Weekly Feature

4/17/09

Diamondback Roller Coaster at Kings Island

The “tallest, fastest, meanest” roller coaster at Kings Island dares victims to take a ride on its slopes. The Diamondback whips riders along through 5,200 feet of steel track and shoots them up hills 230 feet tall!

There were only two brave souls from our office that road the coaster.

“It was so exciting and the ride was very smooth,” Stephanie Gigliotti, the BCVB Sales Manager, said, “If you like roller coasters, you’ll definitely like this one.”

With speeds up to 80 mph, the ride lasts up to 3 minutes. The coaster stays true to its name at the end of the ride as two shooting streams of water rise as the car runs over the rails, looking like fangs spraying venom.

“You get two completely different experiences by sitting in the front car or in the back,” Gigliotti said. “Your locked in on your stomach, so as you come down the hill, you feel yourself coming out of your seat! It’s such a rush!”

www.kidiamondback.com

Weekend Event

4/17/09

SW Ohio Tree City USA Awards Banquet

The City of Hamilton has been named a Tree City USA Community for the year 2008 by the Arbor Day Foundation. This is the 5th year Hamilton has received the national recognition for their commitment to community forestry and dedication to the tree population. The City of Hamilton will receive the Tree City USA awards at the hosting of the SW Ohio Tree City USA Awards Banquet at the Courtyard by Marriott - Hamilton. There will also be over 35 local communities receiving Tree City USA awards at the banquet. www.arborday.org

Daily Event

4/16/09

“Danny and the Deep Blue Sea; An Apache Dance”

The Miami University Hamilton presents the spring production of "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea; An Apache Dance." The play, written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Bekka Eaton, is set in a rundown bar in the Bronx where two "societal rejects" Danny and Roberta meet. Danny, played by recent Miami graduate Jason Howard, has severe anger management issues. Roberta, played by senior creative writing major Erika Fulton, is haunted by traumatic memories of her past. The two characters see a lot of themselves in each other and we follow them along in their intense relationship.

www.ham.muohio.edu

Daily Event

4/15/09

Family Time at Fairfield Lane Public Library

Bring your family to the library for story programs based on developmental learning for young children. Families and children can bond and learn through the finger plays, songs, and other educational activities featured in this program.

www.lanepl.org

Daily Event

4/14/09

Wildflower Talk & Walk at Bull’s Run

Spring is in the air! Get back in touch with nature at the Wildflower Talk & Walk at the Senior Citizen's Center at Bull's Run.
www.bullrun.org

Daily Event

4/13/09

Dialogue with Nature: New Conceptions of Organic Architecture

The Miami University Department of Architecture & Interior Design and Fallingwater Honors Studio presents a dynamic exhibition of models, sketches, photographs and studies made by Miami University students. Their work responds to design issues at two internationally acclaimed house museums; Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater in Pennsylvania and the Burton J. Westcott House in Ohio.

www.fna.muohio.edu

(pic courtesy of mu art museum website)