An unusual selection is a gift by Jacqui Theobald Photo: Danielle Kubasky (Sister Mary Amnesia),Angele’ Price (Sister Hubert), Angie Thacker (Sister Mary Regina), Cassi Mikat (Sister Robert Ann) and Tori Kocher (Sister Leo) in Dare to Defy’s “Nunsense” “Isn’t it Romantic” is not your ordinary seasonal feature. There are no fuzzy puppies and no kids in […]
Yellow Springs Arts Council’s innovative new project By Tara Pettit Photo: Jennifer Bachelder, “Slope.” Bachelder is one of three artists who will participate in Locked In: A Creative Collaboration this week at the Yellow Springs Arts Council gallery Three days, three artists, three tools and the anticipation of all that can be conceived with the unique blend of these three elements against the background […]
Human Race Theatre Company ‘opens a new window’ of fun By Jacqui Theobald Photo: Zack Steele as Patrick, Lisa Ann Goldsmith as Mame and the cast of Mame; photo: Scott J. Kimmins Just when you think musical theatre productions at the Loft can’t get any better, here’s Mame, over the top with dra-maaat-ic characters (Mame […]
Deco Japan at the Dayton Art Institute By Joyell Nevins Photo: Ban’ura Shōgo, “Box as a Cat (Neko no hako)”; c. 1930s The Dayton Art Institute is making history in the Asian art scene. The museum is the only Midwest venue for the acclaimed “Deco Japan: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920-1945.” This exhibit is the […]
Vanguard Concert Series presents Cavatina Duo By Rick Eichhorn Photo: The Vanguard Concert Series presents The Cavatina Duo on Nov. 16 at the Dayton Art Institute Artists, musicians, teachers, parents, travelers, explorers, performers – any of these words could be used to describe the acclaimed husband and wife team known as the Cavatina Duo. On […]
The Yellow Springs Theater Company debuts new work By Joyell Nevins Photo: Thor Sage, who wrote “Killers,” also plays antagonist Kurt Newly formed, The Yellow Springs Theater Company states it in its mission that it seeks to “fearlessly examine and illuminate the human condition” in theatre that challenges the mind and expands the heart. “Killers,” […]
Monkey Bones’ Mike Guidone brings darkness to light By Jennifer Hanauer Lumpkin Photo: Visual and tattoo artist Mike Guidone shows off a few of his latest pieces at Clash Consignment Co. in the Oregon District Once you’ve made the decision to get a tattoo, you’d better make damn sure the design you’ve chosen is something […]
DPO and Jeans ‘n Classics debut ‘The Music of Rocky Horror’ By Gary Spencer Photo: Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor and Artistic Director Neal Gittleman To younger audiences, the idea of attending a performance by your local philharmonic orchestra may sound like a staid, stuffy or simply uncool way to spend a Friday night – especially […]
25 years of the Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra By Pat Suarez Photo: MVSO founding conductor Ron Kindell conducts a rehearsal of MVSO’s 25th season opening concert production of Le Mis In 1976, a group of us caravanned to Missouri to hear the St. Louis Symphony perform Gustav Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand. After the concert, […]
Halloween theatre frights and delights by Jacqui Theobald Photo: Dean Swann, as Sweeney Tood and Pamela Matheson Jones as Mrs. Lovett in Beavercreek Community Theatre’s production of “Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” Dark and Funny at Dayton Playhouse If gobs of candy and supplicating children are not first on your favorites list, mount […]
Major key Last weekend a local couple was watching TV in their living room, having a relaxing evening, when suddenly […]
Jesus take the wheel A local couple recently decided to visit their church on a particularly warm and muggy Sunday […]
Flightless In a local park, police were dispatched to the crime scene. A woman called the police when she realized […]
Stolen in a nanosecond Just last week a woman visited her local sheriff’s office to place a tip on a […]
Totally secure knot …not In a local home a garage door was broken into. This garage door was perfectly secured […]
