Things to do in Dayton | Restaurants, Theatre, Music and More
The BBQ Cuban features slow-smoked pulled pork, honey ham, melted Swiss cheese, spicy pickle chips, chipotle slaw, golden mustard BBQ sauce, and mayo on a toasted sub roll.
You can find the BBQ Cuban at participating locations nationwide for a limited time.
Spend an evening with the music and magic of The Greatest Piano Men! This electrifying production (from Jeff Davis, Executive Producer of Broadway’s “Rock of Ages”) debuted to rave reviews at the Flamingo in Las Vegas, and celebrates the world’s greatest pianists and showmen, from Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Ray Charles to Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Liberace, and Billy Joel… all in one fabulous show!
The Greatest Piano Men features great storytelling, video, a rockin’ band, three pianos, and 25 mega-hit songs including “Good Golly Miss Molly,” “Superstition,” “Rocket Man,” “Tiny Dancer,” “New York State of Mind,” and many more!
Hundreds of volunteers of all ages, accessibility levels and backgrounds will tackle 22 projects at 16 different MetroParks locations this Saturday during MetroParks’ annual day of service, Adopt-A-Park.
Projects will include litter pick up, invasive species removal, tree planting, garden maintenance and more. These projects improve the environment and beautify the region.
“It’s the perfect occasion for folks to welcome spring by spending a day outdoors with their friends of family giving back to the environment,” said Jenny Hymans, MetroParks volunteer services manager.
In 2023, more than 252 pounds of landfill litter was cleared from area greenspace and parks. Additionally, 100 pounds of recycled materials were collected and diverted from the landfill.
When: Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m. to noon
Where: Multiple MetroParks locations including:
Questions: Contact Jenny Hymans at 937-275-PARK or [email protected].
McDonald’s is elevating their chicken sandwich game with the introduction of the new Bacon Cajun Ranch McCrispy and new Bacon Cajun Ranch Deluxe McCrispy.
The Bacon Cajun Ranch McCrispy features a southern-style fried chicken fillet and applewood-smoked bacon. Then, it’s topped with crispy and cool crinkle-cut pickles and finished with a creamy Cajun ranch sauce on the top and bottom of a warm, toasted potato roll.
The Bacon Cajun Ranch Deluxe McCrispy is stacked with a southern-style fried chicken fillet, applewood-smoked bacon, shredded lettuce, Roma tomatoes and a creamy Cajun ranch sauce on the top and bottom of a warm, toasted potato roll.
You can find the new McCrispy sandwiches at participating locations nationwide for a limited time.
Wendy’s launched a new deal menu that’ll only be sticking around for a week. Each day, For a limited time — just one week — the fast-food chain will feature a different menu item each day that customers can buy for only $1, with an additional purchase. The $1 deals include:
Wendy’s customers will need to redeem the deal through Wendy’s app. To do so, you must go to the offers tab and select Dave’s Daily Dollar Deal.
Honor Flight Network is a national nonprofit organization comprised of independent hubs working together to achieve the Honor Flight mission. We have the enormous privilege of showing our nation’s veterans the appreciation and honor they deserve.
Participation in an Honor Flight trip gives veterans the opportunity to share this momentous occasion with other comrades, remember the fallen, and share their stories and experiences with other veterans. Honored veterans always travel free of charge, thanks to generous donations to our organization.
While initially focused on America’s World War II veterans, Honor Flight Network has expanded its mission to include those who served during the Korean War and the Vietnam War. The Honor Flight TLC program also honors veterans of any service era who are critically ill.
The first Honor Flight of 2024 for Dayton is quickly approaching! We are in need of the publics help! You’re invited to help us Welcome Home Veterans from the Honor Flight Trip! Many of these Veterans did not receive a Homecoming when the arrived back in the states from serving overseas. We are here to make up for that and show them their service and sacrifice for this great country is appreciated.
Get ready for a night of shock and rock that will haunt your dreams. Legendary rocker Alice Cooper has announced additional dates for the Too Close For Comfort Tour, including a highly anticipated return to Rose Music Center at The Heights on Tuesday, August 6.
Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock. Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock, the group created a stage show that featured electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood and boa constrictors. He continues to tour regularly, performing shows worldwide with the dark and horror-themed theatrics that he’s best known for.
With a schedule that includes six months each year on the road, Alice Cooper brings his own brand of rock psycho-drama to fans both old and new, enjoying it as much as the audience does. Known as the architect of shock-rock, Cooper (in both the original Alice Cooper band and as a solo artist) has rattled the cages and undermined the authority of generations of guardians of the status quo, continuing to surprise fans and exude danger at every turn, like a great horror movie, even in an era where CNN can present real life shocking images.
Cooper was born in Detroit Michigan and moved to Phoenix with his family. The Alice Cooper band formed while they were all in high school in Phoenix, and was discovered in 1969 by Frank Zappa in Los Angeles, where he signed them to his record label. Their collaboration with young record producer Bob Ezrin led to the break-through third album “Love It to Death” which hit the charts in 1971, followed by “Killer,” “School’s Out,” ”Billion Dollar Babies,” and “Muscle of Love.” Each new album release was accompanied by a bigger and more elaborate touring stage show. 1974 saw the release of a “Greatest Hits” album, and then Cooper, in 1975, released his first solo album, “Welcome to My Nightmare” in 1975, accompanied by the legendary groundbreaking theatrical Welcome to My Nightmare concert tour.
