Lauren Shows was born to a preacher and a preacher's wife, and spent the majority of her earliest childhood years rollin' 'round the bible belt, to end up in Panama City, Florida. After graduating from Florida State University in Tallahassee, she spent the next several months in existential crisis, making lattes for snowbirds and spring-breakers, before moving to Kentucky to get an MFA in writing from Spalding University. A chance meeting at Spalding landed her in Yellow Springs. She was graciously hired by the News, though her only previous dealing with newspaper publication was in third grade, when she wrote a story about a bunch of skeletons rising from the dead on Halloween, which was printed in the Owenton News-Herald. Lauren enjoys cheese, giant squid, and Michael J. Fox.

• BLOG — Le Fabuleux Destin de Moi

  By Lauren ShowsMay 28, 2013

  

  Several weeks ago, I went to a screening of Amelie at the Little Art’s “Last Reel Film Festival.” Then I got married. I’ll explain how these two things are, vaguely, related.

• Johnson memorial held

  By Lauren ShowsMay 24, 2013

  James Johnson of Yellow Springs died May 21. He was 92. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 28, 10–11 a.m., at First Baptist Church, followed by a celebration of life, from 11 a.m.–noon. Interment will follow at Dayton National Cemetery. A full obituary will appear in the May 30 issue of the News. No [...]

• Tea pavilion construction continues

  By Lauren ShowsMay 3, 2013

  Construction of a tea pavilion began on the Antioch College campus last year. The project will continue on Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5, as volunteers work to complete a cordwood and mortar wall and realize the rain harvesting system

• Raptor Center celebrates Earth Day with hawk release

  By Lauren ShowsApril 23, 2013

  

  The Glen Helen Raptor Center held an Earth Day celebration on Sunday, April 21, introducing eight species of raptors to assembled bird-lovers, and releasing a rehabilitated Cooper’s hawk into the wild.

• Villager Pat Murphy speaks today in Washington, D.C.

  By Lauren ShowsApril 16, 2013

  

  Villager Pat Murphy will speak today at the Worldwatch Institute symposium in Washington, D.C.

• Dharma Center hosts guest Bradshaw

  By Lauren ShowsApril 8, 2013

  On Thursday, April 11 at 8 p.m., the Dharma Center will host a free public talk by visiting Vipassana meditation teacher Rebecca Bradshaw, who will present “How Knowing Your Buddhist Personality Type Can Help Your Meditation Practice.”

• Bailey to talk GMO food

  By Lauren ShowsApril 5, 2013

  

  MacKenzie Bailey of Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association will speak at Starflower Natural Foods on Thursday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m

• Decline to opine: important village work outsourced

  By Lauren ShowsApril 1, 2013

  

  Mirroring a recent village trend, many members of the community have begun to outsource the mining of Yellow Springs’ most precious resource.

• YS Community Flea

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 26, 2013

  

  The first YS Community Flea, organized by Judith Wolert-Maldonado and Vanessa Hale, was held Saturday, March 23 at the First Presbyterian Church. After a little shopping, the News managed to get some (shaky) video of the action, and stopped for a chat.

• BLOG — Motor Mama

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 20, 2013

  

  Last year, with a broken heart and nothing but $200 to console me, I wrote about the loss of my favorite car. And here I am, getting ready to write about cars again.

• ‘FOUND Magazine’ at Antioch College

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 10, 2013

  

  Peter Rothbart, co-editor of ‘FOUND Magazine,’ spoke (and sang) at Antioch College on Friday, March 9.