Things to do in Dayton | Restaurants, Theatre, Music and More
Please join us for a fundraiser supporting Miamisburg Baseball on Tuesday, April 11th between 5-9. A portion of food sales will be donated to the team.
After a long, explosive onstage career that began six decades ago in Detroit, Ted Nugent is planning to tour for a final time, his representatives said. The Motor City Madman announced a summer run called the “Adios Mofo ‘23 Tour”, which will bring the multi-platinum guitar icon back to Huber Heights, OH for a performance at Rose Music Center on Thursday, August 10.
Ted Nugent has carved a permanent place in rock & roll history as the ultimate guitar-shredding showman, selling more than 40 million albums, performing over 6,500 high-octane live shows, and continuing to set attendance records at venues around the globe. Nugent was named Detroit’s Greatest Guitar Player of All Time by readers of MLive, and his no-holds-barred career spans five decades of multi-platinum hits. From the ground breaking Amboy Dukes’ hit “Journey to the Center of the Mind,” to classics like “Stranglehold” (ranked in the Top 100 Classic Rock Songs and #1 Guitar Lick), “Cat Scratch Fever,” (32nd Best Hard Rock Song of All Time) Damn Yankees chartbuster “High Enough,” and cult classic “Fred Bear,” (the most requested song for radio airplay in Michigan & Wisconsin), Ted and his inimitable sound have been featured on VH1’s Behind the Music, A & E’s Biography and more.
For millions of passionate music lovers everywhere, Ted delivers the Ultimate Life Soundtrack. A Ted Nugent show is not just a performance — it’s a fire-breathing celebration!
Tickets will go on sale to the public beginning at 10am on Friday, April 14 at Ticketmaster.com and the Rose Music Center Box Office.
Saeed Jones is an essential author as well as a powerful voice in the world of literary activism, and his writing often engages the questions and nuances of identity. He has shaped his platform into a tool for social awareness, breakthroughs and connections with his no-holds-barred personality and unforgettable voice.
Saeed’s latest, Alive at the End of the World, is a poetry collection published in fall 2022. According to Publisher’s Weekly, “This penetrating collection shows Jones at his poetic best,” and Library Journal hails the book as, “Yet another masterly work.”
Revisiting the popular hits from the legendary band, The Eagles, The Victims of Love brings together musicians from bluegrass, rock and jazz sensibilities, to recreate the lush harmonies, instrumental virtuosity, and engaging stories in the classic songs.
As part of Smoothie King’s Clean Blends promise, the six new Smoothie Bowls feature wholesome ingredients such as whole, non-GMO fruits and contain no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives.
The Açaí Bowls include:
The Pitaya Bowls include:
Smoothie Bowls will be available to all fans nationwide starting on April 6, 2023 in-store, through the drive-through or on the Smoothie King app.
2321 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd, Washington Twsp
937-434-4100
open Mon – Fri 7am – 9pm, Sat 8am – 9pm
Join the Dayton Polish Club in celebration of ‘Dyngus Day’! This traditional European celebration is held every Easter Monday and is widely celebrated across Poland. Dyngus Day celebrates the end of lent and the joy of Easter. Over the decades, this day has become a wonderful holiday to celebrate Polish-American culture, heritage, and traditions. The Dayton Polish club gathers annually on the Monday after Easter We invite you to join us for some great Polish food, games, drinks, and live music by The Trans Am Euro Mutts!
Passover 2023 starts at sundown tonight, and many around the world will celebrate by holding a seder, a ritual meal to celebrate the holiday. The holiday will run over the next seven days, ending on April 13. Many communities will hold seders during the first two nights, which is a ritual feast that includes telling the story of Passover, drinking wine, eating symbolic food and celebrating the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt.
God instructed Moses to tell the Israelite people to bring a lamb into their homes on the same night that God said he would strike down the firstborn child of the Egyptians.
The Israelites then slaughtered the lambs and ate them with matzah (unleavened bread) and maror (bitter herbs). Afterward, they were instructed to smear the blood of the lamb on their doorposts as a sign to God that this was an Israelite home to be “passed over” while death visited the homes of the other firstborns.
On the first two nights of the holiday, a ceremonial meal called Seder is observed.
The 15-step tradition includes eating matzah and maror, drinking wine or grape juice, and reading from a Haggadah, according to the Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center.
Unleavened bread is eaten to signify what Jews brought along for food when quickly leaving Egypt. A Haggadah tells the story of the Exodus and describes rituals.
During Passover, Jews are not allowed to consume grains, such as wheat, barley, spelt, oats and rye, that can ferment or become leavened, Chabad.org says. So, they cannot eat breads, pastas, cakes, cookies, pizza, beer, certain types of liquor and other foods.
Wheat flour can only be eaten during Passover if it is baked into matzah.
Even dishes must be cleaned thoroughly to remove any trace of the forbidden leavened food — called chametz — if that dish is to be used to cook kosher food for the holiday.
Hop on over for this FREE event from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.! Hunt for the giant inflatable eggs throughout the museum’s galleries and collect candy as you find them (don’t forget to bring your basket!)
This April we will be in the sky, dropping thousands of candy-filled eggs… from a HELICOPTER!
Bring the family out and have an “egg”cellent time at the FREE Vandalia Easter Eggstravaganza! We will have egg hunts, baby goat petting zoo, arts & crafts, face painting, vendors, games & activities, food trucks, Easter bunny photo area, a golden egg scavenger hunt and more!
We’re going on an Scavenger hunt! Join us March 10 through April 8 for an Easter Scavenger Egg Hunt. We’ve hidden 18 Easter KidX Club® stickers throughout the property. It’s up to you to hunt them down and take note of their location on your entry form. After the hunt is over return your sheet to the Easter Bunnies Garden.
* This is an egg-cellent free family fun time!
