#1 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
ANK Beavercreek Ankeney Complex
635 South Orchard Lane Beavercreek OH
~0.46 miles from Alpha city center
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#2 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
John Ankeney
505 South Orchard Lane Beavercreek OH
~0.55 miles from Alpha city center
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#3 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Bergamo Center
4400 Shakertown Rd Dayton OH - 937-426-2363
~4.07 miles from Alpha city center
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Bergamo Center for Lifelong Learning was founded in 1967 by the Society of Mary (Marianists) religious order. Bergamo was named after the childhood home of Pope John XXIII. Originally established strictly as a retreat house, Bergamo grew over the years to become a full-service retreat and conference center. Bergamo resides on the 150-acre campus of Mount Saint John, home to many Marianist of Ohio and numerous other Marianist projects.
Bergamo Center for Lifelong Learning: a retreat and conference center founded in the tradition of the Roman Catholic Church and the Society of Mary, extends hospitality in a spirit of peace and renewal by providing a tranquil, natural environment in which individuals and groups refresh the body, expand the mind and renew the spirit.
In the Marianist tradition Bergamo Center offers holistic spiritual formation programs for youth and adults throughout life that deepens self-awareness, develop interior life and elicit a personal and communal faith response to changing times.
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#4 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Us Army National Guard
2555 County Line Rd Dayton OH - 937-256-4002
~4.36 miles from Alpha city center
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Established under Title 10 and Title 32 of the U.S. Code, the Army National Guard is part of the National Guard and is divided up into subordinate units stationed in each of the 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia operating under their respective governors. The Army National Guard may be called up for active duty by the state governors or territorial commanding generals to help respond to domestic emergencies and disasters, such as those caused by hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes.
With the consent of state governors, members or units of the Army National Guard may be appointed, temporarily or indefinitely, to be federally recognized armed force members, in the active or inactive service of the United States. If federally recognized, the member or unit becomes part of the Army National Guard of the United States, which is a reserve component of the United States Army, and part of the National Guard of the United States.
Army National Guard of the United States units or members may be called up for federal active duty in times of Congressionally sanctioned war or national emergency [1]. The President may also call up members and units of state Army National Guard, with the consent of state governors, to repel invasion, suppress rebellion, or execute federal laws if the United States or any of its states or territories are invaded or is in danger of invasion by a foreign nation, or if there's a rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the federal government, or if the President is unable with the regular armed forces to execute the laws of the United States. Because both state Army National Guard and the Army National Guard of the United States relatively go hand-in-hand, they are both usually referred to as just Army National Guard.
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#5 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Wright State University
Dayton OH
~4.98 miles from Alpha city center
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Wright State University is a public university in Ohio and was established in 1967.
Wright State University is a comprehensive public university with strong doctoral, research, and undergraduate programs, rated among the 260 Best National Universities listed in the annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings by U.S. News and World Report. Wright State is located in Fairborn, Ohio; a suburb of Dayton. However, it has a Dayton address. It currently has an enrollment of 18,786 students, of which 14,651 are undergraduates. The current president is David R. Hopkins.
The university is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools at the doctoral degree-granting level.
Wright State University boasts six Ohio Centers of Excellence: Human-Centered Innovation, National Center for Medical Readiness, Wright State University & Premier Health Partners Neuroscience Institute, Knowledge-Enabled Computing (Kno.e.sis), Micro Air Vehicle Research, and Product Reliability and Optimization (CEPRO).
Wright State has eight colleges and three schools. The colleges are: Education and Human Services, Engineering and Computer Science, Liberal Arts, Nursing and Health, Raj Soin College of Business, Science and Mathematics, University College, and Lake Campus. The schools are: Boonshoft School of Medicine, Graduate Studies, and Professional Psychology.
http://www.wright.edu
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#6 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Carillon Historical Park
2001 Patterson Rd Dayton OH - 937-293-2841
~5.99 miles from Alpha city center
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Carillon Historical Park is a 65-acre (26.3 ha) park and museum in Dayton, Ohio, which contains historic buildings and exhibits concerning the history of technology and the history of Dayton and its residents from 1796 to the present. The historical elements of the park were the brainchild of Colonel Edward Deeds. The major sections include settlement, transportation, invention, and industry.
