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• Mad River Theater Works mixes it up

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 20, 2025

  

  Mad River is leaning into bringing these and other varieties of performances to the village in the future — including two events set for this month.

• Traditional Irish band Lúnasa heads to Foundry Theater

  By Reilly DixonMarch 10, 2025

  

  As part of the Foundry Theater at Antioch College’s ongoing season of programming, traditional Irish music quintet Lúnasa will take the stage Tuesday, March 11, at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.bit.ly/4ik9nGk.

• New on 91.3 WYSO: Haitian-American stories

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 8, 2025

  

  “Haitians in the Heartland” is a new series produced at WYSO 91.3 as a collaboration between WYSO’s Eichelberger Center for Community Voices and Springfield’s Haitian Community Alliance.

• ‘Women’s Voices Out Loud’ event set

  By YS News StaffMarch 1, 2025

  

  “Women’s Voices Out Loud,” an annual community event uplifting women’s stories through spoken word, visual art and musical performances, will be Saturday, March 8, International Women’s Day.

• Local musicians to bring experimental ‘In C’ to the Emporium

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 25, 2025

  

  The Emporium will host “Neutrals and Friends” — a dozen or so musicians from in and around the village — for a performance of renowned minimalist composer Terry Riley’s ever-changing work “In C,” as well as other compositions, during the weekly wine tasting Friday, Feb. 28, beginning at 7 p.m.

• Creating Space | Dayton Poetry Slam welcomes all

  By Iden CrockettFebruary 20, 2025

  

  This is the first in a profile and interview series from the perspective of News columnist Iden Crockett that aims to highlight people who work in the arts in the Miami Valley, with a focus on those who create space for women, BIPOC and queer creatives.

• Chamber Music in Yellow Springs to present Aizuri Quartet

  By YS News StaffFebruary 15, 2025

  

  The Aizuri Quartet, formed in 2012 by graduates of the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music, will perform Sunday, Feb. 23, as part of the Chamber Music in Yellow Springs, or CMYS, 2024–25 season.

• Yellow Springs director brings ‘Rocky Horror’ to the John Legend Theater

  By Lauren ShowsFebruary 12, 2025

  

  The Springfield Civic Theatre will present the cult-comic musical “The Rocky Horror Show” Thursday–Saturday, Feb. 13–15, at the John Legend Theater. The production — directed by Yellow Springs’ own Lorrie Sparrow-Knapp — features a cast of Springfield and Yellow Springs actors and musicians.

• Mark Lomax Quartet to celebrate ‘A Love Supreme’ anniversary at Foundry

  By Lauren ShowsJanuary 17, 2025

  

  Dr. Mark Lomax II, who performed in Yellow Springs in fall of 2023 as part of the Foundry Theater at Antioch College’s inaugural season of programming, will return to the Foundry with the Mark Lomax Quartet on Saturday, Jan. 18, to mark the 60th anniversary of John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme.”

• YS Theater Company seeks scripts

  By YS News StaffJanuary 11, 2025

  

  The Yellow Springs Theater Company is accepting script submissions for the 2025 annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, featuring a selection of plays no longer than 10 minutes.