Cats

Gem City Catfe To Open Tuesday!

January 1, 2018 By Lisa Grigsby

After much anticipation, co-founders Karin Gudal-Johnson and Sabrina Cox have announced Gem City Catfé willl host their grand opening on Tues, Jan 2nd in St. Anne’s Hill. You can meet the kitties, grab a coffee, and explore the upstairs art gallery!

The cafe space serving high-end espresso, tea, and delicious bakery items with a separate cat lounge. The cat lounge is home to 12 adoptable, feline friends from our 501(c)(3) non-profit rescue partner, Gem City Kitties. They also have a separate event space for activities like Yoga with Cats, Photography Classes, and workshops with local artists. All with cats, of course!

The Catfe will offer premium, unique espresso drinks, tea, assorted bottled beverages, and one of a kind, top notch, bakery items. They have partnered with:

Boston Stoker: High quality, ethically sourced coffee beans locally roasted here in Dayton.
Rachel Bakes: Custom baked, cat themed, treats. Rachel is licensed as a cottage bakery here in Dayton and will help us provide delicious vegan and gluten-free options.
Redemarrage Patisserie: Beautiful and scrumptious macarons made here in Dayton!

Guests can view the cats while enjoying their coffee in the shop through the glass walls. The cats will be separated from the coffee bar and cafe seating through a double door “airlock”.

If you’d like to enter the cat lounge- reservations are strongly suggested, as they only allow 12 guests to visit at a time to keep a comfortable environment for the kitties. Entry is $10 for non-members and $5 for members. Membership is only $25 for one year. Members may apply their discounted rate to anyone visiting with them. Read more about how to become a member or make reservations as a member by clicking here.

All of the cats in the lounge are adoptable from their rescue parter, Gem City Kitties. They follow standard rescue adoption counseling practices, we encourage you to read more about them here. Adoptions are able to be approved on the same day and you can take your new friend home with you! We recommend filling out the adoption application online in advance. Click here for the online adoption application.

Visit the Gem City Catfe:

1513 E 5TH ST, Dayton, OH 45403

Mon-Thurs: 7am – 7pm

Fri & Sat: 7am – 7pm

Sun: 10am – 6pm

Shirley MacLaine’s LAST WORD at THE NEON This Weekend

March 21, 2017 By Jonathan McNeal

Hello Everyone!

How can you not love Shirley MacLaine? From THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY to THE APARTMENT to THE CHILDREN’S HOUR to IRMA LA DOUCE to SWEET CHARITY to TERMS OF ENDEARMENT to STEEL MAGNOLIAS to POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE to BERNIE – there’s so much to love! This Friday, we will bring this legend’s latest film to town – THE LAST WORD – and MacLaine fans won’t be disappointed. We will also hold onto both KEDI and THE SENSE OF AN ENDING for one more week.

Synopsis for THE LAST WORD: “In THE LAST WORD, Shirley MacLaine is Harriet Lauler, a once successful businesswoman in tight control of every aspect of her life. As she reflects upon her accomplishment, she’s suddenly inspired to engage a young local writer, Anne Sherman (Amanda Seyfried), to pen her life’s story. When the initial result doesn’t meet Harriet’s high expectations, she sets out to reshape the way she is remembered, with Anne dragged along as an unwilling accomplice. As the journey unfolds, the two women develop a unique bond which alters not only Harriet’s legacy, but also Anne’s future.” (Bleecker Street) Click this LINK to visit the film’s official site.

Don’t forget about THE REEL PADDLING FILM FESTIVAL – returning to town this Thursday evening at 7:30. Advanced tickets are available on-line or at THE NEON’s box office.

