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Christopher’s Restaurant to Close To Concentrate on Catering

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“We are permanently closing the restaurant after Saturday, September 7th  service. We have decided to spend all of our time and energy building our Catering Business and Venue Rentals. Please take a couple minutes to read our formal announcement. Thank you all for your love and support. It has been an incredible adventure. We love you and appreciate all of you and hope to see you again soon at one of our upcoming events.”
They continue to explain that it is best for them to focus their treasures and talents on growing their catering business and further develop their venue rentals.  They say this will offer community building nights at the 4211 Linden property  with family dining dessert/ice cream socials, wine tastings, and also ramping up their Friday night buffets at The GEM by Christopher’s on Valley Pike.
The Catering House by Christopher’s on Linden will be available for private party rental, fundraisers and corporate meetings.
The Catering House by Christopher’s on Linden will be available for private party rental, fundraisers and corporate meetings.

Roadtrip: Mohican County Camp & Canoe Capital of Ohio

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Now is your time to plan a trip to take in these vibrant colors, breathe in that crisp fall air, and relax in the beauty of Mohican Country.  Located just over a two hour drive from Dayton, get lost in the beauty of Mohican. Local farmer’s markets have pumpkins, mums, and more out and ready to sell.

 

As the Camp & Canoe Capital of Ohio, canoeing is not over. What a treat to float down the Mohican State Scenic River under an arbor of color. Some of the canoe liveries are open through October. It is a perfect time to grab a camera with family and friends and enjoy the serenity of the river.

Stay in a treehouse, castle, resort, inn, historic bed and breakfast, or a choice of one of many private cabins. Several of the private cabins or cottages have hot tubs and spectacular views—all the amenities of home—and may even be pet-friendly.

Fall is full of activities that will keep everyone having fun while enjoying all there is to offer. Embrace the view at the Gorge overlook, climb the fire tower, or take a stroll across one of our two covered bridges.

September kicks off back-to-back events with the Mohican Pow-Wow, Mohican Bluegrass Festival, and Log Cabin Days. Finish the month with Oktoberfest at the Mill, Ohio Heritage Days and Prairie Peddler.

Begin your October with one of our Ghost Hikes at Malabar Farm State Park. Or spend your day playing games, riding rides, or checking out the vendors and displays at the Loudonville Street Fair.

Magnificent fall colors will be ablaze in late fall for a drive-it-yourself fall foliage tour.

Come November, lace up your racing shoes for the Mohican 5K or the Fuzzy Fandango.

Events and adventures are in no shortage at Mohican throughout the rest of the year! Check out DiscoverMohican.com for a complete list of events!

Labor Day Food Deals

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Food chains across the country are offering Labor Day deals that customers can redeem during the long weekend. And there’s no better way to say goodbye to summer than with free food, right? Here are the places where you can score a deal over the holiday.

 

  • Auntie Anne’s: Celebrate Labor Day weekend with $0 delivery on Auntie Anne’s orders of $12 or more.
  • Burger King: Everyone can grab a $5 Your Way Meal at Burger King. You can select from a Whopper Jr. Chicken Jr. or Bacon Cheeseburger, plus get a 4-piece nuggets, a value drink, and fries.
  • Chili’s: On Labor Day Chili’s will have the Marg of The Month Sunrise Dream) for $6.
  • Dave & Buster’s: This Labor Day weekend you can grab All Day $5 Bites (Nachos, Fried Pickles, Queso Fries, Cheese Flatbread, Chips, & chips, salsa and queso combo) + $5 22 oz Beer (Miller Lite, Coors Light, Bud Light and Michelob Ultra) at Dave & Buster’s. Plus, new & existing Rewards Members get 5 FREE games with the purchase of a $20+ Power Card.

  • Fazoli’s: offers $10 off on orders amounting to $30 made from August 30 to September 2, 2024. Mention the offer when you order in stores or use the code LaborDay24 online)

  • Freddy’s: Save $5 off any $15+ Freddy’s online, in-app or in-store order Labor Day weekend. Offer valid through Sept. 2.

