Downtown Dayton Partnership

Civic Saturdays
2026-04-11 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Dayton Metro Library’s new series, Civic Saturdays, will continue on Saturday, April 11, from 10 am-12 pm, in the Main Library’s Eichelberger Forum, with guest speaker Julie Grunwald, a Dayton-area resident, retired civil engineer, and member of the League of Women Voters of the Greater Dayton Area.

This program series is rooted in ritual and seeks to foster a sense of civic pride and commitment to strengthening communities. The goals of Civic Saturday are to celebrate community, build civic power, practice rituals of civic belonging, and create joyful neighborhood gatherings.

Civic Saturdays are sponsored by DML’s The Center for Community Impact & Innovation, League of Women Voters Greater Dayton Area, and Dayton United for Human Rights for Civic Saturdays. This series is also part of DML’s America 250 programming and is intended for an adult audience.
For more information, visit DaytonMetroLibrary.org or call the Library’s Ask Me Line at 937.463.2665.

Saturday Art Workshops
2026-04-11 11:00 - 13:00 | K12 Gallery & TEJAS, 341 S. Jefferson St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Saturday Art Workshops for Kindergarten-12th Grade and Adults. Each month explore a different art medium (Clay, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Mosaics, Drawing, Photography, in a different theme/artistic style (K-12th grade). For Adults classes in Mosaics, Stained Glass, and Glassblowing. Saturday Classes run from September 2025-May 2026. 11:00am-1:00pm. Call for Costs.

Dayton Dragons vs. Lake County Captains
2026-04-11 13:05, 2026-04-12 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.

I Love You Because
2026-04-11 17:00, 2026-04-12 15:00 | Dayton Theatre Guild, 430 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH, 45410, USA
An uptight writer and a free-spirited photographer stumble through bad dates, big dreams, and the messiest love story they never saw coming. Pride and Prejudice meets Friends in this sharp, fizzy musical, proving that in life, love, and Manhattan, perfect is overrated.
Mar. 27–Apr. 12, 2026

Hay Fever
2026-04-11 19:30, 2026-04-12 14:00, 2026-04-12 19:30 | The Human Race Theatre Company, 126 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402
APRIL 8 – 19, 2026
Hay Fever

Playwright: Noël Coward
Director: Bob Hetherington
COLLABORATION with Wright State University
Hoping for a quiet weekend in the country with some guests, Judith and David Bliss, a retired actress and her novelist husband, find peace to be impossible when their children, Simon and Sorel, appear with guests of their own. A houseful of misunderstandings, tempers, and drama ensue as the quiet weekend comes to a hilarious and exhausting end.
Recommended if you liked… Noises Off; This is Tom Jones!
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Vinyl Vinyl Sundays
2026-04-12 | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Sunday – Vinyl Vinyl Sunday – bring your records, we’ll play ’em

Tony Foster, Exploring Time: A Painter’s Perspective
2026-04-12 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Tony Foster, Exploring Time: A Painter’s Perspective
February 21–May 17, 2026, Gallery 120
Between 2007 and 2025, Tony Foster embarked on his 19th Journey, building it around a profound and layered theme: time. Across this body of work, he investigates how time shapes the land—from the quick shifts of light and weather, to the slow rhythms of seasons, to the immense scales of biological and geological transformation. As Foster explains, his aim is “to draw attention to the unseen forces that create place.”
Exploring Time brings together a remarkable series of watercolor diaries that capture nature in motion. His paintings reveal signs of change on multiple fronts: geological upheavals, biological cycles and the marks left by human activity. With a discerning eye, Foster records not only nature’s strength and resilience but also its vulnerability, even in landscapes once dominated by industry and later reclaimed.
In a world where environmental change is often conveyed through striking images of global warming, Foster offers a different perspective, one that considers Earth’s continual evolution and the visible traces of time’s passage. Organized into four themes: geological, biological, human and the fleeting, this exhibition invites viewers to engage with time at every scale, from the span of a moment to the stretch of millennia, while reflecting on the enduring impact of human presence.

