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2018 Campaign for the Arts Kickoff

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Culture Works invites you to join us in celebrating the start of the 2018 Campaign for the Arts!  On Tuesday, March 6th at 4pm, the community is invited to join us in the Flight Deck at UD Arena to celebrate the start of the 2018 Arts Campaign.

The annual Campaign for the Arts provides grant funding to the arts organizations that make the Dayton Region a vibrant place to live, work, and play. This event will provide an opportunity to learn more about the Dayton Region’s arts, hear what’s planned for this year’s Campaign, and meet our Honorary Campaign Chairs, University of Dayton President Dr. Eric Spina and Karen Spina. Entertainment and light refreshments will be provided.

(Park in the lot between Welcome Stadium and the arena; enter arena on that side.)

Call for Artisan Applications for 2018 Oktoberfest

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Applications are now being accepted for artisans interested in participating in the 2018 Oktoberfest, September 21-23.

All artisan applications are done online, via ZAPPlication. The deadline for applications is April 20, 2017.

LinkClick Here for more information and to apply

If you have questions about the application process, please contact Artisans Committee Chairs Adam and Jessica Blimbaum, at [email protected].

Celebrating its 47th year in 2018, Oktoberfest is the museum’s largest fundraising event. Organized by the museum’s Associate Board, it brings nearly 30,000 people to the museum grounds.

Free Pancake Tuesday

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Tomorrow is  IHOP’s National Pancake Day! For the past 13 years on this one day of the year the International House of Pancakes has given customers one free short stack of original buttermilk pancakes from 7 am to 7 pm nationwide in celebration of flapjacks. And while the pancakes are indeed free, IHOP hopes you will donate what you can to help them  raise funds for local children’s hospitals and health organizations. Donations of all sizes will be accepted, and all funds collected will stay in the community where they were raised.

IHOP hopes to raise $5 million for children’s hospitals and medical research during this campaign, while serving a record-breaking 5 million pancakes in a single day.

“For 60 years, IHOP and our franchisees have made it our mission to support the communities we serve. IHOP National Pancake Day is our declaration to pancake lovers everywhere that we are committed to giving back in meaningful ways,” said Darren Rebelez, President of IHOP in a statement.

“At IHOP, we think doing good is delicious. Every stack of pancakes we serve on our signature day counts toward helping our charity partners improve the health and lives of millions of children and families across the country.”

Fe Meier Memorial Yoga Night

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Join us Tues night as Day Yoga honors the life of yogi Fe Meier who passed away tragically on Feb 14. Fe was a graduate of the 2016-2017 Day Yoga Teacher Training program as well as a practicing member of our community

Gentle Yoga from 5:30 pm to 6:45 pm

Hot Power Hour 5:45 pm to 6:45 pm

Hot Slow Flow from 7:15 pm to 8:15 pm

To participate, visit dayyogastudio.com and select March 6 at the Brown St. location to reserve a spot.

 

Proceeds from evening classes will go to help cover funeral expenses with any remaining going to her son Koen.

Other Special events to honor Fe:

Thursday, March 1st starting at 9pm  Blind Bob’s Bar

WHAT: Performances by Kelly Hanus, Sidekick Complex, Nightbeast, and Grand Mammoth. ‘80s attire is suggested.

Kareo-Fe 

9 p.m.-midnight, Friday, March 2nd 9pm- midnight at The Trolley Stop

A night of karaoke.

First Friday Art Show Featuring the Work of Fe Meier and Friends

Friday, March 2nd 7-10pm . Wells and Co. Custom Tattoo, 110 E. Third St, Dayton
Pieces by Listermann and inspired by her will be on display. Some items will be available for purchase.

 

Oregon District and downtown business are planning events to remember Felicia “Fe Meier”Listermann and support her family. Listermann died February 14 in Dayton. Submitted

Extra-Fe-Ganza

Friday, March 2nd 8pm – midnight at DK Effect, 1600 E. 3rd St.