Associated with that album and tour was the ground-breaking network TV special Alice Cooper: The Nightmare. Other film and television appearances include The Muppet Show, Mae West’s last film Sextette, Roadie, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearst Club Band and appearances on The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson and Tom Snyder’s Tomorrow Show. The original band also made an appearance in the movie Diary of a Mad Housewife in 1979, filmed the full-length feature film Good To See You Again Alice Cooper, and Alice appeared in a 1972 episode of The Snoop Sisters.
Alice’s solo career skyrocketed in the late 1970’s, with a succession of hit singles, including “You & Me,” and classic albums, including “Lace And Whiskey” and “From The Inside,” and bigger and even more elaborate concert tours.
In the ‘80’s Cooper explored different sounds, highlighted by the new wavish album “Flush The Fashion,” the heavy metal “Constrictor” and “Raise Your Fist And Yell,” and then 1989’s melodic hard rock album “Trash,” which featured the massive hit single “Poison” and became his biggest selling album and single worldwide. During this period Alice also appeared in the horror films Monster Dog and John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness, and recorded songs for the soundtracks to Roadie, Class of 1984, Friday the 13 Part VI: Jason Lives and Wes Craven’s Shocker.
Cooper’s most memorable movie appearance was as himself in Wayne’s World in 1991. He also played (fittingly) Freddy Krueger’s wicked step-father in Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, and appeared on Gene Wilder’s TV series Something Wilder as well as on That ‘70’s Show. The 90’s also saw the release of the albums “Hey Stoopid,” “The Last Temptation,” and “Fistful of Alice,” a live album.
Tickets will go on sale to the public beginning at 10AM on Friday, April 19 at Ticketmaster.com and the Rose Music Center Box Office. Tickets will run from $53 – $83 for this show.
Brighton, England. 1963. Change is in the air, and Francis Henshall is looking to make his mark. Fired from a skiffle band and in search of work, he finds himself employed by small-time gangster Roscoe Crabbe, in town to collect a fee from his fiancee’s gangster father. But Roscoe is really Rachel, posing as her own dead brother, herself in love with Stanley Stubbers (her brother’s killer) who, in turn, becomes our hero’s other ‘guvnor’. Fighting a mounting sense of confusion, Francis goes out of his way to serve both bosses. But with the distractions of a pneumatic bookkeeper, a self-important actor and select members of the criminal fraternity (not to mention his own mammoth appetite) to contend with, how long can he keep them apart? Richard Bean’s hilarious comedy received 5-star reviews from every London newspaper and was the hit of the 2012 Broadway season
Duluth-native sextet fusing bluegrass, folk and rock, Trampled by Turtles will bring their signature sound to Huber Heights, OH this summer for their first-ever performance at Rose Music Center at The Heights on Friday, August 16. Waterville, OH indie-folk trio Oliver Hazard will join as support.
TRAMPLED BY TURTLES
Trampled by Turtles are from Duluth, Minnesota, where frontman Dave Simonett initially formed the group as a side project in 2003. At the time, Simonett had lost most of his music gear, thanks to a group of enterprising car thieves who’d ransacked his vehicle while he played a show with his previous band. Left with nothing more than an acoustic guitar, he began piecing together a new band, this time taking inspiration from bluegrass, folk, and other genres that didn’t rely on amplification. Simonett hadn’t played any bluegrass music before, and he filled his lineup with other newcomers to the genre, including fiddler Ryan Young (who’d previously played drums in a speed metal act) and bassist Tim Saxhaug. Along with mandolinist Erik Berry and banjo player Dave Carroll, the group began carving out a fast, frenetic sound that owed as much to rock & roll as bluegrass.
Trampled by Turtles released their first record, Songs from a Ghost Town, in 2004. In a genre steeped in tradition, the album stood out for its contemporary sound, essentially bridging the gap between the bandmates’ background in rock music and their new acoustic leanings. Blue Sky and the Devil (2005) and Trouble (2007) explored a similar sound, but it wasn’t until 2008 and the band’s fourth release, Duluth, that Trampled by Turtles received recognition by the bluegrass community. Duluth peaked at number eight on the Billboard bluegrass chart and paved the way for a number of festival appearances. When Palomino arrived in 2010, it was met with an even greater response, debuting at the top of the bluegrass chart and remaining in the Top Ten for more than a year. Two years later, their crossover appeal landed them at number 32 on the Billboard 200 pop charts upon the release of their sixth album, Stars and Satellites. In addition to major bluegrass and folk festivals, they began showing up at Coachella, ACL Fest, and Lollapalooza. The official concert album, Live at First Avenue, followed in 2013, recorded at Minnesota’s most famous venue. A year later, the band returned with the darker-toned Wild Animals, which bettered its studio predecessor on the album charts, reaching number 29 on Billboard. Countless tours with bands like Lord Huron, Wilco, Caamp, Mt Joy and Deer Tick to name a few have followed. 2022 saw the release of the band’s latest body of work called Alpenglow which was produced by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco.
