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Call for Artwork – $10,000 Commission

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BLDG, in partnership with Kroger Company, will commission a professional artist to create interior artwork for the Kroger store #951 at 2921 W. Alex Bell Rd. Moraine, OH 45449. We’re looking for artists in Dayton, Ohio to help us create a piece that celebrates the uniqueness of the area.

Download the pdf here for more details on the RFQ.

The artwork will be prominently displayed inside the store as part of the Kroger Company’s commitment to involving artists in beautifying new stores throughout the nation. The artwork will be expected to celebrate the spirit of the community and the unique identity of the neighborhood and its surroundings.

The artwork will be mounted on canvas or panels that can be installed in the location specified for the artwork. The size of the finished artwork will measure 24’ W x 8’ H.

One artist will be awarded a commission of $10,000. This amount includes all artist fees, design costs, fabrication expenses, transportation and insurance costs to deliver the artwork to the new store by 12/27/2019.

SCHEDULE/TIMELINE RFQ

Doc Submission Deadline Sunday, September 1, 2019

Semi-Finalists Notified Friday, September 6, 2019

Semi-Finalists Design Due Friday, October 4, 2019

Finalist Chosen Wednesday, October 9, 2019 Project

Delivery Deadline Friday, December 27, 20

“Gem City Shine” A Benefit Concert To Reclaim the Oregon District Hosted by Dave Chappelle

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In the wake of recent tragedy in Dayton’s Oregon District, several community partners have come together to present Gem City Shine, an Oregon District Benefit Concert and Community Event, hosted by Dave Chappelle, on Sunday, August 25, from 4 to 10 p.m. This event is free, but a ticket is required for admission. Visit Ticketmaster.com to secure up to two free tickets for the event. Tickets to this event are restricted to residents of Dayton, Ohio, and the surrounding areas. Patrons must register via Verified Fan on Ticketmaster.

Here’s how the Verified Fan registration works”
 Click the link above, enter your contact details.  You’ll get a code by text which you enter in and then you’ll receive an email that says you’re a confirmed.

While Verified Fan does not guarantee that everyone will get a ticket, it does help ensure only fans are invited to redeem tickets.

On the evening of Thursday, August 22, you’ll receive an email confirming whether you’ve been verified and whether you’ve also been selected to participate in the onsale.

If you are verified and selected, you will also receive a text with your personal access code.

The Verified Fan Onsale begins on Friday, August 23 @ 10AM ET. There is a two (2) ticket limit per code.

This event will honor the lives lost and to reclaim the community’s favorite places to shop, dine and enjoy time with family and friends. There will be several ways for attendees to contribute to both The Dayton Foundation’s Oregon District Tragedy Fund and Oregon District Business Association, which is assisting local businesses with recovery.

 

Local and national entertainment will be featured on a main stage located near Fifth Street and Wayne Avenue, with performances throughout the late afternoon and evening.

 

In preparation for the event, Fifth Street will be closed between Patterson Boulevard and Wayne Avenue as early as 6 am Sunday morning, with additional closures along Wayne Avenue between Fourth and Van Buren streets, and will reopen late Sunday night to early Monday morning. Free parking is available at the University of Dayton Arena lots A, B and C, with complimentary shuttles provided by Greater Dayton RTA.

 

Event guests are encouraged to shop at Oregon District stores and dine at the many restaurants and pubs. Additional food vendors and beer trucks will be on hand to provide refreshments for purchase. Commemorative t-shirts will also be free with a minimum donation of $20, with proceeds benefiting the tragedy fund at the Dayton Foundation. The food pavilion and family entertainment area will be located in the parking lot adjacent to Omega Music near the Fifth and Patterson intersection on the east side of the District. Guests are encouraged to visit this location to participate in a community art project.

Beer trucks, soda/water stations, t-shirt stations, and donation stations will be located at several places throughout the District.

Volunteers are needed to make this event a success! Visit DowntownDayton.org to sign up for a preferred activity and time shift.

 

This is a weapon-free event; security stations with metal detectors will be set up at each gate. Attendees should plan for extra time to check in. For safety concerns, and to expedite the check-in process, please do not bring large purses, backpacks, or other large bags.

No professional cameras allowed except for credentialed members of the media.  For the enjoyment of all audience members, Dave Chappelle encourages the attendees to “live in the moment” and simply enjoy the experience rather than record via cellphone.