The event will be hosted by Randi Ganza. DK Effect will be donating $1 from each pint of beer sold and matching Ganza’s tips with a cash donation.

Fe-ki Night

 Saturday, March 3rd 7-midnight at  Canal St. Deli and Arcade

Canal St. will pass out leis to guests, serving Tiki themed drink specials, and donating a percentage of sales from the night. Several baskets will be raffled.

Fried Chicken Dinner

Sunday, March 4th – 5-9pm at Lily’s Bistro
Lily’s will donate a portion of the night’s sales, and will serve special features with Fe in mind. There will also be a customized cocktail for the evening created by Dayton mixologist Amber Brady. 

After-Party at Hole

Sunday, March 4th 9pm – 21m at  Hole in the WallThe bar will have a 90s themed party.

$40 Flash for Fe, 

Monday, March 4th  noon – 8pm at Rebel Rebel Tattoo
Resident artists as well as guest artists Alex Cooper, Rachel Lare and Kaelin Moser-Viteri (Moses) will be guest-spotting for the event. Select a piece from a Fe-inspired flash sheet. Proceeds will be donated to Fe’s family.

 

Ladies Night Ride and Lantern Glow 

Tuesday, March 6th 7-9pm . at Mike’s Bike Park

Proceeds from Ladies Night will go to benefit Fe’s family. A lantern glow will be held on the roof for her family, friends and students. Reservations are not needed for either part of the evening, but are recommended for bike rental. There will be no charge for the lantern glow. Lanterns will be available first come first serve.

 

You can also donate to the YouCaring online campaign to pay for funeral expenses. Any money left over will be put into an account for her son Koen.

 

5 Questions with Phone Booth Lounge owner Jack Wilderman

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The Phone Booth Lounge is back in business! Last Friday, the neighborhood favorite Kettering bar, which closed in its old Stroop Rd. location January 20, reopened for business in its new home at 1912 E. Whipp Rd. The location was formerly home to Dog’s Breath Tavern, which shuttered at the end of January. After a successful opening week, owner Jack Wilderman sat down with us for a chat about the relaunch.

DAYTON MOST METRO: What led you to choose this space? It was surprising that you were able to move the business and reopen less than a month after you closed the old space.

JACK: We were very fortunate. [Wife and co-owner] Betty and I couldn’t come to an agreement with the people who owned the building on Stroop. We’d bought the business itself, and we wanted to buy the property, but it just didn’t work out and we didn’t want to keep paying rent when that money could be spent improving the bar. But we didn’t even have time to look at new locations, really – as soon as word got out that we were looking to buy a bar somewhere nearby, five different bars in the Kettering/Centerville area called us immediately and asked us to buy them out! I won’t give any names, but these were each large bars with long histories. (Laughs) Everybody’s trying to get out of the bar business but us! We came to a deal with Dog’s Breath, and worked out a deal that suited everybody, then got to work.

DMM: For those who’ve not been yet, what changes has the new space brought?

JACK: We’ve got a much bigger stage and dance floor. There’s really good room to dance here, and room for bands to fully set up. On the old stage, a lot of their sound equipment would have to sit on the floor and take up space there, but everyone should be able to get all their equipment onstage with them now, which gives even more dancing room.

The bar here was not convenient; it was very difficult to move and work behind it, so we tore all that out and redid it, and now it’s a space where people can work without crowding and blocking each other. On Stroop, one of the things that drove me crazy was we only had room for three taps. I’m proud to say we’ve more than doubled that and we now have eight beers on tap, and room for more if we need more. So, along with the standard beers, we have Great Lakes, Goose Island, IPAs, and we have Warped Wing on tap now, too. We’re so happy about that.

