Community Calendar

Rosewood Arts Center’s Community Gallery will feature three Rosewood faculty artist’s work this fall in a group exhibit: INSPIRE. The exhibition highlights the work of Heather Ballard, Eli Flannagan and Nicole Reading who teach photography, screen-printing and watercolor respectively.

Heather Ballard will be exhibiting her photographic work which utilizes the cyanotype process. Her work is a fleeting portrait of our natural surroundings and touches on elements of chance and control. Eli Flannagan’s meticulous pen and ink drawings are inspired by surrealism. Inward looking and metaphoric, Flannagan’s drawings illustrate societal pressures and expectations. Nicole Reading’s work represents the natural world through abstraction, distortion, and accuracy. She explores the relationship between collecting and categorizing objects with their display for scientific purposes.

Yellow Springs Home, Inc. (Home, Inc.) is excited to invite the community to have a hauntingly good time at its first ever Halloween Hoopla Bike Ride.

Ghouls, ghosts, goblins, and more will ride through Yellow Springs in the name of "home."

The bike ride will consist of a 5-mile ride through Yellow Springs, starting at Millworks Business Center The ride will take place on bike paths, multi-use paths, and for short periods on residential roads. Explore the multi-use trail on Dayton Street and the Mary's Way Bike Trail.

The bike ride will end at Mazu for an afterparty featuring hot apple cider and music from DJ Radio Basim. There will be informal costume contests for best human (individual or group) costume and best bike costume.

Yellow Springs is raffling off two bikes! Enter to Win one of two 21-Speed Raleigh Bicycles, Recently Tuned-Up with Front and seatpost shocks, ready to ride! Every ticket purchase entitles the buyer to one raffle ticket for one of the two bicycles. Individuals can also purchase raffle tickets without participating in the ride, or in addition to their ride registration. The drawing will be completed at the afterparty and you do not need to be present to win.

Register or buy raffle tickets by visiting https://givebutter.com/YSHIHalloweenHoopla
Registration and ticket sales close October 28.
Questions? Concerns? Please contact info@yshome.org.

The Contemporary Dayton is proud to present Stacy Kranitz: Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down, the culmination of a landmark multi-year project that challenges long-held stereotypes of Appalachia by Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer Stacy Kranitz.

Featuring more than 40 photographs drawn from historical archives, Kranitz’s own images, historical texts, installations, and an accompanying film, the exhibition examines how Appalachia has been represented—and misrepresented—across generations. Together, these works reveal a region shaped by myth, exploitation, resilience, and the uneasy tension between representation and reality.

The exhibition’s title references the gospel song “Ain’t No Grave,” made famous by Johnny Cash, evoking the resilience and resistance that run throughout the project. Recipient of the prestigious Images Vevey Book Award, Kranitz has published a companion monograph, available for purchase in The Contemporary Dayton’s CoSHOP.

Born in Kentucky and based in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Tennessee, Kranitz is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among many other awards. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and is held in numerous public collections.

Stacy Kranitz: Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down is part of the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View. Now in its eighth iteration, the Biennial activates over 70 exhibitions at museums, galleries, universities, and public spaces throughout Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, and Northern Kentucky.

The Contemporary Dayton is proud to present Ella Kraimer: Appearances, a world-premiere exhibition of large-scale photographs. Kraimer transforms herself into a cast of fictional personas through striking self-portraits, using secondhand garments gathered from thrift stores across the country. Layered with irony, humor, and cultural critique, she explores the blurred boundaries between authenticity and performance, memory and invention, self and society.

Previously viewed only as a digital project, Appearances reflects on life in an age of social media, image culture, and spectacle. Inspired by childhood memories of paper dolls, Kraimer fragments and reconstructs her own likeness through costume, collage, and assemblage. At once playful and provocative, Appearances invites viewers to reconsider not only the images we create, but the stories they tell about who we are.

Kraimer spent her formative years in Berlin, Germany and is now based in New Bremen, Ohio. She earned a BA in Design and Visual Communication from the University of Europe for Applied Sciences, Berlin, and an MA in Visual and Media Anthropology from HMKW University of Applied Sciences for Media, Communication, and Management, Berlin.

Ella Kraimer: Appearances is part of the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View. Now in its eighth iteration, the Biennial activates over 70 exhibitions at museums, galleries, universities, and public spaces throughout Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, and Northern Kentucky.

Magic and music collide this Halloween when illusionist Michael Grandinetti joins the Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra for Symphony of Illusions, an interactive afternoon of magic and music for the entire family, on Saturday, October 31 at 3 PM at the Dayton Masonic Center.

Watch extraordinary illusions unfold on stage, set to live orchestral music from Harry Potter, Star Wars, E.T. and more. And don't expect to just sit back: at Michael's shows, the audience becomes part of the magic.

