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More Upcoming Events
This summer is shaping up to be a summer of fun with so many events happening!
- What: Passport to MetroParks
Date: May 24 (tonight!!)
Time: 6-9 PM
Where: 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton
Description: A preview of events taking place at each MetroPark this summer. There will be live music, food trucks, and park rangers. Representatives from upcoming festivals will be there to detail their upcoming festivals. - What: Cheese Fest
Date: May 25
Time: 3-10 pm
Where: Austin Landing, 10400 Innovation Drive, Miamisburg - What: Kettering Block Party
Date: May 29
Time: 6-8 PM
Where: Fraze Pavilion, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd, Kettering - What: Halfway to Hauntfest
Date: May 31
Time: 9 pm to 2 am
Where: NextDoor Bar, 454 E Fifth Street, Dayton; Oregon District
Description: To celebrate the halfway mark to Halloween and reveal the theme for this year’s Oregon District Halloween festival. 21 and over - What: Dayton Pride
Dates: May 31-June 1
Times: 6pm-10 pm May 31
11am-4pm June 1
Where: Greater Dayton LGBT Center, 136 North Main Street, Dayton - What: Troy Strawberry Festival
Dates: June 1-2
Times: 10 am to 9 pm June 1
10 am to 6 pm June 2
Where: Downtown Troy - What: St. Christopher Festival
Date: June 7-9
Where: St. Christopher Catholic Church, 425 East National Road, Vandalia - What: St Helen Spring Festival
Date: June 7-9
Where: St. Helen Private Elementary, 5086 Burkhardt Road - What: Jewish Cultural Festival
Date: June 9
Time: 11 am to 7 pm
Where: Temple Israel, 130 Riverside, Dayton - What: Versailles Poultry Days
Date: June 14-16
Where: 459 South Center St, Versailles - What: Celtic Fest Ohio
Date: June 15
Time: 11am-10pm
Where: Renaissance Park, 10542 E Ohio 73, Waynesville - What: Pride Art Show
Date: June 21
Time: 5 PM
Where: Secret Chamber of Oddities and Artwork 17 West Main Street, Fairborn
Don’t forget to sign up for Sara’s Ghost Tours!
Sara is teaming up with the Downtown Dayton Partnership, and hosting two walking tours in downtown Dayton to highlight some haunted buildings! The tour will be approximately one mile and last for one hour.
Sign up now!
Sign up now!
When: May 11th at 2 and 4pm
Our Favorite Hiking Spots
It’s almost summer! The weather is beautiful, and we’re all starting to get outside more. Here are a few of our favorite places to go hiking in the area!
- Koogler Wetland Prairie Reserve
- Russ Nature Preserve
- Caesar Creek State Park
- Twin Creek MetroPark
- Germantown MetroPark
- Aullwood Farm
- Charleston Falls Preserve
- John Bryan State Park
Happy 226th Birthday, Dayton!
On this date in 1796, Dayton was founded by the Thompson Party! Happy 226th birthday, Dayton!
Dayton historian, Charlotte Reeve Conover put it best in the her book The Story of Dayton:
“The boat party was the first to arrive. Rounding the curve in the river, where for so many years since then it has been flowing under the Dayton View Bridge, the pioneers perceived before their eyes the swift current of Mad River emptying itself into the main channel, just as it had been described, and saying to each other (so we may imagine), ‘Yes this must be the place,’ they tied the pirogue to a tree at the head of St, Clair Street and led by Mrs. Thompson, all clambered ashore.
At that moment, DAYTON came on the map!”
Edith Deeds
Edith Deeds was born in Spring Valley in 1869, to Samuel and Mary Walton, and was the older sister of William Walton. In her early life, Edith studied music, painting, and languages at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. Though her father Samuel was a Quaker, the family attended the First Baptist Church after moving to Dayton. It was there that Edith met Colonel Edward Deeds. Edith and Edward married on June 5, 1900. Throughout their marriage, Edith assisted her innovative husband and the infamous Barn Gang by performing office work and participating in the development of the automobile self-starter.
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DU Asks: Where are your favorite Christmas Lights?
We want to know! Where in the Dayton area is your favorite place to go see Christmas lights? Whether it’s just a small neighborhood, a big show, or a local place, let us know!
Upcoming Festivals 2021
Summer is here and life is slowly returning to normal. With this in mind, here are the statuses of some of the nearby festivals coming this summer:
On for Festivities:
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- Dayton Pride Parade & Festival – Friday, June 4th and Saturday, June 5th in Downtown Dayton
- Jewish Cultural Festival – Temple Israel with be hosting on June 11th as a drive-thru event
- Lebanon Country Music Festival – Friday June 11th and Saturday June 12th on Main Street in Lebanon
- Celtic Festival Ohio – June 19th, 11am-11pm at Renaissance Fairgrounds in Waynesville
- Waynesville Street Faire – June 19th, July 17th, August 14th, and September 11th, Main Street in Waynesville
- Lights in Flight Festival and Fireworks Show – July 4th, 5-10 pm at Riverscape
Dayton Inventors River Walk
At Riverscape Metropark, you may have seen several sculptures scattered about. There are seven “over-sized” sculptures – called invention stations – that represent seven of the most notable inventions from Dayton. These are part of the Dayton Inventors River Walk, that celebrates the history of invention and innovation in Dayton. There are also over 150 bricks that commemorate inventions from across the Miami Valley.
The River Walk begins at the northeast corner of Main Street and Monument Avenue, where you will see an 8×8 brick medallion in the pavement. This medallion announces that Dayton is the “Innovation Capital of the World,” due to the fact that Dayton has had more inventions per capita than any other city in the United States.
Besides the seven main Invention Stations, the bricks commemorate several other inventions and innovations:
- cellophane
- digital watches
- Freon
- the cracking of the Enigma Code in WWII
If you’re interested in walking around the Dayton Inventors River Walk to get a little bit of excerise, check out our post, Exercise Dayton: Riverscape Inventors Walk. We have also hosted a Photo Walk at the Inventors Walk!
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