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• Documentary highlights Wheeling Gaunt sculpture

  By Lauren ShowsJune 20, 2025

  

  “The Wheeling Gaunt Sculpture Project,” a 21-minute film documenting the creation of the village’s tribute to local 19th-century philanthropist and formerly enslaved man Wheeling Gaunt, will be screened Saturday, June 21, at 2 p.m. at the Little Art Theatre, followed by a Q&A moderated by Kevin McGruder. Admission is free.

• 15 to graduate from Antioch College

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  On Saturday, June 21, 15 students will graduate from Antioch College — an auspicious number of degrees to be conferred, as the college is also celebrating 15 years since the hiring of Mark Roosevelt as president in 2010, leading to the school’s reopening in 2011.

• A podcast for the art-curious

  By Lauren ShowsJune 18, 2025

  

  Last week, folks tuned into WCSU-FM Jazzy 88.9 during Thursday’s evening drive-time would have heard a voice familiar to many in the village floating through the airwaves and from their speakers.

• Flood ravages Glen Helen

  By Reilly DixonJune 17, 2025

  

  An estimated three inches of rain fell in a single hour that night, according to Glen Helen Executive Director Nick Boutis, causing the Yellow Springs Creek to rise suddenly and surge over public trails and walkways.

• Water and ink — Lucky Bunny helps Village open pool

  By Reilly DixonJune 15, 2025

  

  Repairing a public pool pump is no cheap endeavor. So, to help offset the costs and to move the pool’s opening along, the artists at Lucky Bunny Tattoo Club chipped in $1,000.

• Second annual documentary award honors Julia Reichert

  By YS News StaffJune 14, 2025

  

  To honor Reichert’s legacy, the Yellow Springs Film Festival and PNC Bank in 2024 created the Julia Reichert Award, a $3,000 short film prize to be given to an emerging female documentarian.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Busy as a bee

  By Guest ContributorJune 13, 2025

  

  “The whole place needs a good sweep, and it looks like being a fair day today so I can open both doors and the one functioning window to let the air move through the house. Stink bugs are everywhere so a bit of a purge is required.”

• Mad River Theater Works’ world-changing show

  By Lauren Shows

  

  Mad River Theater Works youth summer residency program participants will perform “Everybody Wants to Change the World” Friday, June 13, at 7 p.m. at the Foundry Theater. 

• Film Review | New schemes from the king of twee

  By Reilly Dixon

  

  “For the second week in a row, “The Phoenician Scheme” continues its run at the Little Art this weekend, and if you’re at all starved for symmetrical eye candy and over-the-top assassination attempts, buy the ticket and take the ride.”

• Neighbors sound off on proposed 84-acre annexation

  By Reilly DixonJune 12, 2025

  

  At public meetings on Monday, June 2, a group of residents who live on and near the section of East Enon Road south of the high school came before the public bodies to express their concerns about potential annexation of nearby land into the Village of Yellow Springs.