Exhibit: Part of a Whole: 1/2
2024-07-06 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Dayton Society of Artists, 48 High Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
PART OF A WHOLE: 1/2
DSA’S ANNUAL MEMBERS SHOW
The Dayton Society of Artists (DSA) is thrilled to present PART OF A WHOLE: 1/2, the first 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. We are excited to see the incredible variety and quality of art that will be on display, and make sure to come back on August 2nd for another unique members exhibition!
PART OF A WHOLE: 1/2 runs from Friday, July 5th to Saturday, July 27th. 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).

JAM Foodie Tour
2024-07-06 15:00 - 18:00 | Sueno, 607 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402
JAM Foodie Tours are currently walking, talking, and eating on select Fridays and Saturdays in June and July @3:00p starting at Sueño. Every tour varies slightly, but aims to be wrapping up around 5:30-6:00p. Tickets are $100 per person.

JAM Foodie Tours strives to create a unique, communal culinary experience that feeds your mind and belly. Experience our local community while sharing food, exploring culture, and discovering history. Our goal is to create a business that supports and grows the fantastic food and culinary operations in Dayton, as well as enhance the economic development of the streets where we will walk and eat.

What’s Included

Tour guide
Scenic walking route
6-ish samples of food and/or drinks at various establishments in and around the Oregon District.
Education and history about the places we eat at and some of the places we walk by.

Ron Artis II
2024-07-06 19:00 | Levitt Pavilion Dayton, 134 S. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Hailing from Haleiwa, HI, Ron Artis II is an award-winning artist who brings a unique soulful honest- songwriting style to the stage. Music is the Artis family trade. His father, Ron Artis, was a renowned musician who mentored Ron at an early age, having him join him onstage by the age of 8. Having also received lessons from local musical legend, JP Smoketrain. Ron was a quick study and his exceptional skills as a guitar player were evident, soon seen as a musical prodigy. For the next several years, Ron performed with his father and their family band in Hawaii. He was immersed in and exposed to a wide spectrum of musical styles. Thanks to this early mentoring, Ron developed his own abilities as a singer, multi-instrumentalist, writer and producer, eventually stretching out on his own and coming to the mainland.
Now, performing all original music and energizing audiences all across the globe, his blazing versatile guitar playing style is captivating. New and established fans leave the experience feeling loved, electrified, and pondering the lyrics. In recent years Ron has toured and collaborated with such great artists as Jack Johnson, G Love, Ben Harper and many others.
Ron’s music and message has gone global, as he has partnered up with several charities to help get instruments and musical knowledge to otherwise underserved kids from Los Angeles to New York to Maui to Ireland. He’s also been honored by the Songwriters Hall of Fame, receiving the Bill Withers Award, and has already done his own TED talk.
Ron started 2023 by producing his own short documentary titled, Reason, which offers a closeup into his life, music and how they intersect. Ron’s says, “There’s a serious calling over my life, I’m grateful to be in the position to be able to share it with my family. The documentary Reason is a window into what professional tour life is like with five kids.” Always active, Ron concludes the year with an online holiday greeting, “I’ll be home for Christmas,” as he heads to Maui with partner, Free Guitars 4 Kids (FG4K), to distribute 200 guitars to local families who were displaced by the fire back in August – featured by GMA and People Magazine, to help remind everyone that our friends in Hawaii s2ll very much need our help and assistance.
In 2024, Ron Artis II is set to release new material, get back on the road and bring forth his music along with a message of love and hope to the world.