Mark your calendars and invite your friends and neighbors to our campus Easter Egg Hunt! There will be inflatables, THOUSANDS of eggs and tons of fun for the whole family!
Registration and inflatables will be 10:30-11:00 AM and the egg collecting will start at 11:00 AM.
This is a free event but online registration is requested.
Join the West Carrollton Lion’s Club for the annual Easter egg hunt for ages 1-12. Local community members will serve hot dogs, chips and water to everyone. Local churches will be on hand to provide fun activities for the kids. The Dayton Metro Library, West Carrollton branch will provide age-appropriate crafts from 1p.m.- 3p.m. at the library.
As is our tradition, Young’s will hard boil and dye 10,000+ eggs for our Easter Egg Hunt. This event starts promptly at 2 PM for children ages 4 and under. At 2:20 PM we do it again for ages 5 to 7. At 2:40 PM we have the final hunt for ages 8 to 10.
The third annual Signature Levitt Music and Arts Summer Day Camp Program is for teens, ages 14 – 19 years old, in the Dayton area who want to learn, perform, or work in the fields of music and/or creative arts. This one-week experience will give every camper the freedom to select their own summer camp activities track.
The camp runs from July 10-15 culminating in a live student showcase performance opening for the regularly scheduled free Levitt concert on Saturday, July 15. This showcase performance is free and open to the public, giving students an opportunity to perform for a large audience.
“The objective of this camp is to connect students to the ability to create, innovate and explore entrepreneurship through music and creative arts,” said Lisa Wagner, executive director of Levitt Pavilion Dayton. “We want to give students the ability to lift their voices and to unlock their creativity.”
Due to the camp’s success, all participants selected will receive a full scholarship. Everyone is encouraged to get their application in as soon as possible as spaces are limited. 25 students will be accepted into the 2023 program, above that a waitlist will be created. The Summer 2023 program will offer opportunities in the areas of: Songwriting, Performance Arts, Tech & Stage Management, Mindful Movement, Creative Writing, Entrepreneurship, Character Development.
More information and the application can be found online at www.LevittDayton.org/summer-camps/
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Friends of Levitt Pavilion Dayton is the non-profit that manages, programs, and fundraises for the Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton. Levitt Pavilion Dayton is reinvigorating Dayton’s urban core by reactivating Dave Hall Plaza, which in turn inspires people’s health, happiness, and well-being by offering enjoyable experiences through a rich spectrum of music genres. The venue also provides access to high quality cultural and educational experiences for all audiences from the community. Levitt Pavilion Dayton presents free family-friendly concerts with an expected reach annually to over 50,000 individuals of all ages and backgrounds in the Dayton region. As the only free major outdoor performance space in Dayton, they provide access to all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or socioeconomic status. www.levittdayton.org
Signature Educational Solutions is a wholistic educational, arts, and social development organization. Their work includes social-emotional learning awareness and strengthening community equity, engagement & development by utilizing and working with all ages and genres of the arts.
Levitt Pavilion Dayton is part of a national network of outdoor Levitt music venues and concert sites dedicated to strengthening the social fabric of communities through free, live music. Presenting a broad array of music genres and cultural programming, Levitt venues are inclusive destinations where families, friends, and neighbors of all ages and backgrounds come together. Learn more: www.levitt.org
The ultimate game of cat and mouse is played out in an English country house owned by celebrated mystery writer, Andrew Wyke. Invited guest Milo Tindle, a young rival who shares Wyke’s love for games, declares his intention to run off with Wyke’s wife. The two men devise an elaborate revenge/power game; through their style and cunning, the stakes continue to rise, leading to the play’s inevitable, heart-stopping finish.
Sleuth premiered on Broadway in 1970 and received the Tony Award for Best Play. The 1972 film adaptation starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine earned four Academy Award nominations. In 2007, a second film starred Michael Caine and Jude Law, with Caine taking on the role previously played by Olivier.
Don’t miss the thriller Sleuth, along with La Comedia’s delicious buffet!
Four-time Grammy-winning singer, composer and actor Lyle Lovettconfirmed new nationwide summer tour dates with his renowned Large Band. The summer tour will stop in Huber Heights, OH for a performance at Rose Music Center on Wednesday, July 26.
An Evening with Lyle Lovett and his Large Band will feature an arrangement of Lovett standards, as well as songs from his critically acclaimed album 12th of June. Watch the band perform on PBS’ “Austin City Limits” last fall.
12th of June was released last year on Verve Records. Produced by Chuck Ainlay and Lovett, the album features a mix of new originals, standards by Nat King Cole and Dave Frishberg, and a Horace Silver instrumental, representing Lovett’s dynamic live performances with his Large Band. Coupled with his gift for storytelling, the new album continues to highlight Lovett’s ability to fuse elements of jazz, country, western swing, folk, gospel and blues in a convention-defying manner that breaks down barriers. Of the album, The Wall Street Journal hails, “Few artists can bring all of these moods and sounds into one place and put a personal stamp on them all; Lyle Lovett does that.”
Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums. Whether touring with his Acoustic Group or his Large Band, Lovett’s live performances show not only the breadth of this Texas legend’s deep talents, but also the diversity of his influences, making him one of the most compelling and captivating musicians in popular music. Since his self-titled debut in 1986, Lovett has evolved into one of music’s most vibrant and iconic performers. Among his many accolades, besides four Grammy Awards, he was given the Americana Music Association’s inaugural Trailblazer Award, was named Texas State Musician and is a member of both the Texas Heritage Songwriters’ Association Hall of Fame and the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame.
Tickets will go on sale to the public beginning at 10am on Friday, April 7 at Ticketmaster.comand RoseMusicCenter.com.
From noon – 8pm get a free cone. Donations are accepted and will benefit TRI.