In 2005, Carillon Historical Park merged with the Montgomery County Historical Society to form Dayton History.
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#7 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Imax Theatre
Po Box 33624 Dayton OH - 937-253-4629
~6.52 miles from Alpha city center
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IMAX (short for Image MAXimum)[1] is a motion picture film format and projection standard created by Canada's IMAX Corporation. The traditional version of IMAX has the capacity to record and display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film systems. A standard IMAX screen is 22 metres (72 ft) wide and 16.1 metres (53 ft) high, but can vary. The world's largest cinema screen and IMAX screen is in the LG IMAX theatre in Darling Harbour, Sydney. It is 29.42m (approximately 8 stories) high by 35.73m wide — covering an area of more than 1,015 square metres.[2]
IMAX is the most widely used system for large-format, special-venue film presentations. As of April 2009, there are 320 IMAX theatres in 42 countries, with about half of these located in the United States. About 60% of IMAX venues are commercial theatres with the other 40% being located in educational venues.
Variations of the traditional IMAX format include IMAX Dome (using a tilted dome screen) formerly called OmniMAX, IMAX 3D and IMAX Digital.
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#8 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
National Museum of the United States Air Force
Dayton OH
~6.79 miles from Alpha city center
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The National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) is the official National Museum of the United States Air Force and is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio. The NMUSAF is the world's largest and oldest military aviation museum. More than 400 aircraft and missiles are on display, most of them indoors. The museum draws over 1.3 million visitors per year and is one of the single most visited tourist attractions in Ohio. Admission is free.
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#9 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Oakwood Historical Society
1947 Far Hills Ave Dayton OH - 937-299-3793
~7.90 miles from Alpha city center
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#10 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum
Dayton OH
~8.22 miles from Alpha city center
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Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum (200 acres), located at 118 Woodland Avenue, Dayton, Ohio, is one of the oldest "garden" cemeteries in the United States.
Woodland was founded in 1841 by John Whitten Van Cleve (July, 1801–6 September 1858), the first male child born in Dayton. He was the son of Benjamin Van Cleve and Mary Whitten Van Cleve. The cemetery began with 40 acres (160,000 m2) southeast of Dayton and has been enlarged to its present size of 200 acres (0.81 km2). Over 3,000 trees and 165 specimens of native Midwestern trees and woody plants grace the rolling hills. Many of the trees are more than a century old and 9 have been designated "Ohio Champions." The highest point in Dayton is within the cemetery, and during the Great Dayton Flood of 1913, it became a place of refuge.
The Romanesque gateway, chapel and office, completed in 1889, are on the National Register of Historic Places. The buildings were constructed of the stone from the original cemetery wall. The chapel has one of the finest original Tiffany windows in the country. A mausoleum, with a rock and bronze exterior, features twenty-two varieties of imported marble and twelve large stained glass windows inspired by famous literary works. It was added in 1970.
A receiving vault large enough to contain 12 crypts was built in 1847 by Joseph Wuichert, who was said to be Dayton’s premier stonemason. Throughout the 1800s it was used for temporary storage when burials were delayed due to bad weather or for other reasons (for example, refer to the article below on Levi and Matilda Stanley). Located near the main entrance to the cemetery and across from the mausoleum, it is constructed of giant limestone slabs and was designed as a replica of the Egyptian-style temple of Thebes and Karnak. It was unused for nearly 100 years but the exterior was restored in 2008 to its original condition.
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#11 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
University of Dayton
300 College Park Dayton OH
~8.56 miles from Alpha city center
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The University of Dayton is a private Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton, Ohio.
The University of Dayton (abbreviated and commonly referred to as UD) is a private Roman Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton, Ohio. The full-time undergraduate student enrollment is around 7,500, and total student enrollment is about 11,000.
The University of Dayton is one of the ten largest Catholic schools in the United States and is the largest of the three Marianist universities in the nation. It is also home to one of the largest campus ministry programs in the world. The university offers more than 70 academic programs in arts and sciences, business administration, education and allied professions, engineering and law. It was first in the country to offer an undergraduate degree program in human rights.
