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Hilariously Hyper Hahn

July 11, 2007 By J.T. Ryder Leave a Comment

Greg Hahn On The Marines, One Eyed Women and The Bob & Tom Show

            Having heard Greg Hahn’s high-velocity rants on the radio and seen his blisteringly bombastic stage performances on video, I fully expected to find that, off stage, he was a quiet, laid back kind of guy. I was wrong. From the moment he answered the phone for our first interview, it was clear that he was just as manic and off stage as he was on. In all sincerity, I had to slow down the recorder to transcribe our interview as it was somewhat akin to listening to Alvin and the Chipmunks on a meth jag. I conversation meandered around, jumping from topic to topic, seemingly at random. I knew that it was going to be an interesting interview when I had mentioned that it took a special type of person to get up in front of an audience, under the glare of the spotlights. I told him that I was really only comfortable dealing with the world from the safety and comfort of my computer.

“Right…it’s a special thing…I mean, you write and I can’t even think about sitting still for that long. It would bore me instantly and I wouldn’t be able to come up with anything…hang on…I gotta plug my phone in…”

…and thus began the interview. One of several conversations that I have pieced together over the years, to give a clearer insight into Greg Hahn’s career and his creations. During our first conversation, I asked Greg if he had always been this way.

“Yeah! I’ve always been ridiculous, you know?  Always, ’cause that’s the fun part! Like when you’re in school…the more serious the situation is, the more you want to be a riot. Like in a quiet classroom, you know, or like a funeral or say like a church…I won’t go so far as to say a funeral …but like church. Wherever you’re supposed to be really quiet is like where I wanted to go completely bananas, you know.” Hahn quickly added, somewhat paradoxically, “But then I get put on the spot, like ‘Hey! It’s the funny guy!’ so, like you go to a party and that’s where you’re supposed to be completely over the top and that’s where I would clam up. It’s a weird combination of things.”

Having seen him on stage and spoken with him in person, it was somewhat difficult for me to imagine that he could ever be involved in such a regimented organization such as the Marines. I asked him if his apparent ADHD and penchant for spastic humor ever got him in trouble with the Corps.

“Uh, I don’t know…it was quite ridiculous in the Marine Corps. You know, I had my people shooting their weapons all over the place. I used to blow off stuff at my apartment complex that caused the S.W.A.T. team to come over. You know, that was like the closest I ever came to being in trouble…like I’d bring flash-bangs or artillery simulators home and blow them off. Other than that, things have been pretty smooth.”

Knowing that Hahn had achieved the rank of Captain, I was curious as to whether his antics ever got him bucked down in rank or caused him any other problems in the military.

“No, no. Officers…normally it’s hard to get yourself knocked down a rank. Those guys that are just working their way up, like from like Sergeant to Corpsoral (E-4) or something like that, but once your so high, it’s hard to get knocked down.” Hahn ended that thought by saying, “Either you rank or you get kicked out right away.”

With his military background, I was sure that Hahn had to have taken part in the many USO or other military comedy tours.

            “I didn’t do Iraq, but I went to Bosnia and Kosovo…all that stuff. That was a good time. The military stuff kills there…I try to expand on the military stuff and it does real well. But you know, my military career was a long time ago. There are other guys that have had real careers in the military. I was just like four years in…three active duty and one in the reserves. A lot of these guys have been in the military for like ten or twenty years…a whole big career. I touch on it in the act, but it’s not the whole act.” Hahn then jumped subject, detailing some of his pre-Marine life. “I went to college. I had a job. I was a moron in college, so I can like totally relate to people whose max education is high school and they go to college and they drink and I am totally in the same boat with those people.”

During another phone call, almost exactly a year later, I brought up the topic of the military once again as my eldest son had joined the Marines and was set to leave in a short time for boot camp.

“Good for him! Well, he’ll get in the Marine Corps and, I mean, at boot camp, it’ll be…the first week…what a hassle! No sleep! Oh my god! Everything is uncomfortable. He will have…it’s that old cliché, ‘You can’t take that away from him,’ you know?” Actually sounding nostalgic for a moment, Hahn went on to say that, “He’ll have the memory of things he did and what happened and things he saw for his whole life. It’s a good memory. It’s fun. Tell him he’ll tell every girlfriend he ever dates from here on out his Marine Corps experience, what he did in boot camp and what happened and what kid tried to drink his own piss and the rifle range…no, he’s got all kinds of great memories coming.”

I wondered whether much of Hahn’s stage act was comprised of actual experiences that, within the wide open confines of Greg’s imagination, he blew up to totally preposterous proportions, creating a comic character that everyone seems to find universally hilarious. Was it a conscious decision to create a rapid fire monologue out of exaggerated portions of his own life?

