Village Life Section :: Page 22

• Unsolicited Opinions | How do we get in formation?

  By Jessica ThomasMay 22, 2023

  

  “A teacher of young geese offers lessons in how to navigate interpersonal conflicts, and practice being a whole ear of corn instead of a kernel.”

• Wheeling Gaunt receives honorary degree from Wilberforce University

  By Cheryl DurgansMay 16, 2023

  

  Yellow Springs philanthropist and businessman Wheeling Gaunt was awarded an honorary degree posthumously by Wilberforce University at the college’s commencement on Saturday, May 6.

• My Name Is Iden | Select all that are applicable

  By Iden Crockett

  

  “Allowing people the freedom to fully self-identify in the ways that are most genuine and true to their lives and experience is the first step toward truly celebrating diversity.”

• ‘Getting to the Root’

  By Cheryl DurgansMay 15, 2023

  

  On Wednesday and Thursday, April 26 and 27, the Coretta Scott King Center hosted “Getting to the Root,” a two-day workshop centered on strengthening antiracism efforts.

• Letting babies lead at Open Air Studio

  By Lauren ShowsMay 13, 2023

  

  At Open Air Studio, a downtown education center that opened last summer, it’s all about letting babies safely learn about how to live in the world, and about who they are within it.

• Yellow Springs Food Pantry finds a new home

  By Lauren ShowsMay 10, 2023

  

  The pantry, which has been hosted by the Yellow Springs United Methodist Church for nearly two decades, will now be located at Central Chapel AME Church, 411 S. High St. Just as before, the pantry will be open 2–4 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.

• There they go again

  By YS News StaffMay 8, 2023

  

  After a spate of illnesses cut short the McKinney and YSHS stage run of this year’s spring musical in early March, the cast and crew of “Mamma Mia!” returned triumphantly to the stage April 26, 27 and 28, and performed to a full house each night at the Foundry Theater.

• My Name Is Iden | The path of the fearless

  By Iden CrockettMay 5, 2023

  

  “It is a frightening time to be transgender or nonbinary in America. It’s a frightening time to love someone who is trans or nonbinary.”

• Agraria Update | Executive Director Jennings, Board Treasurer Sidwell resign

  By YS News StaffMay 3, 2023

  

  On Monday, April 24, the Board of Trustees of the Agraria Center for Regenerative Practice released a media statement updating the public on the status of the nonprofit’s temporary closure.

• The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Far from the madding crowd

  By Guest ContributorMay 2, 2023

  

  “Bit by bit I would like to lay out the make-up of Patterdale Hall, dwell on aspects of the property and maybe even meditate, or more likely ruminate, on what manner of fresh hell has befallen us each day.”