Village Life Section :: Page 131

• Train to be an ‘eco-sattva’

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 6, 2017

  

  The Dharma Center and Community Solutions are partnering to offer a course in Buddhist responses to climate change. The course begins Jan. 12.

• 2016: Yellow Springs year in Review — Village life

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 5, 2017

  

  2016: Yellow springs year in Review — Village life

• Celebrate Kwanzaa, Hanukkah this week

  By Audrey HackettDecember 29, 2016

  

  Villagers will gather to celebrate Kwanzaa on Dec. 29 and Hanukkah on Dec. 30. Both celebrations are open to all interested in attending.

• Christmas Eve services (+ bonus poem)

  By Audrey HackettDecember 24, 2016

  

  Across the village’s various houses of worship, services are happening on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

• ‘Blue Christmas’ honors complexities of season

  By Audrey HackettDecember 23, 2016

  

  First Presbyterian Church is offering a “Blue Christmas” service this Friday, Dec. 23, to acknowledge the darker side of the season of light.

• Phyllis Lawson Jackson: Deep roots, and a historian’s eye

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 22, 2016

  

  You’d be hard pressed to find someone with deeper Yellow Springs roots than Phylllis Lawson Jackson, the fifth generation of the Lawson family to live in the village.

• Submit entries to ‘Blacks in YS Encyclopedia’

  By Web AdminDecember 20, 2016

  

  The 365 Project announces a call for submissions for a “Blacks in Yellow Springs Encyclopedia.”

• Annual Kwanzaa celebration slated

  By Web AdminDecember 19, 2016

  

  The annual YS Kwanzaa celebration will be held Thursday, Dec. 29, 6–9 p.m., at the Bryan Center.

• Fresh snow, fresh bridge

  By Matt MindeDecember 15, 2016

  

  This week’s snow emphasized the stark angles and clean lines of the new bridge in Glen Helen, spanning the old dam area.

• A taste of winter

  By Robert Hasek

  

  At least three inches of snow fell in the area Tuesday, Dec. 13, causing the first winter havoc.