Downtown Dayton Partnership

“White Like Me” Discussion & viewing of pre-recorded video by Tim Wise
2024-10-08 15:30 - 18:00 (America/Detroit) | Sinclair Conference Center, 301 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
Join Sinclair’s Chief Diversity Officer, Michael Carter, for a viewing and discussion of the pre-recorded video by Tim Wise. Using stories from his own life, Wise examines what it really means to be white in a nation created to benefit people who are “white like him.” This inherent racism is not only real, but disproportionately burdens people of color and makes progressive social change less likely to occur. Explaining in clear and convincing language why it is in everyone’s best interest to fight racial inequality, Wise offers ways in which white people can challenge these unjust privileges, resist white supremacy and racism, and ultimately help to ensure the country’s personal and collective well-being.
This event is free and open to the public.

Tai Chi & Qigong at the River
2024-10-08 18:00 - 19:00 | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of RiverScape Community Fitness series
Tai Chi & Qigong at the River
6:00pm – 7:00pm
AGE: All ages | FREE
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). Find “Immortal Tree Qigong” on Facebook or Instagram for more information! Weather Dependent.

Unintended Consequences: Local School District Applications
2024-10-08 18:00 - 19:30 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Dayton Metro Library continues celebrating the 70th anniversary of historic Civil Rights court case Brown v. Board of Education with a series of commemorative discussions. Unintended Consequences: Local School District Applications will be held on Tuesday, October 8, from 6-7:30 pm in the Main Library’s Eichelberger Forum.

Unintended Consequences: Local School District Applications will host a panel with guests discussing how Dayton and surrounding area schools have adapted to mandates and challenges, looking at education standards that are in place. Redlining, school district mapping, and other local school applications will also be discussed.

Panel guests include Dr. Christa Preston Agiro – Professor, Teacher Education Culture Studies & Humanities Wright State University; Dr. Rochonda L. Nenonene – Associate Professor Urban Teacher Academy University of Dayton; Dr. Novea McIntosh – Associate Professor Urban Teacher Academy University of Dayton; and Dr. Nancy Arden McHugh- Professor; Executive Director of Fitz Center University of Dayton

DML’s Robert Owens, Racial Equity Manager, will moderate the conversation.

This is a free event for adults, and registration is not required. For more information, visit DaytonMetroLibrary.org or call the Library’s Ask Me Line at 937.463.2665.

Live Music from Patrick Arnold
2024-10-08 19:00 - 21:00 | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of Tuesday Nights in the Park series
Live Music from Patrick Arnold
7:00pm – 9:00pm
AGE: All ages | FREE
Join us at RiverScape on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month from June-October for live music, food, drinks and fun! Come support local musicians, try some new food offerings from the Cafe, and challenge your friends to some giant lawn games. As part of the Downtown Dayton DORA, the RiverScape Cafe will also be offering a variety of cocktails, wine, beer and more for those 21 and over. Admission is free! Dayton local singer/songwriter, Patrick Arnold performs a wide variety of covers, originals, and even audience requests. You can catch him at RiverScape on August 13th and October 8th from 7-9 PM! Weather Dependent.

Hamilton
2024-10-08 19:30, 2024-10-09 19:30 | The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, 1 West Second Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
A revolutionary story of passion, unstoppable ambition, and the dawn of a new nation.
Best ticket availability Tuesday, October 8-Sunday, October 13!
HAMILTON is the epic saga that follows the rise of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton as he fights for honor, love, and a legacy that would shape the course of a nation. Based on Ron Chernow’s acclaimed biography and set to a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B, and Broadway, HAMILTON has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education. HAMILTON features book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. In addition to its 11 Tony Awards®, it has won a Grammy®, Olivier Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an unprecedented special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors.

Kintsugi Breast Cancer Photo Exhibit
2024-10-09, 2024-10-10 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Dayton Metro Library will host the Kintsugi Breast Cancer Photo Exhibit in the Main Library’s Opportunity Space at St. Clair from Monday, September 30 through Friday, October 11, with a special reception on Thursday, October 3, from 5:30-7 pm in the Opportunity Space as well.

The exhibit features breast cancer survivors from the Dayton area, and patrons will be able to hear behind the scenes details about the exhibit at this reception, as well as survivors sharing their stories and experiences. Resources for those who may be experiencing breast cancer will also be available. Organizations on hand will include Breast Wishes; Pink Ribbon Good; Noble Circle; The Well; Center for Women’s Wellness; and Christina Siegel R.N., B.S.N., Tattoo Nipple Fairy.

The Kintsugi Breast Cancer Photo Exhibit was created by Carolyn Reveal, a two-time breast cancer survivor. Kintsugi is an ancient Japanese art that takes something broken and puts it back together using a precious metal, such as gold – thus an object’s breakage becomes part of its history, not something to disguise. Inspired by this art, Reveal and other survivors have used it as a healing tool.

