Arts Section :: Page 42

• Chappelle, Gavankar host ‘Blindspotting‘ screening in Yellow Springs

  By Matt MindeJuly 20, 2018

  

  Local resident Dave Chappelle hosted actor Janina Gavankar at a screening at the Little Art Theatre Thursday, July, 19, of her new feature film “Blindspotting,” a timely comedy-drama.

• New Friends Care program addresses dementia through art

  By YS News StaffJuly 18, 2018

  

  Friends Care Community is currently implementing a new program to aid residents with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia — by helping them express themselves through art.

• 425-year-old magic, mirth and mayhem on Mills Lawn

  By YS News StaffJuly 17, 2018

  

  Faeries and asses, music and magic, enchantment and engagement all come together this weekend as the Yellow Springs Theater Company mounts the final performances of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

• PorchFest coming to village; musicians, porches needed

  By YS News StaffJuly 16, 2018

  

  Yellow Springs PorchFest, a day of music celebrating community and local musicians, is being planned for Saturday, Oct. 6.

• Bachman takes over role as editor of News

  By YS News StaffJuly 12, 2018

  

  Beginning next week, Megan Bachman will be the new editor of the local paper. Bachman is taking the place of Diane Chiddister, 68, the editor for the last 12 years.

• Outside voices: 2018’s Springsfest

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  The weather couldn’t have been more perfect on Saturday, July 7, for this year’s Springsfest, which featured 11 bands over 11 hours.

• Yellow Springs’ own Woodstock returns

  By Guest Contributor

  

  For the third year, Yellow Springs is going to celebrate its own version of Woodstock or Lollapalooza with Springsfest, a 12-hour music festival.

• ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ opens this weekend

  By YS News StaffJuly 9, 2018

  

  The Yellow Springs Theater Company will open the third annual “Summer Shakespeare Shindig” with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” this weekend. Performances will be held Fridays and Saturdays, July 13, 14, 20 and 21, beginning at 8 p.m.

• Mister Rogers coming to neighborhood

  By YS News StaffJuly 4, 2018

  

  This year marks the 50th anniversary of Fred Rogers’ work in television neighborhoods across the country. As the documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” premieres at the Little Art this weekend, special events have been planned in celebration.

• Love and a feel-good jam band

  By Guest ContributorJune 28, 2018

  

  On Saturday, June 9, a local band and its cohort gathered in a circle, each with one arm around another and a cup in each one of their other hands at Peach’s Grill, toasting the show before it began.