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Monach Tagging

September 22, 2019 By Lisa Grigsby

On their way to Mexico! Monarchs are on the move…Bring the entire family out to participate in an international citizen science program by helping us capture and tag monarch butterflies.

Come and see live monarchs and learn about their amazing life cycle and incredible migration to Mexico.

Try and survive the monarch challenge and learn how you can help to save the monarchs.

For more information call (937) 562-6440.

This event is weather dependent.

Tagged With: free, Monarch, nature, nature walks, parks

Dayton Porchfest offers free music in a beautiful neighborhood!

August 19, 2019 By LIbby Ballengee

Dayton Porchfest is an annual event occurring the final Saturday of August in St Anne’s Hill. PHOTO BY LIBBY BALLENGEE

Dayton Porchfest is back for a third year! It’s a day where music fills the streets and porches of St Anne’s Hill, one of Dayton’s most charming historic neighborhoods. It’s a free, family friendly event that runs from 1:30-7pm on Saturday August 24, 2019.

​Dayton has a rich musical history and active music scene, which continues today. Dayton Porchfest is committed to reflecting that in its selection of musical artists, from funk and blues to indie rock and jazz, classical and country, to bluegrass and old timey that has deep Appalachian traditions here. The event also celebrates the ethnic diversity of the region, a reflection of our “Welcome Dayton” spirit that has contributed to a significant influx of immigrants and refugees over the past decade.

​Dayton Porchfest is an initiative of The Collaboratory, a civic innovation lab that moves ideas to action. The Collaboratory provides infrastructure for people and organizations to collaboratively develop community initiatives that generate new economic, civic and creative opportunities and value. The result is a healthier, more thriving region. All proceeds from Dayton Porchfest go to support the work of The Collaboratory.

How to Go?

When: Saturday August 24, 2019. 1:30pm kickoff. 2-7pm music. Link to full . schedule – click here or see below

Where: Throughout St Anne’s Historic Neighborhood (E 5th St, just east of Keowee). Link to map – click here or see below

Who: All ages welcome!

Cost: Free (tips for musicians accepted!)

 

Filed Under: Charity Events, Community, Dayton Music, DMM's Best Bets, Downtown Dayton, Getting Involved, The Featured Articles, Urban Living Tagged With: bands, concert, Dayton, Dayton Music, Dayton Ohio, dayton porchfest, downtown, Downtown Dayton, Events, family-friendly, Food Truck, free, historic, Kids, neighborhood, Porchfest, St Anne's, The Collaboratory, Things to Do, Things to do in Dayton, walking

Free Trauma Relief & Healing Workshop on Sunday August 11th

August 9, 2019 By LIbby Ballengee

Many Daytonians are feeling extremely traumatized from the recent mass shooting and the Memorial Day tornadoes. We are all in need of healing.

To fill that need, The Ayurveda Natural Health Center is partnering with a collection of Dayton healers to present a FREE Trauma Relief Day of Healing on Sunday August 11th from 1:30pm-5:30pm at The Brightside (905 E 3rd St). Donations will be accepted and donated to the victim’s families and Moms Demand Action.

Classroom sessions:

  • 1:30 – 2:30 Somatic Trauma Resolution with Anjali Brannon from Ayurveda Natural Health Center
  • 2:30 – 3.30 Guided Relaxation and Meditation with Julie Bowen from Heartfulness Dayton
  • 3:30 – 4:30 Yoga with BeTrice Casada
  • 4:30 – 5:30 Pranic Healing with Felisha Beverly

*Please bring a yoga mat, blanket or towel if participating in yoga session.

Mini sessions will be offered throughout the event, including Thai Yoga & Swedish Massage, Pranic Healing, Somatic Trauma Resolution, Meditation, Reflexology, Reiki & Bemer from the above mentioned practitioners along with Janae Christopher, Lori Slone, Kathryn Stomps, Colleen Curran, Susan Nunn and more to be announced.

VeganDayton’s Shelly Gompers is providing snacks and information.