In 2006, the University of Dayton's entrepreneurship program was named to the top 5 in the nation according to The Princeton Review and was in the top 10 of Entrepreneur magazine's "Top 100 Entrepreneurial Colleges for 2005." To complement the entrepreneurship program, a student-run organization called Flyer Enterprises was created in 2000. The university's School of Law is noted for its Program in Law and Technology, which emphasizes intellectual property law (patent, trademark, and copyright).
UD was recognized in 2006 as the third best university in the country in positive contributions the institution has made to the welfare of its surrounding community, and ranked number one in international student satisfaction compared with other universities, both in the United States and overseas, according to the "International Student Barometer", the largest survey of international student satisfaction in the world[
http://www.udayton.edu
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#12 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Traveling Children's Museum
26 Brown St Dayton OH - 937-222-8646
~9.18 miles from Alpha city center
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During their “magical” experience children of all ages will gain an understanding of the many things in our daily lives which appear to be mystical.
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#13 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Centerville Historical Society
89 W Franklin St Dayton OH - 937-433-0123
~9.36 miles from Alpha city center
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#14 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Dayton Convention Center
22 E 5th St Dayton OH - 937-333-4700
~9.42 miles from Alpha city center
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Located in dowtown Dayton, Ohio, the Dayton Convention Center is the perfect venue for any type and size of event, with spectacular exhibit halls, meeting rooms, reception areas and over 100,000 square feet of elegant, functional space.
From 30 to 3,500 your group will find the Dayton Convention Center a source of unlimited possibilities. Our flexibly-designed rooms are ideal for meetings, classes, banquets, receptions and more. Also available are two large exhibit areas and a 674 seat theatre. All rooms feature quality sound and lighting systems and can be prepared for A/V presentations, computer connections (to include wireless internet) even teleconferencing. All your food and beverage arrangements will be expertly handled by our exclusive caterer to suit your specific needs. Choose a formal banquet, a buffet, or even a theme party if you like. We make it our business to give your group an elegant experience they'll remember with pleasure. And isn't that the best reason to make The Dayton Convention Center your choice?
http://www.daytonconventioncenter.com
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#15 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
America's Packard Museum
420 S Ludlow St Dayton OH - 937-226-1710
~9.44 miles from Alpha city center
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America's Packard Museum is the world's only restored Packard Dealership operating as a museum.
http://www.americaspackardmuseum.org/
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#16 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Corwin M Nixon Community Center
2351 Stanley Ave Dayton OH - 937-228-0990
~9.48 miles from Alpha city center
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Corwin M. Nixon (March 5, 1913 - November 6, 2003) was an American politician.
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#17 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Us Air Force Reserve Recruit
9 E 4th St Dayton OH - 937-220-9042
~9.49 miles from Alpha city center
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The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial warfare, space warfare, and cyberwarfare service branch of the United States armed forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of 1947. It is the most recent branch of the U.S. military to be formed. In its 2010 Posture Statement, the USAF articulates its core functions as Nuclear Deterrence Operations, Special Operations, Air Superiority, Global Integrated ISR, Space Superiority, Command and Control, Cyberspace Superiority, Personnel Recovery, Global Precision Attack, Building Partnerships, Rapid Global Mobility and Agile Combat Support.
As of 2009 the USAF operates 5,573 manned aircraft in service (3,990 USAF; 1,213 Air National Guard; and 370 Air Force Reserve); approximately 180 unmanned combat air vehicles, 2,130 air-launched cruise missiles, and 450 intercontinental ballistic missiles. The USAF has 330,159 personnel on active duty, 68,872 in the Selected and Individual Ready Reserves, and 94,753 in the Air National Guard as of September 2008. In addition, the USAF employs 151,360 civilian personnel, and has 57,000 auxiliary members in the Civil Air Patrol.
