Articles About Little Art Theatre

• Hungry for jazz?

  By Jessica ThomasJuly 11, 2025

  

  Villager Misty Moneé Gill is partnering with the Little Art Theatre and Dayton-area jazz group G. Scott Jones and the Freedom Ensemble to put on a show benefiting the local soup kitchen “Who’s Hungry?” The show will be held at the Little Art on Sunday, July 13, at 6 p.m.

• Documentary highlights Wheeling Gaunt sculpture

  By Lauren ShowsJune 20, 2025

  

  “The Wheeling Gaunt Sculpture Project,” a 21-minute film documenting the creation of the village’s tribute to local 19th-century philanthropist and formerly enslaved man Wheeling Gaunt, will be screened Saturday, June 21, at 2 p.m. at the Little Art Theatre, followed by a Q&A moderated by Kevin McGruder. Admission is free.

• UFO/alien costume contest to precede ‘ET’ film screening at Little Art

  By YS News StaffJune 5, 2025

  

  A UFO and alien costume contest will precede a screening of “ET the Extra-Terrestrial” at the Little Art Theatre on Friday, June 6.

• Little Art to host intergenerational songwriters’ round

  By Reilly DixonMarch 24, 2025

  

  Sharon Lane, Kyleen Downes, Dawn Cooksey and Rhue Buddendeck will perform an intergenerational musical showcase at the Little Art Theatre on Wednesday, March 26 — just a few days before the end of Women’s History Month.

• The Little Art Theatre to redesign its marquee

  By Lauren ShowsMay 28, 2024

  

  Little Art representatives told the News last fall that a portion of the funds from the grant would go toward a redesign of the theater’s marquee, using the theater’s past art-deco-style marquee as inspiration.

• Yellow Springs Film Fest to showcase ‘Mini-Fest’

  By Truth GarrettApril 5, 2024

  

  Yellow Springs Film Festival is gearing up to present its Mini-Fest at the historic Little Art Theatre Saturday, April 6, offering audiences a lineup of films that promise to leave a lasting impact.

• Little Art Theatre receives $100,000 grant

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 28, 2023

  

  Just before the lights went down for a screening of “The Wizard of Oz” last Thursday, Nov. 16, Little Art Theatre Development and Community Impact Director Katherine Eckstrand walked into the auditorium to cheers from a full house crowd.

• Fest in show

  By YS News StaffNovember 2, 2023

  

  The festival, which ran Oct. 6–8, featured a number of screenings and Q&A discussions, including with filmmakers Steven Bognar, Stephen Michael Simon and Steve Zahn and actor and comedian Fred Armisen.

• New Little Art Theatre manager is old hand

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 18, 2023

  

  Next time you go to the movies, you can join the longtime Yellow Springs resident Caleab Wyant in celebrating his new position at the Little Art if you greet him by his new title: Theater Manager.

• Yellow Springs Film Festival to debut this fall

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 15, 2023

  

  The Yellow Springs Film Festival will debut Oct. 6–8, with film screenings at the Little Art Theatre and special events at the Foundry Theater and Crome Architecture.