Filed Under: Charity Events, Community, DMM's Best Bets, Downtown Dayton, Health & Wellness, The Featured Articles Tagged With: ayurveda, Dayton, downtown, free, heal, healing, meditation, reflexology, relaxation, The Brightside, Things to Do, trauma, yoga

Free Harp Concert

March 9, 2019 By Dayton Most Metro

Lots of uplifting Irish music, along with dancers, singing, and a special guest! 

Filed Under: Dayton Music Tagged With: free, Harp

8 Free & Fun Things To Do This Weekend!

November 16, 2018 By Lisa Grigsby

There’s always something to do in Dayton and even if you’re on a tight budget, that shouldn’t stop you from having a weekend chocked full of fun and adventure. We’ve curated a list of eight events happening around town with no cost to attend. Not to say you might not spend some money on food or beverages or picking up a gift or two during your outing.

For even more free things to do, check out our MostMetro.com event calendar and search under the FREE category

 

Holiday Open House & Free Classes

Pure Barre

November 16 @ 5:50 am – 5:30 pm

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Free

Join us for our Holiday Open House featuring our 3 class offerings: Classic, Empower and Reform! FREE classes all weekend…

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Christmas in Historic Springboro

Downtown Historic Springboro

November 16 @ 6:00 pm – November 18 @ 5:00 pm

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Free

The Christmas in Historic Springboro Festival features heated tents filled with shopping from local craft and retail vendors, music and…

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Sinclair Jazz Ensemble Concert

Blair Hall Theatre
November 16 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Free

Sinclair Jazz Ensemble (under the direction of Bill Burns) with guest vocalist Barbara Knight perform a FREE concert on Friday,…

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Family Day – Exploring Engineering

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
November 17 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Free

The Museum’s Education Division hosts Family Days one Saturday a month.  These programs are designed for children and adults of…

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Sports Card Show

Nutter Center

November 17 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

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Free

Come on out and Buy, Sell, or Trade with the Midwest’s Finest Dealers! Free Event / Hourly Door Prizes. Free…

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Fairmont Craft Show

Trent Arena
November 17 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Fairmont Athletic Booster Craft Show will feature more than 200 booths and it is predicted to sell out with the…

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Winter Blues Fest 2018

Miami Valley Gaming
November 17 @ 2:00 pm – 11:59 pm
Free

Grandstand Headliners: Hurricane Ruth – 3:00pm-4:30pm Leroy Ellington’s Sacred Hearts-5:00pm-6:30pm Scotty Bratcher Band – 7:00pm-8:30pm Derek St. Holmes – 9:00pm-10:30pm…

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LGBT Center Annual Thanksgiving Dinner

Greater Dayton LGBT Center
November 17 @ 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Free

Doors open at 5:00PM and dinner will be served at 6:00PM. Turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, all the fixings supplied. Bring…

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Filed Under: Community, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Christmas in Springboro, free, free events, jazz concert, Winter Blues Fest

Join The Great Miami Valley Tweed Ride

October 7, 2018 By Dayton Most Metro

Celebrate fall, cycling, and tweed as we sally forth about town simply because it promises to be a smashing good time!

Meet at Riverfront Park for tea and registration, pose for photos, ride south on the bikeway, and return downtown to visit your favorite pub.

Filed Under: Cycling Tagged With: bike ride, free

PorchFest – 40 Mini-Concerts In One Day

August 21, 2018 By LIbby Ballengee

Play Music on The Porch Day started out as an idea…“What if for one day everything stopped…and we all just listened to the music?”

Even though this seems like a simple idea, if it worked, it could produce profound results. So in 2013 the organizers of the first “Play on a Porch Day” decided to share this idea with the world and to their surprise the idea spread even faster than they could have ever imagined.

In 2017 thousands of musicians from at least 40 countries and over 400 cities – including Dayton for the first time – participated and the movement continues to grow every day. Musicians from across the globe, regardless of their differences, are finding common ground through music.

This year Dayton again participates in this growing international music phenomenon as the now annual event known as Dayton Porchfest, a free, family friendly event for all ages. The festivities take place in the historic St. Anne’s Hill neighborhood, just east of downtown. There you will find over 40 live Dayton musical acts performing on home owner’s porches. Not only do you get to listen to music all afternoon, you get to experience one of Dayton’s most charming neighborhoods!