“LUNAFEST, a national festival of women’s films, comes to Dayton for the 8th time this Sunday, March 26 from 3:00-5:00 pm at THE NEON. This season’s program of nine selected films will compel discussion, make you laugh, tug at your heartstrings and motivate you to make a difference in your community. Incredibly diverse in style and content, the films are united by a common thread of exceptional storytelling – by, for and about women. Two additional short films will be presented by Pens to Pictures, a local filmmaking collaborative that worked with incarcerated women at the Dayton Correctional Institute to help them make their own short films, from script to screen. Funds raised by this event will go to the Breast Cancer Fund and to Pens to Pictures. Tickets are $10.00 ($5.00 for students) and donations over this amount are gratefully accepted. The event is sponsored nationally by Luna, makers of the nutrition bar, and locally by Dayton Women’s Rights Alliance and the Dayton chapter of the American Association of University Women. Tickets are now available at THE NEON’s box office.” (Press Notes) Visit the Lunafest official site to check out clips from this year’s festival.

Equitas Health is bringing the film FREEDOM TO MARRY to town on Thursday, March 30 at 7:30. This film is “The nail-biting, untold story of how same-sex marriage became law of the land. THE FREEDOM TO MARRY follows Evan Wolfson, the architect the movement, civil rights attorney Mary Bonauto and their key colleagues on this decades long battle, culminating in a dramatic fight at the United States Supreme Court. More than the saga of one movement’s history, this is an inspiringtale of how regular people can change the world.” To watch the trailer and reserve your ticket, visit this LINK.

“On Saturday, April 8, from 9:00 am until Noon, come out to Kick-off and Celebrate MINORITY HEALTH MONTH! This event is free and open to the entire community. Starting at 9:00 am, there will be a free breakfast and health screenings (Hepatitis B, Cholesterol, Blood pressure and confidential HIV), and a live radio broadcast with WROU’s Host Faith Daniels! At 10:00 am, health leadership awards will be given to Gina McFarlane-El, CEO, Five Rivers Health Center, the 2017 Shero of Health recipient, and Richard “Clay” Dixon, for Community Action Leadership. At 10:00, watch the award-winning movie UNNATURAL CAUSES: IS INEQUALITY MAKING US SICK? How do you have good health? How do you live longer? Housing, education, community development and so much more impact choices, behaviors, health conditions, and quality of life. Get answers on how to improve health and quality of life. Free popcorn. Funded by Public Health, Buckeye Health Plan, and the Ohio Commission on Minority Health.”

Vu-Do Swing is hoping to bring ALIVE AND KICKING to town on April 26, but they still need to reserve 55 tickets by April 17 to make it happen. “ALIVE AND KICKING is a feature-length documentary that takes an inside look into the culture of swing dancing and the characters who make it special. We explore the culture surrounding Swing dance from the emergence of the Lindy Hop to the modern day international phenomenon. The film follows the growth of Swing dance from its purely American roots as an art form, to countries all over the world. Alive and Kicking looks at the lives of the Swing dancers themselves to find their personal stories and why this dance fills them with joy.” If not enough tickets are reserved by the deadline, your credit card will never be charged. Click this LINK to watch a trailer and reserve your ticket.

The Dayton Jewish Film Festival will kick off in late April, but they’ll have a sneak peek at this year’s fest during a screening of the classic film THE FRISCO KID (starring Gene Wilder) on Sunday, April 2 at 3PM. Brochures for the entire festival are now available in our lobby, and you can visit the official site to read about the films, watch trailers and purchase tickets in advance. This year’s line-up looks pretty amazing!

We’ve added numerous films to our “Coming Soon” list, and I’m very happy that we’ve added FRANTZ (from Francois Ozon) and THEIR FINEST (a period film with Bill Nighy) to the line-up – they are films I loved in Toronto, and I know you’ll like them, too.

