Dial ‘M’ for Murder
2025-10-17 20:00, 2025-10-18 15:00, 2025-10-18 17:00 (America/New_York) | Dayton Theatre Guild, 430 Wayne Avenue, Dayton, OH, 45410, USA
A cunning husband. A flawless plan. One fatal call. In this razor-sharp, midcentury mind game of deadly charm, calculated lies, and impetuous greed, the plot to commit the perfect murder begins to unravel. What follows is a taut and twisted Hitchcockian thriller—where life and death hang on the line.

Water Street District Pint Path
2025-10-18, 2025-10-19, 2025-10-20 | Water Street District
Sip your way through local brews, grab a bite at buzzworthy spots and discover why Water Street District is where Dayton comes to play. Pick up a free Water Street District Pint Path passport from any participating business. Once a passport has been picked up, purchase a menu item of choice at each stop to receive a stamp on the passport. Once you’ve sipped and stamped at all 14 locations, turn in your passport to Water Street District’s leasing office (115 Madison Street) to claim your prize. Pint Path Passport stops can be completed at the leisure of each participant. Cheers! Please remember to drink responsibly. Find a list of participating businesses and more details here: https://www.waterstreetdayton.com/wsdpintpath

Exhibit: The Triumph of Nature: Art Nouveau from the Chrysler Museum of Art
2025-10-18, 2025-10-19 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
October 18, 2025–January 11, 2026
The Triumph of Nature presents the refined, ever-popular and elegant curvilinear designs and nature-based motifs of Art Nouveau. From the rich holdings of the Chrysler Museum of Art, more than 120 turn-of-the-20th century treasures are included, with works by Tiffany, Mucha, Gallé, Beardsley and many others. Furniture, paintings, sculpture, mosaics, books, posters, prints, lamps, glass art and more highlight the innovative ways artists made harmonious visual arrangements. The DAI is the exclusive Ohio venue for this major traveling exhibition.

Ding Chao and John Tronsor Exhibit
2025-10-18 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-20 08:00 - 17:00 | Galleries at Sinclair College, 444 W. Third St., Bldg. 13, Dayton, OH, 45402
The Sinclair Community College Art Department is pleased to present The Dialogue by Chao Ding in the Burnell R. Roberts Triangle Gallery and limen series by John Tronsor in the Works on Paper Gallery. The Dialogue is a visual diary of paintings exploring evocative moments and fragments of time in the artist’s life. Ding explores loneliness and mystery through textural layers and subtle colors, focusing on revealing forgotten beauties and poetic significance through deserted spaces in the work. Tronsor’s limen series is a collection of photographs created during a period of self-quarantine focusing on his apartment windows, which were sealed shut and covered with a white semi-opaque film. The resulting photos reflect landscapes paralleling tundras or oceans with their own depth and singularity. There will be a virtual artist talk via Zoom on Friday, October 3, 2025, at 12pm. Visit www.sinclair.edu/artgalleries for details. The exhibitions will be on display from September 29–October 28, 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. Free and accessible parking is located in Parking Lot K.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s
2025-10-18 08:30 - 12:00 | Day Air Ballpark, 220 North Patterson Blvd., Dayton, OH, 45402
Held annually in more than 600 communities nationwide, the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is the world’s largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s care, support and research. This inspiring event calls on participants of all ages and abilities to join the fight against the disease.
Free to enter, but participants are encouraged to make a commitment to raise funds to advance the fight against Alzheimer’s

The Black Child Book Fair Tour
2025-10-18 10:00 - 15:00 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Dayton Metro Library will host The Black Child Book Fair Tour on Saturday, October 18, from 10 am-3 pm, in the Bassani Theater Off Third, 3rd Floor, and the Community Room at the Main Library.

The Black Child Book Fair is a nonprofit organization that promotes African American-focused reading materials in urban communities nationwide. Its mission is to enrich the educational, emotional, developmental, and social needs of youth from diverse backgrounds.

“Books for Black children are hard to find,” is a statement heard all too often in society. Black children need to see faces that look like theirs and read stories about people who look like them – written by people who look like them.

Families are invited to join DML for this transformative event, which aims to close the Greater Dayton Area’s opportunity gap through literacy awareness.

