Community Calendar

Whether you're a longtime supporter or brand new to the Centerville-Washington Diversity Council, we invite you to our upcoming Membership Meeting!

Date: August 28, 2025
Time: 6:30-7:30 PM
Location: Woodbourne Library Community Room, 6060 Far Hills Ave.

Our guest speaker is Paul Strozier, Multifaith Campus Chaplain and Adjunct Instructor in Religion for Sinclair Community College. He will provide an overview of the organization, projected events/activities, and any recommendations on how to bring diverse groups together for meaningful dialogue and understanding.

In 2023, Paul founded Strozier Solutions LLC to provide coaching and strategic plan development for individuals and organizations in the non-profit sector. He has been involved in addiction recovery work for 38 years and is author of the Living Free addiction recovery Bible study through Warner Press. Paul, and his wife Mariann, also work closely with Be the Bridge, a racial reconciliation movement led by best-selling author, Latasha Morrison.

Sign up for free at www.tinyurl.com/CWDCAug25, or visit www.cwtdiversity.org

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!

Please join The University of Dayton Department of Art and Design Thursday September 11th 5:00 - 7:00pm for the reception of Out of Context: Try Not To Take it Personal, a solo exhibition by Misty Thomas-Trout at Roger Glass Center for the Arts Gallery. 

From the Artist:

This typographic exhibition is an exploration in fragments. A manifesto in bits and pieces. A visualization of cognitive dissonance overloaded by fractured messages that create meanings influenced by chance operation. A space where graphic design transcends function and becomes a vessel for vulnerability.

Externalism: A collection of overheard language—snippets from private whispers and public outbursts—is headlined and layered over collaged fragments of 19th-century newspapers. These posters become visual palimpsests, where the past and present collide, and perception is shaped by noise, bias, and the instability of memory. Language here is dislocated, repurposed, and recontextualized—echoing the way truth fragments in the echo chamber of culture. The body navigates this overwhelming field of print and voice, its presence altering the space as much as the space alters thought and where meaning is always on the verge of distortion.

Internalism: An enclosure formed by scrolls of fabric, each one unfurling into a wall. Layered across their surfaces are sacred texts drawn from my past: love letters exchanged in my former marriage, and handwritten letters from my brother during his time in prison. These fragments of memory—collapsed in time—converge into a belief system that shaped my understanding of love. This room is a constructed architecture of emotion. Listen. Can you hear what he is saying?

To step inside is to enter a heart and mind made visible—yours and mine. Try not to take it personal.

HEALING:
This word was written from the ashes of my marital love letters.

Out of Context: Try Not to Take it Personal will run from August 25th- September 21st with regular hours Monday-Friday 2-7pm and weekend hours during events at RGCA. 

Exhibition Dates: Sep 12-Oct 11, 2025

Artwork Drop-off: Aug 28, 3-7 p; Aug 29-30, 11 a-6 p

Open to all Current Members of The Contemporary Dayton. Members are invited to submit two works of art created in the last three years, and not exhibited within a 100 mile radius of The Contemporary. Membership to The Contemporary starts at $50; to become a Member, please visit our Membership page.

Juried by Heather Jones, Curator.

Come out to the beautiful Caesar Creek Vineyards to hear some great local musicians play their music. Great for singer songwriters.

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.

The Yellow Springs 4 Season Farmers Market offers year round local grown and produced items. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for weekly offerings.

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!

Join The Rong Brothers starting at 11 a.m. for a community-focused event, kicking off with an interactive photo booth experience courtesy of Fea Fotos, set design by Calista Dillon, and light show experiences by SOS Lightshow, Holland Scarth, and Jared Chambers. Also featuring brunch stylings from Calzada’s Kitchen. The morning’s entertainment will transition into the theatre for a showcase of local musical talent, featuring Nightbeast, Kellen Williams, and The Rong Brothers. Enjoy a sampling of some of Dayton’s finest artists featuring live visuals and music.

This event warmly welcomes Dayton natives, newcomers, and anyone eager to delve into and collaborate with Dayton’s vibrant creative community.

Light refreshments will be provided, and additional food options will be available for purchase.

Event Schedule

11 a.m.-1 p.m. Brunch, Fea Fotos Foto Booth, live audio-visual art installations, cash bar
1 p.m. Theatre performances begin
3 p.m.-4 p.m. Networking and mingling

Please join The University of Dayton Department of Art and Design Thursday September 11th 5:00 - 7:00pm for the reception of Out of Context: Try Not To Take it Personal, a solo exhibition by Misty Thomas-Trout at Roger Glass Center for the Arts Gallery. 

From the Artist:

This typographic exhibition is an exploration in fragments. A manifesto in bits and pieces. A visualization of cognitive dissonance overloaded by fractured messages that create meanings influenced by chance operation. A space where graphic design transcends function and becomes a vessel for vulnerability.

Externalism: A collection of overheard language—snippets from private whispers and public outbursts—is headlined and layered over collaged fragments of 19th-century newspapers. These posters become visual palimpsests, where the past and present collide, and perception is shaped by noise, bias, and the instability of memory. Language here is dislocated, repurposed, and recontextualized—echoing the way truth fragments in the echo chamber of culture. The body navigates this overwhelming field of print and voice, its presence altering the space as much as the space alters thought and where meaning is always on the verge of distortion.

Internalism: An enclosure formed by scrolls of fabric, each one unfurling into a wall. Layered across their surfaces are sacred texts drawn from my past: love letters exchanged in my former marriage, and handwritten letters from my brother during his time in prison. These fragments of memory—collapsed in time—converge into a belief system that shaped my understanding of love. This room is a constructed architecture of emotion. Listen. Can you hear what he is saying?

To step inside is to enter a heart and mind made visible—yours and mine. Try not to take it personal.

HEALING:
This word was written from the ashes of my marital love letters.

Out of Context: Try Not to Take it Personal will run from August 25th- September 21st with regular hours Monday-Friday 2-7pm and weekend hours during events at RGCA.