Patrons who visit this exhibit will see how breast cancer has been used to create something stronger and more beautiful and are reminded that this exhibit may include personal and sensitive images and text.

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

Exhibit: America the Borderland
2024-10-09, 2024-10-10
Dayton Metro Library is hosting an exhibit titled America the Borderland in the Main Library’s Atrium. It is a multiplatform storytelling project that shines light on changemakers positively impacting their communities along the border between Mexico and the United States. At a time when immigration is at the forefront of a volatile and polarized national debate, the stories of these changemakers, shared in their own words, provide a nuanced and authentic perspective that is often missing from mainstream coverage.

America the Borderland was created after a team of University of Dayton undergraduate students traveled to El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, along with faculty members and practitioners in May 2018, as part of the Moral Courage Project. The student team was trained in interviewing techniques, fieldwork and documentary ethics, and border politics and history. They collaborated with grassroots organizations, immersed themselves in immigrant communities, collected testimony from everyday changemakers and documented the experience through photography – the result being America the Borderland.

The Moral Courage Project also created the exhibit Ferguson Voices: Disrupting the Frame, their first, which was also on display in the Main Library in August. With Borderland, The Project iterated the same model of first-person storytelling and distribution by shifting the lens south to capture visual stories that was used in Ferguson.

America the Borderland will be on display through Tuesday, October 15, at the Main Library, located at 215 E. Third St., Dayton, 45402. Information in this release was provided by Joel Pruce, Human Rights Center, University of Dayton. For more information about this exhibit, call the Library’s Ask Me Line at 937.463.2665.

CURTIS MANN: Precious Blood
2024-10-09 11:00 - 18:00, 2024-10-10 11:00 - 18:00 | The Contemporary Dayton, 25 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
CURTIS MANN: Precious Blood

THE DR. ROBERT L. BRANDT JR. FAMILY GALLERY
THE IRA & SUSAN THOMSEN FAMILY GALLERY

SEP 6 – DEC 21, 2024

Dayton native, Curtis Mann, returns home to present an experimental new body of work inspired by reflections on his childhood attending Parochial schools, his mother’s Catholic funeral services this past May, and the challenges he faced hiding and then embracing his atheism. Using a mixture of personal family photographs, found, and AI-generated images, Mann has cut and affixed them to shards of glass to create sculptural collages. The work presents us with questions about what a photograph is, about the precarious space between the image and the object, and about the larger ideas of absolute faith, its teachings, and leaders. The work also serves as a love letter to his mother and his own feelings of mortality. Curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones.
Mann is a graduate of the University of Dayton, where he worked under the mentorship of Sean Wilkinson, whose work is on view in the companion exhibition, Flora, also on view. His work has been exhibited widely, most notably at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

OPENING NIGHT / SEP 6

Members Preview with the Artist 5-6 pm / Public Reception 6-8 pm

ARTIST TALK / NOV 22 / 6:30 pm

Curtis Mann and Sean Wilkinson in Conversation with artist and writer, Carmen Winant
Doors open 6 pm / Reception immediately following ‘til 8 pm / FREE & open to all / The Tank at The Dayton Arcade

SEAN WILKINSON: Flora
2024-10-09 11:00 - 18:00, 2024-10-10 11:00 - 18:00 | The Contemporary Dayton, 25 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
SEAN WILKINSON: Flora

THE MITOSIS GALLERY

SEP 6 – DEC 21, 2024

Wilkinson’s ongoing series of photographs, Flora (2020-2024) are the artist’s response to the exuberant vitality of plants, their thrusting and thriving, their boundless energy and raw power, their elegance and grace, their constant changing, and their utter disregard for anything to do with the human world. Photographed over many seasons at Dayton’s Five Rivers MetroParks, Wilkinson brings attention to change, the overlooked, the undisturbed, and how profoundly meditative life can be. Curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones.
Wilkinson is a Distinguished Service Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Dayton, where he served as chair of the Department of Visual Arts and as the Graul Endowed Chair in Arts and Languages. He is the recipient of several Ohio Arts Council and Montgomery County Fellowships among many other awards and prizes. His work has been widely exhibited and housed in over twenty-five significant collections.

