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• Review | Of whales and love’s conditions

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 1, 2023

  

  Darren Aronofsky’s 2022 film, “The Whale,” is an exercise in discomfort. Audiences are spurred to shift in their seats as they watch the protagonist of undeniable size — played by the almost universally beloved Brendan Fraser — struggle to help himself time and again.

• ‘Freedom Flight’ play to debut

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 11, 2023

  

  “Freedom Flight,” a play for young audiences detailing the historical tale of Addison White, who escaped from enslavement in Kentucky and stood against pursuing federal marshals in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, will be performed Friday, Jan. 13, at the Foundry Theater.

• Harold Wright’s poetic life

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 28, 2022

  

  This year, villager and Antioch College Emeritus Professor of Japanese Language, Literature and Culture Harold Wright released “Bridge on the Shikishima Way: 100 Poems by Emperor Meiji.” The book presents the poems in both Japanese and in English, translated by Wright.

• IN MEMORIAM | Julia Reichert’s legacy in truth, film

  By YS News StaffDecember 16, 2022

  

  Julia Reichert work in film will be remembered for holding a megaphone to the voices of women and the working class — a thematic thread that ran through many of her most important works.

• 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.