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• Solstice Concert— Cellist to offer ‘sonic meditation’

  By Carol SimmonsDecember 19, 2019

  

  Fitzpatrick’s solo cello invocation for the project, an original composition that has become a signature piece in his continuing focus on music as an agent of peace and healing, will be among the works featured when the classically trained musician returns to Yellow Springs to perform a Solstice Concert on Sunday, Dec. 22, at House of AUM.

• Rare all-district production— A musical ‘Scrooge!’ for the holidays

  By Guest ContributorDecember 13, 2019

  

  YSHS is presenting “Scrooge! The Musical” from Thursday, Dec. 12, to Sunday, Dec. 15, at the Foundry Theater, at Antioch College,  920 Corry St.

• 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.