Community Calendar

We are thrilled to host a Blues-focused evening with our friends Eric Jerardi and Noah Wotherspoon, along with their incredible bands. These local legends are not to be missed! This event is perfect for blues enthusiasts and live music lovers.

Join us on Thursday, November 20th at 7:30pm at The Brightside (905 E 3rd St, Dayton).

Doors open at 7pm / Show begins at 7:30pm

General admission seated tickets are $20 in advance / $25 at the door

We also have reserved tables too!

2 tickets @ VIP Table - $80 (includes 2 tickets near the stage)
2 tickets @ Bistro Table - $70 (includes 2 tickets at reserved high-top)
4 tickets @ Reserved Table - $140 (includes 4 tickets under the cardholder's name)
10 tickets @ Reserved Table - $300 (includes 10 tickets under the cardholder's name)
Tickets can be purchased at the link: https://tickets.venuepilot.com/e/blues-night-with-eric-jerardi-noah-wotherspoon-2025-11-20-the-brightside-music-event-venue-dayton-cbe380

All ages welcome!

Drinks are available for purchase. Outside food is allowed (no outside drinks)

Venue: The Brightside Music & Event Venue - 905 E 3rd St. Dayton, OH

Please note: Tickets sales are final.

Looking for new and fun holiday traditions? Then try our Ornament Blow! With help from our professional glassblowers, you can make your own ornament from hot molten glass! Everyone ages five years and older can participate, making this a perfect family activity. Since this event requires your participation, it gives you an enjoyable and memorable introduction to this unique and fascinating art form. Experience the wonder that is glassblowing this holiday season with your loved ones!

Scheduled in 15 minute increments per person and reservations are required. Excludes Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Ready for pickup in 7 days and shipping is available.

Are you looking for a fun and unique autumn activity? Then come to our Pumpkin Blow! With help from our professional glass artists, you can blow your own pumpkin from hot molten glass. Everyone must be 5 years or older to participate. It's scheduled in 30 minute increments per person and reservations are required. Pumpkins will be ready for pick up in 7 days but shipping is also available. Experience the wonder that is glassblown art this fall season with your loved ones!

Waffle Shop is a 95 year tradition at Christ Church of sharing great food and fellowship with the people of Dayton.  We raise funds through the sale of our beloved waffle lunches, and then grant 100% of the proceeds to small local non-profits benefiting our brothers & sisters living on the margins in our community.  Here at Christ Church we preach the Gospel always, using waffles when possible! We are pleased to announce that $13,000 in grants was awarded to 23 local organizations from our 2023 Waffle Shop proceeds!

A great lunch for a good cause!

The Contemporary Dayton is proud to present Xaviera Simmons: Figure Eleven, a major solo exhibition bringing together recent works in photography, painting, video, and the world premiere of a new body of bronze sculptures by one of the most bold and visionary artists of our time.

Simmons’ practice is deeply rooted in art history, both through deliberate assertion and continuous engagement, drawing on references that span from antiquity and the American landscape to contemporary media. Her work unfolds through a cinematic sensibility, where narrative, movement, and stillness intersect. This is evident in her photographic series such as American Book Covers and Sundown, in her monumental text paintings, and now in this new body of bronze sculptures.

Performance, choreography, and the sensual are integral to Simmons’ artistic language. In this recent sculptural work, these elements coalesce into forms that feel both classical and contemporary. As with much of her practice, Figure Eleven situates art history within an ongoing continuum, like a film that resists final resolution.

The sculptures recall the Venus of Willendorf and Venus de Milo while simultaneously reflecting the multiplicity of contemporary bodies and motifs. Their power lies in their capacity to collapse and reconcile distinct historical and cultural narratives. The figures embody a poised stillness that resonates with the language of movement and performance. Figure Eleven, both the exhibition’s title and the newest figurative sculpture, appears as if drawn from a film still, a moment suspended between gesture and permanence.

Soul Express Band
Ballroom selections and more!
Friday: November 21, 2025
6 – 10pm
American Czechoslovakian Club
922 Valley Street, Dayton OH
$10 Members, $11 non-Members
cash or check only
Includes: Beer * Wine * Soft Drinks * Snacks
(Food Available)
Reservations if desired:
937-222-9771
reservations1@accdayton.com
www.accdayton.com

Join us for a powerful night of music and community at Tuck-N-Reds on Thursday, November 21st, as we come together for the bands against cancer benefit.

We’re raising money and awareness for the fight against cancer with an evening of poetry, music, food, and solidarity.

🕖 The night kicks off at 7:00 PM with spoken word and poetry performances from cancer survivors and special guests:
• D.O.S.
• James Kemplin Jr.

Live music to follow from:
• MK and the Ultras
• Exit 54
• Black Spot
• Arin Arson
• Clowdybluu
• The Bluster Bombs
• Mike Defendant + Katrina Jo

• More performers to be announced!

Enjoy a night of powerful performances, community support, and food from the Hot or Not Sliders food truck.

🎟️ $5 cover at the door – all proceeds go to the American Cancer Society
📍 Tuck-N-Reds – 305 N Walnut St, Yellow Springs, OH

Let’s come together to make a difference. Stories. Music. Food. Purpose. Be there.

Skeleton Dust presents another evening of sounds (and sights) from the outer bounds with:
pH

-NY-based producer and DJ performing a live, all-vinyl DJ set score for a secret special film screening-
Fatal Gaze
-Columbus, OH experimental electronic duo shaping oblique aural abstracts-
Ethan Chambers
-Dayton electro-acoustic & noise artist charting fringes of other worlds-

Friday November 21st 2025
2101 E. 5th St. Dayton OH 45403
7pm $10

The film screen portion of the evening will be 70 min. in length, so feel free to bring a lawn chair or something comfortable to sit on for the duration of the film.

At Dayton Vintage Dance, we socially dance many types of historical and modern dances. Our emphasis is typically on having fun with partnered social dances, but we also do set dances, circle dances, line dances, and solo dances as well.

Our normal mode of operation is as a one-room schoolhouse. This allows novice dancers to be paired with experienced dancers which helps novice dancers learn dances much more quickly than if they were to be paired with other novices and encourages experienced dancers to focus on clear communication and flexibility in dance.  Occasionally the classes are broken into groups if specialized topics are being taught that aren't suitable for all.

All levels and styles of dancers are welcome.

Our lessons are regularly attended by dancers ranging in skill from novice to workshop instructor.

Schedule: 

Every Friday except for select holidays

Sign-in: 7:45PM - 8:00PM

Lesson: 8:00PM - 9:00PM

Open Dance: 9:00PM-10:00PM

Students are welcome to enter through the front door or the back door. The lessons and dance will be in the main ballroom. Go straight down the hallway through either door and you can't miss it.

Looking for new and fun holiday traditions? Then try our Ornament Blow! With help from our professional glassblowers, you can make your own ornament from hot molten glass! Everyone ages five years and older can participate, making this a perfect family activity. Since this event requires your participation, it gives you an enjoyable and memorable introduction to this unique and fascinating art form. Experience the wonder that is glassblowing this holiday season with your loved ones!

Scheduled in 15 minute increments per person and reservations are required. Excludes Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day. Ready for pickup in 7 days and shipping is available.