January 2

Features

The Patterdale Hall Diaries | The ninth plane of Xenia Township

“We are in no danger of losing power now, and my main goal is to keep the pipes from freezing. I think we are only a week or so away from having to blow the water out of the pipes.”
Cultivating Christmas cheer

“Growing Christmas trees as a cash crop in the United States began in the early 1900s in western Pennsylvania. Some of the first Christmas tree plantations were started in Indiana County — the county where I grew up — in 1918.”
Favorite Yellow Springs Memories, Pt. I

“At the end of 2025, the News asked folks to share their favorite Yellow Springs memories — and we received a flood of responses from villagers near and far.”
Little Art launches new documentary series

Little Art Theatre has announced a new artist-in-residence initiative, debuting this month with Academy Award–winning documentary filmmaker Steven Bognar and artist-filmmaker Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli.
A tale of two pies

For a little village of about 3,700 people, it may seem strange to see two pizza parlors sharing the same downtown — let alone, sitting across the street from one another.
Concert to offer warmth in ‘midwinter’

“In the Bleak Midwinter” with Marna Street, violin, and Barbara Leeds, piano, will be performed Saturday, Jan. 10, beginning at 3 p.m., in Herndon Gallery at Antioch College. Admission is free.