Gem City Shine is organized and hosted by the Oregon District Business Association, the Downtown Dayton Partnership, the City of Dayton, the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, Dayton Police Department, the Dayton-Montgomery County Convention & Visitors Bureau, The Dayton Foundation, Greater Dayton RTA, and numerous other partners and donors.

 

Workout outdoors with new fitness startup Honey Active

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Heather Allen

Heather Allen has weights, jump ropes and a bluetooth speaker — and she’ll travel to a park near you.

Heather is the founder of Honey Active, recently launched outdoor fitness startup. She leads outdoor group fitness classes in Dayton parks, and offers personal training and corporate fitness event services.

“I like showing people new spots — places they don’t think to workout,” she said. “You really can do it anywhere, and I’m proving that to people.”

Heather is an accountant-turned-fitness guru. She actually got into fitness, specifically running, after her first busy accounting season. A former cheerleader and soccer player, she had always been active, until that that stretch of 60- to 70-hour work weeks behind the desk.

“I started feeling slow and groggy and icky,” she recalled. “So I signed up for a marathon to motivate myself.”

She got addicted to running after that, she added with a laugh.

A few years ago, she helped start an accountability group with a few friends to talk about wellness. The group wound up deciding to do weekly workouts together, and Heather found herself organizing those workouts at Riverscape Metro Park.

Soon, people outside the original accountability group started showing up for the workout classes, so she rented Knack Creative’s Studio 42 and began holding training classes on the side. Requests from personal and corporate clients soon followed.

Sweat Bee is a boot camp style class that is 45 minutes of hard work.

Heather quit her day job and went full-time with Honey Active in March. She runs the bulk of her outdoor group classes at Oak & Ivy Park in the Wright Dunbar neighborhood she calls home. She hasn’t decided what her winter season will look like yet — if she’ll build out a studio or just find a big, open space.

“What drives me is helping people be more confident and energized,” she said. “I’m helping people find a healthy lifestyle, not chase fad diets. It gives me energy, helping others in this specific way, doing something I love and sharing it with people.”

She’s grateful she experienced those periods of inactivity because it helps her relate to her clients, she said.

“I believe in discipline, but I’m not no-excuses,” Heather said. “Life happens, we deal with it, then we move on and build.”

The desire to convey this sentiment shows in her company name — Honey is for natural, local; Active is for fitness, she said.

“I wanted the brand to reflect who I am,” she said. “A little fun, a little cheeky, and I don’t really like rules.”

Storytelling for the Stage” Workshop Kicks off 4th Story Slam Season

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Story Slam Dayton kicks off it’s 4th season with a “Storytelling for the Stage” workshop on September 3 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm.

Story Slam Dayton is Dayton’s monthly open-mic storytelling event held at Wiley’s Comedy Club in the Oregon District. Modeled after The Moth storytelling events, the open mic event welcomes storytellers of all ages and experience levels to share a story from the stage. So far Story Slam has done 31 shows,  2 clinics and spurred a half dozen Moth Storytellers, and hosted more than one hundred tellers to our stage.

Left to right: Becky Koop, Nicole Ruttencutter, Allie Hundley, Faith Robertson (winner) and Sandra Combs.

The September 3rd workshop, led by Story Slam producer Bryan Suddith, will cover the basics of crafting a 5 minute personal story for the Story Slam stage. The two hour event will give you the tools to create a story, practice and take the stage with confidence under the lights.

Space is limited, so reserve your spot in the workshop online, just $5.

Story Slam happens on the 3rd Tuesday of each month and they’ll kick off the season on Sept 17th.

Electric Scooters Debut at Courthouse Square

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The Greater Dayton RTA will hold a launch party with the electric scooter company Spin, to introduce the scooters to the city of Dayton on Aug. 21 at 11 a.m. on Courthouse Square in downtown Dayton.

As a mobility advocate, the Greater Dayton RTA welcomes the San Francisco-based company Spin and scooters as another option for people within the community to explore Dayton.

Details of Spin scooters, including safety tips, city rules involving the scooters, and a group ride session will be explained at the launch party.

WHAT:  Press conference with RTA and Spin about the launch of Spin scooters in Dayton

WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019 at 11 a.m.

WHERE:  Courthouse Square, 23 N. Main St., Dayton, Ohio, 45402

Get Soulfully Funkalicious with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company!

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Dayton is birthplace of amazing artistic as well as engineering feats. That spirit of innovation blossomed during the late 1960s-1980s in a couple of unique ways: the invention of funk music and the birth of modern dance.  In 1968, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company became the first modern dance company established in Ohio. Shortly after, Dayton become the proud capital of Funk music in the 1970s and 1980s.

