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From burgers and desserts to spas and gyms, more than 70 of the best businesses in Dayton recently showcased their products, cuisine and services at Dayton Magazine’s fourth annual Best of Dayton celebration on Nov. 1 at The Mandalay, 2700 E. River Road in Moraine. Communitea was voted Best Tea Room.
Dan Foster of Dan’s Portraits and Caricatures
Simply Decadent was a finalist for Best Desserts.
Goldfish Swin School was voted Best Birthday Party Location.
Nearly 500 people attended the Best of Dayton event at The Mandalay on Nov. 1.
McCutcheon Music was voted Best Music Instruction. 12
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GroomingDale’s Pet Salon & Day Spa was voted Best Place to Pamper Your Pet.
Hickory River Smokehouse was a finalist for Best BBQ.
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Vintage Market Days of Dayton-Cincinnati conducts three-day event in Xenia
This year’s winter event was conducted at the Greene County Fairgrounds Nov. 2–4. Vintage Market Days is a three-day event conducted two times a year in varying communities throughout the United States. Each event features original art, antiques, clothing, jewelry, home décor and much more. Be sure to check out the spring event on April 26-28, 2019, at the Greene County Fairgrounds. Visit vintagemarketdays.com/market/metro-dayton/ to learn more.
A shopper browses one of the many vendor booths.
The Lovely Closet vendor
Local food trucks provided some great meals to eat at the Greene County Fairgrounds.
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DAYTON ›› SCENE Dayton LGBT Film Festival
The 13th Dayton LGBT Film Festival was conducted at The Neon movie theater Oct. 12-14. The Dayton LGBT Film Festival has brought close to 200 feature-length and short films to town and hosted more than 20 guest artists since its inception.
Joshua Stucky and Brent Johnson, owners of Square One Salon & Spa, have sponsored a film at the festival every year since its inception.
Jonathan McNeal, left, and festival guests Hansen Bursic (director of “The Toothmans”), Laila Ireland (featured in the documentary “Transmilitary”) and Fiona Dawson (co-director of the documentary “Transmilitary”)
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Jonathan McNeal, left, with festival guest Micah Stock, a Dayton native and Tony Award-nominated American stage, film and television actor.
Eighth Annual ART OFF Fundraiser at K12 Gallery & TEJAS
Local supporters of the arts enjoyed a fast-paced art competition at K12 Gallery & TEJAS on Nov. 3. Viewers got the opportunity to meet local artists and enjoy a live painting competition, heavy hors d’oeuvres, music, art demonstrations and a silent auction with gift baskets and artwork. This is K12 Gallery & TEJAS’s only fundraiser supporting afterschool art scholarships.
Friendly competition was on hand.
Local artist demonstrates glass blowing.
The large crowd enjoyed food, drink and live entertainment.
Local artists show off their talents.
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DAYTON ›› SCENE Victoria Theatre Association unveils Dayton’s newest performance and event space
On Nov. 7 local media gathered to tour the PNC Arts Annex, located at the corner of Second and Ludlow streets, across from the Schuster Center. This new performance and event space downtown is 12,000 square feet and houses a gallery/lobby area, spacious studio and a black-box theater that can be configured in a variety of ways.
The PNC Arts Annex logo is unveiled. Local media await the official announcement.
Spring Valley Academy is a private, PreK-12 Seventh-day Adventist college-preparatory school
Ty Sutton, president of Victoria Theatre Association, gives an interview.
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Showing Good Faith Spring Valley Academy is a parochial school operated by the Seventh-day Adventsit Church, but students of all religious faiths are welcomed as a part of our school family.
The Advantage of an Adventist Education According to standardized achievment and ability tests, students enrolled in Adventist schools in the U.S. and Bermuda score on average a full half a grade level higher than the national average and half a grade higher than their predicted ability.
Academics Five year trends reflect SVA senior average ACT scores exceed the state benchmark scores in designated college courses.
Curriculum Spring Valley Academy students score, on average, a 24.5 on the ACT, solidly surpassing the national average of 21
Graduates 96% of our senior graduates attend college!
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Dancing with the Kettering Stars
The Kettering Police Foundation hosted the first Dancing with the Kettering Stars event Saturday Nov. 3. Known and beloved Kettering stars partnered with professional dancers from the Arthur Murray Dance Center to compete for the coveted mirror ball trophy. Proceeds from this event assisted the foundation with community scholarships, Shop With Cops and more.
Storm Team 2 meteorologist Jamie Jarosik and dance partner Craig Johnston bring the heat during their performance.
The 2018 Dancing with the Kettering Stars champions, Jim Berlon and dance partner Amanda, show off their mirror ball trophies.
Kettering City School Superintendent Scott Inskeep and dance partner Olivia spice things up with the salsa.
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