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• Fest in show

  By YS News StaffNovember 2, 2023

  

  The festival, which ran Oct. 6–8, featured a number of screenings and Q&A discussions, including with filmmakers Steven Bognar, Stephen Michael Simon and Steve Zahn and actor and comedian Fred Armisen.

• Spooky strut

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  Walking under the autumn sun on Halloween afternoon, Monday, Oct. 31, were plenty of pretty princesses, frightful goblins and ghouls, myriad Marios and Luigis, fantastical warriors and beautiful Barbies.

• Vocal point

  By Reilly DixonOctober 12, 2023

  

  The Presbyterian pews were filled for the first concert of the 2023–2024 Chamber Music in Yellow Springs season, which featured the vocal ensemble CANTUS, an eight-member “low voice” a cappella ensemble.

• Grandfriends Day

  By Lauren Shows

  

  On Tuesday, Sept. 12, Mills Lawn Elementary School held the first iteration of what is sure to be a beloved annual tradition: Grandfriends Day.

• All power to the porches

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  All throughout a perfect early fall day, on Saturday, Sept. 16, over 50 musicians, bands, disc jockeys, singers, songwriters and instrumentalists of nearly every musical genre under the sun performed at the annual villagewide Porchfest.

• Eye of the beholder

  By YS News StaffOctober 6, 2023

  

  YSHS students performed “She Kills Monsters” at Mills Lawn Thursday–Sunday last week to capacity crowds.

• Water colors

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 29, 2023

  

  On Friday, Sept. 22, the News caught local artist and meter reader Travis Hotaling working on an unusual canvas: the Village recently tasked the painter with beautifying some of the downtown fire hydrants.

• Singapore Seahorse Coin Jewelry now open

  By Reilly DixonSeptember 1, 2023

  

  On Friday, July 14, the village’s comically large scissors were once again brought to the ribbon cutting of a new downtown Yellow Springs business: Singapore Seahorse Coin Jewelry is now open for business at 100 Corry St.

• Wall to wall

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  Last week, local muralist Pierre Nagley made the first brush strokes on his newest public work: a massive mural in honor of the late villager Marco Comegys, who died unexpectedly in a fatal motorcycle accident earlier this year.

• Marco Day, Ohio

  By Reilly DixonMay 25, 2023

  

  In honor of beloved community member Marco “De Ohio” Comegys, who died unexpectedly on April 21, a day-long celebration was staged throughout the village on Friday, May 19.