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YE L LOW SPR INGS NEWS I N A N D A R O U N D Y E L L O W S P R I N G S • M O R E L O C A L E V E N T S DECEMBE R 29 , 2023 PAGE 3 On Friday, Dec. 15, the ceremonial ribbon was cut for Yellow Springs’ newest business: Whitney Danielle Photography, now located in a well-lit industrial, yet cozy suite at 888 Dayton St. Spearheaded by its namesake and longtime professional photographer, Whitney Dan- ielle Brown , the business specializes in luxury print photography and legacy portraiture. She offers professional and corporate headshots, glamorous and stylized portraits, branding services and more. “It can be powerful to have an image of yourself that you can really appreciate. Our portrait experience is an investment in one’s self,” Brown said at the ribbon cutting. “My job is to make you feel really good about yourself — to remind your that you’re beautiful. Brown, along with her husband Chris , live in the village with their daughter, Logan , who just turned four years old last week. Also present at the ribbon cutting were Chamber of Commerce Chair Mark Heise and Mayor Pam Conine — who, were all too happy to be there as lifelong photography enthusiasts. A photo of the nearly full moon over the downtown holiday tree was taken on Sunday evening, Dec. 25, by YS resident Marian Stewart and doggie Fiona as they were out enjoying a walk. Village Impact Project mentors and their VIPs gathered earlier this month at the Yellow Springs library to make arts and crafts. Pictured are the program founder and mentor Donna Haller and VIP Everly . Antioch College recently hired Natalie Kubat , CFRE (Cer tified Fund Raising Executive), as its new director of advance- ment, effective Dec. 11. Kubat brings 24 years of experience in a range of roles in advancement at Indiana Uni- versity and Purdue University, among others. Her most recent position was as the director of development at the Kinsey Institute. Bev Logan’s Christmas Carolers blessed the village with holiday songs in the late afternoon of Wednesday, Dec. 20, as they roamed through town stopping in front of the Presbyterian Church, Tom’s Market, Epic Book Shop, Nipper’s Corner and Pangea. Participants report being well received, with “folks stopping to join us in song, passersby rolling down their windows to listen and some parked along the street.” The National Board of Trial Advocacy, or NBTA, has announced that John H. Rion and his son, Jon Paul Rion , both of the law firm Rion, Rion and Rion, L.P.A. Inc., successfully achieved recertification as criminal trial advocates. The screening of credentials that all NBTA board certified attorneys must successfully complete includes: demonstration of substantial trial experience, submission of judicial and peer references to attest to their competency, attendance of continuing legal education courses and proof of good standing. About 3% of American lawyers are board certified. I N AND A ROUND Y E L L OW S P R I NG S New exhibition • The Yellow Springs Senior Center presents paintings by Samara Helen, Dec. 29–Feb. 26, in the Fireplace Room Gallery. From a very young age, Samara Helen loved drawing. She moved on to charcoal, pastel, oil and ultimately the love of acrylic. She studied art design in college, and life happened, so she painted only for enjoy- ment. After her husband died, her sister and daughter opened a crystal, gem and fossil shop in Fairborn. They insisted that she paint and fill their walls with her work. Samara noticed people were interested in buying them, so she put prices on them. She started taking her work to festivals and fairs, selling online and displaying and sell- ing at the Butter Café in Dayton. Her style is eclectic, and she has been inspired by many influences, including the paintings of Picasso and Lichtenstein; things she sees in photos and nature; and from her life in Japan. Lately she is inspired by her diverse ethnic background and her tribal link to the Patawomeck Indians of Virginia. The show can be viewed during the center’s open hours, 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Monday–Friday, unless there is a class in the Fireplace Room at the time. Ongoing exhibitions • The Herndon Gallery at Antioch Col - lege has mounted “Solstice: A Community Exhibition,” featuring the work of 25 art- ists from the village and beyond, to run through Saturday, Dec. 30. Regular gallery hours are noon–5 p.m. Monday–Saturday. • The Yellow Springs Ar ts Council’s annual Art Jumble showcase and sale is on view through Sunday, Dec. 31, at the arts council’s gallery, 111 Corry St. The A R T A R O U N D T O W N collection changes as objects are sold and new items are