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Art, Theater and Ideas at The Excelsior

November 3, 2009 By Lisa Grigsby 3 Comments

images-33The Excelsior Building was all set to become the latest in luxury loft living- then the market crashed….

And like so often happens, artists helped transform the space into a new reality.  For the past year or so artist/entrepreneur Mike Elsass has been leading the charge to use the amazing open floor plan and window infused walls as a creative space.  The Elxelsior is gaining  quite a reputation for hosting innovative works of art in the Oregon District.

This weekend the building will be alive with multiple presentations.

The first floor will play host to the debut of Dayton latest theater group:

Serve    Enhance    Engage    Dare   =  SEED

The above action statement for this newly formed theater group  should be enough to tell you that this group plans to do things differently.  Adam Leigh, co-founder and Executive Artisitic Director of the The SEED Theatre project wants to “utilize theater as a transformative agent” for individuals and the community, Leigh said. Leigh is no stranger to Dayton theater, having taught the art at Stivers and Wright State and was formerly the director of the Dayton Playhouse.

wpa4b2ad77This weekend we’ll get a chance to see what they are all about as they debut their first show, a one man play: Circumference of a Squirrel – a riff with an inner tube by John Walch.  Playing Nov 6 & 7 at 8pm.

The snyopsis:  Meet Chester, a young man with many obsessions: his father, his mother, his ex-wife, the virology of rabies, and most importantly… squirrels.

The production will feature Resident Artist Alex Carmichal as “Chester” and all other roles necessary to bring this story to life.

On the same night the second floor will be hosting the sophomore presentation of Pechaimages-32 Kucha – a phenomenon that’s spreading across the globe. It started in Tokyo and is now held in hundreds of cities worldwide. It’s a way for designers and other creatives to present and discuss their work, their hobby or their passion in 6 minutes and 40 seconds (20 slides – 20 seconds each). Limiting the presentations to this format keeps the presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to share their ideas.

Before and after the presentations (sometimes during), you mingle, nosh and chit chat during musical interludes. At least eight local presenters are planned including architects, an interior designer, an urban planner, artists, a graphic designer and more.

Friday, Nov 6th at 7:00 – 11:00 PM The cost is $20 at the door.
RSVP to [email protected].

Show 3 BackTopping things off on the  third floor Space11 will host the opening reception for Show 3: Horizon, a multi-media event featuring New York artist William Lamson and new works  with Dayton’s  own Ian Breidenbach, Landon Crowell, and Ryan McCullough.

Friday Nov 6, 2009 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment

About Lisa Grigsby

Lisa Grigsby is a Special Events Director with over thirty years experience in promotions, event coordination and public relations.

Owning Jokers Comedy Cafe for 20 years taught Lisa to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. She credits Leadership Dayton for exposing her to the amazing assets of the region and Clothes That Work for being her reason she stayed in Dayton. Her proudest accomplishment as a past president of the Miami Valley Restaurant Association was creating Restaurant Week, a twice a year tradition that continues to grow and benefit local charities as well. As a foodie, it's only natural that she continues to promote local restaurateurs with DaytonDining.

As a Dayton Catalyst, her desire to have ONE community calendar and advocate for the amazing assets of the region helped create the vision for the relaunch of DaytonMostMetro.

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