Arts Section
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Finding beauty in the useful things at ‘Mingei’
“Mingei” will debut as a pop-up show in the former YS Hardware store space on Xenia Avenue, June 1–14 — the first public use of the building since the hardware store closed last year.
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Mad River Theater Works keeps evolving
As Mad River Theater Works continues to settle into its role in the village and surrounding region, the organization’s locally focused model has been taking shape over the last several years.
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Barlow Hudson’s posthumous mystery, ‘Stephanie’s Secret’
Edited and published posthumously by her son, Rex Hudson, “Stephanie’s Secret” is more than a mystery. It is, in some ways, a reflection of Hudson’s own life: a story of caregiving and career ambition, and a woman navigating male-dominated institutions while guarding a private truth.
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Hip-hop, history at the Herndon Gallery
Curated by Yellow Springs–based artist Joshua Whitaker, the upcoming show, “Rightstarter: Resistance, Rap and the Golden Era,” draws inspiration from the music and culture of hip-hop from around the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
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Meet Your Nonprofits | Enhance Worldwide uplifts girls, one student at a time
Founded by Yellow Springs resident Ashley Lackovich, Enhance Worldwide organization focuses primarily on girls — about 95% of participants — reflecting persistent global disparities in access to education.
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The Big Family Business returns to Yellow Springs
The Big Family Business, or BFB, will take the stage at the Foundry for two performances on Saturday and Sunday, May 2 and 3.
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Filmmakers to host activism series
Little Art Theatre recently announced a series of films from its current artists-in-residence for May, with Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Steven Bognar and artist-filmmaker Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli.
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From ‘Whispers’ to ‘Echoes’ — Villager Judy James’ new poetry
Yellow Springs writer and artist Judy James released her second book, “Echoes,” on March 10, a collection that reflects more than a decade of personal writing and spiritual exploration.
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Local choirs join voices to honor Bernice Johnson Reagon
The World House Choir will join forces with MUSE women’s choir for “Give Your Hands to Struggle,” a pair of concerts honoring the life and legacy of the late Sweet Honey in the Rock founder Bernice Johnson Reagon, who died in 2024.
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Yellow Springs to host Sun and Moon Poetry Festival
The Ohio Poetry Association will hold its fifth biannual Sun and Moon Poetry Festival Friday–Sunday, May 15–17. Registration ends April 22. The nature-centered poetry festival is a weekend-long slate of writing workshops, readings, nature walks and panel discussions.
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