Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Technical Difficulty

This blog is experiencing an unusual technical difficulty. This morning I was unable to access it with my Google Chrome Browser, but I was able to get onto it with both Firefox and Internet Explorer. My Google Chrome does, however, work with other blogs on Blogspot, including my Chronicles of Kresge blog.

I have reported this to Blogspot, but don't expect an answer anytime soon. You can help by reporting your experiences with this blog to me by email at gunchpress@yahoo.com. I especially would like to know if you are using Google Chrome and are able to access this blog.

This is important to me, as there a many people who, like me, have switched to Google Chrome as their everyday browser.

Thanks for your patience and your help.

-vh

At the library Thursday, Dec. 8

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Bench to Nowhere: Water World

A Wet Town Toon

Destination YS

Holiday events in YS

Art lovers will enjoy the first weekend in December in Yellow Springs. In addition to the 65 shops and galleries filled with one-of-a-kind handcrafted items, there are several special arts events for even more holiday gift buying opportunities.

Miami Valley Pottery continues their Holiday Kiln Opening Sale Friday through Sunday from 10 am–5 pm with a special Stained Glass Platters Open House on Friday, December 2 from 7-9 pm. Miami Valley Pottery is located at145 Hyde, just 2 miles southwest of Yellow Springs.

On Saturday afternoon, local potter Lisa Goldberg and quilt artist Pam Geisel will be hosting a Clay & Fiber Open House at 4619 Meredith Rd. from 1-4 pm just 2 miles northeast of Yellow Springs.

How about making, not just giving, the gift of art? Springs Gallery will be hosting an Artistic Jewelry Workshop where you can create a pure silver domed pendant with visiting artist Trish Jeffers-Zeh. Appropriate even for beginners, call 937-409-5047 to register for the Saturday afternoon event.

To end the arts events, there will be a gallery reception at the Glen Helen Atrium Gallery Sunday from 2-4 pm featuring the portrait and animal paintings of Bekka Sage, with an artist talk at 3 pm.

A great holiday Yellow Springs’ tradition is finding and cutting your own tree at the Yellow Springs High School School Forest Festival. Located at the edge of Glen Helen on Bryan Park Rd. , stop by from 9 am–3 pm Saturday and Sunday to enjoy a roaring fire and other fun.

Then on December 10, enjoy the Holiday Fest with the usual great shopping and dining experiences plus lots of activities especially for kids. The fun starts at 1 pm with a Treasure Hunt to find surprises around town until 4 pm. Free horse-drawn wagon rides will start in front of the Little Art Theatre at 2 and run until 5 pm. And to top it off, Santa is making a special visit from the North Pole stopping by Dunphy Real Estate at 251 Xenia Ave. from 3-6 pm. The Yellow Springs Montessori will be providing childcare at the United Methodist Church at 202 S. Winter from 1-5 pm for a modest donation.

You won’t want to miss the Holiday Pottery Show & Sale at John Bryan Community Pottery located at 100 Dayton St. on December 10 and 11 from 11 am to 5 pm. A locally-based consortium of potters, you can find a wide variety of beautiful and affordable art to give this holiday.

Remember Yellow Springs throughout the holiday season as a place for incomparable gifts, a warm atmosphere and great holiday parties. For more information, please contact the Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce at 937.767.2686 or visit www.yellowspringsohio.org.

Saturday night at Clifton Opera House

The Clifton Opera House will be humming and strumming on Saturday, December 3rd when Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers return. They are back by popular demand and will be giving fans a huge treat of old time bluegrass and gospel tunes. Joe and the boys have stayed busy this year and we are thrilled that they could keep Clifton Opera House on their performance list. This is the second year that Joe and the boys have scheduled a December show, let's make it a tradition!

Come out and support the Clifton Opera House, your participation helps keep these doors open and Americana music on it's stage. The Clifton Opera House is owned and operated by the Village of Clifton as a fund raiser. The doors open at 6:30pm, show starts at 7:30pm. Contact 937.767.2343 or 937.342.2175 for more information or visit the website www.cliftonoperahouse.com. Tickets are $10.00.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Long time Antioch prof's remains discovered




It was a roundabout way to come to this discovery, but a longtime Yellow Springs resident and noted Antioch College professor's remains were identified by a woman dedicated to burying military dead even though he served for less than two months during WW I. An interesting turn of events.

Dayton Daily News: Local WWI vet’s lost remains among first ID’d by project

B Ball Fundraiser for Simply Women

Bulldog Classic--Charity Games vs Cincinnati Woodward
Tuesday, 11/29/11 YSHS Gym
(boys basketball games: JV 5:30pm; Varsity 7:00pm)
Fundraiser for Simply Women Ohio
Sponsored by Peaches Grill and BP Oil of YS
Entry: $5 adults, $3 children
All proceeds benefit "Simply Women Ohio" (www.simplywomenohio.org)

Youngs vs. Dorothy Lane..?

Only a few hours left for your vote to be counted in this match-up between Dayton area brands!

Dayton Business Journal: Brand Madness, Round 2, Match 4: Dorothy Lane Market vs. Young’s Jersey Dairy

Dayton Mandolin Orchestra at Clifton Opera House

Friday, December 2

You might recognize some of these folks. The DMO is heavily populated with Springers.

Clifton Opera House will present the Dayton Mandolin Orchestra (DMO) on Friday, December 2nd at 7:30pm. DMO's program promises to be interesting and varied. It will include Corelli's Christmas Concerto, works by local composers, some traditional holiday favorites, a sleigh ride celebration of Russian winter, and a holiday visit to Hawaii! From baroque to folk - expect the unexpected.

Their program demonstrates the incredible versatility of the mandolin family of instruments. Depending on what the DMO is playing at the moment, you can hear a baroque chamber orchestra, the harps of angels, a Russian balalaika ensemble, or ukuleles at a luau. But throughout the program you will hear and feel the warmth of the Holidays.

