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• After a long wait, Porchfest returns to Yellow Springs next weekend

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 12, 2025

  

  After a year off, Yellow Springs Porchfest will once again turn porches, patios and lawns into stages on Saturday, Sept. 20, from noon to 7 p.m.

• Moira Smiley and The Rhizome Quartet, World House Choir to open Foundry’s new season

  By Lauren ShowsSeptember 1, 2025

  

  Moira Smiley and the Rhizome Quartet, with special guests the World House Choir, will perform Tuesday, Sept. 2, beginning at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 for general admission and $5 for students.

• ‘The Outside Presents’ returns with ‘Midwestern Ambience’ for third season

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 29, 2025

  

  Experimental music series “The Outside Presents” returns this weekend for its third season, opening with a program titled “Midwestern Ambience.”

• Little Art’s new look, new horizons

  By Reilly DixonAugust 25, 2025

  

  On the humid evening of Friday, Aug. 15, an estimated 400 folks crowded Short Street to roll out the proverbial red carpet for a local landmark and its Hollywood makeover.

• Foundry Theater at Antioch College ramps up for third season

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 22, 2025

  

  The Foundry Theater at Antioch College is poised to launch another full season of programming behind its doors — the third season since its relaunch in the fall of 2023 as a venue for local artists in residence and national and international acts.

• Villagers make masks, not war

  By Reilly DixonAugust 18, 2025

  

  This month, the Peace Mask Project landed in Yellow Springs for a brief residency, and coordinators have been working with community members to make 50 masks of villagers’ faces.

• Clifton Gorge Music and Arts Festival, a big event in a small town

  By Lauren ShowsAugust 17, 2025

  

  The Clifton Gorge Music and Arts Festival returns Friday and Saturday, Aug. 22–23, bringing two days of food, music, dancing and handmade art to the small Greene County village.

• Community event to unveil new Little Art Theatre marquee

  By YS News StaffAugust 14, 2025

  

  On Friday, Aug. 15, the Little Art Theatre will unveil its new marquee with a free community event from 8–10 p.m. at the theater and in the community space on Short Street.

• WYSO loses federal funding, maintains resolve

  By Reilly DixonAugust 13, 2025

  

  Despite all the existential threats to public media and WYSO losing its federal funding, station General Manager Luke Dennis told the News in an interview last week that the Yellow Springs station’s radio waves will continue sounding out.

• Local funny guys at it again in ‘Smaller and Worse: A Nonsense Show’

  By Reilly DixonAugust 12, 2025

  

  “Smaller and Worse: A Nonsense Show” runs at the Foundry Theater at Antioch College Thursday–Saturday, Aug. 14–16. Tickets can be purchased at the door or beforehand at http://www.bit.ly/45cBguU.