2024 Yellow Springs Giving & Gifting Catalogue
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Music Section :: Page 24

  • VIDEO: Yellow Springs street music

    By Matt MindeAugust 15, 2011

    Ben Hemendinger and Birkásné Sej Edit trade accordion tunes on a Friday afternoon by the Emporium in Yellow Springs, OH.

    Passersby were treated to an accordion exchange Friday afternoon, Aug. 12, just next to the Emporium.

  • New, lush tunes on village streets

    By Diane ChiddisterAugust 11, 2011

    Street musician Ben Hemmendinger can often be found in front of Tom’s Market playing his accordion. He returned to the village about six months ago, having lived here until he was 7. Scroll to the bottom of the post to hear Ben play an Irish tune. (Photo by Diane Chiddister)

    Ben Hemmendinger says that his mom insists that when he bought his first accordion at age 8 (with a $20 gift from his grandmother), he said someday he’d play the instrument in the street.

  • Sights and Sounds collide at Arts Council

    By Aaron ZaremskyAugust 1, 2011

    The Yellow Springs Arts Council hosted an audio/visual extravaganza last Saturday night called Synesthesia.

  • “Funky spy punk” Show grows

    By Megan BachmanJuly 28, 2011

    “The Show will grow,” the slogan of the Yellow Springs-based three-piece indie band The Show, is prophetic. The band, which dabbles in psychedelic and garage rock while never straying far from its British punk roots, is rapidly becoming a local favorite.

  • VIDEO: Local band The Show performs at YSAC

    By Megan BachmanJuly 22, 2011

    The Show performed at the Oten Gallery as part of last weekend’s Yellow Springs experience. See a video from the event.

  • A piazza for dance, and community

    By Diane ChiddisterJune 30, 2011

    Judith Wolert-Maldonado, also known as DJ Juju, is hosting a series of Dance Piazzas this summer at 100 Corry Street. The next Dance Piazza, which takes place at 7 p.m. on July 2, will feature lessons on the bhangra dance of India. The free dances continue on the first and third Saturday of the month through September, and everyone is invited. (Photo by Diane Chiddister)

    Bringing people together to dance under an open sky resonates on many levels for Judith Wolert-Maldonado, who’s organized outdoor Dance Piazzas in the village every other Saturday night this summer.

  • Kids’ music pioneer performs at MLS

    By Lauren HeatonJune 2, 2011

    Behind all of today’s fun and inspiring music for youth, is one African-American woman who set out with a conga drum in the cafés of Chicago in the 1950s and humbly started a wave of change that, six decades later, she and others are still riding.

  • Wheels debuts homegrown sound

    By Megan Bachman

    From left, local teens Sam Crawford, Rory Papania, Jamie Scott and Sam Salazar are Wheels, a homegrown band celebrating its first CD. Wheels will perform at a release party for “Fields of Fire” on Sunday, May 29, at 8 p.m. at the Canal Street Tavern in Dayton. (Submitted Photo by Savanah Amos)

    One may not believe that this group of teenagers, Wheels, have played their instruments for just a few years. Now the quintessential homegrown four-piece band has a full-length album to its name.

  • VIDEO: Wheels performs “Sit Down” from their debut album

    By Megan BachmanMay 21, 2011

    Local band Wheels performs the song “Sit Down” from their debut album Fields on Fire.

  • World-class musicians play at FMC benefit

    By Diane ChiddisterDecember 29, 2010

    Friends Music Camp staff and campers will present a benefit concert for the camp’s scholarship fund on Wednesday, Dec. 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the Friends Care Community.

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