OLIVER HAZARD
The story of Waterville, OH indie-folk trio Oliver Hazard – Michael Belazis (vocals, guitar) and Devin East (vocals, guitar), joined by Nate Miner (keys, vocals) – is the digital age’s version of classic band mythmaking. One member of the band came home to Ohio after leading camping trips in California and decided to make an album with two childhood friends. They won a Facebook raffle to record one song at a studio. Instead, they played their whole album straight through once, resulting in their debut LP 34 N River (2018). The Fader called the album a “folk-pop masterpiece” and the band was booked at Bonnaroo and Mountain Jam shortly thereafter. In 2019, the band released their 6 track EP, The Flood, which Billboard called a “souvenir.” This brings the band to their sophomore, self-titled album (July 2023), featuring music from the band’s recent Northern Lights EP, plus five additional songs.
Tickets will go on sale to the public beginning at 10AM on Friday, April 19 at Ticketmaster.com and the Rose Music Center Box Office and range from $39.50 – $59.50.
Lemon Blueberry offers a fusion of Nothing Bundt Cakes’ signature lemon cake infused with natural wild blueberries and topped with their signature cream cheese frosting. According to Tastewise, citrus ranks as the top flavor pairing for blueberries, adding to the anticipation surrounding this new offering.
Available in various sizes, including bite-sized Bundtinis, personal-sized Bundtlets, and 8- and 10-inch cakes, Lemon Blueberry provides a nice option for Mother’s Day celebrations or thoughtful surprises for loved ones. Fans can also choose from an array of decorative options and toppers, such as the “Best Mom A’round” Cake Decoration or the newly released “Butterflies” Bundtini Toppers, to add a personalized touch.
Lemon Blueberry will be available for a limited time at all locations, both online and in-store, while stocks last.
Join us for a very special evening of local live music featuring Strange Ranger with special guests Sam King & The Suspects at The Brightside!
How to Go?
The Brightside, 905 E 3rd St, Dayton
Thur, April 18, 2024
Doors 7:30pm
Show 8pm
All ages welcome
$10 advance – https://www.venuepilot.co/events/99957/orders/new
$15 at the door
Check-in day of race and Late Registration: 7:45 – 8:30 AM
Prizes for Overall Male and Overall Female winners
***Door prizes by raffle for Centerville City School Employee participants***
Questions, contact Heidi Riffle ([email protected])
The new exhibition opens April 13th and will run through September 22nd.
Japanese ceramic artists are building on centuries of tradition and taking the art in dynamic and new directions. They are exploring the potential of clay to create both functional and abstract sculptural forms with an incredible range of surface textures and decoration. The aesthetic sensibilities are varied, from rough and imperfect to detailed and refined, but all show a mastery of the craft.
Drawn from the renowned collection of Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz—including recent gifts from them to the museum—this exhibition presents more than thirty artworks spanning eight decades. Traditionally a craft restricted to men, in recent years women have become some of the leading voices in the field and several examples are included.
Artists range from innovative pioneers in the twentieth century, several designated as Living National Treasures in Japan, to emerging, younger artists. Interspersed are examples from the DAI’s collection of historic Japanese ceramics. Across 2,000 years, these speak to the long history of the art in the island nation and their continued inspiration for artists today.
Herer are the descriptions of the pictured pieces in a clockwise order.
Kamoda Shōji (Japanese, 1933–1983), Untitled, 1976, glazed stoneware, 10 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches. Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection. Photo: Richard Goodbody; Courtesy of Joan B. Mirviss LTD.Takiguchi Kazuo (Japanese, born 1953), Untitled, 1989, glazed stoneware, 18 7/8 x 17 x 9 inches. Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection. Photo: Richard Goodbody; Courtesy of Joan B. Mirviss LTD.Koike Shōko (Japanese, born 1943), Untitled, 2009, stoneware with white iron oxide and blue glazes, 10 1/4 x 15 3/4 x 13 inches. Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection. Photo: Richard Goodbody; Courtesy of Joan B. Mirviss LTD.
Ono Hakuko (Japanese, 1915–1996), Untitled, 1990, glazed porcelain with underglaze gold and silver decoration, 11 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches. Carol and Jeffrey Horvitz Collection. Photo: Richard Goodbody; Courtesy of Joan B. Mirviss LTD.
Potbelly adds a spicy kick to its toasty warm sandwich lineup with the introduction of the new Jalapeno Popper Chicken Sandwich.
The Jalapeño Popper Chicken Sandwich boasts a combination of all-natural grilled chicken, house-made jalapeño cream cheese, crispy jalapeño crisps, and fresh lettuce and tomato, all nestled between toasty bread.
Potbelly locations:
The Greene
48 Plum Street
Beavercreek, OH 45440
University Place
1200 Brown Street
Dayton, OH 45409