This event celebrates Dayton’s rich and diverse music scene, with musicians and bands covering funk and blues to indie rock and jazz, classical and country, to bluegrass and old time muisc that has deep Appalachian roots here. This event also celebrates our “Welcome Dayton” spirit that has contributed to a significant influx of immigrants and refugees over the past decade.

Dayton Porchfest is organized by The Collaboratory, a non-profit incubator for community enterprises and initiatives, located on Courthouse Square. Proceeds from Porchfest go to benefit The Collaboratory. Tips for the musicians are appreciated!

St Anne’s is home to the Fifth Street Brew Pub, who will be open during the festivities. Four food trucks will also be on site, including: McNasty’s, Courtland’s Mobile Grill, Pa’s Pork, Chi-Dogs, and Gary’s Italian Ice. Be sure to scroll below for map and music schedule.

How to Go?

When: Saturday August 25th from 1:30pm – 7pm aka “International Play on the Porch” Day. See schedule below.

Where: Throughout St. Anne’s Hill Historic District located between 4th and Josie St. Please do not park in the neighborhood. Parking is available at the Liederkranz building, Stivers High School, Becker Electric, RSC Graphics, and Miami Valley Gasket. Signs will be present. See map below.

Cost: Free!

Ages: All ages welcome

Remember to bring: Sunscreen, chair, and umbrella (just in case!)

Take photos? Please use #DaytonPorchfest #MusicOnTheHill #DiscoverDayton

Filed Under: Charity Events, Dayton Music, DMM's Best Bets, Downtown Dayton, Getting Involved, Street-Level Art, The Featured Articles, Urban Living Tagged With: #daytonfood, all-ages, bands, benefit, Collaboratory, community, Dayton, Dayton Music, Dayton Ohio, DaytonDining, daytonmostmetro, Downtown Dayton, food, free, fundraiser, Porch, Porchfest, rock, singer, songwriter, summer, Things to Do, Things to do in Dayton

Flip Flops = Free Smoothie

June 11, 2018 By Dayton Most Metro

It’s National Flip Flop Day and when you wear your flip flops into to any of the 600-plus Tropical Smoothie Cafe stores nationwide you’ll get a get a free limited-edition Sunshine Smoothie from 2-7pm today.  No coupon or purchase is needed to get the free special smoothie, which is a combination of orange, banana, pineapple and mango.

 The Atlanta-based chain’s annual National Flip Flop Day serves as a fundraiser for Camp Sunshine, a retreat for children with life-threatening illnesses and their families located in Maine.   The smoothies are 100% free, but customers are encouraged to contribute a little to Camp Sunshine to help the smoothie shop meet its goal.

“We started National Flip Flop Day as a fun summer event, but the ultimate goal is much greater than free smoothies,” said Mike Rotondo, Tropical Smoothie’s chief executive officer, in a statement. “We’re raising money to help families who are facing life’s worst circumstances.”

Guests can also make a donation of $5 by purchasing a Sunshine Key Fob, which will also get you a five percent discount at all Tropical Smoothie Cafe purchases for the remainder of 2018.

Tropical Smoothie Locations around the Miami Valley:

  • 1988 Miamisburg-Centerville Road, 
    Centerville, OH 45459
    9372919250
  • 26241 Far Hills Avenue,
    Centerville, OH 45459
    937-434-8699

  • 32307 Far Hills Ave. Shops of Oakwood,
    Dayton, OH 45419
    937 395-3525
  • 43195 Dayton Xenia Road Ste 770,
    Beavercreek, OH 45434
    937-426-8767

  • 52642 Colonel Glenn Hwy.,
    Fairborn, OH 45324
    937-429-1519

  • 66221 Old Troy Pk,
    Huber Heights, OH 45424
    937-235-8630

  • 711255 Reed Hartman Hwy, Suite D, Suite D
    Blue Ash, OH 45242
    513-832-1984

  • 8233 E. Home Rd.,
    Springfield, OH 45503
    937-342-1883

Filed Under: Dayton Dining Tagged With: Flip Flops, free, Tropical Smoothie

Vanessa Rubin Performs Free Jazz Concert

March 21, 2018 By Dayton Most Metro

Revered as both a torchbearer and a storyteller, jazz vocalist Vanessa Rubin possesses a voice hailed for crystalline clarity, warmth and sass. The Cleveland native brings a wealth of diverse influences to her vocal performance from both the Trinidadian/Caribbean roots of her mother and traditional jazz by way of her Louisiana-born father.