“Yeah, stuff I’ve experienced, stuff I’ve done, you know what I mean? I always say, like my whole point is ‘get to the funny part quick’. Like, me as an audience member, like whenever I watched comedy, I would get bored like instantaneously. I don’t like a long set up, myself so my jokes are almost like, a couple of words or a funny noise or a face or whatever. Like, whatever is funny I try to bring it in immediately.” Hahn reflects that, “So, since I started out, I’ve always…it takes a while, it takes a number of years to get people to understand what the hell you’re doing. Because I used to come out on stage and , you know, fall down or flop around and throw prunes and, you know, throw stuff around, and people didn’t know what the hell was going on.”

With the unending physical comedy that his body endures during every performance, I thought that he must have had some accidents and injuries over the course of years.

“No…” he said, quickly adding that, “I have flown onto a full table of beer, though. The table collapsed when I flew off stage and landed on a table…I didn’t get hurt, so it was alright. It was kind of funny, actually…a good way to close a show. ‘Hey, hey! My finale’!’”

As a regular guest not only on The Bob and Tom Show, but also on The Bob and Tom Comedy All-Stars Tours, Greg attributes much of his success to Tom Griswold and Bob Kevoian, the creators and hosts of the show.

            “Well, I think The Bob and Tom Show, for me, has made my career. It has totally given it a kick in the you-know-what. It’s really interesting because I was playing in a club in Indianapolis called One Liners, and they were like, ‘Hey, you’re going to do The Bob and Tom Show tomorrow!’ I had heard that Bob and Tom was big, but I’d done a lot of radio and you don’t get overly excited, like, it’s not a career changer. You know, after a while, you just kind of take one day at a time.” Hahn remembers the immediate results that the show had on his career, “So, you do The Bob and Tom Show once and the next thing you know, you show up at a place you’ve never been before, like Wichita, Kansas, and the place is packed! You go rolling up in the parking lot and there’s nowhere to park. That’s when I first learned the power of Bob and Tom, playing Wichita…that place was slammed and I’m like, ‘Holy Smokes!’ and it just got better and better. It’s really something!”

The Bob and Tom Comedy All Star Tour have really become an entity unto themselves, traversing the country, bringing the nation’s top comedians in one headliner laden show.

“Yeah, The Bob and Tom Tour is like a total party. You know, I can just come out and go completely nuts. I don’t have to pace myself or anything…just total nuts, you know? That’s the thing…I come out, explode, then go have a diet Coke backstage. It is truly the world of Jäger-bombs and body shots.” Hahn went on to explain the dynamics of the tours by reiterating that, “It’s just a Bob and Tom party, because you’ve got all these headliners who normally don’t see each other on the club circuit, because we all headline. Our egos are too big. We wouldn’t dare want to open for each other, you know what I mean? But, on The Bob and Tom Tour, it’s all headliners, so…man! The green room is a riot! It is fun, it is fun. You are truly seeing comedians that are having a fun time where, in a club, it might be minor torture because you could have to sit through the opening act and the middle act. Honestly, I’ve never had so much fun doing comedy in all my life!”

I always wondered if the constantly changing line ups would throw some of the comedians off of their groove.

“Not really. I mean, it’s different personnel. You’ve got someone new to goof off with in the green room. But, as far as the show itself, I don’t really sit out there and watch it. We sit in the green room totally goofing off talking about, again, because it’s a meeting of people who don’t normally see each other, so we can talk about challenges on the road, which comedy club has the most horrific condo, which guy tried to rip us off the most and compare notes.” Hanh explains. “Then, when they’re like, ‘Hey! You’re up next!’ I just go out there, sprinting onto the stage, freak out, then race back to the green room. So, I don’t know what’s going on out there. I just know that I go out there and give the audience their money’s worth and make sure that they’re happy that they showed up.”

Along with being one of the most manic and funny men on the comedy circuit, Hahn also has some other special talents. The first of which is his exceptional drumming skills. Had he originally wanted a career in music, perhaps hooking up with a band in high school or college?

“No, man…but I always had a drum set with me, even through college, like in my college dorm, because nothing wraps up a big party night when you’re hitting all the frats then a 3am dorm drum solo. I always had a drum kit and I took lessons in like fourth and fifth grade, and that was it. I did actually play in the jazz band in high school, but they’d only let me play like one song.” Contemplating the possibilites, Hahn said, “Now if I put together a big show, I would put together a band for sure. But the trouble is, I ruin every single song with a gigantic drum solo, so…”

Another of his non-comedic attributes is his wicked reputation as a Ping-Pong master. I was curious if this was something that he developed a skill for while he was in the military, much like Forrest Gump.

