Arts Section :: Page 119

• Expression through dance

  By Aaron ZaremskyJuly 13, 2010

  

  Jill Becker led a class on dance improvisation this Monday evening.

• Rock and Roll

  By Aaron ZaremskyJuly 12, 2010

  

  The fourth annual Skate Music Fest was a big success this Sunday evening at the skate park.

• All You Need is Love

  By Aaron ZaremskyJuly 11, 2010

  

  Yellow Springers participated in Sufi dancing before the YSKP show this Saturday.

• Puppets, Persian poetry, and change

  By Megan BachmanJuly 8, 2010

  

  In its 16th year, YS Kids Playhouse continues to produce innovative youth theater for adults and children alike. Its latest musical, The Conference of Birds, explores themes of transformation and self-realization through a 12th-century desert fable.

• Arts group new home work of art

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Even artists can disagree about what, exactly, constitutes art, but the leaders of the Yellow Springs Arts Council are unified on this: the organization’s new space at Alan Macbeth’s Oten Gallery fits the description, and the space also offers the group a wealth of new opportunities.

• Musicians band together for Skate Music Fest

  By Lauren Shows

  

  Skate Music Fest, an annual event that features live music and benefits the skate park, will be held Sunday, July 11, 3–8 p.m.

• Liar’s contest winners serve up a bunch of ‘bull’

  By Lauren ShowsJuly 7, 2010

  

  At the second annual Big Bull Shake Liar’s Contest on July 4, contestants competed to see who could spin the biggest yarn.

• YSKP show a dazzling desert display

  By Megan BachmanJuly 4, 2010

  

  While the Yellow Springs Kids Playhouse summer musical, “Conference of the Birds” doesn’t open until Thursday, July 8, the News got a sneak peak during rehearsal last Thursday. Watch an audio slideshow, featuring the sounds and stagings of cast members, below, and see next week’s print edition of the Yellow Springs News for a full article on the latest production in YSKP’s 16th season of youth theater.

• Art exhibit kicks off Glen 50th celebration

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 3, 2010

  

  A well-attended exhibit of original art created by artists inspired by the Glen kicked off the Glen’s weekend celebration of its 50th anniversary on Friday evening.

• Summer Strings to host concert and musical bake sale

  By Megan BachmanJune 30, 2010

  

  Shirley Mullins’ Summer Strings youth orchestra will play its 47th grand finale this Saturday night at 7 p.m. in Kings Yard. The young musicians, who are concluding a two-week camp, can also be heard playing all over the village on Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. as part of a musical bake sale.