OPENING NIGHT / SEP 6

Members Preview with the Artist 5-6 pm / Public Reception 6-8 pm

ARTIST TALK / NOV 22 / 6:30 pm

Curtis Mann and Sean Wilkinson in Conversation with artist and writer, Carmen Winant
Doors open 6 pm / Reception immediately following ‘til 8 pm / FREE & open to all / The Tank at The Dayton Arcade

Rainbow History Month Storytime
2024-10-09 16:00 - 17:00 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Read picture books about the contributions of LGBTQIA+ individuals and Rainbow Families. (Families)

Stage & Sip: Hamilton
2024-10-09 16:30 | PNC Arts Annex, 46 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH, 45402
STAGE & SIP redefines the traditional theatre experience for adults ages 21 and up. On October 9 at 4:30 p.m., join us for an evening of Broadway magic and sophisticated entertainment prior to the performance of HAMILTON. Delight in an exclusive workshop, indulge in a curated cocktail, and collect unique tour merchandise. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served and you can segue to BACKGROUND ON BROADWAY at 6:30 p.m. or grab a drink or snack at Starbucks or at the Performance Bars.
If you already have your tickets for the October 9 performance, you can add the STAGE & SIP to your evening for $30 per person. Don’t have a ticket to the October 9 performance? No problem! You can also get the STAGE & SIP + HAMILTON ticket for $100 per person! Each STAGE & SIP includes preshow cocktails, an exclusive workshop, and special tour merchandise.
Each person in your party must have a STAGE & SIP ticket to participate.

Community Passport Outreach Event
2024-10-09 16:30 | Sinclair Conference Center, 301 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
Sinclair Office of International Affairs is hosting a community passport outreach event, open to all families and students to help obtain a passport. This event is sponsored by the Montgomery County Clerk of Courts and will help you get all the things you need to get a passport!

SWERK with MVP Dance Fit
2024-10-09 18:00 - 19:00 | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of RiverScape Community Fitness series
SWERK with MVP Dance Fit
6:00pm – 7:00pm
AGE: All ages | FREE
SWERK (Sweat, Work, Twerk) combines current HipHop style dance moves with lower body toning exercises to bring you one Booty-licious bod. A true “lift your booty, love your body” experience. Beyonce’s welcome. No previous dance experience necessary, just come MOVE and have FUN. We can’t wait to SWERK with you! Weather Dependent.

Bootcamp with The Unit
2024-10-09 18:00 - 19:30 | RiverScape MetroPark, 237 E Monument Ave, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Part of RiverScape Community Fitness series
Bootcamp with The Unit
6:00pm – 7:30pm
AGE: All ages | FREE
Join The Unit for an exciting boot camp 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! Weather Dependent.

Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B
2024-10-09 19:30 | The Human Race Theatre Company, 126 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402
This fast-paced romp re-examines the world’s most famous detective story with a bold new feminist lens. In this highly theatrical escapade, oddball female roommates Sherlock (yes, it’s also a girl’s name—wait, is it a girl’s name? Is it even a name?) Holmes & Joan Watson join forces. They emerge from the pandemic fog as a deeply codependent, quasi-dysfunctional Odd Couple adventure duo—solving mysteries and kicking butts, until they come face-to-face with a villain who seems to have all of the answers.
Prepare for an evening of laughter, suspense, and empowerment as ‘Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. 2B’ takes you on an unforgettable adventure that redefines heroism, friendship, and the art of deduction.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 49th Anniversary Spectacular Tour
2024-10-09 20:00 | Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Join the original Brad Majors – Barry Bostwick – for a screening of the original unedited movie with a live shadow cast (Fishnet Mafia) and audience participation! Plus a memorabilia display with artifacts and an actual costume from the movie, a costume contest, and more!
PROPS
Part of the fun of seeing The Rocky Horror Picture Show in the theatre is the props! While we encourage you to come in costume, you can’t bring your own props. But, there will be Prop Bags for sale in the lobby before the show!

Out Here Dayton Film Fest
2024-10-10 | THE NEON, United States
It’s our 19th year of celebrating the best of LGBTQIA+ films from around the world with the Miami Valley, and we found it so hard to make decisions that we decided to expand the festival by an extra day.
Join us at THE NEON during the long weekend of Oct. 10-13 for 9 different screenings – featuring 25 short and feature-length films. And don’t forget our Friday Night Party – this year at Lily’s Bistro.
Some special details are still in the works, but you can read about all of our films and find ticketing & scholarship details on this site. For the latest developments, be sure to check out and follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
We can’t wait to gather together and share these incredible films with the community!

Discovery: Charlotte’s Web
2024-10-10 09:30, 2024-10-10 11:30 | Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Back by popular demand, E.B. White’s loving story of the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a little gray spider named Charlotte comes to life in CHARLOTTE’S WEB. Wilbur has a problem: how to avoid winding up in the slaughterhouse. Enter Charlotte, a fine writer and a true friend, who assures Wilbur she will save him. Charlotte hits on a plan to fool Farmer Zuckerman – she will create a “miracle.” Spinning the words “Some Pig” in her web, Charlotte weaves a solution which not only makes Wilbur a prize pig but ensures his place on the farm forever. This treasured tale, featuring mad-cap and endearing farm animals, explores bravery, selfless love, and the true meaning of friendship.
Adapted by Joseph Robinette from the book by E.B. White and produced by TheatreWorks USA.

