Downtown Dayton Partnership

Trivia Tuesday
2025-06-10 19:00 (America/Detroit) | OH
Trivia Tuesdays are fun for everyone at The Dayton Beer Company! Get $3.50 DBC Pints every Tuesday with trivia starting at 7:00 p.m. Cheers!

Community Fitness – Tai Chi & Qigong at the River
2025-06-10 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
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).

Kayak Rentals at RiverScape with Taiter’s Kayak Solutions
2025-06-10 14:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | 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: 10 and up | $15.00

Paddle under the fountains with Taiter’s Kayak Solutions all summer long at RiverScape MetroPark! Kayakers launch from under the Riverside Bridge along the Great Miami Recreational Trail, and the cost to participate is $15 per person per hour. Taiter’s Kayak Solutions staff will provide participants with brief instructions prior to entering the water – including a safety tutorial – and will help participants get into their vessels. All participants will be required to wear a properly fitted life jacket. Swimming is prohibited in the Great Miami River, but participants should come prepared to get wet. Participants will also not be permitted to go through the RiverScape River Run whitewater feature. No lifeguards are on duty, and paddling is at all participants’ own risk. All participants will be required to sign a waiver before entering their vessel, and all minors must have a parent/guardian present. Regular walk-up rental hours take place Tuesdays from 2-6PM and Thursdays from 4-8PM, June-October. Visit Facebook.com/TaitersKayak or TaitersKayak.com for more information. Weather Dependent.
Paddle under the Fountain of Lights with Taiterâ’s Kayak Solutions all Summer Long at RiverScape MetroPark.

CURIO: Lunch Box
2025-06-10 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | 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!
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 is part of Summer in the City, presented by AES Ohio.
We can hardly contain our excitement for a summer schedule featuring:
CURIO: Lunch Box
Free lunchtime entertainment Tuesdays-Thursdays, 12-2 p.m.
Trivia Tuesdays – bring your team to win prizes
ZENsdays – Unwind. Decompress. Read. Play a game. Relax and zen out on your lunch break.
Unplugged Thursdays – live acoustic music or DJs
Bring your friends and coworkers for a midday break outside!
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.
Be sure to “Like” CURIO at Courthouse Square on Facebook to get the latest updates on upcoming entertainment and more. You can also request to receive regular emails about what’s planned for CURIO.

Zen Kids Summer Camp
2025-06-10 11:00 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | Now and Zen DIY Studio, 121 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Join us for a magical hands-on experience where kids build and decorate their own tiny garden worlds. Each workshop features a unique theme and project designed to inspire creativity and connection to nature. $12 – $22.
Register & information: Shopnowandzen.com
4 Fun Projects:
Jurassic Jungle
Closed terrarium with mini dinosaurs and prehistoric plants!
Fairy Garden Grootopia
A succulent fairy garden featuring everyone’s favorite tree friend—Groot!
Paint & Plant Party
Kids paint their own air plant holders and decorate with flair.
Mushroom Magic
Build a woodland succulent terrarium full of charm and color.

Exhibit: SELFie: The Power Within
2025-06-10, 2025-06-09 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
The museum’s pop-up exhibit, SELFie: The Power Within, will be in the Main Library’s Opportunity Space @ St. Clair in May. Patrons can let their selfies tell stories of strength, growth, and self-love. The photos that are taken will celebrate the real, unfiltered moments of mental health, with hopes of breaking the stigma surrounding it, thus allowing patrons to explore the power of being their authentic selves.
A reception opening the exhibit will be held on Thursday, May 1, from 6:30-8 pm, in the Main Library’s Atrium. Local advocates and mental health professionals will be present. All ages are welcome to attend the exhibit throughout the month, including the reception.

Exhibit: Enduring the Seige of Sarajevo – Snapshots of Survival
2025-06-10 | The International Peace Museum, 10 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH, 45402

Reni Gower and Kate Santucci Exhibit
2025-06-10, 2025-06-09 | Galleries at Sinclair College, 444 W. Third St., Bldg. 13, Dayton, OH, 45402
The Sinclair Community College Art Department is pleased to present “GEOmatrix: a Perfect Proof” by Reni Gower in the Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery and “Waxing On” by Kate Santucci in the Works on Paper Gallery. Gower’s “GEOmatrix: a Perfect Proof” recognizes geometric perfection as the matrix of humanity and the blueprint of the cosmos. Large hand-cut papercuts, stencil-masked pulp paintings, and machine cut vinyl decals are imbued with repetitive, geometric pattens. These tessellations, similar to decoration across many cultures, offer a calming, luminous, and contemplative respite from these unprecedented times. Working with colored beeswax and resin layered with pigments and oil paint, Santucci reveals and obscures symbols and images formed through drawing, mark making and hand-cut stencils. The multi-layered encaustic works exhibited in “Waxing On” explore themes such as communication, time, place, and the perception of the way things change, both in the short and long term. There will be a virtual artist talk via Zoom on Friday, May 23, 2025, at 12pm. Visit www.sinclair.edu/artgalleries for details. The exhibitions will be on display from May 19–June 23, 2025. Galleries are located on the fourth floor of building 13 (located at West Fifth and Perry Streets). The galleries are free and open to the public from 8am–6pm Monday–Friday and 9am–12pm Saturdays.