The Dayton Mandolin Orchestra (DMO) performs at local concerts, holiday celebrations and other events in the Dayton and Greater Miami Valley area. The orchestra features the members of the mandolin family: Mandolin, Mandola, Octave, Mandocello and Mandobass; and their acoustical cousins, the Guitar and Contrabass, with additional instrumentalists as needed.

The Dayton Mandolin Orchestra, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit musical arts organization, relies upon dedicated friends and supporters. Check out their website www.daytonmandolin.net.

The Clifton Opera House is operated by the Village of Clifton, all donations are used for the maintenance of the historic building. Clifton Opera House is located at 5 So. Clay Street, Clifton OH. For information call 937.767-2343.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Bahnsen book a good choice for giving




Given the season, WYSO's Book Nook host, Vick Mickunas, has compiled a list for his regular newspaper column of books he considers to be thoughtful gifts for book lovers. Among them is Photographs by Axel Bahnsen (Yellow Springs Historical Society, 108 pages, $28). The book is available from the YS Historical Society.


See A Yellow Springs Blog: Bahnsen photos in new collection

Check out Vick's list:

Springfield News-Sun: Vick’s picks for book lovers on your gift list

Date Correction for reading : Tuesday, Jan. 17

National Book Award winner Jaimy Gordon ‘66
to present reading and talk at Antioch College


The Antioch Review the Antioch College Writing Institute will host a special reading by 2010 National Book Award winner Jaimy Gordon, beginning at 7 p.m., Tuesday, January 17, in McGregor Hall on the College’s campus. The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.

In addition to a reading from Gordon’s latest novel, Lord of Misrule, the event will include a book signing and question and answer session.

Gordon, a 1966 graduate of Antioch College, is the author of four novels. In addition to the National Book Award for Fiction, Lord of Misrule was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award; it also won the Tony Ryan Award for the year’s best book about horse racing and was longlisted for the Indie Booksellers Choice Award for 2011. Published on November 15, 2010 and now in its third printing, Lord of Misrule is a national bestseller with more than 45,000 hardcover copies in print.

Gordon’s previous novels include Bogeywoman, She Drove Without Stopping, and Shamp of the City-Solo. She has been a Fellow of the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, and has also won an Academy-Institute Award for her fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Gordon currently teaches at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and in the Prague Summer Program for Writers.

From the publisher: Lord of Misrule
At the rock-bottom end of the sport of kings sits the ruthless and often violent world of cheap horse racing, where trainers and jockeys, grooms and hotwalkers, loan sharks and touts are all struggling to take an edge, or prove their luck, or just survive. Equal parts Nathanael West, Damon Runyon and Eudora Welty, Lord of Misrule follows five characters -- scarred and lonely dreamers in the American grain -- through a year and four races at Indian Mound Downs, downriver from Wheeling, West Virginia.

Horseman Tommy Hansel has a scheme to rescue his failing stable: He'll ship four unknown but ready horses to Indian Mound Downs, run them in cheap claiming races at long odds, and then gut out fast before anyone notices. The problem is, at this rundown riverfront half-mile racetrack in the Northern Panhandle, everybody notices -- veteran groom Medicine Ed, Kidstuff the blacksmith, old lady "gyp" Deucey Gifford, stall superintendent Suitcase Smithers, eventually even the ruled-off "racetrack financier" Two-Tie and the ominous leading trainer, Joe Dale Bigg. But no one bothers to factor in Tommy Hansel's go-fer girlfriend, Maggie Koderer. Like the beautiful, used-up, tragic horses she comes to love, Maggie has just enough heart to wire everyone's flagging hopes back to the source of all luck.

James and Moore to play at Clifton Winterfest

On Wednesday, November 30th the James and Moore group will return to Clifton entertaining you with old standards and Christmas favorites. Lou James and Pamela Moore make up the dynamic duo. This is the first in a series of free Wednesday night concerts at the Clifton Winterfest. The show starts at 7:30pm in the sanctuary of the Clifton United Presbyterian Church on 183 N Jackson Street.

Lou James has been in the music business for many years. His first major job was traveling with Dick Clark’s bands “The Cavalcade Of Stars” & “The Caravan Of Stars“. He is also a member of “The Impossibles” and “The Ivory Doghouse”. Pamela is new to the business, but not new to singing. She has performed at many functions over the years, but just three years ago started to live out her dream to be a “Singer”. She has a love for the music of the 30’s and 40’s, the Billie Holiday, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald tunes. The songs that tell the stories of life. The James and Moore duo performed at last year's Winterfest.

The Clifton Winterfest was inspired three years ago to bring visitors to historic Clifton. Each year the event has grown and this year includes Rue Farms offering a full dinner service in the church social hall. Over forty crafters and vendors have set up in booths in the lower level of the church offering hand crafted gift items and bakery goodies. The hours are 11am - 9pm Wednesday thru Sundays thru Christmas Eve; come out and support these local businesses and artisans. And in the spirit of the season; good things come from your participation. Clifton Gorge coffee sales will benefit the Village of Clifton historic buildings and cafe sales willl benefit the Clifton UPC, two very good causes in Clifton.

For more information, call 937.681.9491 and look on Facebook.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Back Story: Finding my true love on the Internet

If, like my wife, you've been trying to get my attention and haven't had much luck lately, here's what I've been up to:

I saw two very good hockey games last night, even though there wasn't any hockey on TV, at least not on broadcast TV, and I don't have cable. I watched Elmira College of the ECAC West defeat Middlebury College of the NESCAC (3-2) and the College of St. Scholastica of the NCHA beat Marian University of the MCHA (4-3) via Internet webcasts over my computer. It's Thanksgiving weekend and that means invitational tournament time in NCAA Division III hockey; a holiday feast for Division III hockey nuts.

Division III hockey... Yes, Virginia, there is an alternate universe. To find it go the USCHO.com. That's the US College Hockey Online website, a service that covers men's and women's NCAA hockey at all levels. From there you can find the USCHO Fan Forum. As I write this at 10 a.m. Saturday, there are 54 fans viewing the Men's Div. III forum. They will be tossing around the results of last night's action and making predictions for the rest of the weekend. They will also be berating the opposition and questioning their own coaches' decisions. In that regard it's not much different that Major League Baseball or the National Football League or the Big 10. But there is one major difference from big-time college sports: no scholarships.