Discover Dayton Scavenger Hunt
2026-04-12, 2026-04-13, 2026-04-14 | Downtown Dayton
Explore downtown like never before during the Discover Downtown Dayton Scavenger Hunt! Throughout the month of April, participants will visit local businesses, complete fun challenges, and learn interesting facts about downtown Dayton. Each participating location will feature a unique challenge such as taking a photo, trying a signature item, answering trivia, or discovering something new about the space. Participants who complete challenges will be entered into prize drawings while supporting local businesses and exploring everything downtown has to offer. Grab your friends, family, or coworkers and see how many locations you can discover! This is a month-long interactive scavenger hunt taking place April 1–30, 2026. Participants may complete challenges anytime during regular business hours at participating downtown locations. https://linktr.ee/livedowntown

2026 Fine Art Student Juried Exhibition
2026-04-13, 2026-04-14 | Galleries at Sinclair College, 444 W. Third St., Bldg. 13, Dayton, OH, 45402
The Sinclair Community College Art Department is pleased to present the 2026 Fine Art Student Juried Exhibition. Students who have been enrolled in fine art classes at Sinclair Community College within the past year are eligible to enter the annual Fine Art Student Juried Exhibition by submitting up to five original works produced for their art classes. This year’s juror, Britny Wainwright, will review the submissions, select works for the exhibition, and award best in show, second, and third place. Wainwright is a Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of Foundations Studies at The Ohio State University. Students juried into the exhibition may list their artwork for sale either to the public and/or to be sold to Sinclair Community College as Student Purchase Awards. The Purchase Award winners are committee selected and their work will be added to Sinclair’s art collection. Over 140 Student Purchase Awards are located throughout Sinclair’s Dayton and Centerville campuses. This program is made possible thanks to the generosity of Burnell R. Roberts and the Mauch Endowment Fund. The exhibition will be held in-person in the Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery and the Works on Paper Gallery. Interested parties may view the show in person or online on the student website, sinclaircollegeartgalleries.org. In addition, the exhibition will be highlighted on the galleries’ Facebook and Instagram @sinclaircollegeartgalleries. There will be a reception open to the public on March 26, 2026 from 4:30pm to 6pm, Building 13, 4th Floor Atrium. Free and accessible parking is located in Parking Lot K. Awards are presented to Best in Show, Second and Third Place. Award sponsors include Blick Art Materials, Custom Frame Services, Tartan Campus Store, Professor Bridgette Bogle, Professor Mark Echtner, Professor Kay Koeninger, and Associate Professor Anthony Wolking. The exhibition will be on display from March 24 through April 14, 2026. The galleries are located in Building 13, 4th Floor, at the corner of West Fifth and Perry Street. The galleries are free and open to the public from 8am–6pm Monday–Friday and 9am–12pm Saturday.

Water Bottle Printing
2026-04-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Sinclair College, 444 W. Third St., Dayton, OH
Get creative and show off your Built Environment Week spirit by designing and custom-printing your very own reusable water bottle! This fun, hands-on event is the perfect way to celebrate design, sustainability, and the built world around us.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/be-week-water-bottle-printing-tickets-1982802843681?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

Artist in Training (AIT) Program
2026-04-13 15:00 - 18:00, 2026-04-14 15:00 - 18:00 | K12 Gallery & TEJAS, 341 S. Jefferson St., Dayton, OH, 45402
After school Artist in Training program geared for grades 3rd-12th grades. Classes are Monday-Wednesdays from 3:00pm-6:00pm. Open Studio time to explore different types of mediums such as Drawing, Painting, Clay, Digital Art. 20.00 per session for Members/40.00 per session for Non-Members.

Daughter of a Survivor
2026-04-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Dayton Metro Library features Ruth Barnett, host of Daughter of a Survivor, on Monday, April 13, 6-7 pm, in the Main Library’s Eichelberger Forum.

Barnett will share the story of how her mother, Irene Levin, and her grandparents survived before, during, and after World War II. Irene and her parents faced imprisonment, deportation to Auschwitz, a 200-mile death march, and a cattle-car transport to Bergen-Belsen

This program is presented in collaboration with The Center for Holocaust and Humanity Education through The Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center and is intended for an adult audience.

For more information, visit DaytonMetroLibrary.org or call the Library’s Ask Me Line at 937.463.2665.