“No, I played as a kid. As a kid, I lived across the street from the guy that was like one of the top players in Florida and he taught me how to play. And it’s not like I’m a tournament player, but any punk that’s in the audience or like when I was in college…I mean, any street player I can beat, or normally I can beat. I’m sure that there’s some fat guy wearing a sweat band that’s got a Ping-Pong table in his garage and belongs to the Ping-Pong Club that could be trouble and could probably do me in, but I don’t run into that. I’m a comedian, so I think I’m unbeatable!” Then the gloves come off when Hahn starts trash talking. “That’s like Daniel Tosh and these other punks that think they’re good, and they show up and I have to talk smack like ‘Are you right handed? Are you sure you’re not playing with the weak hand?’”

We ended one of our conversations with what has to be one of the weirder road stories that I have heard. Not the weirdest…but definitely outside the norm.

“When I first started out, I used to throw stuff out into the audience and then there was this lady one night, who kept opening this umbrella in the front row while I’m doing the show, right?”

I suggested that perhaps the woman was confused and thought she was at a Gallagher show.

“No, I wasn’t even throwing anything. I guess she just thought it was funny. She was drunk and thought it was funny to, out of nowhere, just open her umbrella up in the front row. So all I’d see was this big umbrella open up. I happened to have had a large glass of ice water up on stage, and I thought, ‘Man, that would be great that the next time she opens that umbrella, I’ll spin around and grab this huge glass of ice water and chuck it against that umbrella. Oh it’ll be a riot! It’ll be a riot!!’ So I’m doing my show and BOOM, the umbrella opens up and I spin around and grab the ice water and fling it at her and as I’m throwing it, she closes the umbrella, the ice flies over her head and nails the woman behind her.” The story goes from bad to bizarre as Hahn recounts that, “All I could hear was the woman behind her scream, ‘My eye!’…and it’s not just her eye….it’s her good eye. She’s got a real eye and a glass eye and I nailed her in the real eye. Like, I mean, a nightmare was facing me that I couldn’t possibly imagine. So anyway, the show was over and I had to sit with her and buy her drinks…well, her and the people she was with….and luckily the eye cleared up and she was alright and the club invited me back. That was a rough one, man. It’s like one of the things you learn when you’re starting out. It’s like, ‘O.K. That’s it for chucking things into the crowd.’No, I wasn’t even throwing anything. I guess she just thought it was funny. She was drunk and thought it was funny to, out of nowhere, just open her umbrella up in the front row. So all I’d see was this big umbrella open up. I happened to have had a large glass of ice water up on stage, and I thought, ‘Man, that would be great that the next time she opens that umbrella, I’ll spin around and grab this huge glass of ice water and chuck it against that umbrella. Oh it’ll be a riot! It’ll be a riot!!’ So I’m doing my show and BOOM, the umbrella opens up and I spin around and grab the ice water and fling it at her and as I’m throwing it, she closes the umbrella, the ice flies over her head and nails the woman behind her. All I could hear was the woman behind her scream, ‘My eye!’…and it’s not just her eye….it’s her good eye. She’s got a real eye and a glass eye and I nailed her in the real eye. Like, I mean, a nightmare was facing me that I couldn’t possibly imagine. So anyway, the show was over and I had to sit with her and buy her drinks…well, her and the people she was with….and luckily the eye cleared up and she was alright and the club invited me back. That was a rough one, man. It’s like one of the things you learn when you’re starting out. It’s like, ‘O.K. That’s it for chucking things into the crowd.’”

At the conclusion of our last conversation, Hahn extended his thanks and best wishes to my son as he left for Marine Corps boot camp.

“Well, thanks a lot for the interview and tell your son he’ll love the Corps and tell him to bring his golf clubs. That’s what they always told me; ‘Bring your golf clubs!’” Hahn paused for the briefest of moments before adding, “I don’t know what that means.”

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Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Bob And Tom Show, comedian, Comedy, comic, Greg Hahn, interview, J.T. Ryder, Wiley's Comedy Niteclub

Shock Treatment

June 20, 2007 By J.T. Ryder Leave a Comment

Wiley’s Welcomes America’s Greatest Storyteller

I prepared for my upcoming interview with comedic storyteller Ron Shock in the same manner that I approached all of my subjects. I researched reviews of his performances from across the country. I listened to all of the stage material of his that I could find. I read all of  the somewhat vitriolic rants on his web blog. I collated and compressed all of my thoughts down into a series of poignant, thought provoking questions, took a deep breath and dialed his telephone number. As soon as I heard his raspy, whiskey soaked voice answer the phone and he launched unceremoniously into a review of his day, I did what any professional interviewer would do; I threw my notes right the fuck out. I realized instantly that there was absolutely no way in hell I was going to be able to force this interview to follow any semblance of order.

