Friday, May 18, 2012

Skyline photo by Andy Snow

Bob MARLEY Documentary Opens Friday!

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Hello Everyone, Over the past several weeks, numerous people have asked if we were going to play MARLEY – the new documentary about the brilliant musician Bob Marley. On Friday, it will finally arrive. If you still need to see JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME, Thursday will be your last chance to see it at… (continue…)

A Limitless View at DVAC

"Distance In Itself Invisible" - by Stefan Chinov

Selected from over 100 exhibiton proposals received from our its 2010 Biennial Call for Exhibitons, DVAC brings it close to home for it’s fourth and final exhibiton of the season. The two-person exhibition features painting, photography, sculpture and painting by Dayton-based artist Stefan Chinov and Cincinnati painter Craig Lloyd. Titled Limitless View, artists Chinov and… (continue…)

Oscar-Nominated FOOTNOTE Opens Friday

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Hello Everyone, On Friday, we finally get to open the Oscar-nominated film FOOTNOTE. If you’ve been to THE NEON in the past couple months, I’m almost certain you’ve seen the trailer for this film that has received critical accolades from around the world. If you still need to see JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI, it only… (continue…)

The Invisible Becomes Visible – This American Life Hits the Big Screen

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Radio Spectacular Comes To The Big Screen Via This American Life Live! On May 10 the ultimate “shared experience” will be simulcast in over 550 theaters between the US and Canada as PRI’s award winning show, This American Life (TAL) brings radio to the big screen for the third time! TAL host and executive producer (and… (continue…)

Dayton Circus Sideshow Lucky 7

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The Dayton Circus Creative Collective will present its annual multimedia extravaganza, Sideshow 7, from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, May 11, and Saturday, May 12 featuring work by more than 50 artists and more than 20 acts by performers and bands.

A Lawyer Walks Into A Comedy Club…

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Mecurio is the warm-up comic for The Daily Show & a regular guest on Fox News comedy/talk show Red Eye with appearances on CNN, CNNfn & MSNBC as a political satirist.

Downtown Dayton’s Biggest Street Party Returns May 11

Approximately 30,000 people come downtown for Urban Nights.

See Downtown Dayton shine on Friday May 11th during the bi-annual Urban Nights event!

Ira Brukner Exhibit at Blue Sky Gallery

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Yellow Springs resident Ira Brukner is a rare example of a self-taught/outsider painter whose imagery is entirely non-objective. His large, powerful canvases recall the Abstract Expressionist gesture painters of the 1950’s, with whom he closely identifies. Like others in the current generation of outsider painters, Brukner is constantly poring through art books, studying painters from… (continue…)

Be a Part of Paul Laurence Dunbar History

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Too often those of us in Dayton don’t look around and see the history, architecture, community and passion that outsiders see. For these reasons, and many more, the Dayton region is attractive to filmmakers, artists and storytellers. Over the past few years, a filmmaker has been working quietly in Dayton, across the state, and in… (continue…)

JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI Opens Friday at THE NEON

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Hello Everyone, Audiences are certainly talking about KEVIN. After almost every screening of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, members of the audience have stuck around to talk about the film. Though dark and unsettling, this smart and masterful film will stick with you…and discussing it makes the experience even stronger. We’re going to hold… (continue…)