Downtown Dayton Partnership

Exhibit: What’s New?
2024-06-14, 2024-06-15 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
As part of Dayton Metro Library’s celebration of Juneteenth, the Library welcomes a traveling exhibit, What’s New?, from the African American Visual Artists Guild (AAVAG), that will be on display in the 2nd Floor Gallery of the Main Library through Thursday, June 30.
What’s New? is the fourth project for the AAVAG under their Exposition Through Art Program (ETAP), which celebrates the ideas, places, personalities, and facts of the AAVAG community. What’s New? specifically focuses on both a visual and written view of its artists – representing “what is new” in their lives, the community they live in, their world of art, and/or any new viewpoints the artists may have developed regarding social, political, and religious ideals.
Additionally, DML will host Artists Talk at Bassani Theater on Thursday, June 13, from 6-8:30 pm at the Main Library, in the Bassani Theater Off Third, 3rd Floor. AAVAG artists Andrea Cummings, Nathan Connor, Clarice Moore, and Cedric McGhee will discuss the various themes found in their artwork that is included in the AAVAG’s traveling exhibit. Moderated by DML’s Karen D. Brame from Special Collections, this program is for all ages.
For more information, visit DaytonMetroLibrary.org or call the Library’s Ask Me Line at 937.463.2665.

Exhibit: Katherine Kadish & David Leach: Crossroads
2024-06-14 11:00 - 18:00, 2024-06-15 11:00 - 18:00 (America/Detroit) | 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
2024-06-14 11:00 - 18:00, 2024-06-15 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.

Exhibit: Tess Cortés: Vanishing Point
2024-06-14 11:00 - 18:00, 2024-06-15 11:00 - 18:00 | 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.

JAM Foodie Tour
2024-06-14 15:00 - 18:00, 2024-06-15 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.

Party at the Plaza
2024-06-14 17:30 - 19:30 | Day Air Ballpark, 220 North Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH, 45402
Break out your baseball hats and jerseys—the tailgate of the summer season is back! In partnership with Dayton Dragons, Water Street District invites you to Party at the Plaza on June 14th from 5:30-7:30 PM. Enjoy free fun with live performances, raffles, outdoor games, inflatables, free goodies and more.

Donnell Rawlings
2024-06-14 19:00 | Dayton Masonic Center, 525 W. Riverview Ave., Dayton, OH, 45405-4702, United States
Donnell Rawlings is coming to Dayton, OH on Friday, June 14th.
Donnell Rawlings is a force both on and off the stage as a comedian, actor and podcaster and this year, Donnell is fire — debuting his first stand-up special at the end of February for Netflix produced by his long-time friend Dave Chappelle.
Donnell was born in Washington D.C. and grew up in Alexandria, VA and served in the United States Air Force where he was stationed in South Korea and at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Donnell currently resides in Yellow Springs, OH. Donnell’s most significant part of his life is being a father to his 8-year-old son, Austen.
Music will be performed by The Deron Bell Band, a jazz group from Dayton, OH.
All Proceeds Benefit United Way of the Greater Dayton Area HelpLink/Vetslink 211
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/67340117/donnell-rawlings-dayton-dayton-masonic-center

Kazha w/ Gem Series Opener Somersault
2024-06-14 19:00 | Levitt Pavilion Dayton, 134 S. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Kazha is a rock band founded by a Japanese singer-songwriter Kazuha Oda (Kazha) and a guitarist Hideki Matsushige in 2009.
Kazuha Oda is a classically trained singer who has worked in various genres of music from Classic to Heavy Metal. Her work has appeared on the iTunes Top 100 charts of numerous countries for a significant amount of time. She is an Official Ambassadors of “Music Export Memphis” and currently touring nationally, representing the Birth Place of Rock’n’Roll Memphis, Tennessee.
After the release of their first album in 2010, Kazha made its first U.S.A. debut performing at San Francisco’s Asian Heritage Celebration, sharing the stage with hip-hop group Far East Movement. In September 2010, the band made its first Anime Convention debut at Colorado’s Premier Anime Convention “Nan Desu Kan”. They also appeared at “Vianco Expo” and made their debut in Mexico that same year. Since then, they have been performing at numerous Anime and Comic Conventions and Festivals around the world. Kazha has shared the stage with national artists such as George Lynch, Tracii Guns, LA Guns, Y&T, Tantric, and Trapt until now. Around 2015, the band gradually started to move their base of operations to Memphis, TN. Since then, they have been featured on local broadcasts such as WREG News Channel 3, Channel 24, and WMC Action News 5.
Kazha represents a new future of music: a fusion of cultures and musical view points that create their sound, combining the softness of a falling feather and the heaviness of a hurricane.
Projects Unlimited Gem Series Opener: Somersault
Somersault is an educational, garage rock trio. Their music is something all listeners love to hear. You could even say this band rocks!

