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2O2 4 – 2O2 5 GU I D E to Y E L LOW S P R I NG S 43 VIBRANCY AND VISIBILITY By LAUREN 'CHUCK' SHOWS ▲ Local resident Angie Hsu is pictured at MAZU, the restaurant she opened with partner Matan Mazursky and local resident Kumar Jensen earlier this year. MAZU is just one of the routes by which Hsu aims to build community in the village P H O T O : L A U R E N ' C H U C K ' S H O W S 237 XENIA AVE. | 937-767-8291 | ITEMS VARY DAILY AGourmet Deli & Contemporary Catering Company • Freshly Made Salads, Sandwiches and Soups • Special Occasion Cakes WWW . CURRENTCUISINE . COM • Business Boxed Lunches • House-Made Desserts • Gourmet Party Trays When Angie Hsu moved to Yellow Springs in 2018, it was, in part, with community in mind. An artist with a focus on pottery, Hsu had been told by friends — who encouraged her and her partner, Matan Mazur- sky, to move to town — that the village maintained a vibrant and supportive community of artists. Several years on, Hsu has herself become a vibrant part of that same community, shap- ing it from the inside out in a variety of venues. In speaking with the News, Hsu mused on a particular lens through which to view community-building. “Community is about being seen,” she said. Hsu, who is Taiwanese- American, said she grew up in Boulder, Colorado, in a com- munity that was “mostly white, mostly homogenous.” That homogeneity, she said, affected how much of her own identity was visible as she moved within community spaces. “I didn’t feel like [my cultural identity] was something that people were interested in — it was the opposite,” Hsu said. “I thought, ‘How do I make myself more like all of the other kids?’ My family culture was different, the language I spoke was different, the food I ate was different — and that part of my identity stayed at home.” As she moved into her teenage years, however, Hsu said she came to understand that her whole self — and the selves of many others — deserved to be seen. That AUM ONLINE JOIN US FOR AUM ONLINE. RECEIVE ACCESS TO A LIBRARY OF CLASSES FOR $25/ MONTH . • Vinyasa • Hatha • Restorative • Slow Flow • Hot Power ♦ D ROP-IN PRICE $15 ♦ CLASS PASSES & MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE ♦ AUM OFFERS F REE Y OGA TO ALL YS MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Y OGA CLASSES DAILY A WAKEN THE GUIDE WITHIN 200 H OUR Y OGA TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM @HOUSEOFAUMCOLLECTIVE Now Open For Registration LEARN MORE ONLINE AT WWW.HOUSEOFAUM.COM