Village Life Section :: Page 6
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Local chess club makes moves
Over the last few years, the Fairborn Scholastic Chess Club’s founder, Tony Mumford, has expanded its reach to village youth, and he now operates the Yellow Springs Chess Club, introducing a whole new generation to the love of the game.
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Annual Yellow Springs Kwanzaa celebration set
The annual community Kwanzaa celebration will be Saturday, Dec. 28, beginning at 6 p.m., in the John Bryan Community Center gymnasium.
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H.U.M.A.N. to host community coffeehouse
Local human rights organization H.U.M.A.N., or Help Us Make a Nation, aims to give folks a way to meditate on post-election questions, and others, at a coffeehouse event slated for Sunday, Dec. 15, at the Foundry Theater. The event is sponsored by Mad River Theater Works.
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“Empty Bowls” fundraiser to benefit Yellow Springs soup kitchen
An “Empty Bowls” fundraiser for “Who’s Hungry?” will take place at the YS Senior Center, 5-8 p.m., on Thursday, Dec. 12. $10 pays for the soup; $25-$45 pays for the soup as well as a handmade bowl to keep. All proceeds will allow the Yellow Springs soup kitchen to continue providing free food every Monday and Wednesday.
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The Patterdale Hall Diaries | Truly an entangled life
“Raising children is hard and rewarding, and both Bob and Morris seem to be thriving. I’m glad we now have Patterdale Hall. I’m very tired and I need to rest. The Hall is the place where I will rest.”
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Butter Flower Farm blooms on Fairfield
Butter Flower Farm, or BFF, is an 11-acre sustainable farm currently specializing in dried flowers. The farm is owned and operated by local farmers Evan Pitstick and Larissa Duprey and florist Brenn Busker.
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Down to Earth | October showers bring November flowers
“The severe drought we experienced in late summer this year has led to several interesting phenomena in the plant world.”
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The Briar Patch | A fork in the road
“On election night, Tuesday, Nov. 5, most voting Americans, particularly Protestant and Catholic white Christians, chose a vision of fascism and fear in the name of Jesus. Dietrich Bonhoeffer must be weeping in his grave.”
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Agraria offers climate hope through biochar workshop
Agraria will host a biochar workshop Friday and Saturday, Dec. 6 and 7, at Agraria Farm. The hands-on workshop will be led by instructors Mark Cohen, Gary Gilmore and Dale Hendricks.
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When the pain doesn’t go away
Local resident Keith Grzelak, who was diagnosed two years ago with complex regional pain syndrome, or CRPS. Rare, little researched and little understood, CRPS is routinely described as one of the most painful chronic conditions known to medicine.
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