Kayak Rentals at RiverScape with Taiter’s Kayak Solutions
2024-10-10 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.

Broadway Studio: Hamilton
2024-10-10 16:30 | PNC Arts Annex, 46 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH, 45402
BROADWAY STUDIO offers families a distinctive opportunity to immerse themselves in the world of Broadway. In addition to enjoying a captivating Broadway show, families can participate in exclusive workshops led by touring cast members (if available), savor a complimentary preshow dinner, and collect special tour merchandise. This studio experience is designed to create lasting memories for families, making each visit a unique and cherished adventure into the heart of Broadway.
HAMILTON is the epic saga that follows the rise of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton as he fights for honor, love, and a legacy that would shape the course of a nation. Based on Ron Chernow’s acclaimed biography and set to a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B, and Broadway, HAMILTON has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education. HAMILTON features book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler, and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire. In addition to its 11 Tony Awards®, it has won a Grammy®, Olivier Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and an unprecedented special citation from the Kennedy Center Honors.

Jazz & Beyond: Berachah Valley (Bluegrass)
2024-10-10 17:30 - 19:30 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
Our Bob Ross Auto Group Jazz & Beyond concerts present a great mix of familiar favorites and new faces from the region’s jazz scene. The series has been a regular fixture at the museum for more than 25 years. Concerts return to the Shaw Gothic Cloister (unless otherwise noted)!
Join us on Thursday, October 10, as the Bob Ross Auto Group Jazz & Beyond series presents the Bluegrass music of Berachah Valley.
Known for their powerful female trio harmony and outstanding musicians, Berachah Valley brings to their performances a true spirit of fun and tradition along with inspiration that reaches out beyond the music.
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This performance takes place in the Shaw Gothic Cloister. All seating is general admission and tickets may be purchased at the door the night of the concert. The concert is free for museum members and included in museum general admission for non-members. Click here to learn more about membership!
A cash bar will be available for drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), and an assortment of snacks provided by Leo will be available for purchase.
HOW TO GO
Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024
Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. (Doors open at 5 p.m.)
Location: Shaw Gothic Cloister
Cost: Free to members; included in museum general admission for non-members
Doors open at 5 p.m., and concerts take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Shaw Gothic Cloister (unless otherwise noted). Admission is free for museum members and included in museum general admission for non-members. Not a member? Click here to join!

Sunset at the Market-Harvest Moon
2024-10-10 17:30 - 20:30 | 2nd Street Market, 600 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
Visit the Market for a night of shopping, dining and music. Visit the 2nd Street Market for a special evening shopping event during Sunset at the Market in celebration of the Fall Harvest. Events scheduled are a Fall Dessert tasting with treats from Market Vendors, also a Live Culinary Tasting with Laura Blose, VP of Bellbrook Chocolate will demonstrate how to ice fall cookies with their homemade icing at 5:45, then Chef Beth Grillot from Rosebud’s at 6:30pm is making bruschetta, recipe provided and lastly at 7:15,Donald Whitcomb owner of La Petite Kitchen is making and sharing his Belgian waffle recipe. Samples will be provided. Also, that night stop by Hive Products booth and watch him make a witch’s broom.

Spooky Tours
2024-10-10 18:00 | The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park N, Dayton, OH, 45405, United States
The Dayton Art Institute will be featuring a Spooky Tour for the Halloween Season! Join us for an evening of art filled with spooky legends, symbols and signs, and death and dying. Following the tour, invoke your creative spirit with a quick, spooky make and take art activity. You have 3 OPPORTUNITIES to attend: Next Thursday, October 10 at 6:00 p.m. October 27 at 1:00p.m. Followed by the Skinner Pipe Organ Spooktacular concert! October 31, at 6:00 p.m. (A Halloween special! ) This activity will be $10 for #MuseumMembers, and $15 for Non-member.

Dayton Literary Peace Prize Event
2024-10-10 18:00 | Sinclair Ponitz Center, Building 12 444 W. 3rd St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation 2024 Author Series will feature Alexander Starritt, the 2021 DLPP Fiction Winner for We Germans, in conversation with the moderator Jordan Ritter Conn, theꢀ2021 DLPP Nonfiction Runner-up, on October 10 at the David Ponitz Sinclair Conference Center at Sinclair College. The event, which is sponsored by Sinclair College and open to the public, begins at 6 p.m. With drinks and hors d’oeuvres before conversation with the authors, which begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 with a 50% discount for students and can be purchased online at: ***********.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/author-series-registration-2024/orbycheckmailedtoThe Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation, P.O. Box 461, Dayton, OHꢀ45409-0461. All proceeds from the event support the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation.
