Educational & Cultural Section :: Page 5

• The new Grinnell Mill

  By Aaron ZaremskyNovember 15, 2010

  

  Chris Mucher gave the inaugural tour of the restored Grinnell Mill last Sunday afternoon.

• Eddie to be honored at 14th Art Stroll

  By Megan BachmanOctober 7, 2010

  n was in 1996 that long-time village shopkeeper and painter Eddie Eckenrode helped organize the first Art Stroll. So it seems only fitting that this fall’s Art Stroll be held in honor of him.

• Tour to focus on the creative process

  By Megan Bachman

  For the last seven years, the annual October Studio Tour has flooded the town with art buyers, boosting the local tourist economy and supporting its artists.

• AUM to hold forum to aid understanding

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 23, 2010

  The recent controversy over locating an Islamic center in downtown Manhattan weighs heavily on Antioch University Midwest Professor Jim Malarkey, an anthropologist who spent eight years living in Islamic countries. To Malarkey, the controversy reflects an unfortunate American tendency to fear those we don’t understand.

• Three bags full

  By Aaron ZaremskySeptember 21, 2010

  

  The Wool Gathering at Young’s Jersey Dairy gave some fascinating insight into the art of sheep shearing last Saturday.

• Nonstop dialogues seek the new

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 17, 2010

  

  Never ones to be constrained by conventional thinking, members of Nonstop Institute are taking an unusual approach to bringing interesting thinkers to Yellow Springs in their series of talks this spring on higher education.

• Green Fair activates bodies, minds and electrodes

  By Lauren HeatonApril 26, 2010

  

  The second annual Green Fair on Saturday, April 24, attracted about 200 to 250 people who came to the Glen Helen Building to see, touch and learn about environmental consciousness. About 25 booths, including seed start planting, aluminum can crushing, recycled newspaper hat making and snake charming, engaged participants with interactive educational displays. The event […]

• TLT, AACW join for roots fest

  By Lauren HeatonMarch 25, 2010

  

  Every year the local blues fest reminds community members about the roots of contemporary popular music. If gospel can spawn the blues, jazz, reggae and rap, then what can the art of the local community tell us about our own history and roots? African American Cross-Cultural Works and the Tecumseh Land Trust aim to find out when they put on the first ever Roots Fest on Saturday, March 27, at Bryan Community Center. It will be an evening of performances in which villagers use the arts to connect to and share their own stories.

• Wright’s lifelong love for Japanese poetry across the ages

  By Stephanie BeasleyFebruary 11, 2010

  Harold Wright has what is sometimes referred to as a “hard head.” The stubbornness of this 79-year-old retired college professor has been one of few consistencies in a life that has taken him to places as distant as Hawaii, Tokyo and New York City.

• New spin on old tunes

  By YS News StaffJanuary 28, 2010

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