Arts

This season focuses on artists who regularly work together as collaborators, or alternately, who have creative partners in their families who influence or participate in making art.

Patrick (Patty) Patton loves hockey, and every Saturday morning his mom drives him to practice. On one of those morning drives, something happened that would change Patty's life in a big way.

Patrick (Patty) Patton loves hockey, and every Saturday morning his mom drives him to practice. On one of those morning drives, something happened that would change Patty's life in a big way.

Learn the Cleveland story of the forgotten children's book by Karamu House artists, Langston Hughes and Elmer W. Brown, "The Sweet and Sour Animal Book."

Musical collaboration was reinvented during the pandemic. A lot of work was done over zoom. Michelle David, a classically trained composer in New York and hip hop artist Tronee Threat in Yellow Springs created a new choral work together.

Religion is a topic many teens grapple with as they reach adulthood. In this iteration we'll listen to Gracie Hagon, a senior who's life was impacted by concepts of religion, church and faith.

On Friday, December 9, The Brightside Music & Event Venue will host the Rise Up!- A Seedling Foundation Fundraiser event. The concert experience will raise funds for the Seedling Foundation - the nonprofit that supports the art programs at Stivers School for the Arts.

People are racing power tools in downtown Dayton, Ohio.

Lawmakers introduce a new, stricter anti-abortion bill modeled after the one in Texas. Meanwhile, local school districts receive money to improve security on school grounds.

On May 14th, The Human Race Theatre in Dayton will pay tribute to Kevin Moore. Moore is the organization’s current artistic Director and has been involved with the theatre for all of its 35 year existence. He’s retiring this week. WYSO’s Jerry Kenney recently spoke with him about the theatre’s early days and how he became a part of it.

The arts community in the Miami Valley is looking forward to a big gift this holiday season.

Danish artist Thomas Dambo has been hiding enormous sculptures in wooded areas all over the globe—in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean—and his most recent works can be found in Dayton.