Best bets for living in downtown Dayton By Maha Kashani Photo: View from Sixth Street Lofts When I tell local suburbanites that I live in downtown Dayton, I usually get a standard response. It’s a slightly puzzled face or, “Really? Downtown Dayton?” Yes, really. I live in downtown Dayton, and I love it! After a short […]
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The Faces of Dayton
Photos by: Bill Franz and Andrew Thompson Take a walk around downtown Dayton. History seems to be everywhere, but so too does the air of possible futures. Without a doubt, Dayton is running headlong into a new era where its storied past meets waves of new ideas emerging around every corner. The character of the […]
Goodbye, goodbye
Bonneville and Vanity Theft bow out at Canal Street By C.C. Hutten Around 10 years ago, 13-year-old Alicia Grodecki of Dayton-based band Vanity Theft walked into The Attic for a show featuring an indie pop/rock band compiled of a few guys from her high school. What she didn’t know that night, was that soon […]
Melt The Sky
Red Hot Rebellion deliver 100,000 megawatts of rock n’ roll By Tim Anderl Photo: Red Hot Rebellion release Melt the Sky at Blind Bob’s Aug. 30; photo: courtesy of Red Hot Rebellion “Melt The Sky,” the title track from Red Hot Rebellion’s (RHR) new EP was conceived last summer when vocalist/bassist Jim Tramontana became obsessed with […]
Gyspy bells and beach blues
New sounds for summer spinning By Alan Sculley As we roll headlong into the dog days of summer,mild as they may be this year, era-defining playlists are being amassed left and right. Admit it: you’re making your Summer 2013 playlist as you read this. Well, let us suggest four more options that stand to […]
A family affair
Good English has all their sisters indeed By: Gary Spencer Photo: Good English will celebrate the release of Radio Wires at Blind Bob’s on Aug. 24; [l to r]sisters Celia, Elizabeth and Leslie Rasmussen; photo: © 2013 by Brian Glass/Concert-Captures.com [cover photo of Good English: © 2013 by Brian Glass/Concert-Captures.com] Music making as a bloodsport in Dayton is […]
Two’s company, three’s a crowd, 10’s a blast!
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at Taft Theatre By Kate E Lore Photo: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros perform at the Taft Theatre in Cincinnati on Sunday, Aug. 25, photo: Laure Vincent Bouleau When the first person steps out on stage, the crowd goes wild. Their screams are deafening and indistinguishable from one […]
Dramatic dining
Centerville’s Kabuki aces sushi By: Brandy King Photo: Ka bai – braised short ribs – at Kabuki in Centerville I tire of hearing that Dayton is lacking in good ethnic eateries. We may be short on solid Italian and Puerto Rican offerings, but for everything else you just have to look – not downtown, not near […]
The little frames that could
Featherwood Frames embraces sustainable, environmentally-sound artisanship By: Tim Anderl Photo: Seeing eye to eye: [l to r] David Flowers and Brett Nagafuchi of Featherwood Frames talk shop with David Brown, owner of Eye 1 in Oakwood // Photo: Bill Franz Anyone who knows who Steve Urkel, Poindexter and Clark Kent are acknowledges the act of using/wearing […]
Looking back home to Africa
Fifth Annual Dayton African American Cultural Festival By Janyce Denise Glasper Photo: “We’re looking all the way back to Africa” -Mama Nozipo; Dayton African American Cultural Festival takes place Aug. 23-25 Originally beginning in 1968 as one of Ohio’s first major black celebrations, the Dayton African American Cultural Festival integrates traditional music, interpretive dance, rich folklore […]