Pride Music Bingo & Dance Party!
2024-06-14 19:00 | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Pride Music Bingo & Dance Party!!!*FREE EVENT*All Ages Welcome (under 18 w/ guardian)
Join us for a Fun Friday Night with Friends!3-4 Rounds of Pride Themed Music Bingo starting at 8pm, with lots of dancing during, in between and afterward!
Fun PRIZES and GIVE AWAYS! Themed Cocktails & Mocktails.Dress Fun Themed or however you want.
Pizza Bandit will be onsite serving tasty pies and slices until 10pm.

Rock Night with George Balog
2024-06-14 19:00 - 23:00 | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
George Balog is back behind the 1’s and 2’s on Friday, June 14th with four hours of rock starting at 7pm! Throw your horns up, toss back a pint, and crank that air guitar.

Dayton Dragons vs. Great Lakes Loons
2024-06-14 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.

Superior Donuts
2024-06-14 20:00, 2024-06-15 17:00 | Dayton Theatre Guild, 430 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH, 45410, USA
Arthur Przybyszewski, a former 1960s radical, owns a rundown donut shop in Chicago’s Uptown. His only employee, an energetic but troubled young African American assistant, Franco, wants to update the establishment with lively music and healthy menu options. The writing is on the wall that things are going to change – maybe even for the better. Superior Donuts explores the challenges of embracing the past, and the redemptive power of friendship.

Mamma Mia!
2024-06-14 20:00, 2024-06-15 14:00 | The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, 1 West Second Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget!
Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun always shines, a tale of love, friendship, and identity is beautifully told through the timeless hits of ABBA. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter’s quest to discover the father she’s never known brings three men from her mother’s past back to the island they last visited decades ago. For nearly 25 years, people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story, and the music that make MAMMA MIA! the ultimate feel-good show.

The Quiet World of Edward Hopper
2024-06-15 | 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.

Oregon District Garage Sale Map Pick-up
2024-06-15 09:00 - 13:00 | Deaf Monty’s Wine, 22 Brown St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Stop by Deaf Monty’s Wine at 22 Brown St. to obtain a FREE map of all the garage sale locations throughout the Oregon District neighborhood. Event is rain or shine at participating locations throughout the Oregon District.

Family Summer Film Festival
2024-06-15 11:00 | THE NEON, United States

Draw from the Collection
2024-06-15 13:00 - 15:30 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Get inspired, get creative, get sketching! Learn about a variety of drawing concepts and techniques with the guidance of a Museum Educator while exploring the artworks of a highlighted collection gallery each month.

Each month is an in-depth study with the objects, ideas, or processes featured in the collection galleries. Each month features a different gallery and a different drawing theme. Guests will create sketch studies of artworks featured in the gallery, then proceed to the studios to do an in-depth examination of the drawing processes and ideas featured for the month. All drawing experience levels welcome!
All materials provided, but guests may bring their own sketchbook. Open to all abilities and interests. Draw from the Collection is best for ages 12 and up. Advanced registration encouraged; drop-ins welcome.

Ages: 16 and up
Cost: $25 members, $30 non-members

Toxic Fest
2024-06-15 16:00 | Toxic Brew Company, 431 E 5th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States

Dayton Seafood Fest 2024
2024-06-15 17:00 - 21:00 | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Join us for the 2nd Annual Dayton Seafood Fest on National Lobster Day! Enjoy tons of crab, shrimp, lobster, and more from some of your favorite food trucks!
We’re celebrating 11 years of The Yellow Cab Food Truck Rallies with specialty food fests all year long!
Entry is always FREE to our family friendly food festivals at The Yellow Cab Tavern!
With tons of vendors serving seafood and thematic items in addition to their standard menu favorites, this will be a foodie event that you will not want to miss!
VendorsNaughty LobsterCousins Maine LobsterPizza BanditCrusin CusineLet’s Eat Food TruckEl Bueno TacoCupzilla Korean bbqThai 1 onILLYS Fire PizzaMa Dukes Street FoodHome Cooked VibesThe Food PittA Lil Taste of SoulThe SmoqehouseTravelin’ Tom’s CoffeeChilders Chimney Cakes I 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!
