Exhibit: Tess Cortés: Vanishing Point
2024-08-10 11:00 - 18:00 (America/Detroit) | 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.

Slammed Impulse Car Show
2024-08-10 12:00 - 19:00 | Dayton Convention Center, 22 East 5th Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
We are extremely excited to announce our Ohio Indoor Showcase at the Dayton Convention Center on August 10th from 12pm-7pm. There will be Vendors, Teams, Groups, Businesses, Music, Food, Models, Awards and nothing but good vibes! Save the date and come join us this summer for an awesome experience.
Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/slammedimpulse/1223447?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR26LP3V5SnoR8nEzkqV1K6w5J-ssPcoj6Jv4r_spJcIOMAT8mL_Geh1qPg_aem_ARJ8nGZ461cj1fgDBsLZZOqHxDtIoqHDRSfsiD2E7B0IpeucnimujTKvp9QdppxVXHfA5G2mylPrTIM9-qVY_iuj

More info https://www.slammedimpulse.com/

Have A Gay Day Resource Fair
2024-08-10 13:00 - 16:00 | Sinclair College, 444 W. Third St., Dayton, OH
Come join us at Sinclair Community College for a day filled with information, support, and fun! Our resource fair is a great opportunity to connect with organizations and services that cater to the LGBTQ+ community. Whether you’re looking for resources, support, or just want to have a good time, this event is for you. Get ready to meet new friends, learn about local LGBTQ+ initiatives, and celebrate diversity and inclusion. Don’t miss out on this chance to Have A Gay Day!
Tickets are Not required to attend!
Parking is Free under building 12. Food and snacks will be available
Looking to table at the event?
We ask that all those tabling are LGBTQ+ Affirming
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/have-a-gay-day-resource-fair-tabling-tickets-tickets-938616777047?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
The Event is in the Great Hall of the Conference Center in Building 12.
This event does not require a ticket to attend and is open to the public.
These tickets are for vendors and those wishing to set up a table at the event.
Each organization, business, or information booth will only need one single ticket.
We ask that these booths be purely informational.
The single ticket will reserve a table for you and two chairs for your table.
This is an indoor event. We will have ASL interpreters at this event.
Parking is Free under building 12. Food and snacks will be available
Setup will be at 12:00pm / Event will be from 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Story Hour
2024-08-10 14:00 | Rabbit Hole Books, 27 W. First St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Until school is out, the story hour is geared for younger kids, but will broaden to include elementary age kids through the summer with stories, songs and crafts.
Twice a month on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 2 pm: April 20 & 24, May 15 & 18, June 26 & 29, July 10 & 13, August 7 & 10.

Dayton BBQ Fest
2024-08-10 17:00 - 21:00 | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Dayton BBQ Fest 2024Presented by GEICO​Aug 10th – 5 to 9pm
Charitable Partner:Access to Excess
Get all of the details: yellowcabfoodtrucks.com
We’re celebrating 11 years of The Yellow Cab Food Truck Rallies with specialty food fests all year long!
Join us on August 10th from 5 to 9pm for a ton of incredible BBQ and thematic dishes and sides from some amazing food trucks!
Entry is always FREE to our family friendly food festivals at The Yellow Cab Tavern!
With tons of vendors serving BBQ and thematic items in addition to their standard menu favorites, this will be a foodie event that you will not want to miss!
VendorsKung Fu BBQPoppy’s SmokehouseThe Food PittSoul Train Food TruckWarped Wing Brewing CompanyMexi-QZaki GrillHome Cooked VibesLittle BoiJonGodown’s FixinsCrusin’ Cuisine Food Truck & Creative Delight’s CateringClaybourne GRILLEThe Pizza BanditMA DUKES Street FoodI Heart Ice Cream
*Please note: Food truck lineup is subject to change
Our beer garden patio and covered party tent at The Yellow Cab Tavern will be open for everyone to hang out in during the festival!

World Indigenous Day Celebration ft. Digging Roots w/ Topknot opening
2024-08-10 19:00 | Levitt Pavilion Dayton, 134 S. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Join us as we celebrate World Indigenous Day with two incredible Indigenous bands and opening remarks by members of our local Indigenous communities.
Digging Roots breathe life into songs from their land, Turtle Island, to raise their voices in solidarity with a global chorus of Indigenous artists, activists and change-makers.
For over a decade, two-time JUNO Award winners Digging Roots have traveled the world with a joyful message of resistance, celebrating Anishinaabe and Onkwehón:we traditions of round dance and interconnectedness. As Roots Music Canada says, the band is “…badass, empowering and hopeful all at the same time.”
Digging Roots takes you on a journey through tall grass, sweet waters and unconditional love in a joyous and powerful celebration on their 4th album Zhawenim (2022). Led by the electrifying current of husband-and-wife team, ShoShona Kish and Raven Kanatakta, the 6-piece band responds to a majestic and spiritual call from ShoShona’s earthy vocals and Raven’s exhilarating guitar mastery through a fusion of blues, soul and rock n’roll. For long time fans or new audiences, their constantly evolving live show opens a space, wherever they may be in the world, for healing, compassion, unconditional love and Baamaadziwin (the good life). Constantly interweaving between drum culture and guitar dialects, Raven and ShoShona were raised in cultural families that have continued to resist oppression and colonialism.
More than a band, Digging Roots have taken their place at the frontline of the fight for equity and representation in the arts, with involvement in industry advocacy and organization to empower arts communities worldwide. ShoShona is the founder of the International Indigenous Music Summit and the music label Ishkōdé Records.
Raven, who studied at Berklee College of Music, “grew up in a small Anishinabe Rez called Winneway in north-western Quebec. It’s formally called Long Point First Nation. It’s where my grandfather and father taught me to hunt, trap and fish. I also spent my summers on my mother’s Mohawk Rez of Kahnàwa:ke.” ShoShona’s “family is from Batchewana and a part of the Three Fires Midewiwin Lodge.”
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Trenton Wheeler produces and performs under the stage name Topknot (short for his tribal given name Owl Topknot Feather), combining influences of 80s synth-pop & rock with twangy guitars and cinematic climaxes reminiscent of a spaghetti western soundtrack. Honoring his Blackfeet/Métis heritage, Trenton continues the tradition of Northern Plains grassing and regularly hosts educational enrichment programs and speaking events. He is an advocate for Indigenous peoples and has served on the board of directors for the Native American Indian Association of Tennessee.

