GALLERIES & MUSEUMS

 

Dayton Art Institute

458 Belmonte Park North, Dayton

229-3909

Permanent collection on view daily except Mondays and holidays

 

Aullwood Center and Farm

1000 Aullwood Rd., Vandalia

890-7360

Thru 8/12 – Manabu Saito Exhibit: A stunning collection of botanical art pieces by this nationally-known illustrator.

 

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

2600 DeWeese Parkway, Dayton

275-7431

Thru   9/3 - Masters of the Night: The True Story of Bats. In Boonshoft’s newest exhibit, witness the spectacular swarming emergence of bats from the cave, meet some of the world’s rarest bat species, and bring the mystery surrounding bats “out of the dark.

Exhibit hours:  Mon-Fri 11 am-5 pm; Sat 11 am-5 pm; Sun Noon-5 pm

 

Closson’s

10010 Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati

224-3822

Thru 8/31 - Mark Warren: Retrospective of 25 years of his work.

 

Dayton Visual Arts Center

118 N. Jefferson St., Dayton

224-3822

M-S 11 am-6 pm; Closed Sundays

16th Annual Open Members’ show – Favorite works in all media and styles by member artists.

 

 

Miami Valley Cooperative Gallery

Dayton Convention Center, 2nd Floor

Fifth & Main Sts., Downtown Dayton

Thru  8/31 – Yasue Yasaoka: Retrospective. Yasaoka is an installation artist.

 

Preble County Historical Society

7693 Swartsel Rd., Eaton, OH

937-787-4256

Thru 9/2  Covered Bridges: Spanning the American Landscape – A Smithsonian traveling exhibition that celebrates the bridges, and individuals behind their development through photos architectural schematics and models.

 

Roesch Library Gallery

University of Dayton, 300 College Park

229-4214 or 229-4254

M-F 8 am-10 pm; Sat-Sun noon-6 pm

Thru 9/15  -  Highly Favored: Contemporary images of the Virgin Mary by 29 artists of  the Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant traditions.

 

University Art Galleries

Wright State University

3640 Col. Glenn Hwy.

775-2978

Thru 8/3 – 2007 Alumni Exhibition:  An exhibition of artwork by graduates of the Wright State University Dept. of Art/ Art History.

 

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEK

8/8 - 8/14

 

Wednesday 8/8

Too Darn Hot   8 pm   Nearly 200 Muse Machine singers and dancers perform hit songs by Cole Porter and friends.  Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St. 228-3630  (Also 8/9)

Free @ Fraze: Disconnected  7:30 pm 

 

A 3- piece band with a big sound!  They perform a wide variety of music, including rock, country, pop, blues and adult contemporary as well as their own original material.   Fraze Pavilion, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering.  
296-3300

 

Thursday 8/9

Too Darn Hot   8 pm  (See 8/8)

Twilight Concert   7 pm   David Wion & Friends play music of Broadway. FREE. Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park North.  
223-5277, ext. 223

Art in Motion   6 – 8:30 pm   “Visual Journaling with PlayThink” Workshop.  Town & Country Shopping Center, 300 Stroop Rd., Kettering.  266-3491

 

Friday  8/10

Romeo and Juliet  8 pm  Kettering Theatre Under the Stars presents an outdoor production of William Shakespeare’s tale of the doomed love of Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague. (thru 8/12)  Playhouse South, 15 S. First St., Miamisburg  
384-7315

Dave Koz & Friends   8 pm   Saxophonist Koz plays a collection of timeless movie themes. Fraze Pavilion, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering.  296-3300

 

Saturday 8/11

Romeo and Juliet  8 pm  (see 8/10)

 

Sunday, 8/12

Romeo and Juliet  8 pm  (see 8/10)

Art on the Commons   11 am – 5 pm  More than 120 juried artists from throughout the U. S. display and sell their jewelry, paintings, woodworking, prints, and more.  FREE.  Lincoln Park Civic Commons, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd.  
296-0294