In Div. III the game is played for the love of the sport. The Div. I schools buy up most of the top talent with scholarships. They are bigger and faster and some of them are destined for the pros. You don't have to go far to find that kind of action: Miami University and Ohio State both have fine Div. I teams. But in terms of competitiveness, it's hard to beat Div. III. Last night's action was a typical example.

Even most Div. I fans will quickly admit that the oldest and most intense rivalry is that between Bowdoin College and Colby College in Maine. Next Friday and Saturday they will be playing each other for the 197th and 198th times in home-and-home matchups. In Maine, this is bigger than Ohio State-Michigan football. And I can guarantee nobody is giving these boys free tattoos.

"I have been fortunate to have experienced three of the top five or six rivalries in college hockey," Bowdoin Coach Terry Meagher, told the Bowdoin College newspaper a couple years ago on the eve of one of the games. "Boston University-Boston College, Clarkson University-Saint Lawrence University, and Bowdoin-Colby. The Bowdoin-Colby rivalry is as special as any in the nation. There is always a buzz in the air as the game approaches."

Bowdoin and Colby play in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). I will be watching. Oh, did I forget to mention that Colby is my Alma Mater. Go Mules!

You can catch what promises to be a good one tonight as the final round of the Primelink Great Northern Shootout kicks off at 7 p.m. in Middlebury, Vermont. Norwich University will be looking to keep its unbeaten streak alive against Elmira. You can watch the game here.



At the Library Saturday, Dec. 3

Friday, November 25, 2011

Clifton Winterfest starts today

The village of Clifton will be bustling with activity this weekend as the third annual Clifton Winterfest opens on Friday, November 25th. The indoor shop will feature handmade gifts and crafts offered by various artisans from the surrounding area.

The Winterfest shop will open at 11am on Friday and remain open daily thru December 24th. The shop hours will be 11am to 9pm on Wednesdays thru Sundays. The beautiful Clifton United Presbyterian Church located on Jackson Street and SR343 is the new host location for this event.

There will be music performances, fun filled events and indoor shopping all month in Clifton; a month of fun! Various artisans will be giving "hands on" craft demonstrations throughout the Winterfest. A cafe on the premises will provide a varied menu daily. Admission and ample parking is free. The building is handicap accessible. Tour buses are welcome.

The FREE concerts will start on Wednesday evenings at 7:30pm. Check out the website www. facebook.com/cliftonwinterfest for the updated performance schedules and more information. Notables such as the Muleskinner Band, and Loosely Strung Bluegrass are just a few of the scheduled performers. Violin duets, classical guitarist Karl Wohlwend and the jazzy James and Moore duo are also slated to perform.

On Saturday, December 10th from noon to three, the nearby North River Alpacas will host an open farm complete with Santa. The furry alpacas are eager to say hello and hum a few tunes.

Three local business women organized and are hosting the event; this will be the first of many such group endeavors. Support the Village of Clifton by purchasing "Clifton Gorge" coffee. All coffee and drink sales go directly to the historic building fund of Clifton.

For travelers, Clifton, Ohio, "The Gateway to the Gorge" is located at the junction of state route 343 and highway 72. Come out and sample our historic village charm.

For more information contact Brenda Walter at 937.767.2343.

Community Thanksgiving Dinner: a feast of friendship


Westminster Hall at the First Presbyterian Church of Yellow Springs at 2:30 p.m. Thanksgiving Day, 2011.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

More evidence for the Mothman Search Team

These sketches were made in the 1700s from Indian hieroglyphs and ancient petroglyphs found along the Ohio river.

The site indicated on this 1700s map is just north of Point Pleasant, West Virginia where there were Mothman sightings in the 1960s.

Point Pleasant was featured as a day trip on the Blog and many villagers have visited there both before and after that post. Most recently, Carol Allin, who was part of our trip down there last year, wrote, produced and directed a play about the Mothman as part of the Ten Minute Play Festival.

Thanks to local amateur archaeologist Bruce Cornett, for bringing these materials to my attention. They are part of a huge article titled " More than just burialmounds: West Virginia Archaeology's first chapter," in Ohio Archaeologist (Summer 2011). I will be posting more on this after I have read the article more thoroughly.

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Community Thanksgiving Dinner

The Yellow Springs Community Thanksgiving dinner begins at 2 p.m. in the Presbyterian church on Xenia Avenue. Everyone is invited. A "covered dish" is welcome but not required. It is being held ON Thanksgiving Day intentionally for those who don't have family plans and also for "families of one." It will feature turkey, vegetarian and vegan food. Plan on taking a "carry out" box to someone you know who is homebound.

Jason Sine - One man show - Dec. 3 & 4

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Jason Sine is Thomas Merton

Fracking Protest in Youngstown

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A caravan will be departing Yellow Springs at 6:30 AM, Nov 30. Meet at the Bryan Center.

Please let us know if you need a ride or can provide a ride.
Call Vickie 767-3901 or Dimi 767-1078

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Reading at Antioch, Thursday, Jan.17

National Book Award winner Jaimy Gordon ‘66
to present reading and talk at Antioch College


The Antioch Review the Antioch College Writing Institute will host a special reading by 2010 National Book Award winner Jaimy Gordon, beginning at 7 p.m., Thursday, January 17, in McGregor Hall on the College’s campus. The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.

In addition to a reading from Gordon’s latest novel, Lord of Misrule, the event will include a book signing and question and answer session.

Gordon, a 1966 graduate of Antioch College, is the author of four novels. In addition to the National Book Award for Fiction, Lord of Misrule was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award; it also won the Tony Ryan Award for the year’s best book about horse racing and was longlisted for the Indie Booksellers Choice Award for 2011. Published on November 15, 2010 and now in its third printing, Lord of Misrule is a national bestseller with more than 45,000 hardcover copies in print.