  • Godiva: Enjoy a 20% discount when you use a promo code LABORDAY at Godiva.com.
  • Harry & David: Save up to 50% off this weekend at HarryAndDavid.com through Sept. 3.
  • IHOP: Enjoy All-You-Can-Eat IHOP pancakes for $5 through Sept. 15. Offer valid for dine-in only.
  • KFC: Through the end of the year, you can score a $5 meal at KFC. You have three meal options:
    • Taste of KFC 8-piece Nuggets: eight chicken nuggets, an individual (small) fries, and your choice of two sauces
    • Taste of KFC Famous Bowl: mashed potatoes, sweet corn, and chicken nuggets covered in homestyle gravy and shredded cheese
    • Taste of KFC 2-piece: 2-piece chicken (one drumstick and one thigh), mashed potatoes with gravy, and a biscuit
  • Marco’s Pizza: For a limited time, you can celebrate Labor Day with a Margherita Magnifico pizza from Marco’s Pizza for $10.99 when you use the promo code MARGMAG at checkout online or in-app. You can also grab a Mega Meal Deal for $19.99 with promo code MEGADEAL. Meal includes a large one-topping pizza, CheezyBread, and CinnaSquares.
  • McDonald’s: Grab McDonald’s $5 Meal Deal. It comes with one McChicken or McDouble (your choice), one 4-piece nuggets, a small fries, and a small drink.
  • Noodles: Celebrate Labor Day with Care Bears meal deals at Noodles. Offers are valid through Sept. 29, 2024.
    • Care Bears Besties Meal: For just $14.95, this meal includes a large entrée, a small entrée, and a Cheer Crispy—perfect for sharing with family or friends.
    • Share Your Care Junior Meal: Priced at $8.95, this option includes a small entrée, a kids’ drink, and a collectible Care Bears mini plush, available while supplies last.
  • Panera Bread: Through Labor Day weekend, Panera Bread rewards members can enjoy free delivery on orders of $25 or more. Plus rewards members can save 20% off You Pick Two (excludes lobster items).
  • Papa Johns: Papa Johns Rewards members earn a free medium one-topping pizza on their next order when you place an order $20 or more Aug. 30 – Sept. 2. You can redeem the free pizza reward between Sept. 3 – 16, 2024.
  • Pizza Hut: Hut Rewards members can get a free 11-inch 1-topping pizza at Pizza Hut when you place a delivery or carryout order of $7.99 or more online or in-app. Within 48 of your purchase, you’ll get a coupon in your rewards account message box. To redeem, you must click on the coupon in-app. If you’re not already a Hut Rewards member, you can take advantage of this deal when you sign up within 48 of your qualifying purchase. Limit one free coupon per rewards account.
  • Popeyes: Rewards members can get 6-piece wings free at Popeyes when you make a purchase of $10 or more Aug 26 – Sept. 8.
  • Potbelly: Grab a $7.99 Value Combo meal at Potbelly during Labor Day weekend. The combo includes your choice of Skinny chicken, turkey or ham sandwich, with chips and a regular-sized fountain drink.
  • Quiznos: Save $15 off catering orders of $150 or more at Quiznos when you use the promo code CATERLABOR online, in-app or in store through Labor Day, Sept. 2.
  • Red Robin: Enjoy Red Robin Tavern Burgers (Haystack Double, Red’s Double, Pig Out Double) with Bottomless Fries starting at $11 each.
  • Sonic: Save with the $1.99 menu at Sonic. Menu items include Chili Cheese Coney, Quarter Pound Double Cheeseburger, Bacon Ranch Queso Wrap, Southwest Crunch Queso Wrap, small tots, and any of the 16-ounce Sonic Shakes.
  • Subway: You can celebrate Labor Day for two weeks at Subway with $6.99 footlongs. You must use the promo code 699FL during checkout online or in-app. Offer valid Aug. 26 – Sept. 8, 2024.

