Educational & Cultural Section

• Bahá’ís to screen talk by author of ‘The New Jim Crow’

  By Lauren HeatonApril 17, 2013

  

  A recent talk given by Michelle Alexander, acclaimed author of The New Jim Crow, will be re-played at the Yellow Springs Bahá’í Center tomorrow evening, April 19, at 7:30, followed by discussion and refreshments.

• Book mobile has kids partying on the road to literacy

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 23, 2012

  

  The Greene County Library bookmobile comes to town.

• Reading a summer portal for all ages

  By Lauren HeatonJune 21, 2012

  

  How can a person meet the woman behind Tiffany’s glass, learn Arabic, relive the Apollo 11 lunar landing, unravel the secret plot against an ophanage in Botswana and travel through time and space in one summer?

• Of sharing food and company

  By Megan BachmanMarch 15, 2012

  

  At three upcoming potlucks, starting next week, villagers can share their cooking and enjoy the “luck of the pot.”

• Parachuters play for school support

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 14, 2012

  

  Last week’s Yellow Springs Montessori School fundraiser, “Anything Flies,” included, left to right, Tyson Housh, Sven Meister and Gini Meekin, who found themselves in a moment of flight under the parachute.

• Film screening at Nonstop Institute

  By YS News StaffNovember 16, 2011

  

  The Nonstop Institute, located at 305 N. Walnut Street, will host a screening of “Between the Bottomlands and the World” tomorrow night, beginning at 7 p.m.

• Nonstop to sponsor African American film series

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 13, 2011

  

  Nonstop Institute will host a film series this month looking at the portrayal of African Americans in the movies.

• Historian H.W. Brands to speak at annual Leventhal lecture

  By Lauren HeatonSeptember 20, 2011

  

  Historian, teacher and author H.W. Brands will speak about comparative American politics as part of The Wittenberg Series this Thursday, Sept. 22. The lecture is sponsored by the Leventhal family.

• “Radio Rounds” takes an in-depth look at medicine

  By YS News StaffSeptember 14, 2011

  

  WYSO recently began airing “Radio Rounds,” a program produced and hosted by Wright State University students at the Boonshoft School of Medicine.

• VIDEO: Back in the Alley pro-choice rally in YS

  By Megan BachmanAugust 22, 2011

  

  Women’s reproductive rights are threatened, pushing them “back in the alley,” according to organizers of a local event last Friday. See a video recap.