Gordon’s previous novels include Bogeywoman, She Drove Without Stopping, and Shamp of the City-Solo. She has been a Fellow of the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and the Bunting Institute of Radcliffe College, and has also won an Academy-Institute Award for her fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Gordon currently teaches at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo and in the Prague Summer Program for Writers.

From the publisher: Lord of Misrule
At the rock-bottom end of the sport of kings sits the ruthless and often violent world of cheap horse racing, where trainers and jockeys, grooms and hotwalkers, loan sharks and touts are all struggling to take an edge, or prove their luck, or just survive. Equal parts Nathanael West, Damon Runyon and Eudora Welty, Lord of Misrule follows five characters -- scarred and lonely dreamers in the American grain -- through a year and four races at Indian Mound Downs, downriver from Wheeling, West Virginia.

Horseman Tommy Hansel has a scheme to rescue his failing stable: He'll ship four unknown but ready horses to Indian Mound Downs, run them in cheap claiming races at long odds, and then gut out fast before anyone notices. The problem is, at this rundown riverfront half-mile racetrack in the Northern Panhandle, everybody notices -- veteran groom Medicine Ed, Kidstuff the blacksmith, old lady "gyp" Deucey Gifford, stall superintendent Suitcase Smithers, eventually even the ruled-off "racetrack financier" Two-Tie and the ominous leading trainer, Joe Dale Bigg. But no one bothers to factor in Tommy Hansel's go-fer girlfriend, Maggie Koderer. Like the beautiful, used-up, tragic horses she comes to love, Maggie has just enough heart to wire everyone's flagging hopes back to the source of all luck.

Harry's simple turkey recipe (repost)

I repost this every year, mostly for my own reference. The important part for me is the temperature and roasting time for the turkey. This recipe was for a smaller bird. Last year we had a 14-pounder and this year we are going with 18 1/2 lbs., as we have invited some Chinese students from Wright State to join us. The cooking time will be adjusted accordingly.
-vh


(Based on Thanksgiving 2008)

12 lb. Turkey at 325 degs. for 3.5 hours

Wash turkey, clean cavity with salt. Stuff cavity with apples and onions. Add a cup of water to bottom of roasting pan. Use a pan that will keep the turkey raised.

Baste with mixture of melted butter, basil, and white wine, then cover turkey with aluminum foil for first 2 hours. Brown for last 1 ½ hours.

Baste every 20 mins. Use fresh mixture for first hour, then continue to baste with drippings from pan. Add water if needed.

Basting Mixture: Melt ¼ lb of butter and add dried basil flakes and a couple dashes of dry white wine.

Substitute freely. Adjust cooking times for size of turkey approximately 20 min. per lb.

The rest:
  • Dice giblets, brown in butter and add to two jars of Heinz turkey gravy. Stir in drippings from pan and simmer for a few minutes.
  • Stove Top Turkey Dressing (follow directions on box)
  • Instant mashed potatoes (ditto)
  • Wrap sweet potatoes in aluminum foil and place on rack with turkey for last 1 ½ hours.
  • Get someone else to make the green beans.

Shop in town for Yellow Friday and Small Business Saturday

For a pleasant alternative to typical post-Thanksgiving shopping, how about Yellow Friday and Small Business Saturday in Yellow Springs where locally-owned shop owners are ready to help you make your very special purchases. An easily walk-able downtown where you can find 65 shops and galleries inviting you to Shop Small-Buy Big-Give Unique.

Hand-made pottery from local artisans, a wide variety of books and beautiful handcrafted jewelry are just a few of the special gift items you can find in Yellow Springs. In addition, there are two toy stores and a bike shop with gifts for kids of all ages, a glass studio with stained and art glass and collectible glass ornaments, and several shops with affordable imported goods from around the world. Several shops with women’s clothing and accessories round out a truly unique shopping experience.

Special events include carriage rides on Friday from 1:00 - 3:00 pm starting at Ye Olde Trail Tavern, free with a food donation to the local food pantry. Stop by Dino’s Cappuccinos for a pumpkin spice latte and a limited edition t-shirt from Basho being printed on site from 11:00 am-5:00 pm. Then hit the Emporium for wine tasting and the music of Gary Arnold at 6:30.

Miami Valley Pottery’s Annual Holiday Kiln Opening Sale starts this Friday and lasts through Sunday from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm and with the same times the following week. The show this year is titled “The Stained Glass Show” and features an eclectic collection of platters using stained glass as decoration. A short drive from downtown at 145 Hyde Rd. , you can stop by No Common Scents on the south end of town for all of your holiday spices, herbs and fragrances.

For a true taste of the holidays, Young’s opens their Choose and Cut Tree Farm on Friday and it runs daily through December 17 from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Remember Yellow Springs throughout the holiday season as a place for incomparable gifts, a warm atmosphere and great holiday parties. For more information, please contact the Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce at 937-767-2686 or visit www.yellowspringsohio.org.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Thanks

I want to thank whoever found my glasses and returned them to the Emporium yesterday. I've been calculating the likelihood of such an occurrence in Chicago, where I lived before moving to YSO. What a wonderful place this is!!! Will you phone me so I can thank you in person?

Ron Siemer - 937.231.2661

Holiday show at Clifton Opera House

Bob Ford and the Ragamuffins - Saturday, Nov. 25

The Clifton Opera House will be hosting the first Christmas show of the season with Bob Ford and the Ragamuffins on Saturday, November 25 at 7:30pm. In keeping with their well known reputation, this Cedarville based band will entertain with their whimsical Irish show coupled with some seasonal favorites. When they hit the stage the fun begins!

Bob and the Ragamuffins will entertain, enlighten and engage you with their skilled musicianship, their humor and their family fun! The timeless beauty of their songs will touch your heart and remind you of days gone by. It's Americana at it's best! Ever have a longing to hear the "golden oldies" from the 1570s to the 1970s, then don't miss the the Clifton Opera House on Saturday night.