Thanks so much for your continued support.
See you soon,
Jonathan

SHOWTIMES for Tuesday, March 21 – Thursday, March 30:

KEDI (NR) 1 Hr 20 Min
Tuesday-Thursday (March 21-23): 3:10, 5:15, 7:20
Friday & Saturday (March 24 & 25): 1:00, 5:30, 9:45
Sunday (March 26): 1:00, 5:30
Monday-Wednesday (March 27-29): 3:00, 7:40
Thursday (March 30): 3:00

THE SENSE OF AN ENDING (PG-13) 1 Hr 48 Min
Tuesday & Wednesday (March 21 & 22): 2:50, 5:10, 7:30
Thursday (March 23): 2:50, 5:10
Friday & Saturday (March 24 & 25): 3:00, 7:20
Sunday (March 26): 7:20
Monday-Thursday (March 27-30); 5:10

REEL PADDLING FILM FESTIVAL (NR) 2 Hrs
Thursday (Mar 23): 7:30

THE LAST WORD (R) 1 Hr 48 Min
Friday & Saturday (March 24 & 25): 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45
Sunday (March 26): 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30
Monday-Thursday (March 27-30): 2:50, 5:10, 7:30

LUNAFEST + PENS TO PICTURES (NR) 2 Hrs
Sunday (March 26): 3:00

FREEDOM TO MARRY (NR) 1 Hr 26 Min
Thursday (March 30): 7:30

COMING SOON:
(All Dates Are Tentative. Dates Often Move And Sometimes Disappear)
March 31 – WILSON
April 4-9 – CONTEMPORARY COLOR (limited screenings, lots of local ties)
April 7 – FRANTZ
April 21 – COLOSSAL
May 5 – THEIR FINEST
May 26 – THE LOVERS
TBD – TONI ERDMANN, THE RED TURTLE, PERSONAL SHOPPER

SICSA Prepares for 2014 Kitten Season

April 20, 2014 By Dayton Most Metro Leave a Comment

In light of steadily rising springtime temperatures, SICSA Pet Adoption Center reports that 2014 “kitten season” is in full-swing, and requests the community’s support in remediating the crisis of pet overpopulation, particularly amongst kittens. In response to the imminent increase in the numbers of kittens born stray or feral, the Center will work to increase both kitten intakes and kitten adoptions so that fewer kittens and young cats suffer from malnourishment, injury, or homelessness.

“Kitten season” is a colloquial term referring to a combination of three seasons, spanning mid- to latespring, the duration of summer, and early fall. During kitten season, the number of kittens born to stray or feral mother cats increases exponentially. As a result, during kitten season, animal organizations—including shelters, rescues, and adoption centers—experience an influx of kittens and young cats requiring support, medical care, socialization, and other services prior to placement with adoptive families.

“Spaying and neutering is the most critical step in preventing pet overpopulation. All too often, however, this is a missed step. As a nonprofit Pet Adoption Center, SICSA then relies heavily on the support of our community to respond effectively and compassionately to the impact of kitten season. We are fortunate to enjoy the support of countless individuals and families who are passionate about the well-being of these vulnerable animals, and who furnish donations, foster homes, and support for SICSA’s kittens” emphasizes Nora Vondrell, SICSA’s Executive Director.

SICSA utilizes a waiting list system to ensure efficiency in rehoming as many kittens as possible during kitten season’s peak. SICSA relies heavily upon foster families who care for litters of kittens (including very young kittens requiring bottle-feeding) until the kittens can be housed at SICSA’s 2600 Wilmington Pike Adoption Center to await adoption.

In anticipation of 2014 kitten season, SICSA has increased the capacity of its Spay/Neuter center, and offers competitive pricing and financial assistance to individuals seeking to spay or neuter stray or feral cats before these animals yield unwanted litters of kittens. Within its Adoption Center, SICSA also has shone a spotlight on adoptable kittens by co-housing them in its Kitten Clubhouse adoption room, which allows potential adopters to interact with adoptable kittens—and to enjoy their antics—up close.

For more information about SICSA—or to volunteer, donate, or foster to assist SICSA in responding to this year’s kitten season—visit www.sicsa.org, or call SICSA’s main office number at (937) 294-6505.

About SICSA

Founded in 1974, SICSA began as an alternative to the traditional animal welfare system with a mission of improving the lives of stray animals and promoting adoption. The organization runs an Animal Adoption Center in Kettering at 2600 Wilmington Pike, which is open seven days a week to those interested in bringing home a companion animal. For more information about SICSA, please log onto
their website at www.sicsa.org or call the Adoption Center at (937) 294-6505.