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• Little Art Theatre’s new managing director settles in

  By Jessica ThomasSeptember 10, 2021

  

  As the Little Art celebrates nearly 92 years of operation, Kristina Heaton, its newly hired managing director, is making it her personal mission to continue building a legacy that reflects the values of the theater and of the Yellow Springs community.

• Chamber Music in Yellow Springs returns for 2021-2022 season

  By Jessica ThomasSeptember 2, 2021

  

  Chamber Music in Yellow Springs, or CMYS, will be returning to in-person concerts this season, with some innovations — including providing livestreaming.

• Yellow Springs Kids Playhouse now casting ‘The Time Machine’

  By Jessica ThomasJuly 31, 2021

  

  Celebrating its 27th year, the Yellow Springs Kids Playhouse will explore a world decimated by climate change in its performance of “The Time Machine,” by H.G. Wells. The show is currently being cast and will premiere this fall.

• New era, location for WYSO

  By Cheryl DurgansJuly 29, 2021

  

  This article looks more deeply at WYSO’s plans for the Union School House that were announced in last week’s News.

• ‘Loud As the Rolling Sea’ series launched— WYSO airs Black YS elders’ stories

  By Megan BachmanJuly 18, 2021

  

  Named after a lyric in the civil rights standard, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” local public radio station WYSO’s new series, “Loud As the Rolling Sea,” brings to the airwaves stories of African American life in mid-20th century Yellow Springs.

• Union School House site for WYSO

  By Cheryl DurgansJuly 14, 2021

  

  At its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 13, Planning Commission approved a major renovation and addition at the historic Union School House for the new site of the local radio station WYSO.

• Site design unveiled— Gaunt sculpture park eyed

  By Megan BachmanJuly 4, 2021

  

  After three years, the Wheeling Gaunt sculpture is nearing completion. Anticipating a September unveiling, Village Council heard about plans for the sculpture’s placement in a downtown park at its June 21 regular meeting.

• ‘This Time This Place’— Chappelle documentary debuts

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 1, 2021

  

  As New York City audiences went back inside theaters last weekend, the first show on the docket was the premiere of a new documentary set in Yellow Springs.

• 10-Minute Play Festival is back

  By Reilly DixonJune 24, 2021

  

  Performances are slated for Friday and Saturday, June 25 and 26, at 7 p.m. on the south lawn of Yellow Springs High School. The event is free and open to the public, but $10 donations to the company are encouraged.

• Latest Kieth’s Alley mural complete— Unpacking the ‘Tarot of America’

  By Megan BachmanJune 15, 2021

  

  Located on the rear of the building that houses Current Cuisine/Dark Star Comics/Pangaea, which has been a “free wall” since 1988, the “Tarot of America” features a panoply of social justice themes.