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

 

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

 

Clossen’s

10010 Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati

224-3822

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

 

work. Opening reception to meet the artist is Thursday, 8/2.

 

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.

 

WHAT’S UP THIS WEEK

8/22-8/28

 

Thursday, 8/23

Monet by Moonlight   8:30 – 11 pm.  Illuminated water gardens show off stunning night-blooming water lilies, fish and waterfall. Refreshments and music, and sound of the night. Green Vista Water Gardens, 4034 Dayton –Springfield Rd., Springfield.  888-331-LILY.  Also 8/24 & 8/25.

 

Friday 8/24

Monet by Moonlight   8:30 – 11 pm. (See 8/23)

 

Saturday 8/25

Ale Fest    Call for times   Carillon Historical Park, 1000 Carillon Blvd.  293-2841

 

Monet by Moonlight   8:30 – 11 pm. (See 8/23)

Aullwood Morning Discovery Walk   8 – 9:30 am.  Tom Hissong, Aullwood’s education coordinator, leads this weekly walk. Bring binoculars;  Beetle Identification.  10 am – 3 pm.  Full day with Dr. Dave Horn, an OSU professor;  Tallgrass Prairie Walk   2:30 pm.  Explore Aullwood’s prairie, its plants and animals. (Also 8/26) Aullwood Center, 1000 Aullwood Rd.  890-7360

 

Sunday 8/26

SeaFest  1 – 7 pm.   The popular annual seafood festival featuring the music of Seefari at 1:30 pm, and the Chris Tanner Pan Quartet at 4 pm. along with music, a wine garden and lots of seafood. Fraze, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering.  296-3300

Aullwood Olde Fashioned Family Sundae   2 – 4 pm.  Aullwood Center, 1000 Aullwood Rd.  890-7360

Tallgrass Prairie Walk   2:30 pm. (See 8/25)

Blanket Concert   7 pm.  A mix of song styles featuring tonm Scheidt and Kimberley G doing tunes from Bonnie Raitt, Harry Belafonte bagpipes and Rock-n-Roll. Smith Gardens, 800 Oakwood Avenue at the corner of Walnut Lane.  298-0775

The Rejects   7pm.  Presented by the Centerville Arts Commission the group plays rock and roll oldies from the 60s & 70s.  Stubbs Park Amphitheatre, 255 W.  Spring Valley Rd., Centerville.  428-4719

 

Tuesday 8/28

Prairie Moon/August Full Moon Walk   8: 30 – 10 pm.  Aullwood Center, 1000 Aullwood Rd.  890-7360 

 

Wednesday 8/29

University of Dayton Art Hop   4:30 – 8 pm.  Sharks swimming in a science building, sinuous sculptures and a take-off on graffiti are just part of the artwork featured in UD’s spotlight on the visual arts in 10 different campus locations. University of Dayton, 600 College Park. 229-3257