On Saturday August, 24, 2019 both of those innovative art forms are celebrated together at DCDC’s Soulfully Funkalicious All-White Party! Enjoy delicious soul food while watching DCDC’s dance artists take to the floor in grand funk style with live music from the Dayton Funk All-Stars! Make sure to bring an appetite and your dancin’ shoes for this truly fun and fabulous way to support one of Dayton’s world-class artistic institutions!

How To Go?

What: Soulfully Funkalicious All-White Party

When: August, 24, 2019 from 6-11pm

Where: Dayton Convention Center (22 E 5th St, Dayton)

Tickets: $80 General Seating / $120 VIP Seating / $800 General Table (seats 10) / $1200 VIP Table (seats 10)

For this event only, please purchase tickets at Eventbrite or contact DCDC at 937-228-3232. Ticket purchases are non-refundable.

Please note: All white attire requested.

 

Dayton Fundraisers to Benefit the Dayton Oregon District Tragedy Fund

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A gunman opened fire in Dayton’s Oregon District early on August 4th, killing nine people and wounding at least 3o others.  A horrific event in our beloved entertainment district.  And Dayton reacted how we always do, as a community, joining together to try to help.  I continue to be amazed by the generosity of our town and our ability to open our hearts and wallets to those in need.

Over the last 8 days, dozens of restaurants donated % of sales to the newly created Dayton Oregon District Tragedy Fund, created by The Dayton Foundation. The Bengals, the Browns and NFL Foundation combined donated $100,000, Macy’s pitched in with $20,000, a one day sale by Esther Price raised over $85,000, the Connor Group donated $100,000 and Lady Gaga funded Donor’s Choice requests for teacher’s here in Dayton as well as El Paso.

Local businesses continue to plan fundraisers and here’s a list of ays you can help:

Clash Dayton

521 E 5th St
Dayton, Ohio 45402

Will be donating the proceeds from our “gem city” merchandise designed by Matt Freeman from the entire month of August. This includes t-shirts and stickers.

 

Thursday, Aug 22nd 5-9pm
Love Wins!
Trolley Stop 5pm
530 E 5th St, Dayton, Ohio 45402

Trolley Stop is teaming up with SweetWater Brewing Company and Toxic Brew Company to raise funds for The Dayton Foundation‘s Oregon District Victims’ Relief Fund. Brews from Sweetwater and Toxic will be on tap, Sweetwater will match dollars on pints of brews and raffling off lots of goodies. Oh, and we will have delicious snacks for ya too. Join us for an evening of love and hugs and give back to those in need. We love this city and we love you. #daytonstrong

Thursday, Aug 22nd,  7-10pm
Bingo & Beer!
Lucky’s Taproom & Eatery

We are teaming up with 6 breweries for a night of bingo and beer to help raise funds for the Dayton Foundation. We will have 6 rounds of bingo, each round called by a brewery rep with some awesome prizes! In addition there will be raffle baskets galore and $2 of every pint of beer sold will be donated. Bingo cards will be $1 buy in each (no limit on how many you buy) and raffle tickets will be 1 for $5 or 5 for $20.

Breweries participating: MadTree, Fat Head’s, Bell’s, Hi-Wire, Fifty West, Rhinegiest

After all is said in done we will be matching ALL donations raised from the evening.

Friday, Aug 23rd,  7pm – 2:3oam
Flanagan’s Toxic Brew Beer Release Fundraiser
1o1 Stewart street

Flanagan’s Pub & Toxic Brew Company have been planning a beer team up and release party for awhile. In light of the senseless violence that erupted in our town in the early morning hours of Aug 4, we want to turn it into an opportunity to get some of your hard earned beer budget to the people who really need it. Flanagan’s will donate $1 for every pint of the new collab beer sold during the launch party, and Toxic will match it, and the money will go to The Dayton Foundation‘s Oregon District Victims Fund.

Tuesday, Aug 27th,  5– 10pm
Oregon District Spend-a-Thon

Dayton’s Oregon District is comprised almost entirely of small, local, independent businesses that rarely have the funds to fall back on when forced to close for multiple days. Your patronage directly supports your neighbors most affected by August 4’s tragedy.

Come get dinner, drinks, a hat, an album – there’s so much to do, all thanks to our wonderful small businesses and the owners and workers that operate them! There will be live music playing at many spots throughout the district, donating their time for tips for the Dayton Oregon District Tragedy fund.