Knotts featuring Frank Calzada and Paige Beller
2024-07-06 20:00 | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Come to Yellow Cab Tavern on July 6 for an amazing show with KNOTTS, Frank Calzada, and Paige Beller.
$10 Cover starts at 8pm with music a 9pm.
KNOTTS loops in and out of art pop and indie soul. The band’s members consist of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Adalia Powell-Boehne, Keyboardist Antoine Franklin, guitarist Jordan Wilson and drummer Isaiah Cook. KNOTTS have a truly one-of-a-kind plaintive voice, with songs grounded with a strong sense of someone searching for their place in the world, that might sound like faint praise but in a world full of show off vocal hysterics KNOTT’S songs feel intimate and real.
Paige Beller is a multi-instrumentalist who uses lots of sounds to make you sad. Also it’s her birthday, no pressure.
Frank Calzada is a genre fluid multi instrumentalist from Dayton, Ohio. By combining different kinds of melodies and rhythms, Calzada creates a fusion of sound that is indistinguishable and genuine, all of which he classifies as “cico-délico”.
Performance Times:9-9:30: Paige Beller9:45-10:15: Frank Calzada10:35-?: KNOTTS

The Quiet World of Edward Hopper
2024-07-07, 2024-07-10 | 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
2024-07-07, 2024-07-10 | 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.

Church of Funk
2024-07-07 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.

Skinner Pipe Organ Concert
2024-07-07 14:00 - 15:00 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Hear the museum’s restored Skinner pipe organ and see the beautifully renovated Mimi and Stuart Rose Auditorium. Matt Dierking from the Dayton Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will perform on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. (unless otherwise noted).
April 7 and 21
May 12 and 19
June 9 and 16
July 7 and 21
August 4 and 18
September 1 and 15
October 6 and 20
November 3 and 17
December 1, 8 and 15

Introducing… Dynamic Duo: Color and Collage with Marsha Pippenger
2024-07-07 14:00 - 15:30 | Dayton Society of Artists, 48 High Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Discover the art of collage in a hands-on workshop led by the talented Marsha Pippenger. This engaging session offers a perfect opportunity for both beginners and experienced artists to explore their creativity in a supportive environment.
With all supplies provided, all you need to bring is your imagination!
Seating is limited to 14 people, so be sure to secure your spot early.
Date and Time: Sunday, July 7th – 2 to 3:30 PM
Location: The Dayton Society of Artists, 48 High St. Dayton, 45403
Fee: $20 (all supplies included)

Dayton Poetry Slam Presents Teeya Skipper
2024-07-07 18:30 - 22:30 | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Please join us as we welcome the immensely talented Teeya Skipper to the stage. We’ll kick the evening off with a round of open mic, our feature will take the stage, and then we’ll close the evening with another round of open mic.
Teeya Skipper also known as, “Thee Teeya Skipper” is a singer/songwriter, Entertainer and Entrepreneurial Creative from Chicago, IL.

She’s performed in over 300 cities nationally and internationally as far as China! Teeya has been featured in Voyage Magazine (Atlanta and Los Angeles), Sheen Magazine and Rolling Stone magazine. She’s been seen on Love and Hip hop Atlanta and the “All /black. Network”.

She’s worked and performed with major artists, productions and companies including 100 Black Men, Google, Vh1 and Disney. She’s had many videos go viral as she is known for Her strong improv skills, ability to come up with songs on the spot and desire to encourage and uplift others! She’s referred to as “Thee Teeya Skipper” because she’s known for her unparalleled sound, energy and presence.

Doors/Open Mic Sign up: 6:30pmShowtime: 7pmAdmission: $3 cash/Venmo/CashApp/PayPal or $3.50 credit card

Monday Summer Reading Club
2024-07-08 | 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.

Techie Camp
2024-07-08 09:00 - 16:00, 2024-07-09 09:00 - 16:00, 2024-07-10 09:00 - 16:00 | 120 W. Second St., Suite 611, 120 W. Second St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Students unleash their powers of creativity at Techie Camp, a dynamic week-long program. As students immerse themselves in the ever-evolving world of technology, they engage in hands-on, interactive activities, allowing them to flex their creative strength and explore the “T” in STEM. Students walk away brimming with pride and an array of TECH CORPS swag to celebrate their achievements.
Techie Camp is FREE and available to any Dayton, Ohio middle school student. Students may select App Development Camp (July 8-12) and/or Retro Programming Camp (July 15-19).
App Development allows students to go beyond the app store from consumer to inventor. With the power of innovation in the palm of their hands, Students bridge the physical world to the digital world. Students harness app development tools to build meaningful apps you may one day download on your phone.
In Retro Programming, old school gets a fresh makeover! Students bring a new twist to iconic games like Pong, PacMan, and MarioKart. With MakeCode Arcade, they dive into basic game design concepts to craft games they can download onto handheld consoles.
https://techcorps.org/techiecampb2b/

Monday Summer Reading Club
2024-07-08 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!