  • The Cheesecake Factory: Get a complimentary $10 Bonus Card for every purchase of $50 in online Gift Cards through September 2, 2024. Guests can redeem their free Bonus Cards starting from September 3 to September 30, 2024.

  • Wendy’s: Grab a free kids’ meal with the purchase of any premium combo meal in the Wendy’s app. The free kids’ meal includes your choice of a cheeseburger, hamburger, or 4-piece chicken nuggets, a side of fries or apple slices, and a drink. Plus, the meal comes with either a toy or chocolate chip cookie. Although there’s a limit of one free kids’ meal per customer, there’s no limit to how many time you can use the offer through Sept. 2.

 

Catacomb Records’ two-year Anniversary Metal Showcase

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Five local metal bands, Vile Sanctum, Plagues of Sorrow, Immortal Ruin, Dieomnia, and Bury Us All, will perform at The Hidden Gem Music Club in Centerville, OH, to celebrate Catacomb Records’ two-year anniversary. Entry is $20 presale and $25 at the door. The event will feature new t-shirts and hoodies for sale. Share and help spread the word! Digital tickets go online tomorrow, and physical tickets will be available in the shop next week.

Steak and Sangria Smash at Lily’s

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Chef Don invites you to the  “Steak and Sangria Smash! I’m excited for the menu! I’m excited to cook outside on our beautiful patio! I’m excited for the interaction I get to have with our awesome guests for the party! I’m excited for the variety of Sangrias that Emily and our bar manager, Katie Mae have been working hard on to craft for this event! And obviously I’m super excited for the steak!”

Ticket includes a gorgeous 4-course meal with a 14 ounce grilled to order ribeye, tax and tip are included in the $90 price.. Also offering optional sangria pairings, as well as Lily’s cocktails & full bar.

This time we’re doing my personal favorite steak, bone-in ribeye! It’s making me hungry just typing bone-in ribeye! Ha! A large part of my chef background was spent in fine dining steakhouses for years. It’s nice when I can apply that learned experience and share it in a different setting like this! It’s pretty cool to offer something that you would have to go to a super upscale restaurant in a more casual vibrant fun setting! It makes everything feel extra special! The high end craft and care, anywhere! I love it! Emily and the other managers will be sharing more information leading up to the event. I really look forward to this and I hope I get to see a lot of friends come out! I’ll be setting up a grill and cooking at your tables!”

Sinclair Community College’s Fine Art Faculty Exhibition

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Each fall, the Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery, the Works on Paper Gallery, as well as other spaces around Building 13 display work from the faculty and adjunct faculty of Sinclair’s Art Department.

The Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery traditionally features one faculty member, and this year will exhibit works by Professor Mark Echtner. Echtner’s brightly colored paintings begin by using old paintings turned upside down or random shapes and colors that then inform his abstracted figures and the spaces they occupy. Narratives of daily social interactions and inclusive communities run through this body of work.

There will be a virtual artist talk with Echtner over Zoom on August 30, 2024, at 12:00 pm and an open house reception September 5 from 4:30 pm-6:00 pm in Building 13’s 4th Floor Atrium. Visit Sinclair.edu/ArtGalleries for further details.

The Fine Art Faculty Exhibition will be on display from August 12 through September 13, 2024. Gallery spaces are located on the third and fourth floor of building 13 (located at W. Fifth and S. Perry Streets in downtown Dayton). The galleries are free and open to the public from 8:00 am–6:00 pm Monday–Friday and 9:00 am–12:00 pm Saturdays.

Free Thursday at the YMCA in September

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The YMCA is open to the community every Thursday in September! This includes all 12 of our YMCA of Greater Dayton locations. Come see what you’ve been missing! And if you join that day, we’ll waive your joiner’s fee!

Available locations: Coffman Family YMCA (Springboro), Downtown Dayton YMCA, Fairborn YMCA, Grand Lake Health/Premier Health North (Celina) and South (Minster) YMCAs, YMCA at the Heights YMCA (Huber Heights), Kleptz YMCA (Englewood), Preble County YMCA (Eaton), Premier Health YMCA (Northwest Dayton), South YMCA (Kettering), West Carrollton YMCA, and Xenia YMCA.

