Dayton Big Blues & Brews returns By Kevin J. Gray Photo: Volunteers with the Doug Epple Foundation pour craft beer samples at the 2012 Big Brews and Blues Friday, May 17 marks the official start of the outdoor beer festival season with the fourth annual Big Brews and Blues. This event raises money for Diabetes Dayton, […]
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Get out and bike!
Bike to Work Week/Cycling Summit highlights By Val Beerbower Photo: Participate in National Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 17, during the annual Bike to Work Pancake Breakfast, 7-9 a.m. at Riverscape MetroPark; photo credit: Elzora.comPhotography There’s a machine that can improve a person’s health, reduce expenses and is better for the environment than most others. […]
Gazing upstream at wondrous color
Shane Carruth’s latest film tests expectations By T.T. Stern-Enzi Photo: Director Shane Carruth and Amy Seimetz in “Upstream Color”; Rating: Not Rated Grade: A At this year’s San Francisco Film Festival, Steven Soderbergh delivered an intriguing address on the state of the film industry. What made it so fascinating may, in part, have been the timing. […]
Hear our Satan prayer
Mysterious Swedish metal band Ghost B.C. invades Ohio By Gary Spencer Photo: Swedish metal outfit Ghost B.C. will perform on May 19 at the Rock on the Range Festival in Columbus; photo credit: Ester Segarra Subversion and influence of the masses via popular music is hardly a new thing, whether by design or just uninformed opinions […]
We have come … for light
The Breeders reissue Last Splash Boxed Set By Kyle Melton Photo: The Breeders in 2013: [l to r] Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs, Kim Deal, Jim MacPherson; photo credit: Chris Glass After cutting her teeth with Boston college rock icons Pixies in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Dayton’s Kim Deal returned home to rekindle her other […]
Hamming it up
Ham radio’s Hamvention invades Dayton By Leo DeLuca photo: Examining the tools of the trade: the biggest amatuer radio event in the world, Dayton Hamvention takes place at Hara Arena May 17-19 Dayton Hamvention celebrates its 62nd anniversary at Hara Arena May 17, 18 and 19. The long-running amateur (ham) radio convention got its start in […]
M.O. with Mayor Leitzell
The function of Dayton’s government By Gary Leitzell Photo: Dayton City Hall: “A commission that is not swayed by a national agenda or distracted by what the other side is doing will always work in the best interests of the citizens.” – Dayton Mayor Gary Leitzell This is an election year for three members of the […]
Cracking open the good stuff
New Kitchen Edition By Mike Rosenberg Photo: The good stuff: Roederer Estate 2002 Brut While the thrust of this column is largely inexpensive wines, I’ll admit that I don’t live on bread alone. I have a wine cellar, although it’s not some cavernous 3,000 bottle temperature-controlled, hermetically-sealed, heavily-fortified safe room. My closet down in “Le Bistro […]
Best of both worlds
Sideshow 8 ready to showcase the heart of Dayton visual art By Gary Spencer photo: Preparing for Sideshow 6; Photo credit: Emmanuel Cavallaro For better or worse, Dayton institutions tend to come and go. Every once in a while, though, a new institution emerges and manages to defy the odds and become a yearly fixture in […]
The forked road
UK band Foals visit Ohio with new album, Holy Fire By Alan Sculley Photo: Foals will visit Cincinnati and Columbus on May 14 and 15 in support of Holy Fire Edwin Congreave says the Foals’ recently released third album, Holy Fire was easily the least stressful and smoothest album the group has made. “This album, we […]
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Your computer files might be protected by more than just a password By Alex Culpepper One of the freedoms under […]