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Downtown Events Calendar

2025 Fine Art Student Juried Exhibition

Galleries at Sinclair College 444 W. Third St., Bldg. 13, Dayton, OH

The Sinclair Community College Art Department is pleased to present the 2025 Fine Art Student Juried Exhibition. Students who have ...

Exhibit: Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled

The Dayton Art Institute 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, United States

March 15–June 8, 2025 A distinguished figure in contemporary art, Jamie Wyeth is recognized for his fiercely independent, realistic approach ...

Exhibit: SWAY

Edward A. Dixon Gallery 222 N. St. Clair St., Dayton, OH

Inspired by mid-century artists such as Robert Motherwell, Joan Mitchell, and Franz Kline, Susanne Scherette King’s strong colors, movement and ...

Antioch Fish Fry

Antioch Shrine Temple 107 E. First St., Dayton, OH

Antioch Shrine Fish Fry and gambling games with live entertainment. $20.   EVERY FRIDAY FROM MARCH 7TH-APRIL 11TH DOORS OPEN ...

Dayton Dragons vs. Fort Wayne Tincaps

Day Air Ballpark 220 North Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH

Catch one of the hottest tickets in sports – see the Dayton Dragons play baseball at Day Air Ballpark! For ...

Julius Caesar

PNC Arts Annex 46 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH

This all-female JULIUS CAESAR, adapted by Caitlin McWethy, dives headfirst into power, ambition, and identity in a patriarchal world where ...

Chancers

Dayton Theatre Guild 430 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH, USA

Chancers By Robert Massey Shop owners Aiden and Dee are down and out and on the verge of losing everything. ...

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live

The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center 1 West Second Street, Dayton, OH

PRETTY GUARDIAN SAILOR MOON: THE SUPER LIVE, the groundbreaking 2.5D musical, is bringing the iconic “Sailor Moon” world to life ...

Susan B. Byrnes: Lightness and Weight

The Contemporary Dayton 25 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, United States

A groundbreaking exploration of the paradoxes inherent in the human experience drawing from themes in Milan Kundera’s novel, “The Unbearable ...

A Zachary Armstrong Curatorial Project

The Contemporary Dayton 25 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, United States

Intricate. Intimate. From the heart. The Co presents the reveal of a new project by Zachary Armstrong—an enigmatic force whose ...

2025 Fine Art Student Juried Exhibition

Galleries at Sinclair College 444 W. Third St., Bldg. 13, Dayton, OH

The Sinclair Community College Art Department is pleased to present the 2025 Fine Art Student Juried Exhibition. Students who have ...

Exhibit: Jamie Wyeth: Unsettled

The Dayton Art Institute 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, United States

March 15–June 8, 2025 A distinguished figure in contemporary art, Jamie Wyeth is recognized for his fiercely independent, realistic approach ...

Exhibit: SWAY

Edward A. Dixon Gallery 222 N. St. Clair St., Dayton, OH

Inspired by mid-century artists such as Robert Motherwell, Joan Mitchell, and Franz Kline, Susanne Scherette King’s strong colors, movement and ...

Miami Valley Community ID Drive

Dayton Metro Library – Main Library 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH

Dayton Metro Library will host a Miami Valley Community ID Drive in the Main Library's Eichelberger Forum on Saturday, April ...

3rd Annual Black Men’s Mental Health Conference

Sinclair College 444 W. Third St., Dayton, OH

Sponsored by justUs MH Foundation, this conference promotes awareness surrounding Domestic Violence and Mental Health. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3rd-annual-black-mens-mental-health-conference-tickets-998076843707

The Architecture of Well-Being

Dayton Metro Library – Main Library 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH

Dayton Metro Library will host a three-part series, The Architecture of Well-Being, as part of its Community Development programming. Each ...

Dayton Dragons vs. Fort Wayne Tincaps

Day Air Ballpark 220 North Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH

Catch one of the hottest tickets in sports – see the Dayton Dragons play baseball at Day Air Ballpark! For ...

Julius Caesar

PNC Arts Annex 46 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH

This all-female JULIUS CAESAR, adapted by Caitlin McWethy, dives headfirst into power, ambition, and identity in a patriarchal world where ...