We’re not even close to being done [with renovations]. We wanted to accomplish so much more before we opened, and we’ll still be working on those things. When I announced our reopening, I didn’t realize how much time it would take for all the permits we needed to clear with the City. One thing is we’re going to gut the bathrooms and renovate those. We’re not happy with them at all. We cosmetically fixed them for the time being, but they’re still not to our standards.

DMM: What about the kitchen? Any new menu plans?

JACK: There are two phases ahead for the kitchen. Starting hopefully this weekend, we’ll have a limited menu available. That’s phase one. Burgers, wings, and appetizers. It won’t be open tonight, but we’re hoping tomorrow.

Once we get the permits, we’ll run gas lines to the kitchen and get a ventilation system in place for our deep fryers and grills. That’s phase two. We’re probably looking at five or six months before we’re fully operational in the kitchen, and then we’ll expand the menu. We were going to do it at the old place, but it

got paused because we were in negotiations. You gotta change up your menu once in a while; people get tired of the same old things.

We’re also building a relationship with Cousin Vinny’s Pizza next door (1916 Whipp Rd.). People can buy pizzas over there and bring them into our bar. There’ll be a small fee, two or three bucks, to be able to do that, but we’re even going to continue allowing it once the kitchen is fully operational – no more of those Tombstone pizzas we used to heat up at the old place! (Laughs)

DMM: And what traditions have you brought with you to the Whipp Rd. Location?

JACK: The Phone Booth Lounge has always had live music and dancing on Friday and Saturday nights, and has never charged a cover. We stand by that, and it remains that way in the new bar. The rest of the schedule remains the same, as well: Sunday euchre tournaments, the Monday night Wii bowling that usually brings in between 12 and 16 people, trivia with Rob D’Agostino on Tuesdays, karaoke on Wednesdays.

Also, for a good while, the Dayton Jazz Orchestra was playing here once a month when it was Dog’s Breath. They’re big band-type jazz, and they had a huge following here when it was Dog’s Breath. I came to their last show here before Dog’s Breath closed, and the place was packed. That’s been very popular, so we’d like to continue giving them a home one Thursday a month like before. We’re seeing if we can work that out. If people want to come out and support music of any sort, and the band can fill our bar, then we’re happy to talk with them, and the Dayton Jazz Orchestra is a class act that performed very well for the previous owners in this space.

The most important thing in this business is finding something that works and staying consistent with it. Even if two or three years go by, people want to know that if they come back to The Phone Booth on a Tuesday night, they can still do trivia. If they grew up here and live somewhere else now and come back to visit on a Friday night, we want them to know that they can still come in and hear a good band and do some dancing. We say we’re open until 2:30 a.m. every night, and we mean it. There are a lot of places that don’t stick by their hours. If we say we’re there, we’re gonna be there for our customers.

DMM: You said earlier that everybody’s trying to sell their bars and get out of the business except you and Betty. Why is that? What keeps you in the game?

JACK: It’s the people we’ve met. Our customers. We have met so many great people in our bar. They give us the drive to continue with this. It’s not the money. It’s not a lot of money; we’re never gonna get rich doing this. And it’s an exhausting job; Betty and I haven’t had a vacation in five years – the whole time we’ve owned the place – and we’re kind of starting over again now. The customers, thankfully, are all coming with us, but as far as moving into a space and making it home and getting it where we want it again, we’re starting all over. It’s the people we see every day.

And we’re too young to retire. What are we gonna do, go get nine-to-fives somewhere? I served 25 years in the Air Force. I met Betty when I was retiring, and we decided we wanted to work for ourselves. Her father was in the bar business for many years. He’d never owned a bar, but he’d worked in them for a long time, and he guided us in what to do. We’d never run a bar before The Phone Booth, but it’s been something really special for us.

And the clientele has even expanded, which we really enjoy. We’ve got young kids who are regulars, we have 40- and 50-year-olds, we have people in their 70s, so we’ve gotten a really broad crowd of interests. Everybody knows everybody here. The Phone Booth Lounge has to be one of the oldest bar establishments in Kettering. It opened in ’64 at that location on Stroop, and it stayed there until last month. It’s like Kettering’s Cheers. When we bought the business of The Phone Booth Lounge, we made very sure we also bought the rights to the name.

