Downtown Dayton Partnership

Ask A Lawyer
2024-10-25 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Detroit) | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Ask A Lawyer, Friday, October 25, 12-4 pm, Main Library, Community Room, 2nd Floor: Lawyers will be available to answer legal questions patrons might have on the following topics: employment law, landlord/tenant issues, and contracts and warranties. Appointments will be limited to 25 minutes. Patrons are strongly encouraged to preregister.

Exhibit: Midwest Americana
2024-10-25 12:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-26 12:00 - 17:00 | Dayton Society of Artists, 48 High Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Midwest Americana
SEPTEMBER 13 – OCTOBER 26
The Dayton Society of Artists (DSA) is pleased to present MIDWEST AMERICANA, a regional call for lens-based artwork. All artists, 18 years or older and living or working in Ohio, Indiana, or Kentucky were eligible for entry. Each piece must be lens-based (including but not limited to photography, computer edited photos, video, etc.) but may have other mediums or techniques incorporated into the work. Traditional and non-traditional approaches are welcome, and the medium may be interpreted broadly. Support for this exhibition is provided by FotoFocus.

1st Annual International Black Film Festival
2024-10-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-25 16:00 - 18:00, 2024-10-26 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-10-26 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-10-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Dayton Metro Library – Main Library, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Dayton Metro Library is hosting its 1st Annual International Black Film Festival Thursday, October 24-Saturday, October 26. The month of October in the United Kingdom is Black History Month, and DML wants its patrons to celebrate the rich cultural accounts of various Black cinema with diverse stories of the Africa Diaspora. All films will be shown in the Main Library’s Eichelberger Forum. Here’s a schedule of showings:

Thursday, October 24:

4-6 pm: Black Dandy: A Political Beauty (French/English subtitles, 2015, NR)
6-8 pm: Brothers Hypnotic: The Sons of Jazz Legend Phil Cohran (English, 2013, NR)

Friday, October 25:

2-4 pm: Faat Kiné (French/English subtitles, 2001, NR)
4-6 pm: Black is the Color: A History of African American Art (French, English subtitles, 2016, NR)

Saturday, October 26:

11 am-1 pm: Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (English, 2021, NR)
1-3 pm: Karmen GeÏ (French/English subtitles, 2001, NR)
3-5 pm: Hit! (English, 1973, Rated R)

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

Photographer’s Talk – Video Screening
2024-10-25 15:00 - 20:00 | Edward A. Dixon Gallery, 222 N. St. Clair St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Join us on October 25th as we screen the “Images from Storytellers” Photographer’s Talk at the gallery. “Images from Storytellers”⁠ is part of the 2024 FotoFocus Biennial: backstories. We’ll play the video multiple times throughout the evening to give you a chance to hear from the photographers while you get to enjoy their work in person. You may even get another chance to meet the photographers during the event. This edited video was recorded live during the Photographer’s Talk at the Edward A. Dixon Gallery on October 5, 2024.

Mummy & Me: Spooky Sweat Fest
2024-10-25 16:30 - 17:30 | Space Three, 39 S. St. Clair St., Dayton, OH, 45402
Mommas: grab your little(s) and join us for a special spooky Sweat Fest! Throw on your costumes and join us for a kid friendly class, spooky treats and craft 👻 🎃 🧙
Cost $25 (for mom & kids)

Brewster At The Schuster
2024-10-25 19:00 | The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, 1 West Second Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
BREWSTER AT THE SCHUSTER is back! Join us in the Schuster Center Wintergarden to celebrate beers from the Miami Valley’s premier breweries. Curious about the brewing process? Not sure what you like? Chat with the brewery representative and figure it out together. It’s a night of beer, snacks, music, and discovery. Enjoy it all!
Each ticket includes a sampling glass, beer tastings from local breweries, live music, and light snacks! Guests will also have the option of purchasing a growler of their favorite new beer found at our retail station.
BREWERIES
Alematic Artisan Ales
Bock Family Brewing
Branch & Bone Artisan Ales
Crooked Handle Brewing Co.
The Dayton Beer Co.
Devil Wind Brewing
Moeller Brew Barn
Southern Ohio Brewing
Third Eye Brewing Company
Toxic Brew Company
Warped Wing Brewing Company
Age Recommendation
Must be 21 years of age or older to participate. IDs will be checked upon arrival.

DLCA Performance: The Lightning Thief (Theatre For Young Audience Edition)
2024-10-25 19:00, 2024-10-26 13:00, 2024-10-26 17:00, 2024-10-27 13:00 | PNC Arts Annex, 46 N. Ludlow St., Dayton, OH, 45402
A 70-minute, one-act adaptation of the Broadway hit! As the half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson has newly-discovered powers he can’t control, a destiny he doesn’t want, and a mythology textbook’s worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus’s master lightning bolt is stolen and Percy becomes the prime suspect, he has to find and return the bolt to prove his innocence and prevent a war between the gods. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the thief. He must travel to the Underworld and back; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and come to terms with the father who abandoned him. Adapted from the best-selling book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan and featuring a thrilling original rock score.

Jazz Night with George Balog
2024-10-25 19:00 - 23:00 | The Barrel House, 417 E. Third St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
George Balog is back behind the decks with another evening of curated jazz tunes from his deep vinyl collection. Pull through and ride the jazz trane!
No cover, just vibes.