Ron immediately put me at ease with his laid back, conversational tone; the hallmark of a true storyteller. He makes you feel as if you were sitting on the back porch, listening to stories being spun by your favorite grandfather. Not the one who used to whack you with his cane and tell you that you’d never amount to anything, just like your father. No, not him. The other one; the nice one. Ron Shock would reminded you of that grandfather, spinning stories about his life, making them all seem so funny and fanciful. Well, maybe “grandfather” is not the right depiction to use. Maybe a grandfather after he’s smoked quite a bit of “medicinal marijuana” for his “glaucoma.” A cross between Garrison Keillor and Ken Kesey, really.

Our hour-long conversation ranged hither and yon, touching on topic after topic, such as politics, poker, religion and bowel movements, shifting between these subjects seamlessly. Now I realized why the man, one of the Original Texas Outlaws who sprang from the same scene as Sam Kinison, Bill Hicks and Brett Butler, was known as The Greatest American Storyteller.

J.T.: You’re performing at Wiley’s Comedy Club on June 21st through the 24th. You wrote to me saying that you really liked playing that club. Is it the area’s ambiance? The type of crowds?

Shock: You know what it is? The owner is a comic. The previous owner, Wiley himself, while not a comic, loved comedy and there is that love of comedy and Wiley’s isn’t like other clubs because they’re (the other clubs) are in it for the money. Wiley’s is actually in it for the comedy.

J.T.: Well, I’ll ask the most obvious question that you’ve probably been asked a billion times, ‘how did you get into comedy?’

Shock: I had a little consulting firm at the time, but it pretty much ran itself. The service I provided was done by computer and it was easy for me to have time off. I went to college. I’d take six hours a week out of my not-so-busy-fucking-schedule. Just to take courses that interested me and I didn’t know anything about the theater, so I took ‘Introduction to Theater.’ Well, Hayden Rorke, who played Col. Bellows on ‘I Dream of Jeannie’, was friend of my professor. He comes on a day when we had to do a skit that we had written ourselves. I performed my skit and afterwards, he said ‘That was pretty funny! Let’s go have lunch.’  We had lunch and he asked me what I was doing in college at my age. I told him that I had been a success in business and had made money and now I was bored beyond belief. He told me ‘You ought to do stand up comedy.’ The following Tuesday, I went to a local comedy club and  it was like a light shone on me, like ‘This is what you’re supposed to do.’ I went on stage that Sunday, amateur night…and I bombed. Horribly. A fight breaks out between the comics and spills into the room while I’m on stage. It can’t get any worse. Monday morning, I put my business up for sale and I’ve been a stand-up comic ever since.

J.T.: How would you describe your show to the uninitiated? Is it a political or controversial type of show?

Shock: No, I don’t do political stuff much. I will go after certain controversial figures, I don’t go after groups, I name names…individuals…like Oral Roberts or Pat Robertson. I’ll take something ludicrous that they’ve said and from there go into a rant from there. My show has no point. I make people laugh. That’s what I do. There are things that I feel very deeply about in life, but I can’t make them funny, and I don’t want to preach without making it funny. My calling seems to be as a stand-up comic, not as a comedic philosopher. So, no…I don’t have a point, other than there’s a lot of funny shot out there if you can start to look at it from a funny point of view. I do a lot of long stories, I mean, I’ve led a very interesting life.

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Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Bill Hicks, cancer, comedian, Comedy, comic, Dwight Slade, interview, J.T. Ryder, Original Texas Outlaws, Ron Shock, Sam Kinison, Wiley's Comedy Niteclub

The Aug Man Cometh

April 25, 2007 By J.T. Ryder Leave a Comment

Auggie Smith and the Subtle Dangers of Censorship

There are comedians who carpet bomb the audience in the statistical hope that most of their hurled bon mots and humorous bits land on target with an explosion and not a fizzle. Auggie Smith does not succumb to this temptation, instead relying on his rapid-fire delivery, spewed forth in a breathless scream of consciousness that leaves the audience no quarter. Aug is more of a consummate storyteller, weaving reality with the absurd so flawlessly as to draw the audience into a world of his own design. There are no “jokes” or “bits”, just an unpretentiously intelligent torrent of guttural humor and angst that rises and falls, peaking at precisely the right moments. The reaction from the audience range from apoplectic laughter to a shocked indignation, as if they had just received a Cheney scatter shot to the face. One walks away from the performance not remembering a single line verbatim, just a different viewpoint and an afterglow of a cathartic release.

His comedic fodder is comprised of broad political satire and a repertoire of staccato rants ranging from the oppressive fear being foisted on the American public to Barbie getting raw dogged by G.I. Joe while he suffers a ‘Nam flashback. He draws from the world at large, but he doesn’t feel the need to use the stage for his own political agenda.

“Personally, I may have particular views and vote for particular people and I don’t

care, you know, that I don’t expect people to have my political opinions when I’m on stage.” Auggie said during a recent phone interview. “I’m not trying to change minds, I’m trying to make people laugh.”

