Arts Section :: Page 18

• Review | Queer poems as Midwest field guide

  By Reilly DixonJune 3, 2021

  

  Sometimes pastoral, sometimes confessional, “evening primroses” roots out what it means to move through a changing landscape as a changing self.

• Community Supported Art— ‘Shares’ connect artists, patrons

  By Reilly DixonMay 10, 2021

  

  Developed last year and launching for its inaugural season this summer, the Yellow Springs-based community supported art program will provide art lovers with a new way to support independent makers and artists.

• New directions for ‘Excursions’

  By Reilly DixonApril 9, 2021

  

  Evan Miller, a lifetime neighbor to the Yellow Springs area from Enon, took over as full-time host of the three-hour weekday program “Excursions” at the beginning of February.

• ‘What’s Done in the Dark’ — Play eyes racism, police violence

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 31, 2021

  

  “What’s Done in the Dark” will be performed Friday and Saturday, April 2 and 3, beginning at 7:30 p.m., in the Paul Robeson Cultural and Performing Arts Center at Central State University. The performance will be streamed live at the same time at facebook.com/CentralState87 and youtube.com/CentralState87. Admission to the in-person performance is by donation; the play may be streamed for free.

• ‘Fight hate with love’

  By YS News StaffMarch 12, 2021

  

  Last weekend, local artist Pierre Nagley pasted a drawing of Emmitt Till on top of a Kieth’s Alley mural he painted last year of George Floyd that had been vandalized with white paint earlier in the week.

• For the 11th straight year— News wins top prize again

  By YS News StaffMarch 11, 2021

  

  The Yellow Springs News has once again been recognized by its peers for excellence in journalism, advertising and design. The News was awarded the top prize — Newspaper of the Year — in the 2021 Ohio News Media Association weekly newspaper contest.

• Bognar, Reichert film— The 9to5 movement

  By YS News StaffFebruary 4, 2021

  

  “9to5” premiered nationally on PBS’ Independent Lens program on Feb. 1. It will air on Dayton’s ThinkTV16 on Thursday, Feb. 4, at 10 p.m., and on ThinkTV14 on Friday, Feb. 5, at 10:30 p.m. Viewers can also stream “9to5: The Story of a Movement” through pbs.org for free this month.

• Coming soon to a street near you— YSKP’s traveling puppet show

  By YS News StaffJanuary 27, 2021

  

  The Traveling Tabletop Theater, or TTT, is a mobile puppet theater complete with a stage, a sound system and even seating for a few dozen spectators, which will be touring the streets of Yellow Springs later this year.

• ‘small ohio town’— See filmmaker work-in-progress

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 14, 2021

  

  Filmmaker Steve Bognar wasn’t initially intending to document the life of a small town when he set out — but for over 12 years, that’s just what he’s done as he’s continued to film the cycles of Yellow Springs life.

• First Lines — Many human hearts

  By Audrey HackettDecember 28, 2020

  

  “Completing the harvest” of two years of poetry columns in the News, a final column of thanks to poets and readers. Eighteen local and regional poets have appeared in this space.