Art in the City Juried Art Show
2024-08-08, 2024-08-09 | Downtown Dayton
August 2-16- Art in the City Juried Art Show
Multiple locations throughout downtown Dayton; call for individual businesses’ hours
YOU decide the best artist in the Art in the City juried show! This juried art show, organized by the Dayton Society of Artists, features pop-up galleries by local artists placed in downtown businesses. Visit participating businesses to see works by local artists, then go to DowntownDayton.org or Dayton.com to vote for your favorite artwork. The winning artist will be announced after voting ends and will receive a cash prize. Voting opens at 5 p.m. on August 2, and ends at noon on August 16. Find a map of all the Juried Art Show locations here. For more information, visit Dayton.com or DowntownDayton.org.

Exhibit: Katherine Kadish & David Leach: Crossroads
2024-08-08 11:00 - 18:00, 2024-08-09 11:00 - 18:00 (America/Detroit) | The Contemporary Dayton, 25 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
The Contemporary Dayton is proud to present new and recent work by two of the area’s most esteemed artists, each and together exploring recent “crossroads” in their lives. The exhibition will feature Kadish’s evocative monotype and painted colorscapes paired with Leach’s abstracted landscape, architecture, and interior drawings and prints; as well as two new monotypes the artists created collaboratively for the exhibition.
Both artists have exhibited widely and are featured in prominent public and private collections all over the world. Kadish is based in Yellow Springs and often collaborates with Lisa Mackie, Master Prints, NY. Leach is based in Dayton, is Emeritus Professor, Wright State University, and an active member of the Dayton Printmakers Co-op.
In conjunction with the exhibition, a selection of monotypes and prints by the artists will be available for purchase in The CoSHOP Pop-up Print Shop.

Exhibit: Andy Snow: Time Mends, Space Blends
2024-08-08 11:00 - 18:00, 2024-08-09 11:00 - 18:00 | The Contemporary Dayton, 25 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
The Contemporary Dayton presents a series of blended photographs from the Flood of 1913 and present day Dayton, Ohio by Dayton-based artist, Andy Snow.
Exhibit on display through August 10.

Exhibit: Tess Cortés: Vanishing Point
2024-08-08 11:00 - 18:00, 2024-08-09 11:00 - 18:00 | The Contemporary Dayton, 25 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Using digitized family movies, photographs, and computer-generated 3D models of heirloom objects, Cortés invites viewers to contemplate the intersection of memory, perception, and the passage of time. Both recollection and imagination, Vanishing Point’s never-ending scroll along the screen symbolizes the convergence of past and present.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the artist has also produced a limited edition video print available for purchase in The CoSHOP Pop-up Print Shop.
Tess Cortés is an award-winning Dayton-based digital media artist and Instructor of Motion Design at the Modern College of Design, Kettering.
Work on display through August 10, 2024.

CURIO Lunch Box
2024-08-08 12:00 - 14:00 | Courthouse Square, Third & Main Streets, Dayton, OH, 45422, USA
Throughout the summer months, fun, out-of-the-box entertainment can be found on Courthouse Square, with CURIO serving as the hub of community, connection, and collaboration!
CURIO at Courthouse Square is the next evolution of programming formerly known as “The Square Is Where.”
Big ideas can come in small packages, and CURIO is the first step in a larger, longer-term plan to revitalize Courthouse Square. This shipping container transformed into an event hub has been combined with new outdoor seating and other touches to create downtown’s newest summer hotspot!
CURIO Lunch Box provides free lunchtime entertainment Tuesdays-Thursdays from noon to 2 p.m., including Trivia Tuesdays, Workout Wednesdays, and Unplugged Thursdays.
Bring your friends and coworkers for a midday break outside!
Similar to the former “The Square Is Where” programming, CURIO Lunch Box features free lunchtime entertainment from noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays each week during the summer months.
Food vendors also set up on Courthouse Square each weekday, allowing downtown workers and others to grab lunch from a vendor or a downtown restaurant and take in the entertainment while enjoying the outdoors downtown.
Find a full schedule of upcoming entertainment at https://downtowndayton.org/things-to-do/curio/