4th Annual Spooky Silent Disco
2024-10-25 20:00 | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Our biggest Dayton Silent Disco of the year is back for the fourth year annually as we host our special “Spooky Silent Disco” at The Yellow Cab Tavern on Oct 25th!
Tickets and more details are available at daytonsilentdisco.com
It’s a costume party!
In addition to all of your favorite Red, Green, and Blue station dance party action, we’re giving away $150 cash to our people’s choice “Best Costume” with more cash prizes given throughout the night!
KimL 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 sPoOkY classic Dayton event!
Cover starts at 8:00pm with music starting at 8:30pm on Oct 25th!
Tickets are $15 in advance 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 close at Midnight on Oct 24th
Yellow Cab’s resident truck, The Pizza Bandit, will be set up and serving through 11pm.
This show is 21+

Road-worthy rigs with Brent and Chris
2024-10-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Base Camp Outdoors Co., 420 E. First St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Ever want to turn your everyday average minivan into an occasional vacation road trip adventure van? Or outfit your Jeep to take it into the wild on a full-blown camping adventure?

Join us at Base Camp for top tier inspiration for your DIY vehicle camping set up.
-slide out camping kitchens -cooler management tips and tricks -organization techniques for constant motion itineraries -ideas to keep the kids comfortable on long road hauls to your epic destinations -safety gear for the road trip -and more

Brent Anslinger and Chris Buck will showcase their vehicle based camping systems Saturday, October 26, at 10 am.

Brent’s rig is so fresh off a Colorado and Wyoming road trip that you’ll see dirt from the west still embedded in every nook and cranny – giving this talk an authentic feel that is hard to beat.

John Lauer: Demon Heads
2024-10-26 11:00 - 18:00 | The Contemporary Dayton, 25 W. Fourth St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Drawing on fantasy, queer culture, and architecture, Lauer creates demon heads out of paper. Combining digital and manual techniques, he first models the heads with architectural software, converts them into patterns which he cuts out of paper with a digital cutter, then meticulously assembles them by hand. Inspired by natural forms—bones, leaves, shells—demons and horned creatures burst forth from more placid human heads merging into structures that are both intertwined and interdependent symbolizing an inner struggle in conflict with the outside world.
John Lauer is an artist and architectural/exhibit designer who lives in a treehouse on the edge of Appalachia. He has a BA in Architecture from Washington University, St. Louis, an MFA in Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, and an M.Arch from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.

CURTIS MANN: Precious Blood
2024-10-26 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
2024-10-26 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

Hauntfest
2024-10-26 19:00 | Oregon District, Fifth Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
October 26, 2024 7pm – 1am

$10 pre-sale (Until 10/26), $15 at The gate
The biggest Halloween party in the Miami Valley has returned! More than just a party, it’s an opportunity to come together as a community and support the positive and cohesive spirit of our Entertainment & Entrepreneurial neighborhood!. In addition to being an amazing party, HAUNTFEST serves as a fundraiser for the Oregon District Business Association to cover improvement efforts in the District throughout the year. HAUNTFEST will feature live music and DJs, food trucks, beer trucks, and street performers. Halloween costumes are encouraged! HAUNTFEST has a strict weapons-free policy. No weapons—real or fake—will be permitted. Visitors must be 18 years old to enter, and 21 to drink. Purchase Presale Hauntfest Tickets Here!

Don’t Stop Believin’: The Music Of Journey
2024-10-26 19:30 | The Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, 1 West Second Street, Dayton, OH, 45402
Dayton Philharmonic’s Rockin’ Orchestra Series opens with a tribute to the iconic rock band Journey! Relive the ’70s and ’80s with THE MUSIC OF JOURNEY, another collaboration with Jeans ‘n Classics. Journey’s catchy, emotive pop-rock hits are paired with an orchestra, rock band, and brilliant vocals. Get ready to rock with some of Journey’s most popular songs, such as: “Any Way You Want It,” “Separate Ways,” and of course, “Don’t Stop Believin’”

Remember The Time
2024-10-26 19:30, 2024-10-27 16:00 | Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
REMEMBER THE TIME highlights the spellbinding artistry of DCDC through three enduring works. Tommie-Waheed Evans’ “Home/An Untitled Portrait” wraps the interior of the Victoria Theatre in brilliant light, text, and snapshots of “home” in all of its complicated glory. In “Double Dutch And Broken Levees,” Stafford C. Berry Jr. transports viewers to a twilight time where a rain-soaked block party recalls the great migration. “Sets And Chasers” by Kevin Ward celebrates Duke Ellington’s groundbreaking radio broadcasts of the swinging ‘40s.

Seth Gilliam and the Fake News
2024-10-26 20:00 | Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E 4th St, Dayton, OH, 45402, United States
Spooky season is upon us, and it’s prime time for heady brews and rockin’ tunes!
The Fake News and The New Old-Fashioned will take over Yellow Cab to shepherd you into the season!
10/26/24
$10 at the doorDoors at 8pmMusic at 9pm
We’ll see ya then!
Seth Gilliam & The Fake News are an indie-rock outfit from Dayton, OH that combines elements of many genres of music into their own brand of rock ‘n’ roll.
Often heralded, The New Old-Fashioned are the beating heart of Dayton Americana, combing elements of all the things you love into something you’ll love even more.

Church of Funk
2024-10-27 11:00 - 14:00 | Oregon Express, 336 E. 5th Street, Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
Cooley the Curator, *Aka Pastor Cooley,* will be presiding over the wheels of steel between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sundays. Entry is free! He’ll be offering up the finest Funk, Soul, & Reggae during our Sunday lunch service! Join us for the Funk but stick around for special themed drinks and food specials.

Trick or Treat at the Market
2024-10-27 11:00 - 15:00 | 2nd Street Market, 600 E. Second St., Dayton, OH, 45402, USA
Dress up in your favorite Halloween costume for a fun, festive day and trick or treat with the Markets vendors. Also, decorate a free pumpkin to take home, craft supplies will be available to make your pumpkin your very own.

Spooky Tours
2024-10-27 13:00 | 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.
