Find something fun to do with our calendar of downtown events.
Find something fun to do with our calendar of downtown events.
There’s always something fun going on downtown! Below you’ll find a list of events scheduled for today. Use the filters at the top to find events by date, keyword, and more. You can also view the calendar by month or as a list of 20 events at a time.
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Sunday, July 14, 2:00-3:00 p.m. – Opportunity Space @ Patterson
Artists from the Miami Valley Art Quilt Network will answer questions about the suffragists featured on their intricate art quilts, and share how the quilts were designed and executed. Come early and stay after to view the quilts and chat with the artists.
Women in the United States officially gained the right to vote in 1920, but Ohio ratified the 19th Amendment in June of 1919. That makes this month the 100th anniversary of Ohio’s ratification of women’s right to vote! Dayton Metro Library celebrates this monumental achievement with two fascinating exhibits at the Main Library, 215 E. Third Street. The exhibits are on display during regular library hours and are free and open to the public.
Suffragists: And They Persisted! Art Quilt Show
June 1-July 31 – Opportunity Space @ Patterson, and the 2nd Floor Gallery
Twenty art quilts will be on display on the Main Library’s 2nd Floor Gallery, featuring faces behind the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Twelve additional quilts depict Mother Goose rhymes that were rewritten in 1912 with suffragist messages. The intricate fabric artworks were created by members of the Miami Valley Art Quilt Network.
19th Amendment: Towards Equality for All
June 18-July 31 – Opportunity Space @ Patterson
Peruse historical photos, speeches and other documents from the Dayton Metro Library’s own extraordinary Women’s Suffrage Collection – one of the largest of its kind in the U.S. Take a selfie Dayton suffragists and make a sash or button to wear so you can spread the message of Equality for All!
Note: many images from the Library’s Women’s Suffrage Collection are available for viewing at Dayton Remembers, http://content.daytonmetrolibrary.org/
For more information about the exhibits, visit DaytonMetroLibrary.org or call (937) 463-2665. For information about the Miami Valley Art Quilt Network, contact Carroll Schleppi, cshelppi@gmail.com at (937) 294-1137 or visit www.mvaqn.com.