String Band Invasion Weekend
2024-08-10 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

Second Saturday Poetry Salon
2024-08-10 19:00 - 21:30 | Rabbit Hole Books, 27 W. First St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Come read your own work or someone else’s in a cozy, supportive environment.

Dayton Dragons vs. Lake County Captains
2024-08-10 19:05, 2024-08-11 13:05 | 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
2024-08-11, 2024-08-14, 2024-08-15 | 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
2024-08-11, 2024-08-14, 2024-08-15 | 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.

Art in the City Juried Art Show
2024-08-11, 2024-08-12, 2024-08-13, 2024-08-14 | 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.

Church of Funk
2024-08-11 11:00 - 14:00 | Oregon Express, 336 E. 5th Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
Cooley the Curator, *Aka Pastor Cooley,* will be presiding over the wheels of steel between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Entry is free! He’ll be offering up the finest Funk, Soul, & Reggae during our Sunday lunch service! Join us for the Funk but stick around for special themed drinks and food specials.

Monday Summer Reading Club
2024-08-12 | Rabbit Hole Books, 27 W. First St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Every Monday from Memorial Day to Labor Day, every person 18 and under can stop in and choose any book of their choice for free. Kids are welcome (and encouraged) to come every week.

The Black Midwest Symposium
2024-08-12 08:00 - 17:00
The Black Midwest Initiative hosts a biennial symposium that features artists, activists, academics, and other community-involved people to discuss issues related to Black life in the Midwest. Past symposiums have been hosted in Minneapolis and Detroit.
Why Attend The Black Midwest Symposium?

Engage with visionary leaders and thinkers in the fields of urban planning, community development, and environmental sustainability.
Discover successful case studies of adaptive reuse and how these models can ignite change in our own backyards.
Network with like-minded individuals passionate about community revitalization and sustainable development.
Participate in workshops and panel discussions that will equip you with the knowledge and tools to champion adaptive reuse projects within your communities.

Adaptive Reuse: Reimagining Black Futures in the Midwest

The Third Biennial Black Midwest Symposium, Adaptive Reuse: Reimagining Black Futures in the Midwest, will take place October 18-19, 2024 at the Dayton Metro Library, Main Branch, in Downtown Dayton, Ohio.
This year’s theme, “Adaptive Reuse,” is more than a concept—it’s a call to action for Black communities and allies across the Midwest. Together, we’ll delve into strategies for reimagining the spaces around us, transforming neglected landscapes into thriving hubs of culture, sustainability, and innovation. See you in Dayton!

Monday Summer Reading Club
2024-08-12 12:00 - 19:00 | Rabbit Hole Books, 27 W. First St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Every Monday from Memorial Day to Labor Day, every person 18 and under who comes by the store is welcome to take home any book in the store for free! Come every week!

CURIO Lunch Box
2024-08-13 12:00 - 14:00, 2024-08-14 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
2024-08-13 14:00 - 18:00 | 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
2:00pm – 6:00pm
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.

How Does the School Board Work?
2024-08-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Dayton Metro Library will host How Does the School Board Work? on Tuesday, August 13, from 6-8 pm, in the Main Library’s Opportunity Center (formerly the Opportunity Space @ Patterson).
DML’s own Newest American Specialist, Dr. Gabriela Pickett, lead will this program. She will discuss how local school boards work and will also share her experiences in running for office and serving on a school board.
This invaluable educational session will not only give patrons the tools they need to use their voices but will demonstrate how they can make a difference in their communities. Time will be allotted for questions and answers. Voter registration will also be available. Registration is not required.
For more information, visit DaytonMetroLibrary.org or call the Library’s Ask Me Line at 937.463.2665.

Live Music from Patrick Arnold
2024-08-13 19:00 - 21:00 | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of Tuesday Nights in the Park series
Live Music from Patrick Arnold
7:00pm – 9:00pm
AGE: All ages | FREE
Join us at RiverScape on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month from June-October for live music, food, drinks and fun! Come support local musicians, try some new food offerings from the Cafe, and challenge your friends to some giant lawn games. As part of the Downtown Dayton DORA, the RiverScape Cafe will also be offering a variety of cocktails, wine, beer and more for those 21 and over. Admission is free! Dayton local singer/songwriter, Patrick Arnold performs a wide variety of covers, originals, and even audience requests. You can catch him at RiverScape on August 13th and October 8th from 7-9 PM! Weather Dependent.

CURIO Midweek Mix
2024-08-14 16:00 - 18:00 | 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 Midweek Mix provides weekly social hours featuring adult beverages and a mix of events at the end of the workday, including markets, CURIOKE, arts, cash bingo and pets, spotlight performances, and more.
Unwind after work – Meet up at the Midweek Mix!
The CURIO Midweek Mix brings fun, themed social hours on Wednesdays from 4 to 6 p.m. each week.
Grab a DORA beverage, socialize, and take part in this week’s themed activities while gathering with old friends and meeting new ones.

Find a full schedule of upcoming entertainment at https://downtowndayton.org/things-to-do/curio/