At 7pm on Saturday, March 24th  a short interview will be conducted by Fenton Sparks to help you get to know Vanessa a bit better. The free concert will start at 7:30 pm.

 

Her career began as a young woman in 1980 singing in small clubs in Cleveland, Ohio performing with musicians such as Wynn Bibbs, Skip Gibson, saxophonist and arranger Willie Smith, Neal Creque, Matthew “Chink” Stevenson.  It did not take her long to make the big trip to New York where she joined up with other jazz musicians like Pharaoh Sanders, Frank Foster and Cecil Bridgewater and Barry Harris. Her first recording contract was with Novus/RCA Records making five albums in three years. “Full Circle” (Creative Perspective Music – 2013) is her most recent recording and is a joint project with saxophonist Don Braden, both of whom are from the Midwest and share a deep appreciation for the Hammond B3.

 

Vanessa will be performing with an Ohio based trio: Dreve Ivy on piano, Peter Dominguez on bass and Reggie Jackson will to return to the Hayner on drums. In Vanessa’s own words: “I will say they are all fine musicians and wonderful human beings.  Drene is a Cleveland native, an accomplished pianist, accompanist, music instructor and Minister of Music at his place of worship. Peter is the Bass Chair at Oberlin College and is one of the best kept secrets on acoustic bass in the country.  After 30 years in NY and playing with only the best, I am delighted to discover him right here under my nose in Ohio. Reggie, from Columbus, is no stranger to the center as he has played there previously with Bobby Floyd, whom he plays with regularly and has toured extensively with Grammy Winner Dianne Sure.

 

The Troy-Hayner Cultural Center is proudly supported by the citizens of the Troy City School District through a local tax levy and generous gifts to the Friends of Hayner. For more information regarding these free events and to receive a complete listing of events taking place at the Hayner Center, please call 339-0457 or visit our website at www.TroyHayner.org for complete details

Filed Under: Dayton Music, The Featured Articles Tagged With: free, Jazz, Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, Vanessa Rubin

HeartFest: A Fun, Free & Family Friendly Wellness Festival!

August 14, 2017 By LIbby Ballengee

HeartFest takes place at the beautiful Natural Path Meditation Center in Beavercreek, Ohio

Stressed? Seeking some peace of mind? Aren’t we all! It’s not as complicated as we tend to imagine. Self care, through movement and meditation, can dramatically improve our ability to cope with an increasingly stressful world.

Lots of folks are unaware that we have a wonderful resource nestled right here in the Miami Valley! The Natural Path Meditation Center, a non-denominational center that teaches a heart-based form of meditation called Heartfulness, is located in Beavercreek, conveniently close to both Fairfield and I-35 (directions below).

This weekend the Center is hosting their 2nd Annual HeartFest event. It’s a FREE & fun wellness festival, with workshops and vendors for all ages! Organizers hope that by offering tools for self care and inner peace, people will be able to live a more balanced life. How wonderful would that be for our community?

Curious about meditation, yoga, and wellness? Looking for ways to cope with stress? Seeking inner peace? Something to do with the kids? All of the above? Then this is sure to be a wonderful day you won’t want to miss!

HeartFest features:

  • Heartfulness Meditation sessions all day
  • Kids Tent with Activities for all ages
  • Variety of Wellness Speakers & Vendors
  • Movement Tent offering yoga, qigong, & Melt classes + Music!
  • Food Trucks (Shakery Juice Bar, Harvest Mobile Cuisine, and Bella Sorella Pizza!)
  • For the full schedule of events, click here.

How to go?

  • 10am – 5pm on Saturday August 19, 2017.
  • Free admission!
  • Parking at St. Luke’s Parking Lot. For directions click here.

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