Kayak Rentals at RiverScape with Taiter’s Kayak Solutions
2024-08-08 16:00 - 20:00 | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of RiverScape Kayak Rentals series
Kayak Rentals at RiverScape with Taiter’s Kayak Solutions
4:00pm – 8:00pm
AGE: 14 and up | $12.00
Paddle under the fountains with Taiter’s Kayak Solutions all summer long at RiverScape MetroPark! Regular walk-up rental hours will take place Tuesdays from 2-6pm and Thursdays from 4-8pm, June-October. Launch from under the Riverside Bridge along the Great Miami Recreational Trail. The cost to participate is $12 per person per hour. Taiter’s Kayak Solutions staff will provide visitors with brief instructions prior to entering the water, which will include a safety tutorial, and help visitors get into their vessels. All visitors will be required to wear a properly fitted life jacket. Swimming is prohibited in the Great Miami River, but visitors should come prepared to get wet. Those renting will not be permitted to go through the RiverScape River Run whitewater feature. No lifeguards are on duty, and paddling is at all visitors’ own risk. All visitors must sign a waiver to participate. Visit Facebook.com/TaitersKayakSolutions for more information. Weather Dependent.

Thirsty Thursday at Corner Kitchen with Tori Lee
2024-08-08 16:00 - 22:00 | Corner Kitchen, 613 E. Fifth St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Thirsty Thursdays with fantastic Tori Lee! Enjoy curated drinks, plates, and tracks from Tori and the CK team every Thursday starting March 14th! Specials include 9 Artisanal fat washed martinis, $5 off Prime Cuts, $9 small plates at the bar, $5 wine pours and $3 drafts.

Jazz & Beyond: Daniel Bennett and the Dirty Shirleys (Swing Jazz)
2024-08-08 17:30 - 19:30 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Our Bob Ross Auto Group Jazz & Beyond concerts present a great mix of familiar favorites and new faces from the region’s jazz scene. The series has been a regular fixture at the museum for more than 25 years. Concerts return to the Shaw Gothic Cloister (unless otherwise noted)!
Join us on Thursday, August 8, as the Bob Ross Auto Group Jazz & Beyond series presents the Swing Jazz of Daniel Bennett and the Dirty Shirleys.
Martini sipping, 1950’s Rat Pack Jazz! Suit-clad and chops-rich, Daniel Bennett and the Dirty Shirleys lay down a swinging performance that evokes the neon buzz of a martini high on the 1950s Rat Pack, Vegas Strip!
https://www.facebook.com/DanielBennettAndTheDirtyShirleys/
This performance takes place in the Shaw Gothic Cloister. All seating is general admission and tickets may be purchased at the door the night of the concert. The concert is free for museum members and included in museum general admission for non-members. Click here to learn more about membership!
A cash bar will be available for drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), and an assortment of snacks provided by Leo will be available for purchase.
HOW TO GO
Date: Thursday, August 8, 2024
Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 5 p.m.)
Location: Shaw Gothic Cloister
Cost: Free to members; included in museum general admission for non-members
Doors open at 5 p.m., and concerts take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Shaw Gothic Cloister (unless otherwise noted). Admission is free for museum members and included in museum general admission for non-members. Not a member? Click here to join!
A cash bar will be available for alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, and snacks provided by Leo will also be available for purchase.

Sunset at the Market-Celebrate National Farmer’s Market Week
2024-08-08 17:30 - 20:30 | 2nd Street Market, 600 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
National Farmers Market week is August 4-10. Celebrate with our farmers at the Market who supply fresh and local produce every week.
That evening enjoy a live culinary tasting:
5:45 – 6:30 How to Juice for better health with Choice Juice Boxx.
6:45- 7:15 Different ways to incorporate microgreens into your diet with Dayton Microgreens
7:30 – 8:15 How to make mozzarella cheese with St.Anne’s Cheese and Rosebuds Ranch and Garden.
Also that evening, stop by Hive Products and make a beeswax wrapped candle for $5.00.

Bright Nights
2024-08-08 18:00 - 21:00 | The Steam Plant, 617 E. 3rd Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Prepare for an unforgettable evening at Bright Nights, Big Brothers Big Sisters Miami Valley’s most anticipated annual fundraising event! Experience a truly unique culinary event, where the area’s top chefs converge to delight guests with an array of their gourmet creations. Indulge in exquisite dishes, perfectly complemented with a selection of fine wines, and then slip into our
Speakeasy for expertly crafted cocktails and lively casino games. By joining us at Bright Nights, you’re not only attending a one-of-a-kind event; you’re creating brighter futures for the young people in our programs, lighting their path to a world of endless possibilities.
https://mentor.bbbsgmv.org/event/bright-nights-2024/e582261

“Bright” Big Brothers Big Sisters annual fundraiser
2024-08-08 18:00 - 21:00 | The Steam Plant, 617 E. 3rd Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Each year at Bright we celebrate the BIG stars of our community —our Bigs, Littles, families, and donors. Featuring Miami Valley’s top chefs you will enjoy an evening of gourmet tastings, live music, and more.
Bright, Big Brothers Big Sisters annual fundraiser brings together Miami Valley’s best independent chefs to raise funds to support youth mentoring right here in the Miami Valley.
Event tickets and 50/50 tickets available at https://www.bbbsmiamivalley.org/bright/

