Miss Maha plans out this month By Maha Kashani Well, I blinked and 2011 was history. With the holiday season almost past us, I can’t help but feel guilty for eating too many cookies and enjoying all those libations. Luckily, boxing at Drake’s Downtown Gym has helped keep me from packing on the pounds and […]
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Beauty in St. Anne’s Hill
A Victorian Renaissance in downtown Dayton by Mark Luedtke Most Daytonians know the story of the reclamation of the Oregon District, but St. Anne’s Hill is a lesser-known, historic Victorian neighborhood being restored by motivated residents. Just a mile east of the Oregon District, St. Anne’s Hill is bounded by Keowee and Dutoit Streets on […]
Occupy Black Friday
A DCP writer spends the day at the Occupy Dayton camp By Benjamin Dale Belief is a funny thing, and it can often make people behave in noble, albeit misunderstood ways. Some say the true measure of belief is how much one is willing to suffer for it. And as the grey shadow of winter […]
Miss Maha’s December
Miss Maha plans out this month By Maha Kashani Happy Holidays! I can barely believe that 2011 has essentially come to a close. It feels like I blinked my eyes and now it’s 2012. Luckily, the holiday season is upon us which means I can’t think of a better excuse to shop until I drop. […]
Original class of the NFL
The Dayton Triangles took on the Columbus Pan Handles in the first-ever NFL game right here in Dayton by Mark Luedtke The World Series is over, NBA owners have locked out the players and Thanksgiving is fast approaching. For Ohio sports fans that means it’s time for football, football and more football. Especially NFL football. […]
Miss Maha’s November
Miss Maha plans out this month By Maha Kashani T-minus 61 days. Let the countdown to 2012 begin! Now that Halloween and my Wonder Woman costume are behind us, I know life is about to kick into high gear with the holiday season full-speed ahead. I can’t complain, this is one of my favorite times […]
Ye olde haunted Dayton
Taking a historical walking tour with Dayton’s scariest man By Jason Webber You wouldn’t think it when looking at the guy, but Leon Bey is the scariest man in Dayton. The guy knows so much about Dayton’s sordid, bloody past it’s terrifying. That’s what makes the Ghosts, Cemeteries and Murders historical walk such a ghoulishly […]
Miss Maha’s October
Miss Maha plans out this month By Maha Kashani I’m alive. I raised over $1,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters and rappelled down the side of the Key Bank building during Urban Nights, September 16. It was the coolest thing I’ve ever done in Dayton. The first thing they asked when I made it to […]
It’s tasty to me
Opa! Learning how to bake like a Greek at the annual Dayton Greek Festival By Emily Kaiser Pulling up the hill and into the parking lot of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Dayton, I fully realized what I had gotten myself into. I don’t bake. I don’t speak Greek. Why did I say yes […]
11th Annual Hispanic Heritage Festival
Put a little salsa in your step as you head out to this downtown Dayton festival By Tim Walker Holy cow – jalapenos are hot, hot, hot! Or should I have used the word “picante”? If there’s one thing the 11th Annual Hispanic Heritage Festival is offering that appeals to me, it’s the food; and […]