YMCA Memberships include free group fitness classes, state-of-the-art fitness centers, pools, gymnasiums, free child watch services, discounts on child care and programs, and much more! Learn more at jointheytoday.com

happenSTANCE:  An Art Exhibition featuring Jamele Wright Sr. and Amy Deal

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Jamele Wright Sr. is an Atlanta-based artist originally from Dayton, OH, and Amy Deal, a Dayton-based artist who has called Dayton home for the past 36 years, will showcase their work together in the upcoming exhibition, happenStance.

The two artists met by chance this past spring in South Carolina at an art opening at Summerville’s Public Works Art Center. Their immediate connection, coupled with their shared roots in Dayton, led to a collaborative opportunity. Wright expressed his interest in exhibiting in Dayton, and Deal, who had an exhibition scheduled, extended an invitation for him to join her.

happenSTANCE

DSA Gallery, 48 High Street, Dayton

Thursday, August 29, 5-8:00 PM

Friday, August 30, 5-8:00 PM (artist talk 6:00)

Saturday, August 31, 1-4:00 PM (workshop 11:00 by reservation)

Jamele Wright Sr. (born 1970 Dayton, Ohio) is a mixed media artist whose work explores the Black American vernacular experience. Using found materials, Georgia red clay, and Dutch Wax cloth, Wright delves into themes of family, tradition, and the spiritual and material relationship between Africa and the South. His process is influenced by Hip Hop’s practice of sampling, remixes cultural elements to create narratives reflecting the African diaspora and the Great Migration.

Wright earned his B.A. in Art History from Georgia State University and him M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, NY. He has participated in residencies at MASS MoCA and the Gibbes Museum.

Amy Deal (b. 1966, Cranberry Prairie, OH) grew up in a rural setting, collecting wildflowers to create pigments and using art to enhance her surroundings. She holds a BFA in Visual Communications from Kent State University and has worked as a creative director on corporate branding and advertising campaigns. After taking time off to raise her children, Deal renewed her focus on painting. Her current series, Forest Bathing, inspired by the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, emphasizes nature’s calming effects. Deal has recently completed residencies in South Carolina and Brooklyn Navy Yard.

End of Summer Music Fest

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Join us on Saturday, August 31st from 1pm-5pm for an epic End of Summer Music Fest!
Get ready to rock out with three incredible bands:
Set 1: 1pm-2pm | Downshift
Set 2: 2:30pm-3:30pm | Runaway Sons
Set 3: 4pm-5pm | BlackWater
But that’s not all! We’ll also have FREE drinks while supplies last and a fantastic food truck serving up delicious eats.
Don’t miss out on the perfect way to wrap up your summer. Come for the music, stay for the vibes, and enjoy a great day with the Buckeye Harley-Davidson family!

Free Yoga in the Park

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Enjoy fun, effective and FREE outdoor workouts under the pavilion! Center yourself on yoga days with Tori Reynolds of Speakeasy Yoga. Remember to bring your own mat, water bottle and towels.

Socialite Cafe Grand Opening Friday, Aug 30th

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Casual Dining in a European Cafe

We’ve paired a classy environment with a delicious yet casual menu. There’s something for everyone to love with gluten free options available for every dish. There’s a place for every person here. Feel free lean back and read a book in a lounge chair, grab a bite at a table, sit with your laptop at the bar, or laugh with friends at the couches.

Five Guys Introduces Patty Melt

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Five Guys is excited to announce a new official menu item inspired by a popular menu hack. The Patty Melt, which combines a grilled cheese, juicy patty and the toppings of your choice, will officially join the menu at select Five Guys locations starting September 1, 2024.

Known for its customizable burgers and fresh-cut fries, Five Guys allows customers to enjoy unlimited flavor combinations. The Patty Melt evolved from customer requests and offers a delicious new way to enjoy the classic Five Guys taste.