The Department of the Air Force is headed by the civilian Secretary of the Air Force who oversees all administrative and policy affairs. The Department of the Air Force is a division of the Department of Defense, headed by the Secretary of Defense. The highest ranking military officer in the Department of the Air Force is the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
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#18 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
University of Dayton Arena
1801 S. Edwin C. Moses Boulevard Dayton OH
~9.50 miles from Alpha city center
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The University of Dayton (abbreviated and commonly referred to as UD) is a private Roman Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton, Ohio. The full-time undergraduate student enrollment is around 7,500, and total student enrollment is about 11,000.
The University of Dayton is one of the ten largest Catholic schools in the United States and is the largest of the three Marianist universities in the nation. It is also home to one of the largest campus ministry programs in the world. The university offers more than 70 academic programs in arts and sciences, business administration, education and allied professions, engineering and law. It was first in the country to offer an undergraduate degree program in human rights.
In 2006, the University of Dayton's entrepreneurship program was named to the top 5 in the nation according to The Princeton Review and was in the top 10 of Entrepreneur magazine's "Top 100 Entrepreneurial Colleges for 2005." To complement the entrepreneurship program, a student-run organization called Flyer Enterprises was created in 2000. The university's School of Law is noted for its Program in Law and Technology, which emphasizes intellectual property law (patent, trademark, and copyright).
UD was recognized in 2006 as the third best university in the country in positive contributions the institution has made to the welfare of its surrounding community, and ranked number one in international student satisfaction compared with other universities, both in the United States and overseas, according to the "International Student Barometer", the largest survey of international student satisfaction in the world[
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#19 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Montgomery County Historical
224 N Saint Clair St Dayton OH - 937-228-6271
~9.51 miles from Alpha city center
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Montgomery County Historical Society is designated as official historian of Montgomery County, Ohio and Miami Valley heritage.
In 1896, a group of citizens gathered at the Old Court House in Dayton, Ohio to create an organization dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of the Miami Valley. Their goal was to celebrate the city’s centennial by saving and converting Newcom’s Tavern, Dayton’s oldest building (ca. 1796), into the community’s first history museum. They called their organization the Dayton Historical Society.
The society remained headquartered in Newcom’s Tavern for seventy-five years. In 1968, the society’s volunteers took a leadership role in the preservation of another outstanding community landmark, the 1850 Montgomery County courthouse, the nation’s best surviving example of a Greek Revival style courthouse. Citizen Horace Pease of Dayton who had in his personal library a book of sketches of the Acropolis in Athens, which showed the Temple of Theseus, which he admired. Pease showed it to the Montgomery County Commissioners, who also were favorably impressed, and agreed it would be a good model for the new Courthouse. They hired architect Howard Daniels of New York to draw the plans in which he captured the form and beauty of the ancient Greek temple. The building restored and well maintained, stands as a tribute to the leaders of old Dayton and to the artisans of the Miami Valley who built it. The Dayton Historical Society became The Montgomery County Historical Society and relocated to the Old Court House. Newcom's Tavern is now located on the grounds of the Carillon Historical Park.
In 1977, the City of Dayton asked the society to provide management and museum services for the Patterson Homestead, home of the prominent Patterson family and birthplace of John H. Patterson. Today, the Patterson Homestead is a site for educational programming on life in early Dayton.
In 1998, the society began management of the NCR Archive, a collection of over three million historic objects of local, national and international significance, making the society one of the largest historical organizations in the Midwest. The new Miami Valley History Research Center, featuring the NCR Archive, opened for public tours in 2001.
In 2005, Carillon Historical Park and the Montgomery County Historical Society merged to form Dayton History.
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#20 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Dayton Visual Arts Center
40 W 4th St # 101 Dayton OH - 937-224-3822
~9.53 miles from Alpha city center
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Dayton Visual Arts Center is a group of artists and art lovers who believe that a vital visuals arts community is essential to the life of the community in Dayton, Ohio. The center offers gallery talks, art exhibits, professional development workshops and other programs that support contemporary visual art.
Since 1991, DVAC's gallery in downtown Dayton presents a full schedule of contemporary art exhibitions each year that are free to the public. The exhibitions include the annual Open Members' Show, the ARTtoBUY Holiday Gift Gallery, and a preview exhibition leading up to DVAC's annual art auction fundraiser.