donated. Hours are 1–4 p.m. Thursday and Friday and noon–5 p.m. Sat- urday and Sunday. • “Constellations,” an exhibition by Yellow Springs-based ar tist Anthony Powers, is on display at Emporium Wines & Underdog Cafe through December. The collection, which includes drawings, paint- ings and wood carvings, draws connections and parallels between otherwise distant points in conceptual space. In art as well as life, Powers uses eclecti- cism in pursuit of unity — he is a muralist, musician, designer, craftsman and writer, as well as a visual artist, “on a relentless quest for the meaning that transcends medium,” according to information about the show. “His ‘Constellations’ grouping makes use of certain ‘echoes’ in motif, gesture, palette and juxtapositions as an invitation to the feeling that everything is connected, even across the greatest of distances.” • “Fungi Fantasy/Looking,” an installa - tion by multimedia artists Kathi Seidl and Beth Holyoke, is on display at Glen Helen’s Vernet Ecological Center. • “Reds & Greens” is the name of the latest show by Village Artisans, on view through Jan. 9, 2024, in the group’s Lobby Gallery, 100 Corry St. A press release about the exhibition explains its focus: “Red and green are comple- mentary colors because they are opposite each other on the color wheel. Red is a pri- mary color, and green is made up of yellow and blue — the other two primary colors. It’s a perfect balance—one warm, the other cool. The show ‘Reds & Greens’ includes artworks that are predominantly red, green, or both. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Village Ar tisans is a cooperative ar t gallery in Yellow Springs featuring locally made, hand-crafted jewelry, woodworking, pottery, photography, paintings, drawings, fiber, glass and mixed media art. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday–Thurs- day 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Friday–Saturday and noon–5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call 937-767-1209, email villagear tisans. email@yahoo.com, or go online to vil- lagear tisans.blogspot.com or facebook. com/villageartisans. • Textile art by Paula Womacks is on display through Jan. 21 at YS Brewery Tap Room, 305. N. Walnut St. PUBLIC HEARING PLANNING COMMISSION VILLAGE OF YELLOW SPRINGS, OHIO — Public Notice — This notice provides you and every other interested par ty the oppor tunity to have input at the hearing. You may express your views in writing for inclusion in the record of the hearing by providing a copy to the Clerk of Council at clerk@ yso.com, or by calling 937-767-9126. Please submit your letter by no later than Thursday, Januar y 4, 2024 for inclusion in the Commission packet: however, all letters received any time prior to the hearing will be provided to the Commission members and the Zoning Administrator. The applications, as prepared by the petitioners, may be examined at the office of the Zoning Administrator on the 2nd floor of the Bryan Community Center, 100 Dayton Street, Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387 or on the Village website at www.yso.com after Friday, Januar y 5, 2024 . Questions regarding the applications, zoning code or procedures may be directed to the Zoning Administrator Meg Leatherman, phone (937) 767-1702 or by email to mleatherman@yso.com . —Meg Leatherman, Zoning Administrator Notice is hereby given that: • Zoning Map Amendment (Rezone) Application – Sandra Smith has sub- mitted a Zoning Map Amendment application to amend the Village of Yellow Springs Official Zoning District map to rezone proper ty at 545 Dayton Street from Conservation (C) to Medium Density Residential (R-B) – Chapter 1280 Amendments and Rezoning, Chapter 1248 Residential Districts, Greene County Parcel #F19000100070004200 A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON THIS PETITION BY THE VILLAGE OF YELLOW SPRINGS PLANNING COMMISSION ON: DATE: Tuesday, Januar y 9, 2024 TIME: 6 p.m. LOCATION: John Br yan Center, Second Floor Council Chambers, 100 Dayton St. CALZONES•BREAD STICKS PASTA•WINGS •HOAGIES HAND-TOSSED AND THIN CRUST PIZZA• SALADS • GYROS BENT I NO’S BE S Pizza o f Y e l l o w S p r i n g s 107½ Xenia Ave. 937-767-2500 DINE-IN, DELIVERY & CARRY OUT • Sunday–Tuesday: 4–9 p.m. • Wednesday–Saturday: 11a.m.– 9p.m. 937-372-5613 www.uuf-ys.org www.facebook.com/UUFYS Unitarian niversalist Fellowship 2884 St. Rt. 68, 2 miles south of YS 10:30 a.m. SUNDAY SERVICE Building rental available, with air conditioning and geothermal heat. 7 a.m. WORLD PEACE MEDITATION at a Member’s House RSVP to Nancy Lineburgh 330-618-0892 10:30 a.m. SOCRATES CAFE EST. 1973 9 Ohio Artists. 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