For more information about the Black Child Book Fair, visit blackchildbookfair.com. Additional information about this program can be found at DaytonMetroLibrary.org or by calling the Library’s Ask Me Line at 937.463.2665.

Exhibit: Beyond Guilt
2025-10-18 10:00 - 17:00 | The International Peace Museum, 10 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Beyond Guilt is a compelling visual experience that tells the powerful and redemptive stories of those impacted by over-sentencing and over-punishment. This exhibit will be available for public view during our normal operating hours from August 15, 2025 through November 9, 2025. In their stories we learn about the human consequences of second chances and the ethical necessity to see and treat people beyond their guilt. The exhibition features a growing collection of work, including thirteen short films, a powerful photo series by Cincinnati artist, Harriet Kaufman, and works of art across visual, written, andother media by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals whose stories embody the mission of Beyond Guilt. The exhibition is a collaboration with the International Peace Museum and the Ohio Justice & Policy Center’s Beyond Guilt project – a state-wide advocacy project that serves incarcerated people who have been over-sentenced and demonstrate the ability to be safely released from prison. Materials were created in collaboration with Northern Kentucky University and The Ohio State University. Learn more about the Beyond Guilt project at: ohiojpc.org/our-work/beyond-guilt

Paranormal Research in Local History Collections
2025-10-18 11:00 - 12:00 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
DML’s Local History Librarian, Rachael Bussert, will provide an overview of conducting paranormal research using primary sources, with a focus on the Dayton Room and DML databases. (Adults)

Saturday Art Workshops
2025-10-18 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.

Saturday Community Tours
2025-10-18 11:30 - 12:30 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Explore the museum and learn more with a guided tour! Come to the DAI for weekly tour themes like: Dayton History, Art and Architecture, Global Celebrations, and Art Basics for Everyone. Free with museum admission! Sponsored by AES Ohio Foundation. Register here: https://dai.ticketapp.org/portal/product/115/events

DLCA Performance: Six – Teen Edition
2025-10-18 13:00, 2025-10-18 17:00, 2025-10-19 13:00 | PNC Arts Annex, 46 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH, 45402
A Dayton Live Creative Academy production!
Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the mic to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a euphoric celebration of 21st century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over.
There are four performances of this show: Friday evening, Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening, and Sunday afternoon.

Spooky Tours at the Dayton Art Institute
2025-10-18 13:00 - 14:30 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Back by popular demand – DAI’s Spooky Tours! Enjoy a tour exploring spooky legends, signs and symbols and death and dying. Finish your experience with a make-and-take art activity. DAI’s Special Interest Tours are community tours with specialized themes! Explore the museum and make new connections! Invoke your creative spirit following the tour with a quick, make-and-take art activity. Sponsored by AES Ohio Foundation. Member Cost: $35 Non-Member Cost: $40 (18+ years). Register here: https://dai.ticketapp.org/portal/product/87/events

The Sound Of Music
2025-10-18 14:00, 2025-10-18 20:00, 2025-10-19 13:00, 2025-10-19 18:30 | The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, 1 West Second Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
For 65 years, THE SOUND OF MUSIC has been one of our “favorite things.” With its timeless story and irresistibly charming score, this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic isn’t just meant to be enjoyed – it’s meant to be shared. Now, a critically acclaimed North American tour brings the cherished musical to stages across the country to teach a new generation to sing.
Directed by three-time Tony Award® winner Jack O’Brien (Hairspray), this vibrant and romantic tale of Maria and the von Trapp family will captivate audiences with its universal themes of love, resilience, and the power of music.
Featuring beloved songs like “Do-Re-Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen,” and “Edelweiss,” THE SOUND OF MUSIC is the iconic tale of a spirited nun who chooses not to live behind closed doors – and, by following her heart, learns to climb every mountain.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC features music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, suggested by The Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp. 2025 marks the 60th anniversary of the Oscar®-winning film, which continues to be one of the most successful movie musicals of all time.

Family Open Studio
2025-10-18 15:00 - 16:30 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Join us in Studio A in the Education Wing of Rike for a time of open-ended creativity and art making. Browse our weekly selection of open studio materials and unleash your inner artist. No Signup Necessary. Drop-ins Encouraged! Sponsored by AES Ohio Foundation. Free with museum admission.