“We’re thrilled to bring the Patty Melt to our menu at test locations,” said Jerry Murrell, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder. “Our customers are integral to the Five Guys story. We hope that the addition of the Patty Melt to the menu makes them feel like part of the Five Guys family, too.”

The Patty Melt will be officially available on the menu at 194 Five Guys locations. However, customers can still order a Patty Melt at any location nationwide. It has always been an option through customizations, but now ordering is easier for customers.  Before this test, it was known as a grilled cheese and add a patty, but now all stores know the name. 

Five Guys

3286 Pentagon Park Blvd.
Beavercreek, OH 45431

1004 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd
Centerville, OH 45459

5808 Wilmington Pike
Centerville, OH 45459

1143 Brown Street
Dayton, OH 45409

7781 Old Troy Pike
Huber Heights, OH 45424

10635 Innovation Drive
Miamisburg, OH 45342

1994 N Bechtle Road
Springfield, OH 45504

Mudlick Tap House Float

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Join Mudlick Tap House and Taiters Kayak Solution for a guided kayaking tour as we tour the Gem City from a different view. The evening is the perfect time to sit back, relax, and watch the sunset over the Gem city! Enjoy paddling by the setting sun’s light and experience the urban landscape from Eastwood MetroPark down to Riverscape River Run!
No paddling experience or equipment required. Kayak rental will be available or you are welcome to bring your own!
KAYAK RENTALS ARE LIMITED!
Kayak Rental & Transportation: $50
Includes rental, lifejacket, paddle, safety briefing, and shuttle service to launch point
Livery Services & Transportation: $35 (For those bringing their own kayaks)
You may drop off your equipment at the Eastwood Metro Park launch point as early as 5 pm. Taiters Kayak Solution will be there as a security measure to watch over equipment. They will also help you with any unloading. You are welcome to park near the takeout point and head over to the Tap House to board the shuttle at 5:30 to head back up to launch at 6 pm!
Shuttle leaves from Mudlick Tap House at 5:30 pm.
The float will be for a duration of approximately 90 minutes! After the float, everyone is welcome to return to the Tap House for an evening pint and a bite to eat! (Not included in ticket price) 

Bites in the Heights

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The City of Huber Heights proudly presents the sixth annual Bites In The Heights Food Truck event at Rose Music Center on Saturday, August 24 from 11:30am to 8:00pm. The event will feature Dayton Food Trucks dishing out a variety of delicacies, children’s activities, a cruise-in car show, and a movie screening of The Wizard of Oz starting at 8:15pm! Admission to the event is FREE!

19 local food trucks serve specialty dishes and tasty treats from 11:30am to 8:00pm outside the main gate. Make sure to visit the face painter to get some custom painted art while a DJ spins music throughout the day.

Join us for an exciting family-friendly event filled with fun and activities! Dance to the beats of a live DJ, explore thrilling displays by the Air Force, Army, Bomb Squad, and city fire and police departments. Enjoy face painting, meet the lovable alpacas, and interact with mascots from Lee’s Chicken and Skyline Coney. You might even find a new furry friend from the Montgomery Animal Shelter or a new scaly friend from Huber Height’s own Madhouse Serpents and Supplies. Solvita Blood Center will be running a blood drive from 11:00am to 2:00pm. Don’t miss this action-packed day of entertainment and community spirit!

Browse classic and exotic vehicles during Kohlbacher’s Kustom Speed & Fab Cruise-In in the parking lot from 2:00pm to 8:00pm. Stick around for a screening of The Wizard of Oz on the Rose Music Center stage beginning at 8:15pm.

A Man of No Importance Two Week Run at Beavercreek Community Theatre

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Winner of the 2003 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical, A Man of No Importance is the second successful collaboration by the team of Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty—all of whom won Tony Awards for Ragtime. Alfie Byrne is a bus conductor in 1964 Dublin whose heart holds secrets that he can’t share with anyone but his imagined confidante, Oscar Wilde. When he attempts to put on an amateur production of Wilde’s Salome in the local church hall, he confronts the forces of bigotry and shame over a love “that dare not speak its name.”