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#21 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center
Dayton OH
~9.61 miles from Alpha city center
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The Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center is a 2300 seat performing arts theater located in Dayton, Ohio.
The Schuster Center hosts performances from local, national, and international performing arts groups. The Schuster Center hosts many famous Broadway hits such as Cats and Phantom of the Opera while still providing local shows such as the Dayton Ballet. The Schuster Center and Mead Theatre serve as the home of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, the Dayton Opera and a portion of Victoria Theatre Association's Chase Broadway Series. The Dayton Ballet also stages large productions at the Schuster Center throughout the course of the year. A variety of other Dayton-area performing arts groups utilize the Schuster Center facilities as well.
In the summer of 1998 the Executive Committee of Second and Main requested and received architectural concepts from several local and national firms. After reviewing a number of options, the Executive Committee of Second and Main ultimately chose the design of architect Cesar Pelli. His work includes Cincinnati’s Aronoff Center, the Charlotte Performing Arts Center, London’s Canary Wharf Tower, New York’s World Financial Center, and Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers, currently the world’s tallest building. The first stage of development involved demolition of the existing Rike’s/Lazarus building. One era came to an end and a new one began when the building was imploded in November 1999. The official groundbreaking took place in April 2000.During this time the performing arts center got its name, when Dr. Benjamin Schuster and wife, Marian, made a major gift to the project. The facility was then christened the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center. In late 1999, the Arts Center Foundation became the owner and operator of the new performing arts center. In mid-2000, Mark Light, then president of Victoria Theatre Association and Dayton Opera, was hired as the Arts Center Foundation’s first president. theatre rotates up until it reaches a glass projector that depicts the Dayton sky as it appeared on the eve before the Wright brothers’ first flight, December 16, 1903.
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#22 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Victoria Theater
Dayton OH
~9.63 miles from Alpha city center
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The Victoria Theatre is a historic 1,154-seat performing arts venue located in downtown Dayton, Ohio, USA.
The Victoria Theatre was originally opened as the Turner Opera House in early 1866 before a massive fire consumed it in 1869.
Two years later, in 1871, it was rebuilt again and the opera house went back to normal. But tragedy struck again in the major 1913 flood that destroyed Dayton along with the building. Again the theatre was rebuilt. But in 1918 a fire struck again. Turner Opera House was rebuilt again in 1919 but the name was changed to Victoria Theatre. For decades the theater thrived and was widely known all across Montgomery County, Ohio and Southwest Ohio.
The theatre accommodates 1,154, with 635 seats in the orchestra, and 519 in the balcony. The stage proscenium measures 37'7" wide by 29'0" high by 39'3" deep. It was renovated in 1989. A full-sized orchestra pit lay just below the stage lip. Ten dressing rooms, accommodating up to 18 people, are off-stage left, in the basement and at stage level.
In 1967, Dayton's economy threatened Victoria Theatre's existence and it was put on for demolition. The public outcry for the theatre later gained the building a listing in the National Register of Historic Places and, thus, it escaped demolition. However, portions of the building were in very poor condition.
The theatre has a network of access tunnels stretching out beneath the city's streets for several blocks. It was said that, during Vaudeville times, the tunnels allowed circus animals to be unloaded from railroad cars blocks away from the theatre, and held underground until showtime. As late as 1979, much of the tunnel network was accessible to employees, although some sections were blocked off by city steam pipes. The stage also bore remnants of its original gas footlights.
Throughout the 1970s, the theatre was operated as "The Victoria Theatre". It staged legitimate theatrical shows, rock concerts and movies. The theatre was also home to the Dayton Ballet Company. A mainstay through the period was its screening of "Midnight Movies", offered by a local independent producer, on Friday and Saturday nights that drew a, largely, teen audience for films with counter-cultural themes.
During revitalization efforts in the late 1970s, stage manager, Gary Kuzkin, overhauled much of the stage's technical capabilities. Crews from the Stagehands Union (IATSE) local restored much of the theatre's ancient hemp-and-sandbag fly galley, replacing several hundred thousand of feet of rope—along with miles of electrical wiring.