We may be in a new location, but we’re still a family, and The Phone Booth most definitely lives on. – DB

The Phone Booth Lounge (1912 E. Whipp Rd.) is open from 2 p.m. – 2:30 a.m. Monday through Friday, and 1 p.m. – 2:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. This weekend will feature the Just N Tyme Band tonight,

February 23, and The Elderly Brothers on Saturday, February 24. The bar can be reached at 937-979- 1497.

Allison Krauss Returns To Fraze

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Alison Krauss returns to Fraze Pavilion for the first time since her sold-out show in 2011. Her new album Windy City is her first effort away from her band Union Station since Raising Sand and her debut for Capitol Records. The album features Alison performing 10 classic songs that she carefully selected with producer Buddy Cannon.

 

Ticket prices range from $40 to $75 in advance and GO ON SALE Saturday, March 3rd at 10AM at Fraze FanFare, online at ETIX or by phone at 800-514-3849.

 

Alison Krauss’ new album Windy City is her first effort away from her band Union Station since Raising Sand and her debut for Capitol Records. The album features Alison performing 10 classic songs that she carefully selected with producer Buddy Cannon.

Following Raising Sand, her platinum 2007 album with Robert Plant that won six GRAMMY Awards including Album of the Year, and 2011’s Paper Airplane with her longtime collaborators Union Station, which won the GRAMMY Award for Best Bluegrass Album and topped Billboard’s Folk, Country and Bluegrass charts, Alison began to feel the tug of inspiration.

“Usually it’s just all songs first,” she says. “It was the first time I’d ever not had songs picked out, and it was just about a person.” That person was veteran Nashville producer Buddy Cannon. Alison had always enjoyed the occasional recording sessions she did for Buddy. But something else happened when she came in to sing her lead lines on Hank Cochran’s “Make The World Go Away” for Jamey Johnson’s 2012 album Living For A Song. “That was absolutely the moment,” she says. “Wow! Buddy really makes me want to do a good job.”

Buddy has used his playing, songwriting and production skills to bring out the best in a wide variety of artists since the early 70’s. He has written award-winning and chart-topping songs for artists such as Vern Gosdin, Mel Tillis, George Strait, Glen Campbell, George Jones and Don Williams. He has also won the ACM’s “Producer Of The Year” award and produced albums for Willie Nelson, George Jones, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire, Alabama, Loretta Lynn, Kenny Chesney, and even Merle Haggard’s final solo album.

At the beginning Alison thought the songs chosen should be older than herself. “I wanted it to be earlier than I remembered,” she explains. And although the two of them subsequently decided to relax those boundaries just a little, it was only to allow in songs that somehow had the same kind of feeling as the others. Mostly, it turned out, these were songs of heartache, but of a distinct and particular kind.

What she and Buddy have created is an unusual and invigorating chimera – an album suffused with sadness that somehow rarely sounds that way. “It’s almost like you didn’t know it was sad,” Alison says, “because it doesn’t sound weak. It doesn’t have a pitiful part to it, where so many sad songs do. But these don’t. And I love that about it. I love that there’s strength underneath there. That whatever those stories are, they didn’t destroy. That that person made it right through it. I love that.”

Alison inhabits – and liberates – the very essence that makes each of the songs eternal. While they span different eras and musical genres, there is a unifying sensibility. Some of the songs are familiar – like “Gentle On My Mind,” a signature song of Glen Campbell’s, and “You Don’t Know Me” which was a hit for Eddy Arnold and Ray Charles. Others were lesser known, like Willie Nelson’s “I Never Cared For You” and “All Alone Am I,” originally recorded by Brenda Lee. Some were songs she’d never heard before; some were songs she’d known nearly her whole life, particularly those she brought in from the bluegrass world. Alison had no idea when she suggested to Buddy that they record “Dream of Me,” a song she recalled from childhood, that he had written it. It took some persuasion, but he agreed to sing backup on the track, along with his daughter Melonie Cannon.