Bob Ford & the Ragamuffins have delighted audiences at the Dublin Irish Festival, Sauder Village, Minnetrista, the Fitton Center, Springfield Celtic Festival, Ohio Renaissance Festival, the Viking Festival, Miami University at Middletown, Appalachian Mountain Music Festival, Centerville Americana Festival and many, many more. Fun for the whole family!

Box office opens at 6:30pm, show starts at 7:30pm.

The Clifton Opera House is owned and operated by the Village of Clifton. Box office opens one hour prior to show time. Located at 5 So Clay Street, Clifton. Call 937.342.2175 for info or check the website for upcoming performances. www.cliftonoperahouse.com

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Found dog: English Setter

I got a call from some people about a stray dog that showed up at their house yesterday (11/19) and parked herself on their front porch. They live on Old Mill Road north of Yellow Springs. I went to check the dog out and to take some photos so I could send out this email. The people are not feeding her and say they are “inclined not to.”

I’m calling her Lily – she just struck me as a Lily. She is so very SWEET and gentle. Very dear. She looks to me to be at least 8 or 9 but I’m not the best judge of this. I think she may have cataracts which would be another indication of age. She’s underweight. She’s wearing a red collar but no tags. Hasn’t been checked for a microchip. It’s hard to know if she got lost or was dumped. She’s very friendly and got along fine with my dog and another dog I am sitting. She was eager to jump in the car.

Lily strikes me as a dog who would make for a perfect companion dog – quiet, gentle, sweet, calm as far as I can tell. She’s cute too, does some silly things when feeling relaxed. She did not like me squatting in front of her and pointing the camera at her, though, so the attached photos are not so great but will give enough of an idea of her looks.

Lily is in need of someone who would be willing to foster her or better, someone who would like to adopt her.

Please forward this email on Lily’s behalf. One never knows who might have just heard of someone looking for an older, quiet canine companion. She really is a sweetheart and would bring someone much joy and companionship.

Thank you.

~Jenny Cowperthwaite
jennyhome@littlart.com
937-767-1675

This blogger is especially happy to try to reunite people with their lost pets. So, if you find one or lose one, send me an email and I will post the information. gunchpress@yahoo.com.

Back Story: "Occupy Short Street" falls short

It seemed like the same two protesters were leaning on the mailbox on the corner of Short Street and Xenia Avenue every time I drove past Friday morning. And that was it for the "Occupy Short Street" movement as far as I could see. It's a good thing it's a short street.

A quick check of the Kumbaya Times Website this morning brought exactly what I expected, an exaggerated portrayal in video format of what really was going on. It was hard to tell from the stilted camera angles, but if there were a dozen people there at the height of the "Occupy Short Street" event, I'd be surprised. Notably, the piece provided no count of the protesters.

I'm no fan of US Bank. I probably know more about what goes on at the local level than any of the folks who turned out to protest. I'm certainly not about to be an apologist or defender of the bank. But I have to say that the editorial policy at the local paper in this regard is rather surprising. In recent times they have published two letters attacking US Bank, one directed straight at the local branch, and one at top management, urging protests outside the local branch.

Since those letters came from individuals, one might feel the paper is not really taking a position on the content. Not so! They choose what to publish and they write the headlines for the pieces submitted to the community forum. So, when they write "Occupy Short Street," that's coming directly from the newspaper; that's their editorial policy. In my view, whether we agree with that position or not, it's questionable journalism. It's a good thing they no longer have a monopoly on the flow of information in this town.

Miami Valley Pottery Stained Glass

Exhibit and Reception tonight


Community Thanksgiving Dinner

The Yellow Springs Community Thanksgiving dinner begins at 2 p.m. in the Presbyterian church on Xenia Avenue. Everyone is invited. A "covered dish" is welcome but not required. It is being held ON Thanksgiving Day intentionally for those who don't have family plans and also for "families of one". It will feature turkey, vegetarian and vegan food. Plan on taking a "carry out" box to someone you know who is homebound.

WYSO Silent Auction Reminder

Saturday, Feb. 11

Public radio station WYSO 91.3FM will hold its annual silent auction at the newly completed Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts and Conference Center in Springfield on February 11, 2012. The event will feature a wine tasting, heavy hors d'oeuvres from Current Cuisine and a cheese tasting from Young's Jersey Dairy.

"We're very excited to hold one of our largest fundraising events in Springfield and expand our partnerships in the Clark County community," says WYSO Business Manager Jacki Mayer. "We're eager for WYSO listeners from across the Miami Valley to join us at the Hollenbeck Bayley Center."

The silent auction will have unique items and experiences that highlight the best of what local businesses and organizations have to offer including original artwork, gift certificates to local restaurants and spas, tickets to area performances and more. In addition, a live auction will highlight larger, even more one-of-a-kind items.

"In the past our live auction items have included a ride in a restored WWII airplane, a private glass-blowing class at Jim Kale's studios in Dayton and a five course family-style Italian dinner from Chef Wiley of the Meadowlark Restaurant," says Mayer.

WYSO is seeking donations for the silent and live auction now through January 27, 2012.

Discounted pre-sale tickets for the event will go on sale on November 1st at www.wyso.org. All proceeds will benefit WYSO.

Public radio station WYSO 91.3 is licensed to Antioch University with studios in Yellow Springs. It broadcasts on multiple platforms: 91.3 FM, live streaming at WYSO.org, on HD radio and on the Public Radio Player, a mobile application.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Yellow Springs in the '60s and '70s:

Medicine Ball Caravan, Part Two

by Chris Till

(This is a follow-up to my November 7, 2011 Yellow Springs Blog article on an August 1970 outdoor festival in Yellow Springs featuring Van Morrison. Medicine Ball Caravan, a 1971 Hollywood film, includes some of that day's events.)

At least two current Yellow Springers have fond memories of that warm summer night in 1970. As he sold his wonderful t-shirts and bags this past Saturday on Xenia Avenue, local artist (and Yellow Springs unofficial poet laureate) Robert Paschell fondly recalled many details of the festival.

