Things to do

• Arenacross dirt-bike racing this weekend at Nutter Center
  

  The nation’s largest and most intimate indoor dirt-bike racing series is coming to the Ervin J. Nutter Center at Wright State University this weekend to showcase some of the best talent that the sport has to offer for the penultimate race of the 2010 AMA Arenacross Series season.

• 'Phantom' full of surprises at La Comedia Dinner Theatre
• 'The Aluminum Show' bringing fast-paced party to Victoria
• Clean comic Horace H.B. Sanders to headline Gospel Giggles
• California Impressionism featured in new DAI exhibit
• American / Japanese prints on display together
• March is here ... some events worth planning around
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Local music

• Ben Folds concert tickets go on sale this weekend
  

  Ben Folds will headline the second annual University of Dayton Charity Concert at in April at UD Arena. Tickets went on sale Friday, March 12, to University of Dayton students and faculty but now the general public can purchase tickets beginning this Saturday.

• Tantric, 8-KOunt to perform at McGuffy's March 20
• Alice Cooper coming to the Fraze
• Celebrate spring with The Werks at pair of shows
• Tickets for Lady Antebellum in Darke county on sale soon
• See cover band 33 People at Gilly's before they call it quits
• Goo Goo Dolls, Gregg Allman coming to Fraze
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Bars & Clubs

• Ways to celebrate this St. Patrick's Day
  

  It's time for that one day a year when it's appropriate to drink before noon, pinch total strangers and wear a kilt without mocking. If you haven't made plans for St. Patrick's Day yet, let this guide inspire some green ideas – and we don't mean environmentally friendly.

• Show off dance moves; try to win $500, TV spot
• Guide to college nights at area bars
• Need a beer? Here are five places you may want to check out
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• > Best sports bars
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• Send us your nominations for upcoming Best of Dayton categories

Restaurants

• Asian dining in area gets a boost from strong newcomers
  

  Dayton-area Asian food enthusiasts now have access to great diversity of dishes and cuisines. Here’s a sampler platter of a few of the relatively new (or newer) Asian restaurants well worth trying:

• Best pizza in the Dayton area
• Get restaurant info sent to your phone
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• Green Zone
  

  An Army officer and his team of inspectors stumble upon an elaborate cover-up as they hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

• Remember Me
  

  Emerging secrets threaten the budding romance between a troubled young man and the woman who helped him rediscover happiness.

• Our Family Wedding
  

  Insults fly and tension runs high when two highly competitive fathers wreak havoc with their children's wedding plans.

• Alice in Wonderland 3D
  

  Alice, now a teenager, returns to Wonderland, where she must find her destiny and put an end to the Red Queen's reign of terror.

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