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• 15 Dave Chappelle summer shows approved

  By Reilly DixonMay 3, 2023

  

  On Wednesday, May 3, the Miami Township Board of Zoning Appeals, or BZA, gave the green light to another series of outdoor shows hosted by local resident and comedian Dave Chappelle at the Wirrig family pavilion. 

• Chamber Music in Yellow Springs to present annual competition

  By YS News StaffApril 29, 2023

  

  Chamber Music in Yellow Springs will welcome the Canone Quartet and Trio Ondata as this year’s finalists in its 38th Annual Competition for Emerging Ensembles, 4 p.m. April 30, at First Presbyterian Church of Yellow Springs.

• ‘Sister Trillium’ group to recycle art supplies

  By Jessica ThomasApril 26, 2023

  

  Sister Trillium, a recently formed nonprofit started by local creators Zoe Bryant, Allison Paul and Marie Hertzler, seeks to extend the life of art supplies through collecting unused supplies and selling them at a discounted rate at the Yellow Springs Farmers’ Market.

• Half a century of local pottery

  By Cheryl DurgansApril 21, 2023

  

  The March 31 issue of the News featured an article about Yellow Springs Pottery’s 50-year anniversary as a cooperatively owned business. This follow-up article spotlights five local members of the co-op. The co-op membership currently stands at nine.

• ‘Hidden in Plain Site’ exhibition opens at former Baptist church

  By Cheryl DurgansApril 20, 2023

  

  A painting, created by Bronx-based artist Rafaela Santos — with a simple color palette of reds, blues, whites and blacks — draws the eyes immediately when walking into the newly completed architecture studio, Crome Yellow Springs, formerly the church home of the predominately African American First Baptist Church.

• ‘The Insatiable Volt Sisters’ | Rachel Eve Moulton debuts novel

  By Lauren ShowsApril 15, 2023

  

  Rachel Eve Moulton will read from “The Insatiable Volt Sisters” Sunday, April 16, 3–5 p.m., at Emporium Wines and Underdog Cafe, with an introduction by author Katrina Kittle.

• YSYOA recital set for Sunday

  By YS News StaffApril 14, 2023

  

  A recital featuring scholarship students and performers affiliated with the Yellow Springs Youth Orchestra Association, or YSYOA, will be presented Sunday, April 16, 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church.

• ‘Five Scripts’ to return to the stage

  By YS News StaffApril 10, 2023

  

  On Monday and Tuesday, April 10 and 11, the young thespians of McKinney Middle School and Yellow Springs High School will present two reprise performances of their fall show, “Five Scripts Toward an Anti-Racist Tomorrow,” at the Foundry Theater at Antioch College. Each show begins at 7 p.m.

• 50 years of cooperative pottery

  By Cheryl DurgansApril 6, 2023

  

  Emerging as a collective of potters in 1973, the Yellow Springs Pottery cooperative, currently numbering around nine members, was founded by a group of four women coming together through a mutual love of pottery.

• Mad River Theater Works debuts summer youth program

  By Lauren ShowsApril 4, 2023

  

  The workshop, which is supported by the Yellow Springs Community Foundation and the Ohio Arts Council, will be open to 25 young people ages 10–17, and will take place at the Foundry Theater, Monday–Friday during the weeks of June 12 and 19, with a culminating performance on Friday, June 23, at 7 p.m.