Renovate Right Panel
2026-04-13 18:30 - 19:30 | Sinclair College, 444 W. Third St., Dayton, OH
Join Sinclair Community College, the American Institute of Architects (AIA), and Preservation Dayton for an in-depth exploration of historic renovation. Whether you are a student exploring career paths, a professional seeking AIA credits, or a resident passionate about urban revitalization, this panel offers a front-row seat to the transformation of Dayton’s architectural heritage.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/renovate-right-panel-tickets-1982803584898?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

Sustainability Luncheon: Blueprint for a Better World
2026-04-14 11:30 - 13:00 | Sinclair College, 444 W. Third St., Dayton, OH
Buckle up for five high-octane sessions that travel from the 250-acre solar “engines” powering our grid to the ancient, epic journeys of migratory birds seeking safe passage. We will redefine the “Master Builder” for a resilient age, weigh the moral stakes of our shopping lists in a neoliberal world, and finally, reclaim the radical power of daydreaming to blueprint a world we actually want to live in.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sustainability-luncheon-blueprint-for-a-better-world-tickets-1984828206596?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

Adult Weekday Classes
2026-04-14 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-04-14 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-14 15:30 - 17:30 | K12 Gallery & TEJAS, 341 S. Jefferson St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Tuesday and Wednesday weekday classes: Tuesdays (September-May) Stained Glass Classes: 1:00pm-3:00pm Ceramics/Clay Classes: 3:00pm-5:00pm Glassblowing Classes: 3:30pm-5:30pm Wednesdays (September-May) Still Life Oil Painting Classes: 1:00pm-3:00pm Glassblowing Classes: 2:00pm-4:00pm or 6:00pm-8:00pm. Call for Costs.

Pantry Partner Food Distribution
2026-04-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Dayton Metro Library is proud to partner with The Foodbank to make the Pantry Partner program possible; please visit https://thefoodbankdayton.org/ for more information. In accordance with federal civil rights laws and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, it’s agencies, offices, employees, and institutions participating on or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, including gender identity and sexual orientation, disability, age, or reprisal for prior or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. https://dayton.bibliocommons.com/events/67d872fba41c773600266cd0

Student Success Centers – Reconnect
2026-04-14 15:00 - 18:00 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Dayton Metro Library’s new program, Student Success Centers – Reconnect, is offered every Tuesday and Thursday, 3-6 pm, through May 21, in the Main Library’s Tech Lab A.

Reconnect offers support to youth ages 16-21 working toward a GED or high school diploma. Extra help with reading, writing, and math is available, along with life skills coaching, opportunities to build friendships, and connecting with mentors.

Reconnect grew out of a revamp of DML’s Homework Help Centers, now known as Student Success Centers, located within seven Branches. “We expanded to an eighth Center at the Main Library that focuses on serving an overlooked demographic of young people called ‘opportunity youth,’” explains Allison Knight, DML’s Youth Services and Programming Director. “Opportunity youth are young enough to be served by public schools but disengaged from formal school or work.”

Sinclair’s Fast Forward Re-Engagement Center has been an advocate for the gap in community services to opportunity youth. After speaking with their Project Director and researching the need, DML staff used existing plans for the Student Success Centers expansion to address it.

Renaming the Student Success Centers allows DML to designate Student Success Centers – K12 for its mainstream students and Student Success Centers – Reconnect for opportunity youth. With the noted distinction between the Centers and Reconnect, DML can train staff accordingly and specialize the services offered at each location.

Registration is not required for Reconnect. Patrons may drop in any time during the posted hours. For more information, visit DaytonMetroLibrary.org or call the Library’s Ask Me Line at 937.463.2665.

Foundations of Sinclair: A Look at Our Campus History & Design
2026-04-14 16:30 - 18:00 | Sinclair College, 444 W. Third St., Dayton, OH
Get an insider’s look at the bold architectural identity and history of Sinclair’s campus. Led by Sinclair Librarian Andrew Walsh and Sinclair Archivist Shelby Beatty, this session explores the “Brutalism” movement, the visionary work of Edward Durell Stone, and the urban renewal stories of the neighborhoods that stood here before the college was built.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/foundations-of-sinclair-a-look-at-our-campus-history-design-tickets-1982804121503?aff=oddtdtcreator

Social Cornhole League at Two Social
2026-04-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Two Social, 123 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Ready to get sippin’ and tossin’? Gem City Social Sports is bringing social cornhole to Downtown Dayton! Whether you’re a champion player or mainly play to have an excuse to drink, this is the league for you. Sign up solo as a Free Agent or bring a team of 2-4. We’ll handle matchmaking, digital scorekeeping, and prizes — over $500 up for grabs! League runs Tuesday evenings starting March 24, 2026 through April 28, 2026. Register at: https://www.gemcitysocialsports.com/sports/cornhole

Karaoke
2026-04-14 19:00 - 23:00 | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Tuesdays – Karaoke with @raineyday.entertainment – $5 off full draft flights until 9 p.m.