According to Robert, it was an idyllic summer day, but the concert was at night. It occurred on the Glen Helen side of Kelly Hall, not on the golf course, as previously stated. Besides Van Morrison, Robert Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band and at least one other band played. The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band had an almost Top Ten hit that year with the funky and oh-so-catchy "Express Yourself" (later covered by NWA).

Robert particularly recalls Wavy Gravy and the psychedelic Hog Farm buses. As they had at Woodstock the previous summer, the Hog Farm, a travelling bus commune, made free food for the people. They also handed out peyote popsicles (!) and foam "boffing" swords for folks to duel with in a friendly manner.

When the concert started, the Hog Farm produced huge hot tub-sized bowls of raspberry Jello for concert goers to play in. Robert was the second in the audience to jump in. Later, he had a quite difficult time getting the dried raspberry Jello off. "It dried in a crust on my skin."

Wavy Gravy, the Hog Farm's toothless leader, wore a full body cast that day. He carried a ceramic piggy bank shaped like the Earth, collecting donations for a commune called Earth Peoples Park in Norton, Vermont.

Wavy Gravy's story about Earth Peoples Park touched Robert. Soon after the festival left Yellow Springs, he found himself hitchhiking to Norton, Vermont to investigate Earth Peoples Park. As he got closer and closer to the location of the commune, the area grew more desolate and poverty-stricken. Finally, he arrived at a run-down house at the end of the road: Earth Peoples Park, located right on the Vermont/Quebec border. There, two literally starving hippies shocked Robert. Overcome with hunger, they were cooking, with its needles still on, a porcupine that they hand just caught.

Robert walked back to town and brought back some cereal and other food for the starving hippies. (Decades later, the federal government apparently seized Earth Peoples Park because a cannabis sale occurred there.)

Popular local DJ Gene "Clean Gene" Lohman also spent the day at the festival. Having attended the infamous Altamont festival eight months before, Clean Gene was no stranger to hippie music festivals. In his opinion, Van Morrison put on a disappointing show in Yellow Springs. "It's like he was stoned or something."

However, according to Clean Gene, Robert Wright and the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band stole the show with a hot-hot-hot performance. He can't quite remember who the other band or bands were, but one of them may have been Stoneground (featuring future members of late-70s popsters, Pablo Cruise).

Several people have asked me to loan them my DVD of the Medicine Ball Caravan, which I am gladly doing. Please note this tragic factoid as one watches the Boulder, Colorado section of the film. The cute, but inarticulate, teenage STP Family fellow with the eye patch is apparently Mr. Guy "Deputy Dawg" Gaughnor, who was murdered in cold blood eleven months later by a local police officer. See http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/10/us/confession-to-71-killing-revives-memories.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm.

Coming soon: The day in 1969 that Abbie Hoffman visited Yellow Springs.

Chris Till is a Yellow Springs attorney and amateur historian, focused in mid-20th century American counterculture.

YSKP presents Second Annual Holiday Show

From December 16 – 18th the YSKP is presenting its biannual holiday show – The New Bremen Town Musicians. Based on the Grimm Brothers fairy tale, the production features a mix of adult, teen and youth performers.

In the story, a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, all past their prime years in life and usefulness on their respective farms, are discarded or mistreated by their masters. One by one they leave their homes and set out together. They decide to go to Bremen, known for its freedom, to live without owners and become musicians there. On the way to Bremen, they see a lighted cottage; they look inside and see a group of robbers enjoying their ill-gotten gains. Standing on each other’s backs, they decide to perform for the robbers in hope of gaining food. When their 'music' has an unanticipated effect; the men at first run for their lives, not knowing what the strange sound is. Eventually, after some slapstick cajoling, the robbers abandon the cottage to the strange creatures, including a cluster of dancing mice, where the animals live happily for the rest of their days. At the end of the play the audience is invited to join in a community waltz in celebration of youth, art and the holidays.

The New Bremen Town Musicians is a fun family show of music, masks and holiday cheer. Performances take place on December 16 + 17th at 7:30 and December 18th at 2 at the Glen Helen Building, 405 Corry St. in Yellow Springs.

For more information or to reserve tickets, call 767-7800 or visit www.yskp.org.

Glen Helen Atrium Gallery Exhibition:

Portraits and Animal Paintings by Bekka Sage

November 30, 2011 – January 5, 2012


Glen Helen Atrium Gallery is showing Portraits and Animal Paintings by Bekka Sage, from November 30, 2011 – January 5, 2012. Using highly patterned backgrounds, Sage paints portraits and animals in her compelling graphic style, creating works that are lively and engaging. The Gallery is delighted to have more of Sage’s paintings for the month of December; her animal paintings shown during October were warmly received. The public is invited to meet the artist at the opening reception on Sunday, December 4, from 2 - 4 pm. The artist will speak about her inspiration and creative process during a gallery talk at 3pm.

Sage lives in Cincinnati and in 2004 earned a BFA in sculpture from the University of Cincinnati. Sage’s strong interest in shapes and patterns was intensified by an artist’s
residency in the Great Lakes District of New South Wales, Australia. She writes, “Being exposed to Aboriginal art, I learned some of the language contained in every dash, dot, and line that contained one small story in each painting.” Since graduation she has been involved in filmmaking and performance art, in addition to painting, printmaking and sculpture. She is currently a City of Hamilton, Artist in Residence.

The Gallery is located in the Glen Helen Building at 405 Corry Street in Yellow Springs. Show hours are 9:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday and 10 am to 4 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Admission is free. Artwork will be available for purchase with proceeds supporting the Glen Helen Nature Preserve.

For more information call the Glen Helen Ecology Institute at 937.769.1902 or visit www.glenhelen.org.

The Glen Helen Atrium Gallery showcases the work of emerging local and regional visual artists in twelve exhibits each year. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of art goes to the Glen Helen Association, a non-profit organization whose mission is to support preservation and programs at Glen Helen and its 1,000-acre nature preserve.