Fast, Furious, and New on the Road

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Rev up those engines citizens of Dayton, and to those touring around. The Dayton Auto Show is fast approaching with brand new models from this year. This car show has been around for fifty years, where dealers of all brands, from Ford to Porsche, show off their newest and coolest new cars on the market. There will be various events at the show, aside from looking at all the sweet new models displayed at the showcase. Such events include test drives of some new car makes and a scavenger hunt, where the winner will win a brand new 50 inch TV. There will also be a chance to win a two year lease on a 2018 Chevy Equinox

The show is hosted by the Dayton
Auto-Dealer’s association, which is committed to marketing various dealerships to the general public about some of the newest cars to come out this year. Dealers can find possible prospects for people to by their products, and while people cannot sell cars at the auto show, it is a great method for dealers to show off their new products, such as this Dodge challenger and this new sports car from Fiat.

The Dayton Auto show lasts from Thursday the 22nd to Sunday the 25th. Times of the show are Thursday and Friday 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Saturday from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm, and Sunday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm. The location of the show is at the Dayton Convention Center in down town Dayton, where tickets for Adults are $8, $6 for Senior Citizens and Students with I.D.’s, and free for children 9 and under.

So if you are a car nut and want to see the new models out on the market, come on down to the Dayton Auto Show and see some new cars, meet new people, test drive a car, and maybe win a prize from one of the events the auto show has to offer!

WYSO To Launch Locally Hosted Jazz Show

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WYSO Public Radio will add a new locally hosted music program to its lineup on Monday, March 5.  Equinox, which takes its name from the classic John Coltrane composition, is a weekly, three-hour jazz radio show. Each Monday night, host Duante Beddingfield will lead listeners on a journey through straight-ahead jazz, from classic tracks to the latest releases, including local musicians, obscure performers, and artists from all over the world putting their own unique stamp on the music.

Beddingfield is a Dayton native and formerly served as jazz writer for both the Dayton Daily News and Dayton City Paper. He has booked jazz musicians for area venues such as Pacchia, and performs regularly around the region as a jazz vocalist with musical partner Randy Villars.

 

“Hosting a jazz radio program has always been one of those lifelong dreams,” says Beddingfield.  “Jazz is an art form that doesn’t tend to get proper credit these days, and I’m incredibly excited for the chance to bring some great jazz to the local radio landscape. I’m looking forward to sharing some good times and great music with WYSO listeners.”

 

Equinox will air Monday nights on WYSO, 8-11pm.  Shakin’ Dave Hussong’s Hall of Fame Blues will move to Sunday afternoons from 3-5pm.

 

“We are delighted to expand the number of locally-produced music shows on WYSO,” says WYSO Music Director Niki Dakota. “WYSO continues its tradition of identifying and nurturing Miami Valley residents who are passionate about music, and are driven to share it.  Duante brings passion for jazz and a great deal of experience to Monday nights.”

 

Equinox will begin airing on WYSO on Monday, March 5.  Hall of Fame Blues will be heard on Sundays beginning March 11.  As part of the schedule update, Snap Judgement  will now follow Tables of Contents, on Tuesdays at 10pm, and The Jewel Case will be followed by eTown  on  Thursdays at 11pm. The complete schedule of changes can be found at WYSO.org.

Celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2018, public radio station WYSO 91.3 is licensed to Antioch College with studios in Yellow Springs. It broadcasts on multiple platforms: 91.3 FM, live streaming at WYSO.org, on HD radio and on the Public Radio Player, a mobile application. WYSO is the Miami Valley’s only NPR News station with programming from NPR, Public Radio International, American Public Media, PRX and the BBC as well as the work of local and independent radio producers.

