Holiday fest lights up Dayton park

Carillon Historical Park in Dayton will be decorated with more than 15 miles of lights for A Carillon Christmas through Dec. 30.

The annual event began with an impromptu Christmas Eve concert in 1941, just after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This year’s celebration includes Santa Claus, the Victoriangarbed Carillon Carolers, historical craft demonstrations and holiday entertainment throughout the park.

Other highlights include Deeds Carillon Christmas concerts, letters to Santa in the 1796 Newcom Tavern, a new Christmas display in the Grist Mill and the Carillon Card Company in the 1930s print shop.

For more information, call 937-293-2841 or visit www. daytonhistory.org. entries from an annual juried competition of paintings, quilts, sculptures and prints by contemporary visual artists of African descent.

Admission to the museum is $6, $3 for children ages 6-17. For more information, call 1-800-752-2603 or visit ohio history.org/naamcc. and 27.

The seminar will be held from 10 a.m. to noon each day at the Ohio History Center in Columbus. Ohio History Connection Architectural Historian Barbara Powers will discuss trends and characteristics of specific styles of 18th-, 19thand 20th-century architecture in the state.

The cost is $50 and registration is required by Jan. 13. For more information, call 1-800686-6124 or visit ohiohistory. org/learninglab.