Friday, November 18, 2011

From the Lost & Found Deptartment

I lost my reading glasses somewhere in YSO yesterday, Nov. 17. They're in a black case with my name and number on them. Frames are tortoise shell plastic Morganthal-Frederick. 'Preciate your help.

Ron Siemer
937.231.2661

A Kindlin' Quickie

Share the Joy!

Help meet holiday needs in our community

Once again, the Yellow Springs Community Library will work with volunteers and generous shoppers to help meet holiday needs in our community.

From Monday, Nov. 21 until Saturday, Dec. 10, adult residents who need help providing holiday gifts for their children in Yellow Springs may fill out request forms, available in the library. Volunteers will code the requests and put tags on the library Christmas tree.

Holiday shoppers choose tags and make purchases, returning their wrapped gifts (with tags attached) to the library, no later 6 p.m., Friday Dec. 16.

All donors and recipients will remain anonymous.

Gifts are provided for local families only. The forms must be filled out by adults. Adults may also request clothing items for themselves, or special holiday food items. Food assistance is always available by calling the Food Pantry, 767-7560.

To participate, visit the library and place your own request, or fulfill someone else’s wish!

Destination Yellow Springs

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Rocky & Pee Wee: Jumping on the bandwagon

Kumbaya Times: Occupy Short Street

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Friday night at the Arts Council

Merton Play - Dec. 3 & 4

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Miami Valley Pottery - Stained Glass at the Winds

Opening Reception, Sunday 6-8 p.m.

We will premier Asa Mader's short film A Round 13 , about Miami Valley Pottery's 13th Firing.

Take an exciting look at the Stained Glass Show(before they fly off the walls).

The Winds Bar will be Open, Fancy Cheeses from DLM, and Farzaneh and Farideh's Famous Hummous and Tea from the Golden Samovar.

Beautiful Colors of Glass
This reception is a great opportunity to view the plates and platters on the walls. Some of the colors jump off the walls, and combined with glazes, and carved patterns into clay, offer new and exciting works.

Holiday Sale at the Pottery
We will be sending out another email next week to remind you of the Holiday sale at the Pottery(Nov. 25-27 & Dec. 2-4 Hours 10am- 5pm). Plan to bring visiting relatives for the Holidays to the pottery for the exciting new work.

Thank you all for your support. We hope to see you Sunday night. If not then... make sure you stop by the Winds during the next 6 weeks to see the show. Happy Holidays!

Naysan McIlhargey
Miami Valley Pottery

A Quiet Mind - Exhibit

Lisa Wolters


In conjunction with Yellow Springs 3rd Friday Fling
"would you, could you" In A Frame
presents:

A Quiet Mind
Works of clay for the heart and soul
by Lisa Wolters

Opening Reception
Friday, November 18, 2011
6-10 p.m.

3rd Weekend Fling & Holiday in the Springs

November 18-20

Kick off the Holiday shopping season at this month’s 3rd Weekend Fling in the Springs beginning Friday with ‘A Springs Illumination’ at 6pm as we light up the Springs for the holidays. Start your holiday shopping off the beaten path with later shopping hours on Friday at local shops and galleries. And enjoy free horse-drawn wagon rides around town starting in front of the Little Art Theatre from 6 to 9 pm.

Special events include Anniversary parties at Ohio Silver and Asanda Imports where you can enjoy refreshments and see some beautiful new gifts. There are also several gallery openings including “would you, could you” In A Frame at 113 Corry. Right next door at 111 Corry, the Yellow Springs Arts Council will be presenting the opening for “The Liar’s Club”, a graphic comic from Michael Fleishman celebrating World War II veterans.

Entertainment includes wine tasting and live blues from George Bieri & the Root Cellar Blues at The Emporium starting at 6:30, moving over to Peach’s at 10 for The Ark Band. See a movie at The Little Art Theatre or stop by Main Squeeze to taste and learn how to make home brewed beers.

We will also be kicking off the Yellow Springs Gift Basket Giveaway on Friday night. For every $10.00 spent in participating stores, earn a chance to win a gift basket filled with amazing gifts from over 50 participating merchants.

Give the gift of art by stopping by the Glen Helen Nature Arts and Crafts Show at the Glen Helen Building. Hours are Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm and Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm. All downtown shops will also be open both days along with 15 eateries for a quick bite or leisurely lunch.

Remember Yellow Springs throughout the holiday season as a place for incomparable gifts, a warm atmosphere and great holiday parties. For more information, please contact the Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce at 937-767-2686 or visit www.yellowspringsohio.org.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Free show at the Little Art - Thanksgiving


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YS Schools Superintendent takes a stand

Basora opposes school vouchers




The Dayton Daily News reported Monday on the opposition to the proposed expansion of the private school voucher program. Prominent in the article was Yellow Springs Schools Superintendent Mario Basora. “It’s the most powerful and aggressive piece of legislation with a direct goal of destroying public education,” the paper quoted him as saying.

According to the article, YSEVSD could lose more than $300,000 within three years, or about one-third of the $900,000 in state aid the district receives annually.

Basora testified before the House Education Committee against the bill that would create the Parental Choice and Taxpayer Savings Scholarship Program, known as PACT the article reported.

Saturday night at Clifton Opera House

A Clifton Opera House tradition carries on

The Clifton Opera House will host the Razzamatazz N Jazz band on Saturday, November 19th at 7:30pm. This traditional preservation style jazz band is a local favorite and appears regularly at the Opera House every April and November. They have performed all over the US and continue to make their audiences happy... to quote them ..."the happiest music in the world" ...JAZZ..! The show starts at 7:30pm, box office opens at 6:30pm. Tickets are $7.00 The Clifton Opera House is located at 5 So Clay & SR 343 in Clifton, OH. Call 937.767.2343 for more information.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Nonstop presents, Thursday

Between the Bottomlands & the World (2011)
Video screening & discussion with Ryan Griffis & Sarah Ross
Thursday, November 17
7:00 PM
Nonstop Institute
305 N. Walnut St., Yellow Springs
donation


This new video project by mediamakers Ryan Griffis & Sarah Ross explores Beardstown, Illinois, a rural town of 6000 people, as a place of global exchange and international mobility, informed by post-NAFTA realities. The story of Beardstown is told through 3 lenses: a portrait of a landscape massively engineered to redirect water for the production of commodity crops; a meditation on international grain trade—from seed to silo to ocean transport; and a chronicle of why so many people from around the world have come to live in this formerly all-white, sundown Illinois town. Griffis and Ross will do a Q & A with the audience following the screening via skype. Griffis and Ross, members of the Compass Group together with other artists from Chicago and Champaign-Urbana, visited Yellow Springs last spring as members of the Midwest Radical Cultural Corridor project.