Michael has starred on NBC's "The World's Most Dangerous Magic II" and The CW's "Masters of Illusion." He has performed with symphony orchestras and Oscar-winning composers, at NFL and NBA halftime shows, and even at The White House. Entertainment Weekly calls him "a great magician," and Forbes named him "a top modern magician."

Kids (and kids at heart) are welcome to come in costume. The show runs just under two hours, so you'll be home in plenty of time for trick-or-treating!

Ticket pricing is all-inclusive, with no hidden fees at checkout. Students (K–12 and college) are $15, and children 6 and under are free, though a ticket is still required. Get tickets at mvso.org or call 937-530-0515.

Accessible seating: wheelchair spaces with companion seats are available on the floor and in the orchestra. Call 937-530-0515 and we'll help you find the best seats for your entire group.

Tip: the box office opens at 2 PM and theater doors open at 2:30 PM. Park in the lot behind the building, directly off Belmonte Park N.

Experience DCDC as they take you on an emotional and thrilling journey through the stages of love, grief, joy, and more in their season opening concert at the Victoria Theatre. Artistic Directress Qarrianne Blayr presents 4 dance works ranging from contemporary ballet to modern tango to the Victoria, inviting audiences to engage with vibrant athletic examples of what it means to be human. The evening is propelled forward with works by Dwight Rhoden, William B. McClellan Jr., Alvin Rangel, and Blayr herself. Celebrate the moving legacy of this season with Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. Come dressed in costume, your evening attire, or just as you are this festive October 31 and November 1 weekend.

Discounts available for educators, seniors, students, and military upon request from Dayton Live.

Groups of 10 or more contact Lyndsey Alyse (lyndsey@dcdc.org) for information about experience package deals.

Follow DCDC on Facebook and Instagram to keep an eye on additional fun details about this performance and opportunities to be involved with the company.

Take part in a self-guided geocache-style passport adventure to explore 12 meaningful locations across Kettering, each connected to an America 250 Ohio monthly theme. Pick-up a passport at select locations to get started!

More information and passport locations are at http://www.ketteringoh.org/america-250-kettering-passport

The Contemporary Dayton is proud to present Stacy Kranitz: Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down, the culmination of a landmark multi-year project that challenges long-held stereotypes of Appalachia by Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer Stacy Kranitz.

Featuring more than 40 photographs drawn from historical archives, Kranitz’s own images, historical texts, installations, and an accompanying film, the exhibition examines how Appalachia has been represented—and misrepresented—across generations. Together, these works reveal a region shaped by myth, exploitation, resilience, and the uneasy tension between representation and reality.

The exhibition’s title references the gospel song “Ain’t No Grave,” made famous by Johnny Cash, evoking the resilience and resistance that run throughout the project. Recipient of the prestigious Images Vevey Book Award, Kranitz has published a companion monograph, available for purchase in The Contemporary Dayton’s CoSHOP.

Born in Kentucky and based in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Tennessee, Kranitz is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among many other awards. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and is held in numerous public collections.

Stacy Kranitz: Ain’t No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down is part of the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View. Now in its eighth iteration, the Biennial activates over 70 exhibitions at museums, galleries, universities, and public spaces throughout Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, and Northern Kentucky.

The Contemporary Dayton is proud to present Ella Kraimer: Appearances, a world-premiere exhibition of large-scale photographs. Kraimer transforms herself into a cast of fictional personas through striking self-portraits, using secondhand garments gathered from thrift stores across the country. Layered with irony, humor, and cultural critique, she explores the blurred boundaries between authenticity and performance, memory and invention, self and society.

Previously viewed only as a digital project, Appearances reflects on life in an age of social media, image culture, and spectacle. Inspired by childhood memories of paper dolls, Kraimer fragments and reconstructs her own likeness through costume, collage, and assemblage. At once playful and provocative, Appearances invites viewers to reconsider not only the images we create, but the stories they tell about who we are.

Kraimer spent her formative years in Berlin, Germany and is now based in New Bremen, Ohio. She earned a BA in Design and Visual Communication from the University of Europe for Applied Sciences, Berlin, and an MA in Visual and Media Anthropology from HMKW University of Applied Sciences for Media, Communication, and Management, Berlin.

Ella Kraimer: Appearances is part of the 2026 FotoFocus Biennial: The Long View. Now in its eighth iteration, the Biennial activates over 70 exhibitions at museums, galleries, universities, and public spaces throughout Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, and Northern Kentucky.

Take part in a self-guided geocache-style passport adventure to explore 12 meaningful locations across Kettering, each connected to an America 250 Ohio monthly theme. Pick-up a passport at select locations to get started!

More information and passport locations are at http://www.ketteringoh.org/america-250-kettering-passport