Downtown Dayton Partnership

Puzzle Feud
2025-08-06 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit) | OH
Calling all puzzle fans! Join us for Puzzle Feud every Wednesday from 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. (or until the first puzzle is completed). Complete a 500-piece puzzle of your choice with teams of up to 4 with a 2-hour limit. All teams must sign up at the bar on the day of and teams must go to the bar once their puzzle is completed. The winning team receives a prize. Cheers!

Harmonies Music Boxes
2025-08-07 | Downtown Dayton
The Downtown Dayton Partnership and Le Monde Studios are excited to present Harmonies, a multi-location public art installation on view for the entire month of August 2025. These larger-than-life, interactive art installations will celebrate Dayton’s creative spirit and stop people in their tracks. Four musical instruments, powered by green technology, come alive with local music and lights at the turn of a hand crank. See a banjo on Courthouse Square, a guitar at Levitt Pavilion, a harp at the Convention Center, and a treble clef in the Oregon District at the Seed of Life Plaza. This is more than a photo-op; it’s a moment of magic in the middle of an ordinary day. Presenting sponsor: PNC. Supporting sponsors: Bob Ross Auto Group and Grunder Landscaping Co.

Dayton Art Institute Community Workshop Series–Drawn to the Face: A Portrait
2025-08-07 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Our artist-led workshops are designed to make community connections between our guests, local artists, and the Dayton Art Institute through conversation and artmaking. Participants will explore the art of capturing human expression and emotion through charcoal. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist, this series is designed to guide you through the fundamentals and advanced techniques of portraiture. Over the course of several sessions, you’ll learn how to sketch and shade the human face, focusing on proportion, light and shadow to bring your portraits to life. Each participant receives their own personal drawing kit to keep following the workshops. Jamaal Durr, a Contemporary Artist, is recognized for his figurative works that intimately blend reality and the surreal. Using materials like oil paint, charcoal, and graphite, he explores themes of identity and self-reflection through his timely narratives. Jamaal has expanded his capacity within the realm of Art, having also gained experience as a Curator, Teacher, and Muralist. Jamaal is primarily self-taught, having only received a couple of years of formal training at Stivers School for the Arts in Dayton, OH and a brief stint studying architecture at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. $150 for museum members; $175 for non-members (18+).

Beyond Bullets: A Call for Protection, Policy, and Pride
2025-08-07 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
As part of DML’s Social Justice Speaker Series, Beyond Bullets: A Call for Protection, Policy, and Pride, featuring Brandon Wolf, will be held in the Main Library’s Eichelberger Forum, Thursday, August 7, 6-7:30 pm, with a book signing after.

Wolf is a national LGBTQ civil rights advocate, a leader in the movement to end gun violence, and a survivor of the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting, and he will discuss how gun violence, policy advocacy, and LGBTQIA+ rights intersect.

In addition to his many media and political appearances, he was the first survivor of the Pulse tragedy to testify before Congress, and then again about LGBT-related hate violence. Wolf is the founder of The Dru Project and is the National Press Secretary for the Human Rights Campaign. His debut memoir, titled A Place for Us, became a bestseller in 2023.

This program is intended for adults. Registration is not required.

Special Interest Tour – Comedy Tour with Teddy at Dayton Art Institute
2025-08-07 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
DAI’s Special Interest Tours are community tours with specialized themes! Explore the museum and make new connections! Invoke your creative spirit following the tour with a quick, make-and-take art activity. Explore art through the lens of humor! Local stand-up, Teddy the Comedian, co-leads this specialty tour with our education team to lend some laughter as we examine unusual portrayals of the human form and questionable fashion choices! After a good time in the galleries, the fun continues in our studios with a playful artmaking experience and a complimentary glass of wine.

Karaoke
2025-08-07 18:30 - 21:30 (America/Detroit) | OH
Join us for Karaoke Thursdays at The Dayton Beer Company, hosted by Limelight Entertainment from 6:30 p.m.-9:30p.m. Cheers!
