Features

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  Tar Hollow Camporee slated

  
  
  

  A 60-plus-year tradition continues this month with the annual community “Camporee” event at Tar Hollow State Park.

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  Porter Fitch to perform at the Foundry Theater

  
  
  

  The Foundry Theater at Antioch College will feature a performance by musicians Marisa Anderson and Jim White, with former Yellow Springs resident Porter Fitch, this Saturday, May 11.

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  The Patterdale Hall Diaries | What lies beneath

  
  
  

  “Spring is springing, the daffodils are flowering, and another bloody critter has dug a hole under the kitchen of Patterdale Hall.”

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  Glen Helen Nature Preserve gears up for annual Ecocamp

  
  
  

  Glen Helen is gearing up for this year’s summer Ecocamp for youth, held annually in and around the Outdoor Education Center, or OEC. Beginning June 10 and continuing through Aug. 2, campers will have the chance to explore the flora and fauna of the Glen.

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  Sister Trillium makes moves

  
  
  

  Sister Trillium, which previously operated out of the YS Farmers Market, will roll out its one-of-a-kind creative reuse center model — collecting unused art and craft supplies and selling them at a discounted rate — in a new-to-them brick-and-mortar space.

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  The Yellow Springs Community Foundation’s half-century of giving and grants

  
  
  

  This year, the Yellow Springs Community Foundation turns 50 and celebrates its homegrown legacy of supporting the village’s 100-plus nonprofits, spearheading social justice initiatives, bolstering the arts, providing economic relief and, of course, funding good ideas.

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  Low-income housing proposed, transparency concerns raised

  
  
  

  YS Home, Inc. and community stakeholders have, since early March, discussed a proposal to site a 50-rental-unit development for low-income families on three acres of school-owned land north of McKinney Middle and Yellow Springs High schools.

Sports

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  Bulldog Sports Round-Up | May 10, 2024