Community Calendar

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.

Join us every Monday for our service industry thank you party. Come by to meet people and make friends over great drinks, food and pool at Belmont Billiards.

Every Monday night we’ve got chessboards, a craft supplies table, and...
$3 Dulce Vida Tequila shots
$4 Margaritas
$3 Fretboard cans
We’ve got a community scrapbook, what are you wanting to get crafty with? We have yarn, hooks and needles, and general scrapbooking supplies and coloring books. Spinning vinyl/cds, if there’s something you would like to hear, bring a hard copy!
We have house chessboards, but feel free to bring your favorite board from home. All skill levels welcome!!

A book club for music fans: band memoirs, studio histories, genre guides and more. See online event calendar for details

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If you like digging into backstories as much as listening to music, join us to discuss music-related books, documentaries, podcasts and more.

Because no one wants to spend time reading a book they don't like, there is no assigned title. Instead, you choose a book (or documentary, podcast, article, zine, etc.) that fits in with a monthly theme. When we get together, we'll all share the stories, songs, and clips we found. This kind of book club is a great way to get reading recommendations and discover new bands.

Learn More: https://greenelibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/699e06fe6724c63d00f4e904

The Greene County Historical Society hosts a free monthly public meeting with a guest speaker providing history of Greene County. Oct 2025, come listen to stories from the Gassaways, owners of the John Allen House on East Second Street, Xenia OH.

Monday, August 3, 2026 | 8:00PM | 21+

FREE

Kick Out The Jams Karaoke Mondays
hosted by our very own Rob Weil

EVERY MONDAY 8P-12:30A
Sign-ups start at 7:30P

INDUSTRY NIGHT is EVERY MONDAY at MOTR PUB
With proof of industry employment, enjoy:
$2 off select draft and wine
$5 Tito’s vodka and Bulleit bourbon
$2 off any sandwich w/ the purchase of a drink

Bar opens at 6PM!

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

This will be a time to share a cup of coffee or 2, and relax and have casual conversation.

(If there are any questions, please call me, Barbara Neyhouse at 937-287-7334. Thank you.)

Looking for a fun and unique autumn activity? Then come to our Pumpkin Blow! With help from our professional glassblowers, you can blow your own pumpkin from hot molten glass. Everyone 5 years and older can participate, making this a perfect activity you can enjoy with your family. Don't miss your chance to experience the wonder that is glass art this holiday season with your loved ones!

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.