Arts Section :: Page 54

• Friends use art to confront illness

  By Carol SimmonsApril 13, 2017

  

  “Corrine deals with everything through art,” said Nancy Mellon, speaking recently of her dear friend and frequent art-making collaborator Corrine Bayraktaroglu. The “everything” in this case is breast cancer.

• Local artists ‘try another way’

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 23, 2017

  

  The Yellow Springs Arts Council will host the exhibit “Try Another Way: Redefining Dis-abilities,” featuring the work of persons with disabilities or living with those with disabilities.

• YSTC to hold auditions for ‘Julius Caesar’

  By YS News StaffMarch 18, 2017

  

  The YS Theater Company will hold auditions for its upcoming production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” on Monday and Tuesday, March 27 and 28.

• ‘Piecework for Peace’ to gather

  By Audrey HackettMarch 16, 2017

  

  All handiwork crafters are invited to gather from 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays, beginning March 16, at the Emporium.

• YS Piano Fest to return

  By YS News StaffMarch 11, 2017

  

  The YS Piano Fest, a year-long series of concerts which aim to raise money to repair the Steinway piano in the Foundry Theater at Antioch College, will celebrate the restringing of the Steinway with a series of recitals Friday–Sunday, March 24–26.

• Parker Quartet performs at Chamber Music in Yellow Springs

  By YS News StaffMarch 9, 2017

  

  Chamber Music in Yellow Springs welcomes back the Parker Quartet for a concert on Sunday, March 12, 7:30 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church.

• Celebrating dance and community

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Locally based dancer Valerie Blackwell-Truitt might have become a professional singer. But dance is what called her.

• A hometown writer tells own story

  By Dylan Taylor-Lehman

  

  Chris Tebbetts, a Yellow Springs native and author of a few successful book series for young readers, will be speaking at the Little Art Theatre as part of their “Homecoming” series, in which people with interesting careers speak about their history and their craft.

• ‘Ripples’ celebrates village’s elders

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  A diversity of both form and content is the goal of “Ripples,” an annual journal that is “a celebration of elders” in the Village.

• Community Dance Concert coming up

  By Audrey HackettMarch 3, 2017

  

  The Valerie Blackwell-Truitt Community Dance Concert, featuring over 40 dancers, is happening next Friday and Saturday, March 10 and 11, at the Foundry Theater.