Ruthie Foster
2024-08-08 19:00 | Levitt Pavilion Dayton, 134 S. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Ruthie Foster’s ninth studio album represents a new high water mark for the veteran blues artist—a collection of songs possessing pure power, like a tidal wave of musical generosity. Healing Time finds Foster pushing her boundaries as a singer and songwriter more than ever before, creating a truly live-sounding atmosphere with the help of her band, who sound refreshingly loose and lived-in throughout these 12 songs. We’ve all been in need of some healing in recent times, and Foster’s latest provides a guide for how to move through the world with equal parts compassion and resolve.
Healing Time is the latest jewel in Foster’s accomplished career, which includes multiple Grammy nominations and collaborations with fellow luminaries like Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. For her latest, Foster contributed more to the writing process than she had on any of her previous albums, effectively refining her own songcraft in the process. “With this album, I dug deep and tried to go for the best way to write,” she explains. “This album says a lot about the period we were making it in, and how I wanted to find my way out of it.”
Work on the album began in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, as Foster enlisted previous collaborators like Gary Nicholson and Grace Pettis to pitch in during the writing process—as well as every member of her band. “I wanted my band involved in the entire process of this album,” she explains, and they also played a large role in recreating the sound that Foster had become drawn to after spending time with her vinyl collection. “I was aiming to keep these songs sounding like they came from that era, which says a lot about where I am in my life, too.”
Veteran producer Mark Howard (Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams) came in to bring new ideas to Foster’s table as recording began at Studio 71 West in Austin, TX, New Orleans’ famed Esplanade Studios, and Blue Rock Studio in Wimberley, TX. “Mark’s ability to turn a song’s arrangement upside down was intriguing and sometimes challenging for me,” she states. “It was a lot to wrap my head around, but he made me think outside of the box I didn’t even know I was in.”
Producer Dan Barrett, who also worked with Foster on 2017’s Joy Comes Back, then took the helm at Black Pumas co-bandleader Adrian Quesada’s famed Electric Deluxe studio in Austin. Along with several Black Pumas members, Barrett brought in a collection of Austin’s finest backing musicians, like Glenn Fukunaga (The Chicks, Shawn Colvin). “With Dan onboard we were able to find the glue to these songs sonically, and he brilliantly melded my familiar Texas blues-Americana sound with what Mark pulled out of me in New Orleans,” Foster says. “This combination gave these songs a breath of fresh air, and it all came together very organically.”
Healing Time’s title—as well as its burst-of-sunshine title track, which features pedal steel legend Robert Randolph—is a reference not only to the trials many have faced over the last several years, but also the necessity of what Foster does as an artist. “I hear fans tell me that the music we make is very spiritually healing,” she says. “The experience of dealing with my own grief after losing a band member a year before the pandemic while navigating around zoom school with my daughter and trying to figure out what to do with myself was tough but necessary. When I look at it as a whole it was all very healing for me which is pretty much how I try to live my life. There’s always time for healing, if you give it time.”
And Healing Time is ultimately a work that explores such extremes as being human often brings to the surface, reminding listeners that even when we feel like we’re at the top, we’re ultimately still finding our way—a beautiful reflection of the essence of living itself.

Ludlow Creek
2024-08-08 19:00 - 21:00 | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of RiverScape Summer Music series
Ludlow Creek
7:00pm – 9:00pm
AGE: All ages | FREE
Join us under the pavilion on August 8th from 7 to 9 PM as we welcome Ludlow Creek to the RiverScape stage! Ludlow Creek is a local, original group who have been delighting audiences since 2013. Their artful songwriting and intricate vocal harmonies combine elements of Americana, Rock, and Blues. Their first album, âHands of Timeâ won a 2022 International Singer-Songwriters Association (ISSA) Album of the Year Award, they won an ISSA Band of the Year Award for 2023, and were finalists in three categories in Nashvilleâs 2023 Josie Music Awards. In the studio and on stage, band members have played with BB King, Doc Severenson, Gary Rossington & Ricky Medlocke, Bonnie Bramlett, and other national artists. The RiverScape Cafe will be open and offers snacks, treats and refreshments. For those 21 and over, a variety of beer, wine and mixed drinks are also available for purchase. Seating is limited, so we recommend bringing a lawn chair. Admission is FREE! The RiverScape Summer Music Series is sponsored by The Jack W. & Sally D. Eichelberger Foundation and Enterprise Roofing. Weather Dependent.

