Downtown Dayton Partnership

Thirsty Thursday at Corner Kitchen with Tori Lee
2024-07-25 16:00 - 22:00 (America/Detroit) | Corner Kitchen, 613 E. Fifth St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Thirsty Thursdays with fantastic Tori Lee! Enjoy curated drinks, plates, and tracks from Tori and the CK team every Thursday starting March 14th! Specials include 9 Artisanal fat washed martinis, $5 off Prime Cuts, $9 small plates at the bar, $5 wine pours and $3 drafts.

Summer Film Series: Thelma & Louise
2024-07-25 18:00 - 20:00 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Embark on a powerful journey of friendship and liberation with the iconic duo, Thelma and Louise. This trailblazing film redefined the road movie genre and continues to resonate with its compelling narrative and unforgettable performances. Follow Thelma and Louise as they embark on an adventure that challenges societal norms and celebrates the strength of women. Rock your best ‘90s denim, bandanas, sunglasses, and boots. Let’s celebrate the spirit of adventure and freedom together!
Motion Picture Rating (MPA): Rated R for strong language, and for some violence and sensuality (Ages 17+, under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian)
Bonus: Dress for the occasion! (Wear your best ’90s denim, bandanas, sunglasses, boots etc.)
Date: Thursday, July 25 at 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, July 28 at 1:30 p.m. (Sunday’s showtime features an Organ Pipe Skinner concert at 1:30 PM followed by the film presentation at 2:00 PM)
Free for #MuseumMembers ; included in cost of general admission
https://cli.re/72928-summer-film-series-thelma–louise

Color Me Calm
2024-07-25 18:30 - 20:00 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Color Me Calm, Thursday, July 25, 6:30-8 pm, Main Library, Conference Room 1A: Coloring pages, bookmarks, and other paper crafts will be available for coloring. Adults

Wine & Dine: An Evening with Far Niente and Nickel & Nickel
2024-07-25 19:00 | The Foundry, 124 Madison St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Join us as we welcome two esteemed producers, Bruce Mooers and Drew Baloun, for a five-course, intimate wine dinner in The Armstrong Room. With dishes expertly crafted by Chef Jason Findley and wine pairings by our in-house Sommelier Cristian Martinez, we’ll raise a glass to brilliantly produced California wine and midwestern cuisine. Select bottles will be available for purchase at a special price for attendees only. Book now at thefoundryrooftop.com/store/event/wine-dinner

Dayton Dragons vs. Fort Wayne Tincaps
2024-07-25 19:05, 2024-07-26 19:05, 2024-07-27 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.

The Quiet World of Edward Hopper
2024-07-26, 2024-07-27, 2024-07-28 | 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
2024-07-26, 2024-07-27 | 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.

Book Mobile at the Market
2024-07-26 11:00 - 13:00 | 2nd Street Market, 600 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
The Dayton Metro Public Library is at the Market this summer on two Fridays. July 12 & 7/26 from 11am until 1pm. Pick up your favorite summer reads!

Exhibit: Katherine Kadish & David Leach: Crossroads
2024-07-26 11:00 - 18:00, 2024-07-27 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
2024-07-26 11:00 - 18:00, 2024-07-27 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
2024-07-26 11:00 - 18:00, 2024-07-27 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.

Exhibit: Part of a Whole: 1/2
2024-07-26 12:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-27 12:00 - 17:00 | 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).

Kayak Rentals at RiverScape with Taiter’s Kayak Solutions
2024-07-26 16:00 - 20:00 | 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
4:00pm – 8:00pm
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.

