Arts Section

• Poet to perform at Antioch from death row

  By YS News StaffOctober 23, 2025

  

  Keith LaMar and Albert Marquès will present a Freedom First jazz concert Sunday, Oct. 26, beginning at 1 p.m. in the Herndon Gallery at Antioch College.

• Villagers to recreate Seurat painting

  By Lauren ShowsOctober 10, 2025

  

  Yellow Springs resident Valerie Koshelef plans to bring to life Georges Seurat’s 1884 painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” on Sunday, Oct. 12, as a tableau vivant, or living picture.

• Union Schoolhouse nears completion

  By Reilly DixonOctober 6, 2025

  

  The dust hasn’t quite settled on the construction site, but local NPR affiliate 91.3 WYSO is gearing up to move in the coming weeks into its new headquarters in the historic Union Schoolhouse at 314 Dayton St.

• Yellow Springs Film Fest returns to village this weekend

  By Reilly DixonOctober 2, 2025

  

  Lights! Cameras! Action! These and much more are on the four-day docket of the annual Yellow Springs Film Festival, which is set to return for its third year, Thursday–Sunday, Oct. 2–5.

• Creating Space | Dayton Poetry Slam welcomes all

  By Iden CrockettSeptember 26, 2025

  

  This is the second in a profile and interview series from the perspective of News columnist Iden Crockett that aims to highlight people who work in the arts in the Miami Valley, with a focus on those who create space for women, BIPOC and queer creatives.

• Poet David Matthews returns to Yellow Springs

  By YS News Staff

  

  On Thursday, Sept. 25, poet David Matthews returns to Antioch to kick off his university and college tour, “The Poets,” as part of the Coretta Scott King Center’s “Freedom Forums” series.

• Little Art Theatre’s Songwriters Round series continues

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 23, 2025

  

  Live music will return to the stage at Little Art Theatre Wednesday, Sept. 24, with the second iteration of the Songwriters Round series — this time featuring one of the Little Art’s own.

• Seraph Brass to open new season for Chamber Music in Yellow Springs

  By YS News StaffSeptember 13, 2025

  

  Chamber Music in Yellow Springs will open its 2025–2026 season Sunday, Sept. 14, at First Presbyterian Church, with a 4 p.m. concert by Seraph Brass.

• After a long wait, Porchfest returns to Yellow Springs next weekend

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 12, 2025

  

  After a year off, Yellow Springs Porchfest will once again turn porches, patios and lawns into stages on Saturday, Sept. 20, from noon to 7 p.m.

• Moira Smiley and The Rhizome Quartet, World House Choir to open Foundry’s new season

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 1, 2025

  

  Moira Smiley and the Rhizome Quartet, with special guests the World House Choir, will perform Tuesday, Sept. 2, beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $5 for students.