Arts Section :: Page 24

• First Lines — Poetry of the sleeping breath

  By Audrey HackettDecember 6, 2019

  

  The voice of the dog. Simple, straightforward. And then, like a child who speaks an uncanny truth, soulful. Two “poems for dogs” from villager Artie Isaac.

• Poems of renewal at winter solstice

  By Audrey HackettDecember 5, 2019

  

  Area residents are invited to enter the “thin time” at Tecumseh Land Trust’s eighth annual Winter Solstice Poetry Reading, held Friday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m., at Glen Helen’s Vernet Ecological Center.

• Sing along with ‘Scrooge!’ cast

  By YS News StaffDecember 4, 2019

  

  The cast of the upcoming all-district production of “Scrooge! The Musical” will hold a special sing-along fundraiser event on Friday, Dec. 6, 7–9 p.m. at the Foundry Theater on the Antioch College campus.

• A trinity of actors in ‘Agnes’

  By Guest ContributorNovember 28, 2019

  

  The Yellow Springs Theater Company returns this month with “Agnes of God,” a thoughtful drama that explores faith and religion in the midst of a murder mystery. 

• About the Lauren Heaton Scholarship Fund for Aspiring Journalists

  By YS News StaffNovember 23, 2019

  

  In memory of native villager and longtime Yellow Springs News reporter Lauren Heaton, the Yellow Springs News has established a fund for an annual journalism scholarship.

• Film explores ‘moral injury’ vets face

  By Guest ContributorNovember 14, 2019

  

  The National Alliance on Mental Illness Clark, Greene and Madison Counties, or NAMI CGM, will be screening “Almost Sunrise,” a film that explores the effects of mental illness and moral injury on veterans, on Saturday, Nov. 9. The free screening will take place from 12:30 to 3 p.m. at the Little Art Theatre.

• Mark Twain Prize— Stars fete Chappelle at gala

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Called the “voice of his generation” by fellow comedian and actor Eddie Murphy, longtime Yellow Springs resident Dave Chappelle was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday night, Oct. 27, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

• Holiday Art Jumble to return

  By YS News Staff

  

  The annual Holiday Art Jumble, sponsored by the YS Arts Council, will return to the village Nov. 16–Dec. 29. The sale, which is a fundraiser for the YS Arts Council, features donated items with “fascinating, lovable, crafty or arty” qualities, including handmade crafts. 

• New works from a local writer

  By Audrey HackettOctober 31, 2019

  

  This summer, Barbara Fleming released not just one, but two titles: the fourth book in her Matthew Alexander detective series, and a play that grew out of that fourth book and relates closely to its plot.

• Dave Chappelle receives comedy’s highest honor

  By Carol SimmonsOctober 28, 2019

  

  In a star-filled gathering, surrounded by family, friends and fellow entertainers from throughout his 30-plus-year career in show business, comedian and actor Dave Chappelle was awarded the 22nd Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday night, Oct. 27, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.