In 1978, the theatre was greatly benefitted by the donation of a cache of equipment and stage draperies from National Cash Register's (NCR) auditorium, which had been slated for demolition. NCR also donated a historic five-rank pipe organ to the Victoria, which was renovated and installed by aficionados.
In 2003 the opening of the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center forced the theatre to give up the Dayton Opera and the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. The new opening of the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center took sales and customers away from the theatre
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#23 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Dayton Cultural Center
216 N Main St Dayton OH - 937-223-2489
~9.67 miles from Alpha city center
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Dayton Cultural Center
216 North Main Street
Dayton, OH
phone: 937-223-2489
Working with schools, art and cultural organizations, and independent artists, the Dayton Cultural Center's goal is to enrich with city with a series of programs with traveling exhibits in the Reflections Gallery, cultural workshops, and performances.
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#24 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Montgomery County Fairgrounds
1043 S Main St Dayton OH - 937-224-1619
~9.92 miles from Alpha city center
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To learn more about the fairgrounds like directions and a schedule of events, please contact them at:
www.montcofair.com
or
1043 South Main Street
Dayton, OH 45409-2797
(937) 224-1619
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#25 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Wing Chun Museum
5715 Brandt Pike Dayton OH - 937-236-6485
~10.02 miles from Alpha city center
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Meng's Martial Arts is proud to be host to the Ving Tsun Museum, the first martial arts museum in the United States. Wing Chun, traditionally written as Ving Tsun and sometimes also referred to as Wing Tsun, is an ancient martial arts that traces its origins to the Southern Shaolin Temple in China. Most people today know about Wing Chun because of Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee's original art and many of his thoughts about martial arts originate with the concepts of Wing Chun.
There are many branches and families that fall under the umbrella term of 'Wing Chun.' The Ving Tsun Museum is a full-time research institution dedicated to:
Documenting and researching the many families of Wing Chun Collecting, Archiving, and Displaying its treasures and artifacts Updating martial art training methods with proven scientific teaching aids, tools, and certifications Expanding martial arts practitioners' comprehension and use of the system through examination and distribution of knowledge Recognizing its greatest contributors, both past and present and providing a home for all Wing Chun families to gather and share their rich heritage, regardless of lineage, in an atmosphere free of prejudice, personal gains, or political considerations.
The Ving Tsun Museumis a treasure-trove of martial arts information with many articles, rare and
historic photos, and more! It should be required viewing for the serious martial artist.
Many Meng's Martial Arts instructors are Ving Tsun Museum Committee members. Part of the responsibility of the Museum Committee is to research, experience, and review martial arts from around the world. This gives Museum Committee members a strong background in martial arts in general, Shaolin arts in particular, and Wing Chun in specialty.
The Ving Tsun Museum also takes a pro-active approach to martial arts research by bringing many world-class Masters and Grand Masters to Dayton, OH on a regular basis, publishing articles in respected martial arts magazines, producing professional DVDs for instruction, certification, and research purposes.
Call (937) 236-6485 or email host@vtmuseum.org to set up an appointment for a guided tour (about 45 minutes)
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#26 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Kettering Moraine Museum
35 Moraine Cir Dayton OH - 937-299-2722
~10.18 miles from Alpha city center
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Description
Founded in 1962, the Kettering Moraine Museum and Historical Society was dedicated to the organization, collection and preservation of historical artifacts and memorabilia from the Kettering and Moraine areas. In addition to the artifacts, historic buildings have been donated and moved to the Museum site over the years. Originally the museum was managed by a dedicated director and an active group of volunteers and was open to the public on a regular schedule. Due to health issues of the director and declining Society membership, the Museum Society was disbanded in 2008. Realizing the value of these historic objects and structures, representatives from the City of Kettering, the city of Moraine and Dayton History began discussions on how best to preserve these treasures and encourage public viewing, education and appreciation. The end result of these meetings was that Dayton History would acccept the assets of the Kettering Moraine Museum for display, caretaking and/or appropriate storage at their Carillon Park site.
