A Community Celebration and Ribbon Cutting for The Cascades Phase 1 will be Thursday, July 24, 4–6:30 p.m., in the 100 block of East Herman Street, behind the fire station and across from Friends Care Community.

World House Choir is open to new choir members as it begins rehearsals for a new season Monday, July 21. Rehearsals typically take place each Monday, from 7–8:30 p.m., at the Foundry Theater.

Amy Wamsley, Yellow Springs’ own English Channel swimmer, will present a free Water Confidence Workshop Monday–Thursday, July 21–24, 7–7:45 p.m., at Gaunt Park Pool.

“Having grown up in Yellow Springs during the protestive turmoil of the 1960s and the Civil Rights Movement, followed by the strong public opposition to the Vietnam War during the 1970s, I breathed the air of protest in nearly every waking moment.”

Rentals, employment, cars, garage sales and more! Find it all in this week’s classifieds in the Yellow Springs News.

If you could go back in time and change just one thing, what would it be? For the protagonist of villager Philip King’s debut novel/memoir, the answer is simple: He’d go back and make sure the Cleveland baseball team could clinch the 1950 World Series.

On Thursday, June 19, the YS Juneteenth Committee collaborated with Antioch College’s Coretta Scott King Center for an event that honored the Juneteenth holiday.

Village Council Agenda

Five years ago, Yellow Springs’ biggest progressive dinner never made it to the table — but next month, it returns to finally fill local appetites: Feast for Friends, Friends Care Community’s longtime annual fundraiser, will be held Saturday, Aug. 23, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

“Public bodies have a duty to keep the public informed if they’re making major decisions that affect the public purse and public well-being,” Trustee Marilan Moir said.