Fruit Breakfast Breads • Cherry Almond Bread Pudding • Apple Crisp • Pies
Adults $32 • Kids (under 10) $1
Carver’s
1535 Miamisburg Centerville Rd, Wash Township. 937-433-7099
Three-course brunch for $40 11am – 3pm
includes soup or salad
Choice of entree: Steak & eggs, prime rib benedict, smoked salmon benedict, honey BBQ salmon, tenderloin skillet
Dessert- carrot cake or chocolate brownie
Chappys Social House
7880 Washington Village Dr, Wash Township 937-439-9200
Brunch served noon – 2pm, full menu after that til 8pm
Plated entrees include chicken fried steak and eggs, big beer biscuit bowl, chicken and waffles, and shrimp and grits. Enjoy a bloody mary or mimosa for just $5
Dublin Pub
300 Wayne Ave, Dayton 937-224-7822
Ele Bistro & Wine Bar
3680 Rigby Rd, Austin Landing
Miamisburg Ohio, 4534 937-384-2253
Buffet 9am – 3pm
Adults $25, $10 kids
Reservations suggested
El Meson Mother’s Day Brunch 11am – 2pm
903 E Dixie Dr, West Carrollton
Kids Buffet includes a taco bar with beef and chicen.
Make your reservation for Mother’s Day today at (937) 859-8229 or at elmeson.net
$38 Adults, $20 for Children 12 and under, Age 6 and under Free.
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill
3500 Rigby Rd., Miamisburg 937-865-9355
Brunch starts at 11am
Choose from grilled salmon eggs benedict, avocado toast salon, steak and poached eggs bowl, bacon and eggs and shrimp grits or a brunch burger
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse
4432 Walnut Street at The Greene, Dayton
Celebrating with a 3 course meal available Saturday, May 7 & Sunday May 8. All entrées include salad and dessert.
Giovanni’s
215 W Main St Fairborn 937-878-1611
Jollity
127 E. 3rd street, Dayton.
Lily’s Dayton
329 E 5th St, Dayton
Reservations can be booked online at exploretock.com/lilys
Mill’s Park Hotel
321 Xenia Ave, Yellow Springs (937) 319-0400
The Bar and Bistro
32 Webster St, Dayton (937) 224-3663
serving 11am – 2pm reservation suggested
Menu options include avocado toast, omelettes, eggs benedict, confit chicken and oh so sweet waffles, grilled cheese sandwich, grilled chicken sandwich, yoghurt, classic egg sandwich, bistro pancakes, french toast, bistro burger, chicken paillard.
The Florentine (937) 855-7759
21 W Market St Germantown
Serving from 11am – 7pm Reservations Required
Pork Loin with 2 Sides $23.95
Mile High Prime Rib Hot Show with 1 side $19.95
Chicken & Dumplings with 1 side $19.95
Baked Ziti with salad and garlic bread $24.95
Price Rib with 2 sides $36.95
Salar Restaurant and Lounge
400 East 5th St, Dayton 937-203-3999
Brunch 10am – 2pm
breakfast empanadas, baked brie, asparagus and a truffle hollandaise sauce, creamy spinach béchamel on grilled Texas toast topped with over-easy eggs and a pear and goat cheese salad
Smith’s Boathouse
439 North Elm St., Troy 937-335-3837
Brunch 10am – 2pm
Maryland crab cakes, steak and eggs, surf and turf, chicken and waffles and blackened salmon are just some of the choices on the menu.
The Sugar Guild
521 Wayne Ave, Dayton
740-908-1699
Serving from 8am – 3pm
Wood fired eggs & toast, waffles, sausage gravy & biscuits , gluten free & vegan oatmeal bowls, omelettes and more.
The patio will be open and larger parties are welcome. Please call to reserve.
Watermark
20 S 1st St, Miamisburg, OH 45342 (937) 802-0891
Sunday brunch served from 10am -2pm
reservation highly suggested
Brunch entrees include: Kentucky Hot Brown, Breakfast in the ‘Burg, Le Brunch Puff, Stuffed French Toast, Hangtown Fry, Pork Belly Hash, Creole Shrimp Cake Bowl, Breakfast Poutine, Avocado Toast, Omelet of the Day, Breakfast Tacos
Yankee Trace Golf Club – SOLD OUT
10000 Yankee St, Centerville
Vernon McIntryre’s Appalachian Grass
The By-Jo Theatre is extremely excited about Thursday, April 28th!!! That is when award-winning, Grand Ole Opry playing, and all-around great folk will be gracing the By-Jo stage. Vernon McIntyre’s Appalachian Grass will be live for one night only (April 28th, the show starts at 7 with doors opening at 6:15)!!!
Woodland Offers Headstone Cleaning & Restoration Class
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum is again offering a gravestone restoration class with expert Misti Spillman. Misti has a background in researching and restoring cemeteries. She worked as an AmeriCorps member at the Ohio History Connection and serves as a reference and liaison to numerous museums and historical societies throughout Ohio. Misti is the owner of Reviving Cemeteries, LLC.
You will receive hands on, one-on-one and group instruction on headstone preservation techniques including fixing breaks, resetting, cleaning and how to mix proper mortars for stone repair. You will also receive a Headstone Cleaning Starter Kit that will include all the tools needed for the day.
The entire workshop will be spent in the cemetery. A break for lunch will be provided. Please feel free to bring a lunch or visit any of the restaurants on Brown Street.