United Irish of Dayton Celtic Festival
2024-07-26 17:30 - 23:00, 2024-07-27 11:30 - 23:00 | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Saturate your senses in the sights, sounds, and tastes of our Celtic heritage. Discover the magic that keeps people returning to Dayton’s Celtic Festival year after year. Come and experience the rich traditions that we Celtic folk hold dear to our hearts.
Festival Hours:
Friday, July 26, 5.30 p.m -11 p.m
Saturday, July 27, 11.30 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Sunday, July 28, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Admission is FREE

The festival offers plenty of food, beer, workshops, Celtic breakfast, Gaelic Mass, a 5K and 10K, parade of kilts, music, culture, a children’s area, and three stages of continuous live entertainment. Rain or shine – lots of covered seating. Free admission. For more info, visit daytoncelticfestival.com

Dayton Silent Disco in Space
2024-07-26 20:00 | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
With all the news of aliens, rocket ships, and needing to get off this planet in general, Dayton’s Silent Disco is celebrating this month with a space themed silent disco on July 26th at The Yellow Cab Tavern!
Tickets available at daytonsilentdisco.com
Bust out those Nasa shirts, space suits, and alien antenna, because we’re about to blast off under the big tent! We’ll be celebrating with tons of surprises and of course a full evening of getting down to all of your favorite Red, Green, and Blue station dance party action! Kim L will be on the green station with EDM, Sexbox on the blue station with 70s, 80s, and 90s, and John Chapel on the Red station with modern Hip Hop, you will not want to miss this classic Dayton event!
Cover starts at 8:00pm with music starting at 8:30pm on July 26th!
Tickets are $15 presale and $20 at the doors.
We’re offering “Group Tickets” – Save 20% when you bring a group of 10! (Pre-sale only)
*Discounted presale tickets end at Midnight on July 25th.
Yellow Cab’s resident truck, The Pizza Bandit, will be set up and serving through 11pm.
This show is 21+

Pet Meet and Greet with Paw Patrol
2024-07-27 12:00 - 14:00 | Wild Whiskers, 33 S. St. Clair St., Ste. 2, Dayton, OH, 45410, United States
Join Paw Patrol Dayton at Wild Whiskers for a meet and greet event! Meet adoptable dogs and cats ready to find their forever families.
Shop Christmas in July sales throughout Wild Whiskers while you’re there to find treats, food, toys, and more for your new pet!

Experience the Exhibition: Hopper Home Building
2024-07-27 13:00 - 16:00 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Cost: $35 Members, $45 non-members
July 27, 2024, 1:00-4:00
Build the home of your dreams with this innovative and whimsical approach to American architecture! Learn the multitude of sculptural approaches to constructing with cardboard while adding texture, color, and your own personal style with watercolors and watercolor paper. This is your window of opportunity to raise the roof with friends and open new doors to creative ideas! All levels of sculpture and painting experience welcome.

Sunnies & Crates
2024-07-27 14:00 | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Sunglasses, vinyl records, and beer – what else do you need on a Saturday afternoon? Join us as we host our buddy Nate who’s got a curated selection of sunglasses to browse and a fat stack of vinyl to dig. He’ll be set up outside the bar (weather permitting) on Saturday, July 27th at 2pm. Grab a DORA pint and dig his wares!

Dayton Burger Fest
2024-07-27 17:00 - 21:00 | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
DAYTON BURGER FEST 2024Presented by Geico
We’re celebrating the 11 years of The Yellow Cab Food Truck Rallies with specialty food fests all year long!
Join us for a ton of incredible burgers, from traditional to modern, from some amazing food trucks at The Yellow Cab Tavern on July 27th from 5 to 9pm!
Entry is always FREE to our family friendly food festivals at The Yellow Cab Tavern!
With tons of vendors serving burgers and thematic items in addition to their standard menu favorites, this will be a foodie event that you will not want to miss!
Vendors
Pizza BanditKung Fu BBQI Heart Ice CreamHome Cooked VibesCruisin CuisineClaybourne GrillFredas Food TruckLet’s Eat Food TruckRennys HennysDe’lish CafeBarking BurgerCate’s SteakhouseBL BBQ & Karaoke DJ Food TruckJars by JasDiamond Daiquiri’s

*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!

Jazz Night with George Balog
2024-07-27 19:00 - 23:00 | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Join us for an evening of highly curated jazz tunes curated by the master himself, George Balog! George will be spinning an all-vinyl set from 7-11pm! No cover charge, air-trumpets are welcome.
