Derailed: A Hair Salon in the Oregon
506 1/2 E. Fifth St.
937-222-3910
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Get a dye, wax or clip at the city’s only rock ‘n’ roll hair salon,
where the décor is as interesting as the clientele and husband-wife
hairstyling team that owns the joint. There’s no boring Muzak, and C2
Art Studio hosts monthly exhibitions of edgy work on the salon’s walls.
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Feathers Vintage Clothing
440 E. Fifth St.
937-228-2940
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Time travel is possible: See for yourself at this vintage clothing and
antique store, where horn-rimmed glasses, polyester pantsuits, fedoras
and saddle shoes are always in style. Feathers also boasts a large
selection of costume jewelry, kitschy collectibles and used vinyl, as
well as one of the district’s most intriguing window displays. Feathers
has been helping Dayton wax nostalgic for decades, as it’s the
district’s oldest continuously operated business owned by a woman,
Janet Phillips (who is not old).
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Glenn Scott's Tattoo Team
452 E. Fifth St.
937-586-0227
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Glenn Scott has been tattooing Daytonians since 1977, and the creative
crew at his district location represents some of Dayton’s best talent
to lay down ink on your body. Give the hundreds of designs in the shop
a look-see or have one of the shop’s tattoo artists draw up a design
just for you. Get pierced in parts regular or risqué, and check out the
shop’s selection of jewelry.
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Goodwill Industries of the Miami Valley
501 E. Fifth St.
937-228-4737
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Want to spice up your wardrobe or add a dash of zing to your décor
without going broke? This is just the shop to make it happen.
Goodwill’s district location, the first such store in the Dayton area,
is a huge treasure trove that makes shopping an act of discovery. Score
a bargain you can brag about while searching vast amounts of men’s,
women’s and children’s clothing; appliances and housewares; bedding;
shoes; books; and more.
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Ohio Budokan Martial Arts & Japanese Culture Center
601 E. Fifth St.
937-443-0800
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This district dojo has been pulling punches since 1983. It offers
classes in four martial arts forms: (1) Aikijutsu, an unarmed system of
self-defense derived from swordsmanship; (2) Tenshin-Ryū,
swordsmanship using the long sword (Katana) and other samurai weapons;
(3) Nippon Karate-dō Genwakai for adults, in which students learn to
attack with total commitment, concentrating physical and spiritual
energy into a single technique of overwhelming power; and (4) Nippon
Karate-dō Genwakai, which helps children ages 8 years and older learn
the traditional qualities of self-respect, self-discipline,
self-motivation, respect for others, respect for authority, initiative
and achievement. When visiting Ohio Budokan, notice the “GRAND”
lettering in the floor tiles by the entrance, a remnant from the
building’s former life as a theater. Click here [link to Arts &
Culture] for more on the center’s Japanese cultural offerings.
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Practice Yoga
504 E. Fifth St.
937-321-7676
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Get your om on at Practice Yoga, where the curriculum is based on
traditional Ashtanga and Power Vinyasa styles. The studio also offers
some unusual classes, such as Hot Yoga, a series of 26 postures
practiced in a nearly 100-degree room that creates detoxifying sweat
and allows for deeper stretching, as well as prenatal and postnatal
yoga, with a family yoga class in the works.
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Sterling Studio
508 E. Fifth St.
937-228-2278
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There’s a lot to discover inside this small shop. Sterling Studio has
been in business since 1992, and much of the jewelry is designed and
made by proprietor Sam Vacca, who has built a reputation for having a
unique selection of quality sterling silver jewelry at a fair price.
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Urban Krag Climbing Center
125 Clay St.
937-224-5724
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People are literally climbing the walls at this indoor facility housed
in a beautifully restored, mid-19th century church. Urban Krag features
the biggest climbing wall in the state with 8,000 square feet of
textured and sculpted vertical terrain with heights ranging from 28 to
56 feet, as well as a fully stocked pro-shop, lockers, showers, weight
room and a separate classroom. Urban Krag also is a wi-fi hot spot, so
you can play online while watching climbers from the observation deck.
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