Freedom of speech is of paramount importance to Auggie, as it is the structure on which his craft is based, but also on a personal level that all people should be attuned to.

“Yeah, well, people’s view of what freedom of speech is completely messed up now.” he said. “Freedom of speech means that you might get your feelings hurt, and that’s exactly what it means. It doesn’t mean we don’t offend anybody. Freedom of speech is that people will be offended and that’s the point of it, and when you take that away, we’re, we’re done.”

The political and social sensitivity welling in this country and the ease in which people in general have the uncanny knack of finding offenses where none truly exist, seems to make the comedic landscape a minefield waiting for a big ol’ clown shoe to come along.

“Yeah, yeah….maybe they shouldn’t leave the house if they’re going to be offended by other people’s words. It’s probably best that you never come into contact with anybody else.” Auggie stated, somewhat perturbed. “That’s probably the best game plan for them…and what it is, is people have to be morally superior over others and they decide ‘Well, morally, I’m better than you so I can decide what you can and cannot say and what’s morally objectionable’ and here’s the thing; it doesn’t offend me. So is there something wrong with me? Am I a bad person for not being offended by that? You know, because that’s the way the logic has to go.”

It seems that the current political atmosphere is so devoid of humor that one is loath to joke about the powers that be for fear of risking a heated confrontation. It used to be that anyone could make a joke about Clinton’s indiscretions or Dan Quayle’s complete ineptitude, and there would be a laugh, regardless of any affiliations. Now it is like a simple satirical jest can get you labeled as being anti-American.

“The problem, you…you’re talking about a couple of different issues here. If you’re talking specifically about the current administration here, yeah. I think there are people who have forgotten that it is our job to be anti-establishment.” Auggie went on to state that, “It is the comedian’s job to, uh, comment on the government and it is a comedian’s job to have a problem with the powers that be. We’ve become so aligned with our various political parties, uh, that we do not see the humor in them anymore. That is true. Um, and the fact that this, this turf war that we have going between Democrats and Republicans, and so one political party has your best interest at heart, yeah, right, for Christ’s sake! Like they’re not just a collection of millionaires that are designed to further people’s political careers, and instead are… for you, the common man. That bothers me, that people are under that assumption.”

When Auggie Smith takes the stage, he is not there to entertain you; he is not there to tell you a couple of amusing little jokes. He shall rise to become your personal, self-proclaimed Sherpa, shepherding you through life’s mysterious and often frightening landscape. Give your life over to the Aug Man and he will guide and protect you from all of the sharks, senior citizen NASCAR drivers and violently voracious vending machines that besiege you on your chosen path. Praise be to Aug.

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Filed Under: Comedy Tagged With: Auggie Smith, Bob And Tom Show, comedian, Comedy, comic, funny, J.T. Ryder, Wiley's Comedy Niteclub

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Xenia Community Garage Sale

9:00 am
Reserves of Xenia

Claybourne GRILLE

12:00 pm
Meijer Parking Lot, Troy

The Lumpia Queen

3:00 pm
RiverScape MetroPark

Cruise In at the Roadhouse

4:00 pm
Rip Rap Roadhouse

Freakin Ricans Food Truck

5:00 pm
Governor’s Square

Middletown PRIDE

5:00 pm
Downtown Middletown

Summer Kick-Off Patio Party

5:00 pm
On Par Entertainment

Sketcher Social Session: Advanced Drawing

6:00 pm
Dayton Society of Artists - DSA

LIVE TRIVIA with Trivia Shark

6:00 pm
Miami Valley Sports Bar

Vandalia Flight Fest

6:00 pm
Vandalia Rec Center

A Spirited Night in the Park – A Craft Beer & Seltzer Tasting

6:00 pm
Ivester Park

Freda’s Food Truck

6:00 pm
Vandalia Flight Festival

The Festival at St. John XXIII

6:00 pm
St. John XXIII Catholic School
+ 15 More

Dayton Air Show

9:00 am
Dayton - Wright Brothers Airport

The West Dayton Juneteenth celebration

9:00 am
Liberation Park

Greene County Strawberry Fest:

10:00 am
greene county fairgrounds

Craft Beer Festival

1:00 pm
Oscar Events Center at Jungle Jim

Springboro Juneteenth Celebration

1:00 pm
Downtown Springboro

Roll & Sip

3:00 pm
Wright Dunbar Cigar Shoppe & Lounge

Juneteenth Troy

3:00 pm
McKaig-Race Park

The Festival at St. John XXIII

4:00 pm
St. John XXIII Catholic School

Thai1On

5:00 pm
Mother Stewart's Brewing Co

Say She She

7:00 pm
Levitt Pavilion

Dayton Dance Initiative CoLab II

7:30 pm
PNC Arts Annex

Brian Kilmeade: The History, Liberty & Laughs Tour

7:30 pm
Victoria Theatre

Gem City Groundlings presents Macbeth!

