Arts Section

• Porchfest on hold, for now

  By Lauren ShowsApril 15, 2024

  

  Beloved local music festival Porchfest is likely on hiatus, according to the event’s organizers — though they hope it’s a temporary one.

• Yellow Springs Theater Co. climbs to new heights in ‘Roof Man’

  By Reilly DixonApril 12, 2024

  

  “Roof Man” will be staged on Fridays and Saturdays, April 12 and 13, and April 19 and 20, at First Presbyterian Church; curtain is at 8 p.m. each night and admission is $15.

• Yellow Springs Film Fest to showcase ‘Mini-Fest’

  By Truth GarrettApril 5, 2024

  

  Yellow Springs Film Festival is gearing up to present its Mini-Fest at the historic Little Art Theatre Saturday, April 6, offering audiences a lineup of films that promise to leave a lasting impact.

• The legacy of Raymond P. Harris, a forgotten Black artist

  By Truth GarrettApril 4, 2024

  

  “Artistry Re-Kindled: The Raymond P. Harris Retrospective Exhibit” — curated by Nearon in collaboration with the artist’s son, Robert Lee Harris — will debut at the Herndon Gallery at Antioch College on Saturday, April 6, with the exhibition on display through April 27. 

• Farewell to a kiln, and its master

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 28, 2024

  

  With paper cranes folded by his children nestled as tinder among a stack of wood, on Friday, March 15, Brad Husk struck a flame and set the paper wings alight.

• ‘OPEN’-ing hip-hop in Yellow Springs

  By Truth GarrettMarch 26, 2024

  

  Local resident Justin Herman, with Yellow Springs’ burgeoning hip-hop community, is working to create an open space for creativity, collaboration and collective vision.

• Crockett explores ‘dual selves’ in ‘4 a.m. Girl’ exhibition

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 15, 2024

  

  Iden Crockett again opens herself up to the world with “4 a.m. Girl,” an exhibition that will open to the public this Friday, March 15, with a reception beginning at 6 p.m. in the YS Arts Council’s Robert F. Baldwin Gallery.

• ‘The Hunchback Variations’ dissects creative process

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 14, 2024

  

  The Foundry Theater will welcome Chicago-based theater collective Theater Oobleck to its experimental black box theater stage for three performances of “The Hunchback Variations” Friday and Saturday, March 15 and 16, at 7 p.m.; and Sunday, March 17, at 2 p.m.

• X the Detective brings beats, unity to The Gulch Saloon

  By Truth GarrettMarch 13, 2024

  

  A rhythmic detective has emerged in Yellow Springs, solving musical mysteries and bringing people together through the power of hip-hop.

• Chamber Music in Yellow Springs to host PUBLIQuartet

  By YS News StaffMarch 9, 2024

  

  Chamber Music in Yellow Springs will continue its 2023–2024 season with a performance by the multi-Grammy-nominated PUBLIQuartet at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 10, in the sanctuary at First Presbyterian Church.