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St. Gebriel Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Dayton, located at 300 Maryland Ave., is hosting Culture Day on Sunday, Oct. 31 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Immerse yourself in Ethiopian culture and cuisine this weekend

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Hauntfest 2021 will take over Fifth Street and the Oregon District near downtown Dayton on Saturday, Oct. 30. The annual Halloween event serves as a fundraiser for the business district that partly covers its improvement efforts. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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Judith Chaffin, known as the “The Pumpkin Lady,” began the Stoddard Avenue Pumpkin Glow in Dayton’s Grafton Hill neighborhood in 1994. DAYTON DAILY NEWS STAFF FILE PHOTO

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Hauntfest 2021 will take over Fifth Street and the Oregon District near downtown Dayton on Saturday, Oct. 30. The annual Halloween event serves as a fundraiser for the business district that partly covers its improvement efforts. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Hauntfest on Fifth: Massive Halloween street party in Oregon District this weekend

Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles, (left to right) Paul Curatolo, Alastar McNeil, Aaron Chiazza and Steve Landes, performs in Projects Unlimited Star Attractions Series concert at the Schuster Center in Dayton on Wednesday, Oct. 27.

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Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead), will be celebrated on Sunday, Oct. 24 from noon to 6 p.m. CONTRIBUTED/TOM GILLIAM

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Construction continues on The Dayton Arcade in downtown Dayton. Most notably, framing has begun around the second and third floors of the Rotunda for The Hub, Powered by PNC, a joint venture of the University of Dayton and The Entrepreneurs Center. The repainting of the Rotunda started in late June. Exterior masonry painting of the facades on the Ludlow & Fourth Street Buildings is also in progress. Drywall installation continues for The Arts Lofts at the Dayton Arcade at the Ludlow & Fourth Street Buildings. The Arcade redevelopment project is a collaboration between lead developer Cross Street Partners, Model Group and McCormack Baron Salazar. For more information including leasing, visit arcadedayton.com. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

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Fairfield County, situated just southeast of Columbus, is home to the The Trail of Scarecrows and therefore deemed “Ohio’s Scarecrow Capital." Now through the end of October, more than 250 scarecrow creations are on display, competing for the most votes. Winning scarecrows will be announced in early November.

WORTH THE DRIVE: Trail of Scarecrows features more than 250 straw-filled characters

(Eingeschränkte Rechte für bestimmte redaktionelle Kunden in Deutschland. Limited rights for specific editorial clients in Germany.) Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Innenansicht- 1911veröffentlicht: Nr. 7/1911 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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