The following buildings will move to the Carillon Historical Park: Deeds Barn, is a two story carriage house that was located at 319 Central Avenue in Dayton and belonged to Edward Deeds, general superintendent of National Cash Register Company. Mr. Deeds offered it as a work place to Charles F. Kettering, a young engineer at NCR. Here Mr. Kettering developed the self-starter for the automobile. The barn was given to the Kettering Museum and Historical Society in 1962. The Society later became the Kettering-Moraine Museum and Historical Society and that group moved the barn to its location at the Kettering Moraine Museum at 35 Moraine Circle.
George Newcom House, is one of the most historical houses in the Dayton area. A rare example of Greek Revival, it was owned by Col. George Newcom, an early pioneer and builder of the Newcom Tavern. Newcom Tavern is located in Carillon Park and the addition of the George Newcom House will complete the historical grouping. The Watervliet Shaker Miller's residence (Miller's House ca. 1819) was originally located on Patterson Road within the Shaker community site. The miller, wagonmaker and possibly the blacksmith lived in the house, forming a "Mill Family". The United Society of Believers of Watervliet, Ohio was organized officially into a community in 1806. The Kettering Moraine Museum Society moved the building to the Museum grounds in 1983. The Hetzel House, a one-story framed structure, was built in 1817 by Peter Hetzel, an early pioneer and co-founder of Moraine's Zion Memorial Church.
35 Moraine Circle S.
Kettering, OH 45439
Phone: 937-296-2400
Web: www.ketteringoh.org/newweb/about/about_museum.php
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#27 of 30 Things To Do in Alpha
Dayton Art Institute
456 Belmonte Park N Dayton OH - 937-223-5277
~10.23 miles from Alpha city center
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Celebrating 90 Years of Collecting, Interpreting and Celebrating Visual Art (1919-2009)
MISSION STATEMENT
The Dayton Art Institute is committed to enriching lives and serving the community by creating meaningful experiences with art.
An Historical Overview
2009 marks the 90th anniversary of The Dayton Art Institute, one of the nation’s finest mid-sized art museums. Founded in 1919 as the Dayton Museum of Arts, the museum also operated a traditional art school. Its founding patrons included prominent leaders such as Orville Wright and the Patterson brothers, founders of NCR. Originally occupying an impressive mansion in downtown Dayton, the museum was quickly embraced by the entire community.
During its first decade, the museum outgrew the mansion. Mrs. Julia Shaw Carnell, a prominent community leader, pledged to construct a new museum if the community would then endow and pay for its operations. Mrs. Carnell’s generosity of nearly $2 million, a significant gift in the early days of the Great Depression, created a land-mark building. Completed in 1930, the building was modeled after the Villa d’Este near Rome and the Villa Farnese at Caprarola in Italy, both examples of sixteenth century Italian Renaissance architecture. The museum facility was designed by prominent museum archi-tect Edward B. Green of Buffalo. More than 80 years later, the building still houses The Dayton Art Institute and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sitting atop a hill on the edge of the Great Miami River over-looking downtown Dayton, the museum was renamed The Dayton Art Institute to reflect the growing importance of its school as well as its museum. The striking building of nearly 60,000 square feet soon became known as “Dayton’s Living Room.” People from all walks of life came to the Art Institute to visit the permanent collections and special exhibitions, to attend a variety of classes, or to stroll in the gardens on a Sunday afternoon.
During the past decade, the museum has reaffirmed its tradition of providing outstanding educational programs and special exhibitions. Over the past several years, the museum’s collection has grown significantly through generous gifts of artwork by local donors, including important Oceanic art, Asian art, and American fine and decorative art collections. The collection, now comprised of more than 26,000 objects spanning 5,000 years of art history, is rated as “superb in quality” by the American Association of Museums.
In September 1994, the museum announced its largest ever capital campaign, with a goal of $22 million to fund a major renovation and expansion of the museum’s infrastructure; increase and improve our educational and outreach programs; and fund an endowment for the new facility. In December 1996, the museum reached $23.5 million in capital contributions. With the completion of the nearly two-year capital project, an even greater emphasis was placed on outreach toward under-served audiences, including our community’s African-American and Appalachian populations. The Dayton Art Institute reopened in June 1997 with more than 35,000 square feet of additional exhibition space and completely renovated permanent collection galleries.
