Arts Section

• Small budget, big premiere

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 4, 2025

  

  The Little Art Theatre will host the premiere of “A Light Amidst Ashes,” an independent feature written and directed by 20-year-old Dayton-based filmmaker Rose Combs, on Thursday, July 3.

• ‘Peace, Love and Perfection’ at Crome Architecture

  By Jessica ThomasJuly 2, 2025

  

  With art rooted in the Black experience, and meditating on the past and present, Yellow Springs newcomer Joshua Whitaker will debut his works on Thursday, July 3, in a new installation at Crome Architecture, located at 604 Xenia Ave. in Yellow Springs. 

• ‘Feel It All’ with Yellow Springs-based GravityWorks Circus

  By Lauren ShowsJune 25, 2025

  

  The local aerial arts school will present “Feel It All,” its second ensemble performance, Friday and Saturday, June 27 and 28, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, June 29, at 2 p.m., at the Foundry Theater on the Antioch College campus.

• 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.

• A podcast for the art-curious

  By Lauren ShowsJune 18, 2025

  

  Last week, folks tuned into WCSU-FM Jazzy 88.9 during Thursday’s evening drive-time would have heard a voice familiar to many in the village floating through the airwaves and from their speakers.

• Second annual documentary award honors Julia Reichert

  By YS News StaffJune 14, 2025

  

  To honor Reichert’s legacy, the Yellow Springs Film Festival and PNC Bank in 2024 created the Julia Reichert Award, a $3,000 short film prize to be given to an emerging female documentarian.

• Mad River Theater Works’ world-changing show

  By Lauren ShowsJune 13, 2025

  

  Mad River Theater Works youth summer residency program participants will perform “Everybody Wants to Change the World” Friday, June 13, at 7 p.m. at the Foundry Theater. 

• Film Review | New schemes from the king of twee

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  “For the second week in a row, “The Phoenician Scheme” continues its run at the Little Art this weekend, and if you’re at all starved for symmetrical eye candy and over-the-top assassination attempts, buy the ticket and take the ride.”

• Yellow Springs artist fights trans erasure

  By Lauren ShowsJune 8, 2025

  

  In June — Pride Month — villager Iden Crockett unveils “Gender X,” an exhibition featuring gender-nonconforming artists, hosted by Bentino’s Pizza.

• 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.