7:30 pm
Roger Glass Center For The Arts

The Wild Women of Winedale

7:30 pm
Dayton Theatre Guild

The Understudy

8:00 pm
Beavercreek Community Theatre

Pride Prov

8:00 pm
The Black Box Improv Theater
+ 8 More

Downtown Troy Farmers’ Market

9:00 am
Downtown Troy

Dayton Air Show

9:00 am
Dayton - Wright Brothers Airport

The Historic Oregon District Summer Garden Tour!

10:00 am
Newcom Founders Park

Greene County Strawberry Fest:

10:00 am
greene county fairgrounds

Gelato Making Adventure

11:00 am
Farmhouse Bakery & Creamery

Kid’s Pasta Class

11:00 am

Lazy Baker Pizza Maker

11:00 am
Jim's💈Barbers

All-Corvette Car Show

11:00 am
Giovanni's

Gem City Groundlings presents Macbeth!

2:00 pm
Roger Glass Center For The Arts

The Wild Women of Winedale

2:00 pm
Dayton Theatre Guild

The Understudy

3:00 pm
Beavercreek Community Theatre

Blessing of the Animals

3:00 pm
Southminster Presbyterian Church

The Festival at St. John XXIII

3:00 pm
St. John XXIII Catholic School

Food Founder Night

4:00 pm
The Silos

The Lumpia Queen

4:00 pm
Stubbs Park

Thai Village On Wheels

5:00 pm
Miami Valley Sports Bar

Buffalo Trace Antique Collection Bourbon Tasting

6:00 pm
Manna Uptown
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Week of Events

Mon 16

Tue 17

Wed 18

Thu 19

Fri 20

Sat 21

Sun 22

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Recurring

Color Our World – The Art of Stories

June 16 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Recurring

Color Our World – The Art of Stories

Each session of this freeform art class will focus on a different children's book illustrators' works and provide children an...

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Recurring

Lazy Baker Pizza Maker

June 16 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Recurring

Lazy Baker Pizza Maker

5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

$3 Burger Night

June 16 @ 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

$3 Burger Night

From 5-10pm you can choose from the following: for $3 - it's a plain burger on a bun, $4 -...

$3
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring

Mommy and Me Yoga

June 16 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring

Mommy and Me Yoga

You asked for it, and here it is- EVENING Mommy and Me Yoga at The Well! https://bit.ly/mommyandmeyogathewell But it's not...

$18
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Recurring

Community Fitness Bootcamp

June 16 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Recurring

Community Fitness Bootcamp

Join The Unit for an exciting bootcamp workout that will take you through RiverScape in a whole new way. Whether...

Free
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Recurring

Monday Trivia Night

June 16 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Recurring

Monday Trivia Night

Got a case of the Mondays?  Come in and enjoy a night of trivia, good food, drinks, and company. Join...

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Recurring

Chess Club!

June 16 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Recurring

Chess Club!

The club is open to players of all skill levels, from beginners to experienced players.

Free
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Recurring

LGBT AA group

June 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Recurring

LGBT AA group

The All-Inclusive Alcoholics Anonymous Group (AA) meeting was formed to be inclusive for all members of the LGBTQIA+ community, as...

Free
+ 5 More
11:00 am - 1:00 pm

ShowDogs HotDogs

June 17 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

ShowDogs HotDogs

American Choice of Relish, Onion, Mustard and Ketchup $4.00 The German Kraut, Onions, Mustard $5.00 Memphis Bacon, BBQ Sauce, Cheese,...

12:00 pm - 8:00 pm Recurring

Schmidt’s Sausage Truck

June 17 @ 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm Recurring

Schmidt’s Sausage Truck

2:30 pm - 9:30 pm Recurring

Bargain Tuesday: $6.50 Movie Day

June 17 @ 2:30 pm - 9:30 pm Recurring

Bargain Tuesday: $6.50 Movie Day

Tuesday at the Neon in Downtown Dayton movies are just $6.50

$6.50
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm Recurring

Cloud Park Food Truck Rally

June 17 @ 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm Recurring

Cloud Park Food Truck Rally

Get ready for a delicious summer in Huber Heights! Join us every other Tuesday starting May 6th through September 9th...

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring

Tai Chi & Qigong at the River

June 17 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring

Tai Chi & Qigong at the River

Offered by Immortal Tree Qigong. Each hour-long Tai Chi & Qigong session will start with breathing exercises, warm up, and...

Free
7:00 pm

Reading: Vignettes of The Belonging Project

June 17 @ 7:00 pm

Reading: Vignettes of The Belonging Project

join us for a public reading of the second draft of Vignettes of The Belonging Project at The Loft Theatre...