 

Air Supply Returns To The Rose

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Air Supply – the duo that brought you “Lost in Love”, “All Out of Love”, and “The One That You Love”, just to name a few – will return to Rose Music Center in Huber Heights, OH on Saturday, July 14th  at 8pm.

Graham Russell & Russell Hitchcock met on May 12, 1975, the first day of rehearsals for “Jesus Christ Superstar” in Sydney, Australia; they became instant friends with their common love for The Beatles and, of course, singing. After the shows’ performances at 10:30, they would play pizza parlors, coffee bars and night clubs with just one guitar and two voices. They quickly gained a reputation for great harmonies and for original songs that Graham was constantly writing. They made a demo on a cassette of two songs, “Love and Other Bruises” and “If You Knew Me” and took it to every record company in Sydney. Everyone turned it down but one — CBS Records — who admired their unique style.

They made a single in one afternoon and it shot to number one on the national charts. Air Supply was born! That same year, they opened for Rod Stewart across Australia and then throughout the U.S. and Canada playing all of the famous huge venues before Rod would take the stage. They found new fans, but did not break the U.S. market.

Back in Australia they had to start again and made a record called Life Support. On this record were some treasures of songs, including “Lost in Love” which went Top 10 in Australia and somehow found its way to music industry executive Clive Davis in New York.

Clive immediately signed Air Supply to Arista Records and in 1980, “Lost in Love” became the fastest selling single in the world, leaping to the top of all of the charts. Now Air Supply was on their way. The second single was “All Out of Love,” and that went up the charts even quicker.

Seven top-five singles later, Air Supply at that time had equaled The Beatles’ run of consecutive top five singles. The albums Lost in Love, The One That You Love, Now & Forever, and The Greatest Hits sold in excess of 20 million copies. “Lost in Love” was named Song of the Year in 1980, and, with the other singles, sold more than 10 million copies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jes4I3ndGaU

 

The trademark sound of Russell Hitchcock’s soaring tenor voice and Graham Russell’s simple yet majestic songs created a unique sound that would forever be known as Air Supply.

However, it is the live shows that always hold audiences captive around the world. They were the first Western group to tour China, Taiwan, and countless other countries that before would not allow pop music across their borders. In 1983 they recorded “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All” by Jim Steinman which solidified the group as a permanent force in modern music. This song was released on The Greatest Hits album which soared past 7 million copies.

“Lost in Love”, “All Out of Love”, “The One That You Love”, “Sweet Dreams”, and “Making Love Out Of Nothing At All” have each achieved multi-million plays on the radio.

In 1986 the group’s music was still playing endlessly on radio. Air Supply began to tour with lavish productions in places that no one had been before. In South America and Asia they became a part of everyone’s life. In 1988, Air Supply was asked to participate in Australia’s bicentennial celebration and to play for HRH Prince Charles and HRH Princess Diana, where they learned both were already ardent fans. This engagement would be one of their most treasured moments in their career.

In 1989, they recorded The Earth Is album selling over a million copies outside of the U.S. This album was followed by The Vanishing Race CD and, with the singles “Goodbye” and “It’s Never Too Late”, again saw multi-platinum success. The following albums, News from Nowhere, Yours Truly, and Across the Concrete Sky all gave their second greatest hits album multi-platinum status as they traveled the world each and every year.

In July 2005, their live DVD, “It Was 30 Years Ago Today” celebrated 30 years of success around the world and in that same month, Air Supply smashed attendance records when, in Cuba, at one show they played to 175,000 people. Also 2005 saw the release of The Singer and the Song, an acoustic album of many of their big hits which received critical acclaim.