Dayton Dragons vs. Lake County Captains
2024-08-08 19:05, 2024-08-09 19:05 | Day Air Ballpark, 220 North Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH, 45402
Catch one of the hottest tickets in sports – see the Dayton Dragons play baseball at Day Air Ballpark! For tickets and more information, visit www.daytondragons.com or call 228-2287.

The Quiet World of Edward Hopper
2024-08-09, 2024-08-10 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
June 15–September 8, 2024

Few artists have been able to convey a distinct vision of the world as directly as Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967). With great clarity, Hopper expressed a deeply personal response to modern life with his enigmatic depictions of urban and rural environments. The everyday, even mundane slices of life and ordinary subjects regularly indicate a psychological state of mind, most often suggesting a sense of isolation or loneliness. He rejected the influences of European modernism to work in a realistic, representational style, and create a uniquely American point of view that expresses his response to living in the twentieth century.
The Quiet World of Edward Hopper, an exclusive exhibition to the DAI, will feature the holdings from the DAI collection, which include a drawing, etchings, watercolor figure studies from his early years as an illustrator visiting Europe, along with the celebrated painting High Noon, 1949. The exhibition will also have key loans from other museums and private collections.

Riveting: Women Artists from the Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell Collection
2024-08-09, 2024-08-10 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
June 22–September 8, 2024

Riveting presents extraordinary art by contemporary women artists drawn from the major, private collection of Sara M. and Michelle Vance Waddell. This bold exhibition expresses the collector’s personal interest in finding emergent artistic voices and powerful artistic statements that speak to prominent social issues of the day, including those relating to LGBTQ+ communities and reproductive rights. All major media are included: paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photographs and textiles, and themes range from humorous and irreverent to thought-provoking.
Internationally recognized artists include Cindy Sherman, Kiki Smith, Ana Mendieta and many others, featured alongside under-recognized and local artists. One of the highlights will be Carolee Shneemann’s Interior Scroll (1974/75), a groundbreaking achievement of feminist art that remains relevant and controversial to this day.

Exhibit: Part of a Whole: 2/2
2024-08-09 | Dayton Society of Artists, 48 High Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of a whole: 2/2
Dsa’s annual members show
The Dayton Society of Artists (DSA) is thrilled to present PART OF A WHOLE: 2/2, the second segment of our annual members’ exhibition. This unique two-part event showcases the diverse and vibrant talents of our member artists, encompassing a wide range of mediums, techniques, and styles.
We are honored to have Marsha Pippenger, past president of the DSA, as our juror for this exhibition and this year, DSA has divided the annual members’ exhibition into two parts to ensure all members have the opportunity to present their best work.
PART OF A WHOLE: 2/2 runs from Friday, August 2nd to Saturday, August 24th. Our gallery is open to the public on Fridays and Saturdays from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, with additional viewing times available by appointment (email info@daytondsa.org to schedule).

Dayton Art Institute Back to School (FREE Admission ALL Day!)
2024-08-09 14:00 - 16:00 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Hey EDUCATORS AND TEACHERS! Are you looking to network and learn about educational opportunities at the Dayton Art Institute? Join us for “Back to School”.
You’ll hear from our education department about DAI’s learning opportunities, school tours, mobile programming, free curriculum resources, student art programs and more! In addition, you’ll have the chance to enjoy light refreshments, create your very own artwork to take home and enter to win a “Back to School Survival Kit”!
THE BEST PART? Teachers receive FREE museum admission all day (11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Must have a valid school ID)! Follow the link to register and learn more
Date: Friday, August 9, 2024
Time: 2 – 4 p.m.
Location: Dayton Art Institute, Harry A. Shaw Gothic Cloister
Cost: FREE!

Best Dead City Festival
2024-08-09 17:00 - 23:59 | The Brightside, 905 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Live from The Brightside on Friday August 9th, Turboslacker presents Best Dead City Music Festival – a celebration of amazing Dayton music on two stages!
Best Dead City features musicians with deep Dayton roots:
death’s dynamic shroud (first ever hometown show)
Back Stabbath
Lung
Abertooth Lincoln
Turboslacker (record release party)
Gran Gran
Internet Wizard
Eman Jones
Moira
Bomb Bunny
Pseudonym
Nick Kizirnis
Dj Curtastrophy
Plus – Local pop-up vendor booths from Dayton staples Heart Mercantile and Clash Consignment
Tickets are $20 in advance here: tiny.url/bestdeadcity
Tickets are $25 day of show All ages (under 18 with a parent or guardian) Doors open and Dj kick off at 5:00 pm Bands start at 6:00 pm
Buy sell or trade but don’t you dare miss this big rock show!

