From The Print Last Week Section :: Page 81

• Air quality plummets in Midwest, haze returns to Yellow Springs

  By Reilly DixonJune 28, 2023

  

  On Wednesday morning, June 28, the air quality index, or AQI, for Yellow Springs hit 211, classified as “very unhealthy conditions” — the highest it’s been all month.

• Building Community | Baseball fields renamed after Davenport sisters

  By Jessica ThomasJune 27, 2023

  

  Jackie, who died in March 2023 and Yvonne, who died in February 2021, were integral in creating a space for women in Yellow Springs’ recreational baseball league and were fierce advocates for athletic programs throughout the village.

• Review | To interiority and beyond in ‘Asteroid City’

  By Reilly DixonJune 26, 2023

  

  “‘Asteroid City’ is a meta film that spends 104 minutes scaffolding layers upon layers of tweedy, postmodern artifice. And I, for one, loved it.”

• Free lunch program feeds local youth

  By Lauren Shows

  

  The event marked the second Friday during which volunteers from the local Pleasant Grove Missionary Church set up on the porch of the library to hand out sandwiches, chips, fruit and water to kids at no cost.

• Yellow Springs garden tour to benefit Children’s Center

  By YS News StaffJune 25, 2023

  

  The 2023 Yellow Springs Bloom and Bounty Garden Tour will be Sunday, June 25, 1–5 p.m., rain or shine.

• Activist to deliver Antioch College commencement address

  By Cheryl DurgansJune 23, 2023

  

  Eighteen Antioch College students will become the college’s newest alumni following commencement ceremonies Saturday, June 24.

• Yellow Springs to celebrate Pride

  By YS News Staff

  

  The festivities kick off at 11 a.m. on the downtown block near Mills Lawn Elementary School and Jackson Lytle and Lewis with vendors, food trucks, community resources and more.

• Perry League | T-ball nights full of surprises

  By Guest Contributor

  

  The local T-ball league has now encompassed more than five decades and endeared itself to the hearts of many children and families in the village.

• Mad River Theater Works youth residency debuts

  By Lauren Shows

  

  The inaugural Mad River Theater Works summer theater residency for youth will debut a public performance on Friday, June 23, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Foundry Theater.

• Unsolicited Opinions | Keep racist items out of stores

  By Jessica ThomasJune 22, 2023

  

  “If Yellow Springs is to be a welcoming village, we have to work together to reject stereotypes of BIPOC and other minority groups.”