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• 11th Annual Winter Solstice poetry reading returns to in-person event

  By Reilly DixonDecember 9, 2022

  

  After two years of virtual gatherings, the Winter Solstice Poetry Reading is set to recommence in person at the Glen Helen Vernet Ecological Center on Friday, Dec. 9, from 7-9 p.m.

• Oscar-winning filmmaker, Yellow Springs resident Julia Reichert dies at 76

  By YS News StaffDecember 2, 2022

  

  Longtime villager, filmmaker and activist Julia Reichert died Thursday, Dec. 1, at her Yellow Springs home after living with cancer. She was 76.

• Michael Casselli helms the Antioch College Herndon Gallery

  By Lauren Shows

  

  This summer, artist and Antioch College Associate Professor of Sculpture and Installation Michael Casselli was named the creative director of the on-campus Herndon Gallery.

• Community dance concert to return

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 30, 2022

  

  The Valerie Blackwell-Truitt Community Dance and Performance Arts Concert and Art Exhibition returns to the Foundry Theater on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2 and 3 — the first such concert in more than three years.

• ‘Before All the World’— Rothman-Zecher talks new novel

  By Jessica ThomasNovember 25, 2022

  

  Former villager Moriel Rothman-Zecher’s new novel, “Before All the World,” was published through Farrar, Straus and Giroux in October of this year.

• Donnell Rawlings finds home in the village

  By Cheryl DurgansNovember 19, 2022

  

  The stand-up comedian and actor known for his regular appearances on “The Chappelle Show” among other television, film and live performance work officially became a townie after purchasing a home this past summer.

• Students take flight in ‘Peter Pan’

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 17, 2022

  

  McKinney Middle and Yellow Springs High schools will present “Peter Pan and Wendy,” adapted by Doug Rand from the original play and novel by J.M. Barrie, Thursday–Sunday, Nov. 17–20, in the Yellow Springs High School gym.

• A timeline of theater in Yellow Springs

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 16, 2022

  

  Yellow Springs’ theater timeline begins in earnest in 1891, when construction of the Yellow Springs Opera House was completed at the corner of Winter and Dayton streets.

• Art collective’s works now on display

  By Lauren ShowsNovember 14, 2022

  

  The next time you step into The Winds, expect to be transported into a world of whimsical impressionism and colorful, modern improv — among other visual expressions.

• Writing on the wall

  By Reilly DixonNovember 4, 2022

  

  On Monday, Oct. 31, muralist and artist Pierre Nagley spent hours covering up the tags and graffiti that recently cropped up over his and Lindsay Burke’s tarot mural in Kieth’s Alley.