The popular twice-yearly event returns to downtown Yellow Springs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The music festival and beer garden runs from noon to 7 p.m. Admission is free to both events.
Free shuttle service provided with parking at Yellow Springs High School, at East Enon and Dayton-Yellow Springs Road and Young’s Dairy, 6880 Springfield-Xenia Road. Additional parking is available in other lots for donations. Handicapped Parking in the lot at Xenia Avenue and Corry Street. Pets are not allowed at Street Fair by ordinance. Owners will be asked to leave. Call (937) 767-2686 or visit www.destinationyellowsprings.com.
2) DAI Art Ball
Michael and Lisa Sandner, this year’s chairs of the annual Dayton Art Institute Art Ball, have selected John Safer’s Pathway as their inspiration for this elegant evening at the DAI, 456 Belmonte Park N., on Saturday. The 56th annual gala kicks off at 7 p.m. with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by dinner served throughout the museum galleries. Following dinner, guests enjoy live music, open bars, specialty martinis, and much more. Cost: $275 patron, $350 grand patron and $450 champion. A portion of the ticket price is tax deductible. Advance reservations are required. Call (937) 512-0153 or visit www.daytonartinstitute.org/artball.
3) Michael Feinstein
Michael Feinstein is no stranger to music fans in southern Ohio. The multiplatinum selling singer-pianist, a native of Columbus, makes his 14th annual appearance at Fitton Center for Creative Arts, 101 S. Monument Ave., Hamilton, at 8 p.m. Saturday. Cost: $100 or $150 for preferred seating. Country singer-actress Lari White will also perform. Call (513) 863-8873 or visit www.fittoncenter.org.
4) Cirque du Soleil
If you’re under the impression that every Cirque du Soleil show is the same, then you are seriously mistaken. Each production is unique and that’s certainly true of “Quidam,” being presented at the Nutter Center in Fairborn from Wednesday through Sunday, June 12-16. An international cast of 52 world-class acrobats, musicians, singers and character actors present the adventures of young Zoé, who escapes into an imaginary world to avoid boredom and being ignored by distant parents. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, with matinees at 3:30 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, and a special 5 p.m. Sunday show. Doors open one hour before show time. Cost: $31-$93 nonpeak performance times, $36-$98 peak performance times. Call (937) 775-4789 or visit www.nuttercenter.com.
5) Jewish Cultural Festival
C’est Tout, El Meson, Meadowlark and Pasha Grill will serve Jewish foods from their home countries or reinterpret Jewish favorites in their own style when the annual Jewish Cultural Festival returns to Temple Israel, 130 Riverside Drive, Dayton, at 7 p.m. Sunday. In addition to food, there will be games, educational programs, vendors and performances from Cincinnati Klezmer Project, Muse Machine, Kettering Civic Band, Deceptive Play and Shimmy Cats Belly Dance Troupe. Cost: Free. Call (937) 496-0500 or visit www.tidayton.org.
6) Blind Bob’s Birthday Bash
Although Blind Bob’s has only been in business since the summer of 2008, the restaurant and live music venue located at 430 E. Fifth St., Dayton, has become a popular staple in the Oregon District. The establishment owned by Bob and Lisa Mendenhall, celebrates five years of successful business with a birthday bash at 9 p.m. Friday. Absinthe Junk, Henry Daggs and John Gassett will perform. Other acts to be announced. Cost: $5 Call (937) 938-6405 or visit www.blindbobs.com.
7) Modern dance shows
There are two opportunities this weekend to get a taste of modern dance with a homegrown flavor. Dayton Contemporary Dance Company presents “Urban Impulse” at Dayton Masonic Center, 525 W. Riverview Ave., in Dayton at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Cost: $25-$45. Dayton Dance Conservatory presents “Dancing for a Cause,” its annual late spring recital, at Victoria Theater, 138 N. Main St., in Dayton at 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday. Cost: $13.75. Tickets for both performances are available through Ticket Center Stage. Call (937) 228-3630 or visit www.ticketcenterstage.com.
8) Daniel Tosh
Daniel Tosh is certainly an acquired taste. The cringe-worthy stand-up comic and host of the popular Comedy Central series “Tosh.O” relishes in pushing boundaries and tackling controversial topics, but he also offers some succinct social commentary and a healthy dose of self-deprecating humor. Tosh brings his June Gloom Tour to town for performances at the Schuster Center at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 11. Cost: $49.50 and $65. Call (937) 228-3630 or visit www.ticketcenterstage.com.
9) McGuffey Lane
Getting 10 productive years out of any band is an amazing feat. Maintaining momentum for four decades is even rarer but it’s something McGuffey Lane has accomplished. MVRPC presents the popular country-rock band which formed in central Ohio in 1972, in a $2 Tuesday Concert at Fraze Pavilion, 695 Lincoln Park Blvd., Kettering, at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Cost: $2. Call (937) 296-3300 or visit www.fraze.com.
10) “Every Citizen a Diplomat” exhibit
“Every Citizen a Diplomat,” the new exhibition at The Dayton International Peace Museum, 208 W. Monument Ave., explores the role Citizen Diplomacy played in the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War and the people-to-people exchanges that continue today. To kick off the event, Chris and Ralph Dull will show slides at the museum at 2 p.m. Sunday. The program includes a discussion on the Dull’s experiences living for six months on a Soviet collective farm in 1989 and their return after the break-up of the Soviet Union four years later. The exhibit also contains historic photographs of Russia taken in the early 1900s, colorful posters and a collection of peace ribbons. Russian snacks will be served. Cost: free. Call (937) 227-3223 or visit www.daytonpeacemuseum.org.
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