Facts Over Feelings: The Truth About Transgender Healthcare
2025-06-09 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Dayton Metro Library will host Facts Over Feelings: The Truth About Transgender Healthcare on Monday, June 9, from 7-8 pm in the Main Library’s Opportunity Center.

A medical doctor will provide accurate medical information about the topic of transgender healthcare. This program is in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Greater Dayton Area and is for an adult audience. Registration is not required.

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

Community Fitness – Bootcamp
2025-06-09 18:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Join The Unit for an exciting bootcamp 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!

Community Fitness – BootyMix
2025-06-09 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Learn to love the raw, unedited version of yourself through dance fitness. 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. When you walk out of class, you’ll feel more connected to your body, more confident in your worth, and ready to take on the world like the unstoppable force you are!

LGBTQIA+ Book Club
2025-06-09 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
LGBTQIA+ Book Club, Monday, June 9, 5:30-6:30 pm, Main Library, Conference Room 1A: This book discussion group is open to those who are interested in reading and discussing a diverse range of fiction and nonfiction books featuring LGBTQIA+ characters and/or themes. June’s book is Make It Count by CeCe Telfer. (Adults)

The Comeuppance
2025-06-08 19:30, 2025-06-08 14:00 (America/New_York) | The Loft Theatre, 126 N. Main Street, Third Floor, Dayton, OH, 45402
As the sun sets on the eve of their twentieth high school reunion, a close-knit group of former classmates—once known as the “Multi-Ethnic Reject Group”—reunites to pre-game the monumental night. Bonded in their youth as outsiders, they now navigate the complexities of adulthood with humor, heart, and a hint of nostalgia.
Brilliantly witty, theatrical, and moving, The Comeuppance focuses on millennials reckoning with the world they will soon inherit. This play is a toast to the ties that bind us, the past that shapes us, and the future we step into together.
Recommended if you liked… Barbecue, peerless, Dead Like Me, Heathers

Concert by the River’s Edge Brass Band
2025-06-08 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 125 N. Wilkinson St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Concert by the River’s Edge Brass Band. Included in the program will an arrangement of the Finale from Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3, commonly known as the Organ Symphony. John Neely, organist.

River’s Edge Brass Band With Organ
2025-06-08 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Westminster Presbyterian Church, 125 N. Wilkinson St., Dayton, OH, 45402
CONCERT BY THE RIVER’S EDGE BRASS BAND WITH ORGAN Sunday, June 8, 4:00 p.m. John Neely, Organist Included in the program will an arrangement of the Finale from Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3, commonly known as the Organ Symphony. Freewill offering.

Between Riverside and Crazy
2025-06-08 15:00 (America/New_York) | Dayton Theatre Guild, 430 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH, 45410, USA
Retired cop Pops Washington struggles to hold on to one of the last great rent-stabilized apartments on Riverside Drive. Fresh grief, old wounds, and sketchy new houseguests collide in a final ultimatum.

Skinner Pipe Organ Concert
2025-06-08 14:00 (America/New_York) | 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 at 2 p.m. Free to members; included in museum general admission for non-members.

Dayton Dragons vs. Lansing Lugnuts
2025-06-08 13:05 (America/New_York) | 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.

Jewish Cultural Festival
2025-06-08 11:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Temple Israel, 130 Riverside Dr., Dayton, OH, 45405
Temple Israel’s Jewish Cultural Festival opens the door to Judaism for all who wish to learn more about our traditions and our faith. In past years, over 2500 people have turned out to enjoy music and stories, learn about rituals, Torah, and holidays, taste brisket and falafel, play games, shop for crafts and Judaica, dance and laugh. This family-friendly and accessible event is sure to delight everyone who has ever had questions about Judaism or those that simply want to have some fun. With our friends from all faiths, we enjoy a beautiful day at Temple and learn that we have a lot in common. The Festival involves more than 150 Temple volunteers, who serve food, perform, lead tours or explain holidays, answer questions, and proudly welcome friends and newcomers to share a Jewish experience. More info: https://tidayton.org/festival/
