We were on Gem City Tonight!
Our appearance on Gem City Tonight is now live! Thanks so much to Andrew Mitakides and Gem City Tonight for having us!
The line up for the episode was:
Dayton Unknown
And Lucky, Mr. Gay Ohio 2018
And always, the musical stylings of Aimee James and the Gems!
Check it out!
Dayton Unknown will be on Gem City Tonight!
We taped our appearance last night, and had such a blast doing it. The crew and audience were such a great group to be around.
You can watch our segment during the show that will air on Saturday, March 16th at 8pm.
According to DATV’s website, “DATV can be seen exclusively on Spectrum channel 5 in the City of Dayton, Riverside and Butler Twp. and channels 5, 6, or 23 in Dayton’s northern suburbs.” In addition, you can live-stream, and watch on YouTube.
“Realign” by Matt Penny
Releasing today! Realign is an instrumental album by local artist, Matt Penny. We talked to Matt and asked for some information about his album and honestly, he said it best:
“Realign has been the longest project I’ve ever worked on. I started initially in late 2015. I realize now I was way too ambitious when it came to my expectations. I had released some stuff in high school, but I wanted something that sounded a little more professional. I had been in recording studios before and thought you basically just turned knobs until it sounded good. I had no idea that mixing/mastering/engineering music was a whole other level of skill. It’s an art in itself, just like song writing.
Are you watching Gem City Tonight?
Episode 1 Lineup:
- Don Smith from Wiley’s Comedy Club
- Sara Stathes from The Barrel House
- Musical guest Velvet Crush Unplugged with Dana and David Garwood.
Episode 2 Lineup:
- Brittany Smith and Kait Gilcher from Heart Mercantile
- Comedian Jodi McDermitt
- Music from Aimee James and the Gems
Dayton’s new late-night style show, hosted by Andrew Mitakides, aims to spotlight local talent and businesses and highlight what makes Dayton so special.
Dayton Unknown is excited to attend a taping of the show tonight! Stay tuned for some behind the scenes pictures in the future!
Also, make sure to follow Gem City Tonight on all of their social media!
Wright Library’s 80th Anniversary
On the opening night of February 14th, 1939, the lights went out, which required the crowd to tour their new library by candlelight. To celebrate 80 years of service to the community and commemorate the opening night, Wright Library held a candlelight celebration with historical items on display and a telling of the story of opening night.
Gem City Tonight with Andrew Mitakides
- Don Smith from Wiley’s Comedy Club
- Sara Stathes from The Barrel House
- Musical guest Velvet Crush Unplugged with Dana and David Garwood.
Dayton Unknown was lucky enough to meet with Andrew and talk with him about his show and learn more about him. Andrew was born and raised in the Dayton area, and spent ten years outside of Dayton working in voice acting, Shakespearean theater, musicals, comedies, and as a Golf Pro. He returned to Dayton at the end of 2015, with his wife Alexis. Currently, Andrew is a firefighter, Suicide Awareness Activist, Voice-Over Actor, Emcee, Ghostbuster, and now we can add Late Night Talk Show Host!
Source: JGR Photography & Videography
Dayton’s UFO Sighting/Hoax
The video, supposedly captured by an unidentified woman, was shown on Fox News and other news circuits around the world. It showed a blue object flying in and out of sight behind a cloud, appearing to “move with the clouds” as the woman in the video stated.
Experts ranging from a Dayton Astrophysicist to a UFO Investigator from Cleveland have debunked the video, presuming that the website promoting the video, Secureteam 10 may have been getting paid for advertising every time they showed the video. The website did not release the source of the video, the identity of the couple they claimed filmed the video, or any other information.
A spokesperson from WPAFB denied any connection to the video or any activities related to it.
It’s Our 5th Anniversary!
Since then…
170 Posts
52,095 Views
750 Followers on WordPress
387 Posts on Instagram
2,414 Followers on Instagram
288 Likes on Facebook
So many wonderful people met.
And an unquantifiable amount of facts learned about Dayton.
Here are a few highlights of the past five years:
- Most Popular Story: Hills and Dales Lookout Tower: The REAL Story
- Sara’s Favorite Story: The Sad Tale of James Murphy
- Bethany’s Favorite Story : Going Out with a Bang: My God, I’ve Shot Myself
- Two stories in the Dayton Daily News:
- Four Events Planned and Hosted:
- Dayton Unknown Riverwalk
- Dayton Unknown Summer Scavenger Hunt
- Dayton Unknown Fall Scavenger Hunt 2014
- Dayton Unknown Fall Scavenger Hunt 2016
We are so excited to see what the future holds for us!
As always, if you have any story ideas or questions you’d like us to look into, please let us know! There are so many ways to contact us – leave a comment down below, via the Contact Us page, send an email (daytonunknown@hotmail.com), send a message on Facebook or Instagram (@daytonunknown), etc..
Victor Galbraith
Listen my children and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere…
Dayton Unknown 