Arts & Theater
Raffle with prizes valued at minimum of $100 among new features at Art Ball
For the first time in the history of the Dayton Art Institute’s festive Art Ball, people throughout the community can buy raffle tickets for the 100 prizes awarded on the night of the event without being present to win.This year’s ball, one of the area’s premier gala events, is slated ...
How technology is changing visitors’ experiences at the Dayton Art Institute
Technology is changing art museums, just as it’s changing so many other aspects of life.A great case in point is “What is a Masterpiece?” a new initiative at the Dayton Art Institute that allows visitors to learn a lot more fascinating information about 50 of the museum’s greatest treasures. Future ...
New interactive exhibit blends music and art
Thursdays are a special time for Jessica Roller and her 2-year-old daughter, Wren.“We come every week for Tiny Thursdays,” said the Kettering mom, an artist who enjoys spending time in a museum environment.On a recent Thursday, the trip was extra-special: the Dayton Art Institute had just opened “I See the ...
Visit Midwest’s only wake-boarding park, explore underground treasures, zip along scenic trails
For those who thrive on an adrenaline rush, southwestern Ohio has a wealth of thrill-seeking adventures.The state boasts five major zip-line canopy tours — Columbus, Hocking Hills, Loudonville, West Liberty, the Wilds — but one of the most breathtaking views can be found at Oregonia’s Ozone Zipline Adventures, which stretches ...
10,000 10-year-olds take over the Schuster
Yellow school buses surrounded the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Center this week as 10,000 10-year-olds descended on the popular downtown Dayton venue.The idea was to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Schuster by entertaining 10,000 children who were born in the year the Schuster Center was built. School groups from ...
“Next To Normal” opens at the Victoria Theatre
An emotionally drained audience left the Victoria Theatre Tuesday night following the local premiere of the Tony-Award winning musical, “Next to Normal.”The show, on stage through May 19, isn’t your typical Broadway musical, and there were those who emerged visibly shaken and wiping away tears.Many arrived not certain what was ...
Ansel Adams exhibit coming to town
The work of legendary photographer Ansel Adams is coming to the Springfield Museum of Art.The museum has told its members of plans to bring an exhibit of 72 images by Adams — the stuff of coffee-table books and wall calendars — to Springfield.Originally planned for December, the exhibit now will ...
Going 'down the rabbit hole' at the Disney Museum
The Walt Disney Family Museum in the Presidio of San Francisco is showcasing works by lowbrow artist Camille Rose Garcia and her Alice in Wonderland inspired pieces.
ABBA Museum opening
The inauguration of 'ABBA The Museum' at the Swedish Music Hall of Fame in Stockholm, Sweden, Monday May 6, 2013. A museum opens in Stockholm on Tuesday to show off band paraphernalia, including the helicopter featured on the cover of their "Arrival" album, a star-shaped guitar and dozens of glitzy ...
“Next to Normal,” Tony Award/Pulitzer Prize winning musical, will premiere locally
One of New York’s most earth-shaking new musicals will have its local premiere when The Human Race Theatre Company presents “Next to Normal.” The rock musical will be on stage May 7-19 at Dayton’s Victoria Theatre as part of the Premier Health Broadway series. Heralded for bringing the often-suppressed subject ...
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