September 27

Features

Sex and the Village | Teaching consent from the get-go

“It’s also important to note the difference between a boundary and a rule — and it’s never too early to teach children that difference.”
Down to Earth | Celebrate Public Lands Day

National Public Lands Day is celebrated annually at public lands in the U.S. on the fourth Saturday of September.
Antioch School Nursery teacher passes torch

“Throughout her decades as Nursery teacher, Ann Guthrie has maintained her scientist’s curiosity, remaining interested, she said, in the personalities and temperaments of each of the students she has shepherded as they grew within the Nursery program before moving on to Kindergarten.”
The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Wyatt’s predilection

“An exciting day: Yellow Springs Brewery is making the English pale ale ‘Wyatt’s Eviction,’ and so I shall show up to empty the mash tun and generally get in the way.”
Chamber Music in Yellow Springs to open new season

Chamber Music in Yellow Springs, or CMYS, will open its 41st season Sunday, Sept. 29, with a 4 p.m. performance by Trio Zimbalist at Antioch University Midwest.
Ellis Park prairie takes root

What was previously a continuation of the grassy perimeter around the pond, the new native prairie — stretching across 4,500 square feet in the northern reaches of Ellis Park — is now a dappled patchwork of milkweed, aster, ironweed, coneflowers and other native flowers.