The Race Project: Dr. Christopher Cox And Dr. Judy Skillings

Dayton photographer Richard Malogorski travels throughout rural America documenting images of abandoned buildings, old-time repair shops, and other remnants of local history. His technique is a bit unusual. Malogorski uses a Cirkut Camera - manufactured in 1915 - that creates panoramic images up to 90 inches long. His large format, silver gelatin photographs mimic the wide, expansive landscapes that he loves to capture. Renee Wilde brings us this story for Culture Couch.

First Friday: First Friday is tonight all over downtown Dayton. Check out the places and events at First Friday Dayton on Facebook. Art in the City: Downtown Dayton Art in the City is Saturday. 300+ local artists of all genres bring live performances, hands-on demonstrations, community projects, an artisan market, a Juried Art Show, and more to downtown’s core. It opens at 1pm and it’s there until 7pm.

Dayton’s community gathered to remember and celebrate the lives of nine people killed in the August 2019 mass shooting at the Oregon District Thursday night. Some used the occasion to call for more gun control in Ohio. Friends, families and neighbors of the nine people killed yelled “not one...

A Springfield non-profit recently received a $500,000 grant to address park access inequities in Black and brown neighborhoods. The Conscious Connect is a non-profit addressing urban education and neighborhood revitalization in predominantly Black and brown communities in South Springfield. One of its goals is to make sure anyone living in...

An Ohioan and Yellow Springs native appeared in the music video of this classic hit (she did not play drums on the audio version of the song). Cindy Blackman Santana, drummer extraordinaire, played the drums on Lenny Kravitz’s smash song in the now legendary music vid, instantly making her a star in her own right. She made a big impression with her just as big afro, camera ready looks, and her furious drumming. She would appear in more Kravitz videos, becoming a member of his band, in 1993. Blackman Santana would stay in Kravitz’s orbit for nearly 20 years.