This workshop will be conducted at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum from 10 am.to 3 pm on Saturday, May 7, 2022. Cost is $30 per person for the Beginners class. This class is limited to 30 people.
To make your reservation, please click here.
Kings Island Concert Series Announced
The Avett Brothers
Tuesday, June 28 – Gates 7 p.m. | Music 8 p.m.
American folk rock band The Avett Brothers made mainstream waves with their 2009 major label debut, I and Love and You, landing at No. 16 on the Billboard Top 200 and garnering critical acclaim. True Sadness (2016) achieved The Avett Brothers’ highest career debut to date hitting No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Albums Chart, No. 1 Top Rock Albums Chart, No. 1 Digital Albums Chart, No. 3 on Billboard Top 200 and scoring two GRAMMY® nominations.
Berlin & A Flock Of Seagulls
Saturday, July 9 – Gates 6 p.m. | Music 7 p.m.
This Los Angeles-based synth pop group Berlin, founded by bassist John Crawford, singer Terri Nunn, and keyboard player David Diamond, topped the charts in 1986 with the single “Take My Breath Away,” the love theme from the Tom Cruise movie Top Gun. A Flock Of Seagulls may well be known for their bizarrely teased haircuts as much as their hit single “I Ran.” A Flock Of Seagulls were one of prime movers in the ‘80s new wave era.
3 Doors Down with special guest Candlebox
Friday, July 22 – Gates 6 p.m. | Music 7 p.m.
Grammy Award®-nominated multi-platinum Mississippi rock band 3 Doors Down first found their own voice in 1995. It’s only gotten louder over the past two decades. Everything kicked off with their 2000 debut, The Better Life. The album went six-times platinum and introduced the world to their now-classic “Kryptonite.” Their fan base continued to grow with 2002’s triple-platinum Away from the Sun—which yielded the smashes “When I’m Gone” and “Here Without You.”
Skillet with special guest Jordan St. Cyr
Saturday, July 23 – Gates 6 p.m. | Music 7 p.m.
Skillet is an American Christian rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1996. The band currently consists of husband John Cooper and wife Korey Cooper along with Jen Ledger and Seth Morrison. The band has released eleven albums, two of which, Collide and Comatose, received Grammy nominations.
Five for Fighting with special guest The Verve Pipe
Saturday, August 20 – Gates 6 p.m. | Music 7 p.m.
Proceeds from this concert will benefit A Kid Again
John Ondrasik, the songwriter and performer known as the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated, Five For Fighting, has penned major hits including the chart-topping “Superman (It’s Not Easy),” “100 Years,” “The Riddle,” “Chances,” “World” and “Easy Tonight,” which have earned tens of millions of streams and place him as a top-10 Hot Adult Contemporary artist for the 2000s. Five For Fighting’s music has also been featured in more than 350 films, television shows, and commercial.
The Drowsy Chaperone Opens This Weekend in Springboro
With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.
Sonic Introduces New Big Dill Cheeseburger And New Pickle Fries
Sonic has introduced the Big Dill Cheeseburger and new Pickle Fries starting May 2, but if you’ve got the Sonic App you can try it starting April 25, 2022. These new menu items are slated to stick around through June 26, 2022,
The new Big Dill Cheeseburger features a 100 percent pure seasoned beef patty stacked with crispy pickle fries, crinkle-cut pickle slices, a creamy dill-infused ranch sauce, chopped lettuce, and melty American cheese, all layered on a toasted brioche bun.
App users can also try The Big Dill Cheeseburger for half price when ordering online or in the Sonic App starting May 2, 2022.
Burkhardt Branch Library Now Open!
The Dayton Metro Library’s new Burkhardt Branch will open to the public on Monday, April 25 at 9:30 am, thus resuming its regular operating hours. The 17,800 square-foot building is East Dayton/Riverside’s newest asset to offer library services and community meeting space.
Amenities in the new Burkhardt Branch include:
- Opportunity Space
- Quiet reading room with a fireplace
- Community Room
- Free meeting spaces
- Open common area
- Enclosed outdoor reading terrace
- “Soaring Beyond” themed Children’s Area
- TeenEDGE area with a gaming system
- Copy nook
- Increased number of laptops
- Early literacy computers
- Presentation equipment
- Bookstore-style displays
- Ample parking
Additionally, the Branch is home to four original art installations as part of the ReImagining Works project from artists Carrie Longley, Deborah Dixon, Tracy-Longley-Cook, and InsideOut Studio.
The new Burkhardt Branch location is 4704 Burkhardt Avenue, right across Shedborne Avenue from the original location. It is the latest new Branch to be completed as part of DML’s Libraries for a Smarter Future multi-year facilities project. Two remaining Branches will receive new buildings as part of this project: Northmont and Huber Heights.
Regular operating hours are Monday/Tuesday/Thursday: 9:30 am – 8:30 pm, Wednesday/Friday/Saturday: 9:30 am – 6 pm, and closed Sunday. Programming at the new Branch will begin soon.
Alan Parsons Live Project
Alan Parsons, the Grammy Award-winning legendary music icon and “sonic master of progressive rock,” was born into a family with an impressive history in entertainment. Alan had dabbled with live performance in his late teens as a folk/blues acoustic player and as a lead guitarist with a blues band called The Earth in the late sixties in his hometown of London. (Their only album, Elemental, surfaced recently and was released by Record Collector Magazine in 2016.) But as soon as he landed a job at the famous Abbey Road Studios at the age of 19, it became clear that the world of sound recording was to dominate his career.