CANCELLED:  We are cancelling our event at Salar  for next Thursday, September 26th due to conflict with Rosh Hashanah.  We may reschedule at a later date, please check back for updates!  

Congratulations to the 2014 Culture Works Leonard P. Roberts Scholarship Recipients! This Scholarship is offered to deserving Junior and Senior college students who demonstrate participation in and patronage of the arts in recognition of Mr. Roberts’ career as a businessman and his passion for the arts. This year’s recipients are: Jordan Mathews, Wittenberg University, Majoring in Music Mimi Klipstine Dick, … Read More

On August 25th,  the Dayton Power & Light Company Foundation will award Culture Works a $50,000 Signature Grant to provide matching funds of 50 cents for every dollar donated to Dayton Region power2give projects!   This is the second year that the DP&L Foundation has provided matching support to power2give gifts. Last year, matching funds enabled 37 non-profit organizations to raise more … Read More

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.