Free
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

A Juneteenth Discussion

June 17 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

A Juneteenth Discussion

Presenter Karen D. Brame of Special Collections and esteemed guests of the community share on the past, present and future...

7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Recurring

Trivia with Rob

June 17 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Recurring

Trivia with Rob

Come test your brain, enjoy great food and drinks, and have some fun!

+ 1 More
5:00 am - 9:00 pm Recurring

Free Wednesdays in June at the YMCA!

June 18 @ 5:00 am - 9:00 pm Recurring

Free Wednesdays in June at the YMCA!

🎉 Free Wednesdays in June at the YMCA! 🎉 No membership? No problem! Every Wednesday in June, you're invited to...

Free
9:45 am - 3:00 pm Recurring

ILLYS Fire Pizza

June 18 @ 9:45 am - 3:00 pm Recurring

ILLYS Fire Pizza

We are a mobile wood fired pizza company that specialize in turkey products such as Turkey pepperoni, Italian Turkey sausage,...

10:00 am - 1:00 pm Recurring

Fairborn Farmers Market

June 18 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Recurring

Fairborn Farmers Market

The Fairborn Farmers Market was established with the intent to provide the Fairborn community access to fresh and wholesome products...

Free
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

ACutAbove-Schnitzel&More

June 18 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

ACutAbove-Schnitzel&More

Pork Schnitzel Sandwich A German Classic, Pork loin, lettuce, tomato and secret sauce on a kaiser bun $13.00 Chicken Schnitzel...

11:00 am - 1:30 pm

What The Taco?!

June 18 @ 11:00 am - 1:30 pm

What The Taco?!

Chipotle Chicken Taco GRILLED CHICKEN, SHREDDED LETTUCE, PICO DE GALLO, CILANTRO SOUR CREAM & MONTEREY JACK $10.00 Ground Beef Taco...

5:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Spass Nacht 2025: An Austrian Festival

June 18 @ 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Spass Nacht 2025: An Austrian Festival

In honor of Kettering’s sister city, Steyr, Austria, we celebrate with a Spass Nacht (translation: Fun Night). Strap on your...

Free
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Recurring

Community Fitness Bootcamp

June 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Recurring

Community Fitness Bootcamp

Join The Unit for an exciting bootcamp workout that will take you through RiverScape in a whole new way. Whether...

Free
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Pride Month Panel Discussion: LGBTQIA+ Allyship & Inclusivity

June 18 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Pride Month Panel Discussion: LGBTQIA+ Allyship & Inclusivity

will focus on LGBTQIA+ Allyship & Inclusivity, feature a panel discussion led by community leaders and educators, and include an...

Free
+ 4 More
8:00 am - 6:00 pm Recurring

Cinn-Wagon food truck

June 19 @ 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Recurring

Cinn-Wagon food truck

Cinn-Wagon food truck will join us out front at Miami Valley Sports Bar on June 8, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19,...

9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Xenia Community Garage Sale

June 19 @ 9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Xenia Community Garage Sale

Browse through gently used and new items from the residents at Reserves of Xenia. Like any garage sale, you're bound...

11:00 am - 3:00 pm

The Fairborn Juneteenth Celebration

June 19 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

The Fairborn Juneteenth Celebration

This "Did you know" was brought to you by the Fairborn Lion's Club. On June 19th, 1865, the Union Soldiers...

11:30 am - 2:30 pm

Cousins Maine Lobster Truck

June 19 @ 11:30 am - 2:30 pm

Cousins Maine Lobster Truck

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Yellow Springs Juneteenth celebration

June 19 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Yellow Springs Juneteenth celebration

The community is invited to join the Coretta Scott King Center at Antioch College and the Yellow Springs Juneteenth Committee...

2:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Springboro Juneteenth Jubilee Blood Drive

June 19 @ 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Springboro Juneteenth Jubilee Blood Drive

COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VERSITI AT SOUTHWEST CHURCH!No matter the color of our skin, we all have the...

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

A Midsummer’s Reading Bash

June 19 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

A Midsummer’s Reading Bash

Have you been working hard to “Color Our World” for the Teen Summer Reading Program recently? If so, come relax...

Free
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring

Lebanon Farmers Market

June 19 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Recurring

Lebanon Farmers Market

The Lebanon Farmers Market is open 4 pm to 7 pm every Thursday mid-May through mid-October.  We are located in...

+ 11 More
8:00 am - 9:00 am

African American Community Fund Annual Breakfast Meeting

June 20 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am

African American Community Fund Annual Breakfast Meeting

The Dayton Foundation’s African American Community Fund cordially invites you to its Annual Fundraising Breakfast Meeting on Friday, June 20,...

Free
9:00 am - 3:30 pm Recurring

Xenia Community Garage Sale

June 20 @ 9:00 am - 3:30 pm Recurring

Xenia Community Garage Sale

Browse through gently used and new items from the residents at Reserves of Xenia. Like any garage sale, you're bound...