Tuesday, Aug 27th, 6– 8pm
Greater Dayton Mugs of Hope
Paintbrush Pottery | Springboro

Decoy Art Center | Beavercreek

Cornell Studio Supply | North Dayton

Front Street | Downtown Dayton

A creative, therapeutic event for Daytonians.

We’re paying it forward with a message of love and hope.

Arrive to the location at 6 pm on Tuesday, August 27th. All supplies are provided along with instruction – but the creativity is up to you! Every mug will be cohesive with a Greater Dayton Mugs of Hope logo that will be pre-screened on each. 500 mugs will be painted during this event.  There is a $5 registration fee to hold your seat that will be donated to a charitable organization selected by the location you are attending.

Afterwards, we will fire them in our kilns. The mugs will be food-safe and ready for daily use. To continue the community atmosphere, we will be going to various locations in the Greater Dayton region to pass out the completed mugs, as well as few “grand prize” items such as gift cards from local businesses. Each Mug of Hope will be handed to a complete stranger, so the painter of the mug will not receive their mug back. This concept is intentional. We want the community to feel connected, not by tragedy, but through hope. Write a message on the bottom of you mug and follow us at #DaytonMugsofHope. You, too, can pick up a mug of your own by another Daytonian!

 

Wednesday, Aug 28th,  6– 11pm
Dayton United: Benefit for The Dayton Foundation

Come join us for a night of healing and unity at Dayton Masonic Live as Dayton United hosts a benefit for The Dayton Foundation with confirmed performances from Anthony Raneri from Bayside, Vinnie Caruana from Official: The Movielife and I Am the Avalanche, Geoff Rickly from Thursday, Chris Conley from Saves The Day, Joe Anderl of The 1984 Draft and possible others.

This is an intimate evening and a chance to join in story and song as we raise money for those affected.  Tickets are $15.  Cover starts at 6pm and music starts at 7:30pm.

Friday, Aug  30th,  3-11pm
Dayton United: Drawing Dayton Together – a Tattoo Pop-Up Parlor
Yellow Cab Tavern

As we as a community process the horrific events of this summer, we invite you to Drawing Dayton Together – a Tattoo Pop-Up Parlor on Friday, August 30. There will be live music all day and tattoo artists from RocArt Tattoo, Blue Byrd Tattoo and Cloak and Dagger Tattoo Studio onsite to help remember and look forward to brighter days ahead. Entry is free and $50 Dayton tattoos will be given with all of the proceeds going to benefit The Dayton Foundation.

Saturday, Aug 31st,  4 – 11:45pm
Sound Valley Summer Music Festival
Yellow Cab Tavern

See some of Dayton’s most talented bands and performers all in one place on August 31. The event features over a dozen acts, 2 stages (indoor and outdoor), food trucks and much more!

EATURING:
The Nightbeast, TINO, The New Old-Fashioned, The 1984 Draft, The Boxcar Suite,
DC King, Grenades!?, McGuff and the Dumpster Fires, Salvadore Ross, Better Anyway
Amber Hargett Music. The Typical Johnsons

Food Trucks:  Billie Gold Bubble Tea,  Cupzilla-Korean BBQ,  Smokinbeebeeq

Sept 15th noon- 11:59pm
For the Love of Dayton

Antioch Shrine Center, 107 E. First Street

Event will feature international tattoo artists, local vendors, live music and performances and food trucks. This event will be family friendly.

If you are aware of other events, please send us an email with details.

Dayton Porchfest offers free music in a beautiful neighborhood!

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Dayton Porchfest is an annual event occurring the final Saturday of August in St Anne’s Hill. PHOTO BY LIBBY BALLENGEE

Dayton Porchfest is back for a third year! It’s a day where music fills the streets and porches of St Anne’s Hill, one of Dayton’s most charming historic neighborhoods. It’s a free, family friendly event that runs from 1:30-7pm on Saturday August 24, 2019.

​Dayton has a rich musical history and active music scene, which continues today. Dayton Porchfest is committed to reflecting that in its selection of musical artists, from funk and blues to indie rock and jazz, classical and country, to bluegrass and old timey that has deep Appalachian traditions here. The event also celebrates the ethnic diversity of the region, a reflection of our “Welcome Dayton” spirit that has contributed to a significant influx of immigrants and refugees over the past decade.

