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Articles by Carol Simmons :: Page 47

  • To Trump from you, via WYSO

    By Carol SimmonsDecember 22, 2016

    Jess Mador, WYSO’s new managing editor, is heading the “Dear Mr. President” project. (Submitted photo)

    If you could tell President-elect Donald Trump anything, what would it be?

  • At Wildflower, style and community

    By Carol SimmonsDecember 15, 2016

    Wildflower Salon has new digs. Owner Emily Anglemyer, right, moved the hair salon last month to the space formerly occupied by Brandt Gallery. Her friend and associate, Meghan Burrowes, left, recently joined her in the business. Previously co-located with Wildflower Boutique, the salon sought to expand. (Photo by Carol Simmons)

    There isn’t a barber pole outside the new home for the Wildflower Salon, but proprietor Emily Anglemyer and her associate, Meghan Burrowes, hope that their hair salon offers the welcoming, community vibe of a classic barbershop.

  • Art gleams anew at Holiday Jumble

    By Carol SimmonsDecember 1, 2016

    The Holiday Art Jumble returns to Yellow Springs for its fifth year. A fundraiser for the Yellow Springs Arts Council, the “grand reshuffling” of art and artifacts is being held in the council’s Corry Street gallery during regular gallery hours, 1–4 p.m. Wednesdays–Sundays, now through Dec. 31. It is closed Nov. 24 and Dec. 25. Items will continue to be accepted through Dec. 20. (Submitted photo by Corrine Bayraktaroglu)

    The YS Arts Council’s 2016 Holiday Jumble opened to the public on Saturday, Nov. 19, and will run through Dec. 31.

  • ‘Give local’ on #YSGiving Tuesday

    By Carol Simmons

    Black Friday. Cyber Monday. The days immediately following Thanksgiving have become the widely accepted kickoff of the holiday-shopping season, with nicknames that reflect their consumer focus: “black” for a profitable ledger sheet; “cyber” for online shopping.

  • New NP joins local practice

    By Carol Simmons

    There’s a new team member in Dr. Donald Gronbeck’s medical practice at YS Primary Care. Nurse practitioner Sarah Teegarden isn’t a completely new face in the office, however.

  • 34 artists to participate in 2016 Art & Soul

    By Carol SimmonsNovember 24, 2016

    Zazu Metcalf (top) creates cards (such as the bottom image), while her mother, Colette Palamar, creates sun and winter hats for babies, kids and adults (one is pictured here on Zazu). The mother-daughter duo are among 34 artists from Ohio and Indiana exhibiting at the fifth annual Art & Soul fair, held this Saturday, Nov. 19, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Mills Lawn School gymnasium. (Submitted Photos)

    A wide range of original arts and crafts creations—both decorative and functional—will be featured this weekend in the fifth annual Art & Soul fair, in the Mills Lawn School gymnasium.

  • State House, Senate races— Hometown challengers fall short

    By Carol SimmonsNovember 17, 2016

    Two Yellow Springs hopefuls for state office fell short of their goal Tuesday night against Republican incumbents who decidedly retained their seats in the Ohio Senate and House.

  • U.S. House and Senate: Republicans keep Congress

    By Carol Simmons

    Moderate Republican incumbents held& on firmly to their seats in Ohio’s U.S. Congressional races.

  • Building an historic collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

    By Carol Simmons

    Smithsonian Institution. Tuliza Fleming, a YS High School graduate, is the curator of art for the Smithsonian’s recently opened National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Named to the position in 2007, she was tasked with creating the then yet-to-be-built museum’s permanent art collection. She’s shown here in 2014. (Submitted photo by Michael R. Barnes)

    The opening of the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in September followed more than a century of efforts to recognize formally in our nation’s Capital the contributions of black Americans in the making, building, growth and life of this country.

  • Debut of new Open Studios tour

    By Carol SimmonsOctober 20, 2016

    Painter Libby Rudolf will be one of 34 artists participating in this weekend’s Yellow Springs Open Studios, a free, two-day event that will highlight some of the creative work being made in and around the village. Rudolf’s Grinnell Road home, where she maintains her studio, will be one of 24 stops on the self-guided tour, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Oct.14–15. (Photo by Carol Simmons)

    The third weekend in October has become widely known among area artists and art lovers as a time to celebrate and support art-making in Yellow Springs.

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