Since its beginning, the museum has built a tradition for organizing outstanding special exhibitions. As early as 1960, the museum began organizing exceptional exhibitions such as the Chrysler Collection of French Paintings, which attracted 56,000 visitors. In 1992, the museum’s special exhibition, Theme & Improvisation: Kandinsky & the American Avant-Garde, traveled to other prominent institutions and received international acclaim. In 1994, the Art Institute organized the exhibition EDGAR DEGAS: The Many Dimensions of a Master French Impressionist, which broke the existing attendance record with 84,000 visitors and put The Dayton Art Institute solidly on the art museum map. In early 1998, the Art Institute organized ETERNAL CHINA: Splendors from the First Dynasties, which drew 111,000 visitors from all 50 states and more than 20 foreign countries.
In 2001, The Dayton Art Institute hosted two blockbuster exhibitions, THE TRIUMPH OF FRENCH PAINTING: Masterpieces from Ingres to Matisse and FORM FROM FIRE: Glass Sculpture by Dale Chihuly, which attracted 54,000 and 104,000 visitors respectively.
The Dayton Art Institute continued its tradition of offering world-class special exhibitions with THE QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY: Treasures of Ancient Egypt in 2005. The largest selection of antiquities ever loaned by Egypt, the exhibition included a life-sized reconstruction of the burial chamber of an Egyptian pharaoh and more than 100 magnificent objects, many of which had never been on public display or seen outside of Egypt. This exhibition shattered all previous records for special exhibitions, attracting nearly 122,000 visitors to the museum.
In 2006, the museum hosted DIANA, A CELEBRATION -- the award-winning exhibition honoring the life and work of Diana, Princess of Wales. More than 120,000 visitors viewed nearly 150 objects, including Diana’s world-famous 1981 Royal Wedding gown, 28 designer dresses and gowns, family heirlooms, personal mementos, paintings, and rare home movies and photos. The exhibition was on loan from the Althorp Estate, the princess’s 500-year-old ancestral home in England.
The Dayton Art Institute will continue to develop ways of better serving museum visitors and attracting targeted, underserved audiences, such as the African-American community, families with young children, and young professionals. With innovative programming, increased technology and expanded services, The Dayton Art Institute will continue to thrive in the 21st century.
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Aviation Trail
Po Box 633 Dayton OH - 937-443-0793
~10.48 miles from Alpha city center
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Dunbar House State Memorial
219 N Paul Laurence Dunbar St Dayton OH - 937-224-7061
~10.85 miles from Alpha city center
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The Paul Laurence Dunbar House & State Memorial commemorates the life and work of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dayton native and famed black poet.
Paul Laurence Dunbar was born in 1872 to former escaped slaves. His father was also a US Civil War veteran.
He published his first book of verse in 1892, and became internationally recognized as a writer in both dialect and standard English. Sadly, his health had never been good and he was diagnosed with tuberculosis in 1900. He died six years later, at 33 years of age.
The Dunbar House was dedicated in 1936, and is notable for being the first state memorial to honor an African American.
www.ohiohistory.org/places/dunbar/
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Sunwatch Indian Village
Dayton OH
~10.97 miles from Alpha city center
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SunWatch Indian Village / Archaeological Park is a recreated Fort Ancient Native American village that sits alongside the Great Miami River in Dayton, Ohio.
Amateurs had found some materials at the site in the 1960s. The site was professionally excavated from 1971-1988. Findings from the archaeological work were used to help recreate the village. It was named Sun Watch because scholars believe that a complex of posts in the center related to astronomical measurements. The Fort Ancient culture people would have planned rituals around a solar calendar.
The village was opened to the public as an open-air museum, and the site provides interpretive tours. Archaeological excavations are ongoing, with special opportunities for school groups and adult learners. Exhibits in the museum help interpret the history and culture of the people, and show some of the artifacts recovered at the site.
Because of its historical and archaeological value, the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. Because the many years of archaeological excavations at the 3-acre (12,000 m2) site revealed so much about Fort Ancient culture, SunWatch Indian Village was recognized in 1990 as a National Historic Landmark.
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