​Dayton Porchfest is an initiative of The Collaboratory, a civic innovation lab that moves ideas to action. The Collaboratory provides infrastructure for people and organizations to collaboratively develop community initiatives that generate new economic, civic and creative opportunities and value. The result is a healthier, more thriving region. All proceeds from Dayton Porchfest go to support the work of The Collaboratory.

How to Go?

When: Saturday August 24, 2019. 1:30pm kickoff. 2-7pm music. Link to full . schedule – click here or see below

Where: Throughout St Anne’s Historic Neighborhood (E 5th St, just east of Keowee). Link to map – click here or see below

Who: All ages welcome!

Cost: Free (tips for musicians accepted!)

 

(DE-FI) Seeking Input on Fashion Coworking Space

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Caressa Brown founded (DE-FI), the Dayton Emerging Fashion Incubator, six years ago with the goal of making Dayton the fashion capital of the Midwest.

Today, she is poised to open the region’s first multidisciplinary fashion coworking studio — and she wants your input.

“We’re shedding our grassroots structure and becoming more visible within the community,” Caressa said. “The multidisciplinary fashion coworking space will offer fashion professionals an affordable and unique workspace right here in Dayton — a fashion business hub created by and for the fashion community.”

(DE-FI) is holding a series of bi-weekly public meetings  in the Dayton Metro Library Main Branch’s Conference Room 1B, to get community feedback on the general direction, business model, and logistics for the fashion coworking space. The current vision for it incorporates a design studio featuring design software, designated and roaming desks, designated and roaming offices, a visual art studio, a fashion studio, a makerspace, a micro-manufacturing/fabrication space, photography studio, sewing studio, conference room, production room, classroom space, networking space, and venue rental.

 

Participants in the Aug. 3 session will hear about the progress of the local fashion community and will work together in small groups to generate ideas for the character and amenities of the space that may be incorporated into the overall plan, Caressa said.

Follow-up meetings will be held at the Dayton Metro Library Main Branch on  Aug. 31, 10a-12p, Conference Room 3A; & Sept. 14, 10a-12p, Conference Room 3A.

(DE-FI) currently operates a number of subsidiaries that work different angles to make Dayton a fashion center. Among them, The Gem City Sewing Company trains individuals to sew, prioritizing work with underserved communities; Dayton Garment & Textile District offers micro-manufacturing and an online registry of seamstresses, fabric makers, pattern makers, weavers, fabric dyers, beaders, embroiderers and vendors; & Dayton Threads, an online boutique, hopefully soon to be a brick and mortar shop, offers retail space for individual and emerging designers to sell their products.

(DE-FI) also runs Dayton Fashion Week, and holds workshops on topics ranging from combatting sexual harassment and trafficking to advocating legislators and establishing reporting hotlines to combat the predatory aspects of the fashion industry.

For more info, visit (DE-FI) online.

#DaytonStrong IPA Released today!

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Dayton Brewery Alliance releasing #daytonstrong IPA to help Tornado victims as ongoing effort.

The Dayton Brewery Alliance is continuing their relief efforts by collaborating on a beer called #daytonstrong IPA. All proceeds of the beer will go to the Dayton Foundation as part of an ongoing effort to help Dayton area people in need after the devastating tornadoes passed through the area on Memorial Day weekend 2019.

 

Several of the breweries will be making versions of #daytonstrong IPA to serve in their taprooms and to sell to other member breweries of the Dayton Brewers Alliance.  Warped Wing will be canning over 1,000 cases to be distributed out to the market.

“2019 has been a heartfelt and difficult year for the people of Dayton”, said Nick Bowman, VP/Sales & Marketing and Managing Partner at Warped Wing. “That said, it’s amazing how people in our community come together to help friends and neighbors in need. It speaks to the level of character, care and giving that makes our city so great”, said Bowman.

“The can embodies a minimalistic, purposefully under designed look as not to over-shadow what we are trying to do. This is about all the people in need. Our neighbors, many, who have lost everything”, said Bowman

Copy on the front of the can reads:

Through darkness comes light.
Through fear comes compassion.
Through tragedy comes triumph.

 

The release of the beer will follow the schedule below:

— Taproom Release at all the Dayton Area Breweries on Saturday, August 17th

– Warped Wing will start distributing cans only to bars, restaurants and retails accounts starting Monday, August 19th

 

This project was made possible by the following sponsors and partners who contributed either raw materials or services. Those groups are as follows; TRIPACK, LD Carlson, Century Label, Country Malt Group, John Pattison, Brewer’s Supply Group