Sinclair Theatre presents anthropology
2025-10-18 19:00 | Sinclair Black Box Theatre, 401 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Sinclair Theatre is proud to present anthropology, Lauren Gunderson’s contemporary thriller, live on stage from October 10-18 in Sinclair’s Black Box Theatre, Building 2, on Sinclair’s downtown Dayton campus. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at www.sinclair.edu/tickets. Groups of 20 or more ordering online save all ticketing fees. When Merril creates an AI version of her sister, she finds herself questioning the difference between reality and fiction. As her creation begins to develop motives of its own, Merril’s life is thrown into chaos as her family gets pulled into the power of a well-programmed machine. A story that intertwines the love of family with AI technology, anthropology will take you on a journey that will have you questioning what is real and what is not. “While anthropology is a roller coaster of the contrasting tensions between technology and its creators,” says Gunderson, “this play is truly a very human story of family, grief, resilience, love and sisterhood… all new technology – like all art – is first and foremost a method of expressing and coming to understand ourselves.” The cast consists of Tiffany Higgins, Adalia Gaynier, Rosi Green, Kimberly Borst, and Ryan Ford. Where: Sinclair Community College, Black Box Theatre (Building 2), 444 W. Third St., Dayton Ticket Information: $15 plus $2 service fee. No at-the-door ticket sales. All tickets must be purchased online at: www.sinclair.edu/tickets

Vitamin String Quartet: The Music Of Taylor Swift, Bridgerton, And Beyond
2025-10-18 19:30 | Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Long before “Bridgerton” broke the Netflix algorithm, Vitamin String Quartet (VSQ) had helped establish classical crossover as a genuine force in contemporary music. Fresh off high-profile placements in seasons 1 and 2 of the aforementioned streaming smash, VSQ has “reached a mainstream, global audience” (Variety) and “charmed the world with their classical covers” (Nylon). New York Observer wrote, “VSQ’s atmospheric hits have made classical versions of pop music cool.” On their latest tour, VSQ have created fresh arrangements of the cultural phenomenon that is Taylor Swift, performing spellbinding and innovative renditions of Swift’s music, alongside familiar hits from Billie Eilish, BTS, “Bridgerton,” The Weeknd, and Daft Punk. VSQ are one of the most popular string ensembles in the world with over 2 billion streams and seven albums charting on both Billboard Classical and Classical Crossover charts.

RiverScape Reels presents The Goonies
2025-10-18 19:30 - 21:30 | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of RiverScape Reels series
RiverScape Reels presents The Goonies
7:30pm – 9:30pm
AGE: All ages | FREE
It’s time for an epic adventure as RiverScape MetroPark presents The Goonies (1985) as part of the new RiverScape Reels series! Come early and save a space under the pavilion, then enjoy the fall weather with cornhole, giant Connect 4 and Jenga before the movie starts. Families are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs, or stretch out in a reserved seating area near the stage by bringing your own blankets and pillows. The RiverScape Cafe will open an hour before the movie starts with a variety of appetizers, refreshments and desserts (including popcorn and theater candy!) all available for purchase. For those 21 and over, cocktails, wine and beer will also be available for purchase as part of the Downtown Dayton DORA. Weather Dependent.

Vinyl Vinyl Sundays
2025-10-19 | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Sunday – Vinyl Vinyl Sunday – bring your records, we’ll play ’em

Sinclair Music presents The Leaves are Falling Community Bands Concert
2025-10-19 15:00 - 17:00 | Blair Hall Theatre – Sinclair, 444 W. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402
The Sinclair Community Bands will present their 2025 Fall Concert on Sunday, October 19th at 3 PM in Blair Hall Theatre on the Downtown Dayton Campus. The program is titled “The Leaves are Falling” and will feature both the Sinclair Community Concert Band and Community Wind Symphony with 145 total musicians. The program includes works by composers Benson, Bernstein, Reed, Dello Joio, Perrine, Camphouse, and Van der Roost. Anne Luetkenhaus, Sinclair Flute Studio Professor, will be the featured soloist with the Wind Symphony on the inspiring “Carmen Fantasie Brilliante.” There will be a Meet & Greet with Professor Luetkenhaus for area flutists and musicians at 2:30 prior to the concert in the music lecture hall, room 2020 in building 2. Additional information available from director Michael Berning at michael.berning1@sinclair.edu.
