Features

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  Duke Ellington’s ‘Nutcracker Suite,’ string-style, at the Foundry

  
  
  

  String super-group Mr Sun will bring their reimagined version of the suite to the Foundry Theater on Thursday, Dec. 11: A string-band take on the suite based, in part, on Tchaikovsky’s original, but mostly on the 1960 big-band-inflected reworking by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn — a reinterpretation of a reinterpretation.

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  25 years of Ms. Demure

  
  
  

  This month, Ms. Demure will host a live holiday program on DATV featuring a number of guests — including Yellow Springs’ own Mayor Pam Conine — in celebration of the season, Ms. Demure’s 60th birthday, and 25 years on DATV’s airwaves.

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  Annual Solstice Poetry Reading to benefit Tecumseh Land Trust, Glen Helen

  
  
  

  The event, co-sponsored by Tecumseh Land Trust, Glen Helen and Tesseract Books, will take place Dec. 5, 7–9 p.m., in the Glen’s Vernet Ecological Center at 405 Corry St. Twelve local poets will read original works, followed by a wine and cheese reception and an open mic session.

Village Council

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  Village Council approves 2026 budget with $558K deficit, but ‘strong’ cash reserves

Obituaries

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  Matthew Adam Grote
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  Shirley Strohm Mullins
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  Peter Robert Witson
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  R. Louise Dean

Sports

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  Bulldog Sports Round-Up | Dec. 5, 2025