After Dark Friday Fun Night
2024-08-09 17:30 - 19:00 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
A laidback, guided art-making opportunity for adults to unwind from a long week. Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. Due to this event occurring after hours, please enter through the Rike Building entrance and wait in the lobby for your instructor. Come prepared to get messy!
COST: $20 members, $25 non-members
July 12, 2024
5:30-7:00
Hand-Painted, Screen-Printed, Pop Art Panels!
Learn about the silkscreen process while painting and screen-printing your very own DAI-themed Pop Art paintings on canvas panels! No silk-screening or painting experience is necessary. Come prepared to get messy! Experimentation and collaboration are strongly encouraged!
August 09, 2024
5:30-7:00
Watercolor-Resist Zentangle Painting
Use watercolors, oil pastels, and more to create elaborate, bold, and colorful painted patterns through the fun, relaxing art of Zentangle mark-making! No drawing or painting experience is necessary. Experimentation and collaboration are strongly encouraged!
September 13, 2024
5:30-7:00
Notan Papercutting Collage
Learn about the Japanese art of Notan to draw, cut, and create dynamic designs with paper cutouts. No drawing experience is necessary. Experimentation and collaboration are strongly encouraged!

Blair Crimmins & the Hookers
2024-08-09 19:00 | Levitt Pavilion Dayton, 134 S. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Blair Crimmins began his current music career in Atlanta, Georgia, with a drive to bring Ragtime and 1920’s style Dixieland Jazz to new audiences. While playing small rock clubs around the Southeast he developed a sound that is at once modern while being deeply rooted in the past. He has toured the U.S and Italy playing festivals and has opened for acts such as Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Old Crow Medicine show. A multiinstrumentalist on guitar, banjo and piano, Crimmins writes songs and arrangements for a classic New Orleans style horn section consisting of trumpet, clarinet and trombone. His debut release “The Musical Stylings Of” became a college radio sensation on WRAS Atlanta making him the most requested band on the air. In 2012 Crimmins showed his musical diversity by writing and recording the full score for the independent short film “Old Man Cabbage”. The following year, Crimmins was the critics pick for Best Song Writer of 2013 in Creative Loafing’s Best of ATL issue. His next album entitled Sing-a-longs! earned him a nomination at The Georgia Music Awards for Best Jazz Artist. After years of relentless touring the country and abroad Blair Crimmins released his 4th album of original ragtime music You Gotta Sell Something (2017), as well as a children’s album All Aboard (2019) and a 5th full length record featuring swinging covers of his favorite artists ranging from Louis Armstrong to David Bowie entitled “Okay Boom!” in 2021.

String Band Invasion Weekend
2024-08-09 19:00 | Oregon Express, 336 E. 5th Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
On Friday and Saturday, August 9th and 10th, the Oregon Express is excited to host their String Band Invasion Weekend featuring The Local Honeys with special guests Jenny Walker & Spellbound on Friday and then Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle with special guests Kyle Eldridge & The Kentucky Cowhands on Saturday. Presale weekend passes are $28, presale single day tickets are $17, and tickets are available at the door each night for $21.

“We’re absolutely thrilled to be hosting two of the region’s highest energy and acclaimed string bands on back-to-back nights at The Oregon Express,” says producer Brian Johnson. “We’ve also got some incredible local support with Kyle Eldridge & The Kentucky Cowhands and Jenny Walker & Spellbound. You’re not going to want to miss this weekend of live music!”

Further information about this event can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/759172309628287

Presale tickets are available at https://ten-high-productions.square.site/

Listen at https://www.pricehillhustle.com/ https://www.thelocalhoneys.com/

Event Details:

The Oregon Express Hosts String Band Invasion Weekend Featuring Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle, The Local Honeys, and More Aug 9th and 10th

Friday and Saturday, August 9th & 10th, at 7:00pm

700 E. Fourth Street in downtown Dayton, Ohio
https://www.facebook.com/events/759172309628287

Visitor, Dravin and the Ravens, and Salvador Ross
2024-08-09 20:00 | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Join us for a night of music with Visitor, Dravin and the Ravens, and Salvador Ross. $5 cover starts at 8pm with music at 9pm
Dravin and The Ravens- Cincinnati based indie/garage rock band with a focus on sharp lyrics, driving guitars, and groovy rhythms.
Salvadore Ross- fuzz-inspired, psychedelic rock and roll band from Dayton, OH.
Visitor- Loud Rock & Roll from Dayton, Ohio with a vintage style.