12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Claybourne GRILLE

June 20 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Claybourne GRILLE

3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Lumpia Queen

June 20 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

The Lumpia Queen

4:00 pm - 10:00 pm Recurring

Cruise In at the Roadhouse

June 20 @ 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm Recurring

Cruise In at the Roadhouse

Cruise In at the Roadhouse is taking place at Rip Rap Roadhouse, which is located at 6024 Rip Rap Rd. in Huber Heights....

5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Freakin Ricans Food Truck

June 20 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Freakin Ricans Food Truck

5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Middletown PRIDE

June 20 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Middletown PRIDE

Come be a part of our 7th annual Middletown PRIDE celebration! Everyone and everyBODY is welcome. (Glitter is optional, but...

Free
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Summer Kick-Off Patio Party

June 20 @ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Summer Kick-Off Patio Party

Celebrate the First Day of Summer with Us! ☀️🍻 On Par Entertainment is teaming up with Warped Wing Brewing for...

Free
+ 15 More
9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Dayton Air Show

June 21 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Dayton Air Show

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds The Thunderbirds will headline the 2025 Dayton Air Show. READ MORE U.S. Army Golden Knights Formed...

$35
9:00 am - 8:00 pm

The West Dayton Juneteenth celebration

June 21 @ 9:00 am - 8:00 pm

The West Dayton Juneteenth celebration

The West Dayton Juneteenth celebration, Saturday June 21st from 9am til dusk. Liberation Park on the corner of Broadway and...

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Greene County Strawberry Fest:

June 21 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Greene County Strawberry Fest:

Greene County Strawberry Fest: June 21 & 22, 2025 at the Greene County Fairgrounds. Saturday & Sunday 10am-5pm. Family Fun...

$6
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Craft Beer Festival

June 21 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Craft Beer Festival

General Admission Celebrate everything craft beer-related in this sudsy spectacular showcasing over 100 local and national craft breweries and more...

$68.75
1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Springboro Juneteenth Celebration

June 21 @ 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Springboro Juneteenth Celebration

Celebrate freedom and commUNITY this Juneteenth in Springboro! Join us for a series of exciting family-friendly events commemorating this important...

3:00 pm

Roll & Sip

June 21 @ 3:00 pm

Roll & Sip

Join How Sweet it Is! Humidor for a one-of-a-kind Roll & Sip event at Wright Dunbar Cigar Shoppe & Lounge!...

$183.24
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Juneteenth Troy

June 21 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Juneteenth Troy

Join us for our 5th anniversary celbration of Juneteenth Troy. There will be music, food, and fun! We will begin...

4:00 pm - 11:00 pm Recurring

The Festival at St. John XXIII

June 21 @ 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm Recurring

The Festival at St. John XXIII

FRIDAY: Featuring Knights of Columbus fish meals while supplies last along with Faculty Food Booth; cheeseburgers, hamburgers, grilled chicken sandwiches, pizza,...

+ 8 More
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Downtown Troy Farmers’ Market

June 22 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Downtown Troy Farmers’ Market

Downtown Troy Farmers' Market will run Saturday mornings 9:00 am to 12:00 pm from June 22nd, 2013 through September 21st,...

9:00 am - 6:00 pm Recurring

Dayton Air Show

June 22 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Recurring

Dayton Air Show

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds The Thunderbirds will headline the 2025 Dayton Air Show. READ MORE U.S. Army Golden Knights Formed...

$35
10:00 am - 2:00 pm

The Historic Oregon District Summer Garden Tour!

June 22 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

The Historic Oregon District Summer Garden Tour!

⚘️ Enjoy a self-guided tour through vibrant private gardens and explore the natural beauty that makes the neighborhood so unique....

$25
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Recurring

Greene County Strawberry Fest:

June 22 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Recurring

Greene County Strawberry Fest:

Greene County Strawberry Fest: June 21 & 22, 2025 at the Greene County Fairgrounds. Saturday & Sunday 10am-5pm. Family Fun...

$6
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Recurring

Gelato Making Adventure

June 22 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Recurring

Gelato Making Adventure

$20
11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Kid’s Pasta Class

June 22 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Kid’s Pasta Class

Kid's Pasta Class (For Ages 3-7) Bring your littles in for a fun hands-on pasta making where we'll hand-mix dough...

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Lazy Baker Pizza Maker

June 22 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Lazy Baker Pizza Maker

11:00 am - 3:00 pm

All-Corvette Car Show

June 22 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

All-Corvette Car Show

Enjoy food, fun and CORVETTE’S with GREATER DAYTON CORVETTE CLUB!! Join us in Fairborn for one Southwest Ohio’s best All...

Free
+ 13 More
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