Arts Section
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Book review— Davis’ ‘Here Where We Stand’
“This work is not strictly a roman à clef — “a novel with a key” that uses real people and places to explore themes in fictionalized ways.”
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Clifton Music and Arts Festival returns this weekend
The Clifton Gorge Music & Arts Festival returns Friday and Saturday, Aug. 28–29, bringing more than 50 artisan vendors, about a dozen food vendors and a full slate of live music and dance demonstrations to the village.
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Community fitness at BLYS
Local resident Guy “Tron” Banks recently started Beyond Limits Yellow Springs — his new community fitness venture. A grand opening will be held Sunday, Aug. 23, 2–6 p.m.
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Villagers debut ‘Minimum Security’ web series
“Minimum Security,” is a new, four-episode web series from MLQ Productions — the independent local film collaborative formed by Kian Barker and Miles Gilchrist in 2020 and peopled over the years by a growing cast and crew of friends.
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Filmmaker Amy Taylor to screen a short and series, talk ‘zom-rom-com’
Virginia-based filmmaker Amy Taylor is coming back to Yellow Springs this month with a short film made right here in the village — and, she hopes, the beginnings of another local production.
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Yellow Springs Film Festival adds to 2026 lineup
The Yellow Springs Film Festival has announced additions to the lineup of special events taking place at Foundry Theater on the Antioch College during this year’s multiday festival, Oct. 1–4.
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Art on the Lawn returns to Mills Lawn
Village Artisans will present its 42nd annual Art on the Lawn Festival on Saturday, Aug. 8, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., at the corner of Limestone and Phillips streets, behind Mills Lawn School.
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Fishin’ for poetry with Alice Miller
Some days rivers run; others, they dry up and go to bed. Rivers wind and meander, flood and flow. Rivers wash against and carry with them enough organisms to be alive themselves. Perhaps, then, a river isn’t so unlike poetry. Local poet and literary organizer Alice Miller sure thinks so: over the summer, Miller’s been hosting a suite of poetry-focused recitations and readings at Tesseract Books he’s dubbed “The Poem River Series.”
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‘An Evening of Julius Eastman’ with Neutrals and Friends— A lost voice returns at Emporium
Neutrals and Friends will perform several works by avant-garde composer and musician Julius Eastman Friday, July 24, 7 p.m, at the Emporium. Eastman died in 1990, and his work has experienced a resurgence over the last two decades following years of obscurity.
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‘Why not penguins?’ — Community Pottery mural turns 50
As the United States marks its semiquincentennial, Yellow Springs has another anniversary to observe: The days just before July 4 mark 50 years that the penguins adorning John Bryan Community Pottery have been staring into the middle distance.
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