Marc Goldring of WolfBrown in Boston has been serving as consultant to the Culture Works Cultural Planning process, CultureConnects 20/20, since last year.  He writes a regular blog for the WolfBrown website, and this month’s posting, Conversations vs. Confrontation?  Moving Beyond Silos has an interesting perspective on the discussions around the planning process in the Dayton region thus far.  Read Marc’s … Read More

In celebration of Culture Work’s 40th Anniversary, Salar Restaurant & Lounge is hosting a fine wine and small plate pairing on Thursday, October 25th, 2014 at 6:00pm.  Check back for later details regarding the wine offerings for this event!  Limited to 50 attendees. Salar is located in Dayton’s Historic Oregon District at 400 East Fifth Street; Dayton 45402.

Culture Works is now a registered non-profit with the fundraising arm of Amazon.com, AmazonSmile.  This partnership means 0.5% of eligible purchases will be donated to Culture Works from Amazon, if shoppers choose Culture Works as their designated charity.  Go to  AmazonSmile, sign in with your Amazon ID, and choose Culture Works as your charity of choice.  Whenever you shop at … Read More

We’re so happy that the Dayton Visual Arts Center has joined our Passport to the Arts Program and is offering discounted tickets to our Passport Members!  Current Passport Members are eligible for Buy One – Get One FREE tickets to the DVAC Art Auction as well as to Artist Palate Parties throughout the year.  Details here.

We had two excellent Community Meetings in early June as part of our Cultural Planning initiative, Culture Connects 20/20!  We invited the arts community, elected officials, arts patrons and supporters, and other interested community members to these Community Meetings moderated by Marc Goldring of WolfBrown, Richard Stock of the University of Dayton, and Jane Dockery of Wright State University.   … Read More

We’re always excited to add more value for our Passport Members, so we wanted to let you know that the Dayton Gay Men’s Chorus has joined our list of Passport Participants for the 2014-2015 season!  They have two outstanding performances on the schedule for the season – their holiday show in early December and a Broadway Revue performance next June. … Read More

REMINDER! MEETINGS TO GATHER COMMUNITY INPUT ON ARTS AND CULTURE THIS WEEK If you have not already sent in your RSVP, it’s NOT too late! Culture Works is holding information gathering meetings on June 4 and June 5, 2014 as part of Culture Connects 20/20, a year-long regional cultural planning process. You are invited to attend one of these two … Read More

The Culture Works staff attended Arts Day and the Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Columbus on May 21, 2014.  Arts Day gives the arts organizations the opportunity to visit with State Senators and Representatives in the Dayton Region and talk with them about the importance of arts and culture to our area.  We had large participation from the arts … Read More

The Gem City Ballet is now part of our Passport to the Arts program!  Use your Passport Membership card for Buy One – Get One FREE tickets to two ballet performances in their upcoming season. Read the details HERE.

We’re so pleased that the Kettering Rosewood Arts Gallery and the Kettering Children’s Theatre have joined our Passport Program!  Passport members can receive Buy One – Get One FREE tickets to the first Sunday performance of the Children’s Theatre productions – the season will be announced soon. In addition, Passport Members will receive 5% off their purchase at the Rosewood … Read More

power2give has been live for over six weeks now, and several of our participating non-profits have had great success with their projects! Over 380 individual donations have been made Over $67,000 has been raised through a combination of individual donations and the generous matching grants provided by the Dayton Power & Light Foundation and the Montgomery County Arts & Cultural … Read More

  Culture Works is proud to announce that we are one of three finalists for the Better Business Bureau’s Eclipse Integrity Award in the Nonprofit Category, for the second year in a row!  We are honored to be considered for this award again, and are in excellent company with the Humane Society of Greater Dayton and Habitat for Humanity of … Read More