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• Youth music fest benefits YSKP

  By Lauren HeatonMay 15, 2012

  

  A music festival, organized as a senior project, drew the community to the Bryan Center lawn on Saturday afternoon.

• Chim chim cheroo at Antioch School

  By Megan BachmanMay 10, 2012

  

  Antioch School older group students can now spell one of the longest words in the English language — supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. And they can sing it, too.

• See the magic of ‘Mary Poppins’

  By Megan BachmanMay 3, 2012

  

  The Antioch School older group presents Mary Poppins and all its magic this weekend at the Clifton Opera House.

• First district-wide art fest held

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 2, 2012

  

  The Yellow Springs School District hosted its first K-12 Art Fest last Thursday, April 26, at Yellow Springs High School.

• New e-novel by Ruth Myers­— This writing game’s for a dame

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 26, 2012

  

  20 years ago, Ruth Myers had succeeded where most writers fail. Instead of just talking about writing novels, she reliably produced them, becoming a dependable midlist author. But two decades later, things have changed. Many writers have had to take publishing into their own hands, and Myers has published a new e-book.

• Portraits of village, circa ’70s

  By Matt Minde

  

  When in 1980 local artist Nancy Howell-Koehler needed a portrait taken for her new book, it didn’t seem appropriate that she — a fine art photographer — hire someone to do it. So she devised a way to take a self-portrait using a long shutter release cord. Later, she used the same method to take photos of Yellow Springers.

• Artist in residence at Mills Lawn—Students redesign their sign

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  The fifth-grade art students dove into the buckets of pottery shards in muted shades of blue, pink, orange and brown.

• CMYS finals features winds, brass

  By YS News Staff

  By Jeff Huntington Chamber Music Yellow Springs will present the finals of the 27th annual CMYS Competition for Emerging Professional Ensembles on Sunday, April 29, 7:30 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church. This competition is designed to give recognition and a career boost to two professional ensembles in their twenties who appear likely to be […]

• BLOG — A day to geek out for local music

  By Megan BachmanApril 20, 2012

  

  This Saturday local music fans can pick up limited edition vinyl releases at Toxic Beauty Records for National Record Store Day and rock out to local bands at the Live Earth Music Festival.

• Piece sign: Mills Lawn School mosaic project in progress

  By Matt MindeApril 19, 2012

  

  Wendy Shelton’s fourth- and fifth-grade students gathered outside late Thursday morning to begin work on the new Mills Lawn School front lawn sign.