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• ‘Shrek: The Musical’ to debut

  By Lauren ShowsMay 4, 2022

  

  This week, the young thespians of YS High School and McKinney Middle School were in the last galvanic days before that transformation as they prepared to perform “Shrek: The Musical.” The production will be staged Friday–Sunday, May 6–8, in the Paul Robeson Cultural and Performing Arts Center at Central State University.

• A violin unlike any other

  By Alexis LewisApril 15, 2022

  

  Amanda Ewing is working to produce a violin for Anne Harris — the first such instrument produced by a Black woman luthier for a Black woman fiddle player in recorded history.

• Yellow Springs News wins again at Hooper Awards

  By YS News StaffApril 12, 2022

  

  For the 12th year in a row, the Yellow Springs News won the top prize at an annual state competition for weekly newspapers.

• Emergent Verse | Sonorous Sibilants

  By Ed DavisApril 10, 2022

  

  “Poets love form — even free-versers like me, who let go of strictly prescribed numbers of syllables in each line (meter), number of lines (like sonnets, villanelles) and rhyme schemes.”

• Dave Chappelle documentary comes home

  By Carol SimmonsApril 6, 2022

  

  “Dave Chappelle Live in Real Life,” which takes a behind-the-scenes look at the rural outdoor comedy shows presented by the locally based comedian against the catastrophic backdrop of summer 2020, opened at the Little Art Theatre on Thursday, March 24.

• ‘A Powerful Thang’ returns to Yellow Springs

  By Lauren ShowsApril 1, 2022

  

  On Saturday, April 2, “A Powerful Thang,” which was shot in large part in the village, will screen at the Little Art Theatre, where it debuted upon its release more than 30 years ago. Filmmaker Davis will make her return to the village for the screening.

• Emergent Verse | ‘High Lonesome’

  By YS News StaffMarch 21, 2022

  

  Retired Antioch professor, poet and translator Harold Wright used to contribute articles to the News, concluding with a tanka, a strict Japanese poetic form.

• Emergent Verse | An Introduction

  By YS News Staff

  

  As I walked in Glen Helen pondering the first installment of this reincarnated poetry column, the phrase “emergent verse” came to me and I realized I’d found its title.

• 91.3 WYSO receives $25,000 grant

  By Jessica ThomasMarch 5, 2022

  

  The grant money will be used to purchase new broadcasting equipment and have it installed, pay for the “highly specialized” acoustic treatments for the studio spaces and purchase new furniture for the WYSO team.

• Review | Nostalgic politics and pitfalls in ‘Licorice Pizza’

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 18, 2022

  

  Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s recent blockbuster film “Licorice Pizza” wants to remind us of all the thrills, seductions and dramas of adolescence.