This is an idea that is made for Dayton OH, and the Rustbelt cities like it. Start at Dayton Works Plus, which is a job-training program that teaches construction techniques to workers who are deconstructing our abandoned buildings and resells the salvaged pieces through the Architectural Reuse Company (ARC). Dayton Ohio’s deconstruction program has been [...]
Dayton Gay Men’s Chorus is celebrating 10 years in the Miami Valley with a benefit concert, “Benefit Musicale V” on Saturday, March 9 at 6pm. This year’s benefit is held in the renovated train station known as “Top of the Market”. It’s a wide open space that is perfect for partying. The chorus will give [...]
The Downtown Dayton Partnership recently held a photo contest called Downtown in Focus: The Dayton Photo Contest. Both amateur and professional photographers were invited to participate in the contest which was aimed at finding new and distinctive angles and shots of downtown Dayton. Well, the winners have been announced! All 55 photos are lovely in their own right.
The last weekend of September The Neon is hosting the Downtown Dayton LGBT Film Festival. This is the 7th year for this festival, and the line up looks better than ever. Starting on Friday, Sept 28 through Sunday, Sept 30, you can find short films, full-length movies, documentaries, from rom-coms to politics, there is a broad spectrum of movies presented this weekend.
Dayton Mayor Gary Leitzell recently visited Turkey to strengthen the relationship between the City of Dayton and what he says is the fastest growing economy in the world. Dayton has a growing and vibrant population of Ahiska Turks so it makes sense to strengthen the economic opportunities between our city and Turkey.
The City of Dayton now has a Domestic Partner Registry for unmarried couples without regard to sexual orientation. The purpose of the registry is to make it easier for hospitals, universities, employers and others to verify the relationships that are required for such matters as health insurance, hospital visitation rights and authorization to pick up children after school.
The Dayton Gay Men’s Chorus has announced the fourth annual Benefit Musicale, “The Director’s Cut”, to be held on March 17th, at the Dayton Art Institute.
ArtStreet, UD’s arts complex, and Spectrum, the University of Dayton’s gay-straight alliance, will host its first LGBT Short Film Festival on Friday, February 24, 2012, at 9 p.m. The films include “Door Prize,” “Nothing Happened,” “I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone” and “The Rubi Girls.”
The Dayton arts community is vibrant and rich but still, it’s tough times for everyone. What’s a arts organization to do? Well if you are the Dayton Philharmonic, the Dayton Opera, and the Dayton Ballet, you sit down together to figure out a way to support each other. This week it was announced that the three stalwarts of performing arts in Dayton have joined to create the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance.
The city of Dayton Ohio has put together a 72 point plan, called Welcome Dayton, for encouraging immigrants to move here, live here, settle here, contribute to the growth of our community. Personally, I think it’s a great idea for a lot of reasons, but mostly because this country was built by immigrants. Our history is of immigrants coming here and beginning new lives in this land of endless opportunity.