In May 2010, the long-awaited album, Mumbo Jumbo –also the duo’s first studio recording in eight years- was released. Recorded with top session musicians and an orchestra, Mumbo Jumbo was produced by Russell and engineered by Odds On’s Sean O’Dwyer, whose credits include Pink Floyd, Randy Newman and Blink-182. Among the 14-tracks, released by Odds On’s label, was the first single “Dance With Me,” which earned Air Supply a prominent feature article in Billboard Magazine titled “Still Supplying The Hits After 35 Years.”

Just weeks after composer and vocalist Graham Russell was honored with a BMI Million-Air Certificate recognizing 3 million performances of the duo’s hit “All Out Of Love,” Air Supply’s new song was the #1 most added track on the FMQB AC40 Chart, and also one of the most added on the R&R (Radio and Records) AC Chart and the Mediabase AC chart.

In 2013, the duo was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association’s Hall of Fame. Air Supply celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2015 and continue to delight audiences all over the world.

Tickets for the Huber Heights show will go on sale to the public beginning 11am on Friday, February 23rd at www.Ticketmaster.com and www.Rosemusiccenter.com. Charge by phone at 1.800.745.3000. *Ticket prices include parking and are subject to applicable Ticketmaster fees.  Dates, times and artists subject to change without notice. All events rain or shine.

Stratum: New Work by Amy Kollar Anderson & Kate Huser Santucci

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The Dayton Visual Arts Center (DVAC) presents Stratum, an exhibition featuring new, collaborative works by Dayton artists Amy Kollar Anderson and Kate Huser Santucci. This show opens February 22nd, and runs through March 24th. An Opening Reception will be held on February 22nd from 6 to 8pm.
A Gallery Talk is scheduled for March 2nd from 6 to 8pm. All events are free and open to the public.

Stratum is a project about collaboration and communication. Anderson and Stantucci each began with 20 birch wood panels that they traded back and forth, layering materials and documenting the progress. Santucci worked with oil-based mediums, focusing on encaustic, pigment and bone to create lush, natural-toned imagery. Anderson used acrylic-based materials such as pouring medium, mica and glitter resulting in slick and other-worldly surfaces. During sessions, panels would be worked until the artists felt resolved.The artists will be installing the final panels, along with their corresponding materials “log”, throughout the entire gallery in a free-form map reminiscent of the cryptographic mathematical formula-covered chalkboards by Nobel Laureate in Economics, John Nash, as depicted in the 2001 American biographical drama film A Beautiful Mind.

“Part of this process involved letting go of ego, and becoming comfortable with altering, covering, or sometimes even removing the others’ work,” stated Anderson and Santucci in a joint artists statement. “It built deep connections between us as artists. As the artworks evolved and moved towards completion, we became more comfortable with the process, allowing ourselves to become immersed in the visual dialogue that was taking place.

“A new, original collaboration, Stratum is at once a stunning deconstruction of the detritus of the layers of our natural world and, as each panel is displayed with a record of its process, is a seldom seen peek into the creative process,” stated Eva Buttacavoli, DVAC Executive Director.

 

ABOUT AMY KOLLER ANDERSON
Amy Kollar Anderson creates surreal narrative paintings inspired by natural forms and decorative arts. Her work has been exhibited throughout the region and internationally and she recently was awarded three commissions for the Dayton Public Library. Amy received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and went on to receive a Master of Humanities, with a focus in Fine Arts, at Wright State University. She lives with her husband in Dayton and until recently, was the Gallery Coordinator for Rosewood Gallery, Kettering before she left that position to pursue her art career full-time. She refers to her painting style as “Nouveaudelia,” incorporating Psychedelic Art and Art Nouveau aesthetics.

