Arts Section

• Yellow Springs News hosts South African journalists

  By Lauren ShowsJune 6, 2023

  

  Andile Nomabhunga, of Matatiele, in the Eastern Cape Province, and Dunisani Ntsanwisi, of Giyani, in Limpopo Province, spent the week working with the News as part of a three-week fact-finding project investigating ways to boost the sustainability of South Africa’s community media.

• Emergent Verse | Song of Herself

  By Ed DavisMay 31, 2023

  

  I wonder whether Walt Whitman’s timeless lines above from “Song of Myself” were stewing in Nancy Mellon’s mind, or unconscious, when she composed her poem.

• 10-Minute plays staged for this weekend

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  Showcasing 10 plays by local and international playwrights, and produced by the YS Theater Company, the festival will be staged on Friday and Saturday, June 2 and 3, starting at 7 p.m., on the south lawn at Yellow Springs High School.

• News loses, staffers awarded

  By YS News StaffMay 30, 2023

  

  Despite the loss, the News was happy to accept a handful of individual awards, including first place for news coverage for the entire staff.

• Renowned cellist comes home

  By Cheryl DurgansMay 19, 2023

  

  Homegrown classically trained cellist Karen Patterson will return to the area on Sunday, May 21, for a performance at High Street United Methodist Church in Springfield. Patterson will give the final concert of the church’s Sanctuary Concert series.

• Remembering Reichert

  By YS News StaffMay 13, 2023

  

  On Saturday May 6, a memorial service was held for late filmmaker Julia Reichert on the campus of Antioch.

• Local poets published in anthology

  By Reilly DixonMay 6, 2023

  

  The Glen Helen Association and Tecumseh Land Trust recently released “Sun and Shadow, Wood and Stone,” an anthology of poems by 61 local and regional wordsmiths who’ve read at the annual Solstice Poetry Reading over the past decade.

• 15 Dave Chappelle summer shows approved

  By Reilly DixonMay 3, 2023

  

  On Wednesday, May 3, the Miami Township Board of Zoning Appeals, or BZA, gave the green light to another series of outdoor shows hosted by local resident and comedian Dave Chappelle at the Wirrig family pavilion. 

• Chamber Music in Yellow Springs to present annual competition

  By YS News StaffApril 29, 2023

  

  Chamber Music in Yellow Springs will welcome the Canone Quartet and Trio Ondata as this year’s finalists in its 38th Annual Competition for Emerging Ensembles, 4 p.m. April 30, at First Presbyterian Church of Yellow Springs.

• ‘Sister Trillium’ group to recycle art supplies

  By Jessica ThomasApril 26, 2023

  

  Sister Trillium, a recently formed nonprofit started by local creators Zoe Bryant, Allison Paul and Marie Hertzler, seeks to extend the life of art supplies through collecting unused supplies and selling them at a discounted rate at the Yellow Springs Farmers’ Market.