THE WEEK IN ARTS
TODAY
ALPHONSE MUCHA: MASTER OF ART NOUVEAU: Noon today and 11 a.m. Wednesday through Saturday at The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park, N., Dayton.
ACTING UP: KABUKI IN JAPANESE PRINTS: Noon today and 11 a.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park, N., Dayton. With the rise of kabuki theaters in the pleasure quarters of Japan as a popular form of mass entertainment, many woodblock prints depicted these theatrical scenes.
DEVOTED: VISUAL PERFORMANCES OF FAITH: Noon today and 11 a.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park, N., Dayton. Devotion is a performance: the expression of reverence, love and wonder from the devotee to the object of devotion.
HOLIDAY ART JUMBLE: 1to 4 p.m. today and Wednesday through Saturday at 111 Corry St., Yellow Springs.
A fundraiser for Yellow Springs Arts Council Community Gallery.
Runs through Dec 31. Gallery hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Wed. through Sun.
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER ONCE UPON A TIME: 3 p.m. today and 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at X*ACT Xenia Area Community Theater, 45 E. 2nd St., Xenia. X*ACT’s family holiday show.
Runs through Dec. 17. 372-0516. www.xeniaact.org.
FANCY NANCY, SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS: 3 p.m. today, 7 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday at Town Hall Theatre, 27 N. Main St., Centerville. Recommended for youth ages 4 and up.
Runs through Dec. 17. www. vitaltheatre.org.
TUESDAY
A CHRISTMAS STORY: 7:30 p.m. today through Friday and 2 and 7: 30 p.m. Saturday at Victoria Theatre Association, 138 N. Main St., Dayton. Learn more at https://victoriatheatre.com/shows/a-christmas-story/.
THURSDAY
ART OF THE ANCIENT AMERICAS GALLERY: 11 a.m. at The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park, N., Dayton. Showcase of rich artistic traditions and remarkable cultures that created impressive objects from the Olmecs of Mexico to the Inkas of Peru and spanning 2,500 years.
HOLIDAY TRUNK SHOW
III: WANDERINGS: EXOTIC LANDSCAPES IN FIBER BY ANNA T. FISHER: 6 to 8 p.m. at Dayton Visual Arts Center, 118 N. Jefferson St., Dayton. Opening party Dec. 14. Show runs Dec. 15-16.
FRIDAY
THE NUTCRACKER - DAYTON BALLET: 7:30 p.m. today and 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Schuster Performing Arts Center, 1 W. 2nd St., Dayton.
SATURDAY
SOUND BITES: 1:30 p.m. at The Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park, N., Dayton. Join us in the museum’s permanent collection galleries on select Saturdays for Sound Bites: Short Talks About Art. These free, 20-minute gallery talks are given by DAI docents on a specific work or theme. All Sound Bites talks meet in the General Motors Entrance Rotunda.