ABOUT KATE HUSER SANTUCCI
Kate Huser Santucci was born in 1971, and lives and works in Dayton, Ohio. She graduated from Wright State University in 1994 with a BFA in visual art with a concentration in sculpture and participated in an encaustic painting workshop with Susan Mulder at the Krasl Art Center in Michigan.  She has taught classes at the Dayton Art Institute and Rosewood Arts Centre, as well as private lessons for children. Her work has most recently been shown at the Rosewood Arts Centre in Kettering and Lily’s Bistro in Dayton. Public work includes a mural in downtown Dayton on E. 3rd St., and a series of three pieces for the new Southeast Branch of the Dayton Metro Library, opening in September 2018.  Her works are part of private collections in Dayton, Cincinnati, and St. Joseph, Michigan. Kate started her career as a sculptor and is now working in encaustic and mixed media.  The work combines wax painting with three dimensional techniques, found objects, and drawings. They focus on our place in nature, and our interconnectedness to the world outside and within our physical selves.

ABOUT DVAC
The Dayton Visual Arts Center (DVAC) helps sustain the arts community by providing a place to show, market, and sell work and helps satisfy the needs and wants of art-lovers who have a place to see artists’ work and, often, meet the artists. At its core, DVAC advances art for the community and a community for artists.

Walk A Mile In Their Shoes To End Teen Dating Violence

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There is an old saying: “You can’t really understand another person’s experience until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” Walk a Mile in Their Shoes to End Teen Dating Violence asks participants to literally walk one mile in someone else’s shoes! It’s not easy walking in someone else’s shoes, but it’s fun and it gets the community to talk about something that’s really difficult to discuss: gender relations and sexual violence.

Lily’s Bistro hosts 5 Course 80’s Themed Dinner

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On Wednesday, February 28 Lily’s Bistro is hosting “Miami Vice” night, a five-course themed dinner complete with tropical cocktail samples perfect for getting you into that yacht lounging state of mind.

 

“This winter’s been extra cold so we wanted to throw an event that would take us to a warmer state of mind,” Emily Mendenhall, owner of Lily’s Bistro said. “What’s not to love about white suits and tropical drinks? We wanted to have a night that transports you to a different time and place for the evening.”

 

Lean How To Use Storytelling To Lead Strategic Change

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Register now for Wright State University’s seventh annual Organizational Effectiveness Lecture Series (OELS). This year’s topic is…

 What’s Your Story? 

How To Use Storytelling To
Lead Strategic Change

During this event, Andy Eninger – a writer, comedian and former head of the writing program for the famed comedy theater The Second City – will share his insight on the risk of leaving people behind when vision and direction shift.
Something gets lost between that brilliant new strategy and the people who have to make it real. They don’t understand and check out, fade away or underperform because they’re overwhelmed and underinformed. Great leaders connect the dots through great storytelling. They map the message, going beyond bullet-
points. They build a story that builds trust, gives purpose and inspires.
In this interactive presentation, attendees will learn how to:
  • Recognize the power of storytelling for making strategic change meaningful and personal.
  • Use tools for framing message to help audiences understand the ‘why’ and ‘why it matters’.
  • Apply universal storytelling elements like hero, hook and metaphor.
  • Simplify information to be more memorable.
  • Build rapport, trust and transparency through a well-crafted anecdote.
  • Be more adaptive and connected in the delivery of information.
Andy Eninger plunders techniques from the world of improvisation, comedy writing, consumer insights and marketing for an innovative and entertaining, experiential learning experience. He’s a storytelling expert, speaker and learning designer. He helps individuals and organizations connect to audiences by understanding, crafting and delivering their stories in a memorable way. Andy has worked with hundreds of corporations, including Walmart, Procter & Gamble, Cigna, State Farm and many more. He’s traveled the world designing and delivering learning programs on collaborative leadership, executive presence, innovation and storytelling. For Second City Works, he spearheaded learning programs on storytelling, selling skills and diversity & inclusion.


Thursday, March 29
7:45 – 8:30 a.m. Registration, Breakfast & Networking
8:30 – 11:30 a.m. Program
Wright State University Nutter Center, 
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Berry Rm., Fairborn
 
Cost: 
$30 (early bird pricing until February 28);
$35 (March 1 – March 29);
$10 for Students
For more information and to register, click here.