BootyMix Fitness
2024-07-08 18:00 - 19:00 | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
AGE: All ages | FREE
BootyMix is a mixture of booty-centric experiences that make you feel alive and give you the confidence to take back your life through community, movement, and music. You’ll leave class with a better sense of self worth and honor your body for what it can do. Your mind will be refreshed so you can walk out into the world with a new perspective and confidence to chase those big dreams. Weather Dependent.

Bootcamp with The Unit
2024-07-08 18:00 - 19:30 | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of RiverScape Community Fitness series
Bootcamp with The Unit
6:00pm – 7:30pm
AGE: All ages | FREE
Join The Unit for an exciting boot camp workout that will take you through RiverScape in a whole new way. Whether you’re running the stairs, doing push ups near the reflecting pools, or stretching along the levee, this effective workout will keep you moving. Combined with the uplifting support of the community members that make up The Unit, this is a workout you will want to make part of your weekly routine. All fitness levels welcome and encouraged! Weather Dependent.

Crime Scene Crack-Up presented by Mayhem & Mystery
2024-07-08 19:00 | Spaghetti Warehouse, 36 W. Fifth St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Sara Bounasera and Mick Tailor lead a crackpot team of crime scene technicians that investigate details and hunt down perpetrators. Do they always play by the rules? When a crime hits close to home will they be able put aside their emotions and solve it? Or will you be able to solve it for them?
Performances are Monday evenings plus one Friday each month at the Spaghetti Warehouse in Downtown Dayton, Ohio. Three course dinner and interactive mystery show costs $39.95 plus tax and gratuity. Reservations are required. Please call the Spaghetti Warehouse at 937.461.3913 to make reservations.

CURIO Lunch Box
2024-07-09 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
2024-07-09 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.

Tai Chi & Qigong at the River
2024-07-09 18:00 - 19:00 | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of RiverScape Community Fitness series
Tai Chi & Qigong at the River
6:00pm – 7:00pm
AGE: All ages | FREE
Offered by Immortal Tree Qigong. Each hour-long Tai Chi & Qigong session will start with breathing exercises, warm up, and gentle stretching. You will then be guided through flowing movements mixed with short standing meditations. We will end with a slightly longer guided standing (or sitting) meditation. This should leave a few minutes to answer questions or discuss any insights. Qigong doesn’t require any special skills (other than breathing) or equipment (other than your body). Find “Immortal Tree Qigong” on Facebook or Instagram for more information! Weather Dependent.

Live Music from Edde Osborne
2024-07-09 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 Edde Osborne
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 delicious food 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. Edde Osborne, local musician, is an amazing saxophone and flute player and always gets the crowd dancing along to his fun covers of some the most well-known hits. You can catch Edde on July 9th and September 10th at RiverScape from 7 to 9 PM. Admission is free! Weather Dependent.

Dayton Dragons vs. South Bend Cubs
2024-07-09 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.

Internet Searching
2024-07-10 10:00 - 12:00 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Internet Searching, Wednesday, July 10, 10 am-12 pm, Main Library, Tech Lab A: Although the World Wide Web has been around for a long time, it has grown into a daunting sea of web pages and information. This class will give attendees the necessary skills to research the web effectively. Registration is required – few spots remain. Adults

Exhibit: Katherine Kadish & David Leach: Crossroads
2024-07-10 11:00 - 18:00 | 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
2024-07-10 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.