Ryan Griffis teaches new media at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and his work examines issues that intersect around migration, agriculture, mobility, and travel. More information about his projects can be found at: temporarytraveloffice.net. Sarah Ross teaches media and sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at an Illinois prison. Her work uses narrative and the body to address spatial concerns in connection with class, access, and activism. See more about her work at: insecurespaces.net.

This screening and discussion with Griffis and Ross will be the last public event that Nonstop will host at our Millworks space. Nonstop will continue to do cultural and educational programming at other venues in Yellow Springs and notices of future events will appear in the Yellow Springs News and on posters around town. Please contact inquiries@nonstopinstitute.org to be placed on our mailing list.

Free screening at the Little Art

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Friday night at Clifton Opera House

On Friday, November 18th a benefit for World Vision will take place in the Clifton Opera House. This special show "Kids Helping Kids" is hosted by Springfield Singer/Songwriter Rick Lee James. Rick is bringing very special friends Daniel Dye and the Miller Road Band to help promote this benefit for children.

Rick's music is dedicated to the hopeless who have been crushed and broken on the spokes of life. Rick's music style ranges from Gospel and Christian to Contemporary Christian. You can learn more about Rick Lee James at www.reverbnationa/rickleejames

There is a door donation request for $10, join us early. The box office opens at 6:30pm, show starts at 7:30pm. The Clifton Opera House is located at 5 So. Clay Street, Clifton.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Memorial Concert, Monday, Nov. 14

Yellow Springs Community band to give Dave Triplett Memorial Concert

On Monday, November 14, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. the Yellow Springs Community Band, conducted by James Johnston will hold a concert at the Mills Lawn School Gymnasium to honor long time tuba player Dave Triplett who passed away this summer.

Donations will be gratefully accepted to support the Triplett Scholarship Fund, which helps deserving music students in Yellow Springs.

Local artist gets attention




Yellow Springs author/illustrator Michael Fleishman got a nice write-up in the Dayton Daily News this week for his new comic book honoring real-life veterans.

Dayton Daily News: Artist/author chooses real-life heroes for graphic novel

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Back Story: Love Letters in the Sand

Here we go! The day after the local elections, the Obama attack ads have hit the airways full force, led by, of all people, Pat Boone. All of a sudden Boone is everywhere, not just in political ads, but in just about anything that might appeal to the AARP set. He is rapidly becoming the face of seniors in this country, right-wing Christian seniors, that is. And I used to like Pat Boone back in the fifties, when I was about twelve-years-old… I still like to grab the mike at karaoke parties to sing a wobbly version of “Love Letters in the Sand.” Well, maybe not anymore… Think of the symbolism, Boone sending us seniors these love letters that are full of promises that will vanish in the oncoming tide. It doesn’t get any better.

The attack ads, of course, are designed to frighten us with regard to what the right likes to call “Obama care.” They are pointed directly at Ohio and Senator Sherrod Brown. I met Brown when he was campaigning in Yellow Springs a few years ago. We had a few minutes to chat about other things than politics. I told him how I was a transplanted New Yorker and he talked about his daughter attending Columbia University. He seemed like a decent sort and I voted for him. As a Democrat, I would have voted for him anyway. Reasoning that as Ohio goes, so goes the nation, the right sees him as public enemy number one. It’s like my dog and the mailman.

I considered State Issue 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot to be a referendum on our current Governor’s policies in an even broader sense than just his dealings with labor unions. Most of us have mixed feelings about unions. But I see his efforts to limit collective bargaining for teachers as just a first step in his plan to get rid of public education altogether. Anything to save a buck..? Not really. Just another move in the direction of privatization; another way for the rich to get richer; another way to bolster his version of feudalism… I also see Kasich as aiming on the 2016 Presidential election. While not perfect, public education is the backbone of this country. It was heartening to see that voters rejected the Governor’s vision by a two-to-one margin. Undaunted, however, he is back on TV talking about revising his plan to make it more palatable to voters. "I hear you," he says. Who believes that?

State Issue 3 is, on its face, illegal, unconstitutional and ineffective. Imagine if states were free to opt out of any federal law they wanted to. What’s next, secession for Ohio? While I never had a personal chat with our President, I voted for him too. I even contributed to his campaign. And, like many Obama supporters, I am disappointed in the results. I expect some campaign promises to be broken once a new President gets in office and has to deal with reality. Unfortunately, reality for Obama is a bunch of new Congressmen who have no intent to govern, but are there solely to resist him in anything he does, the purpose being to be sure he is only a one-term President. Some of it is racism, but most of it is just the classic battle between the left and the right, which seem to be farther apart than ever. And some of Obama’s failings, even beyond not knowing how to deal with such staunch opposition, are his own, like not being able to deal with the deficit that he inherited from eight years of Republican spending on wars without an exit strategy.

Issue 3 was a referendum on that part of Obama’s healthcare law that requires all people to have health insurance coverage, even to the extent that they will have to purchase it themselves, if they have no other source. That’s a far cry from the single-payer system candidate Obama promised and sounds just about as unconstitutional as the state referendum to opt out of it. Of course, Issue 3 won by an overwhelming margin. Americans, me included, don’t like the Federal Government telling us how to spend our money. But now the right is going to claim it as an even broader referendum on our President’s policies. What are the taxpayers left with? Most likely a big legal bill when the U.S. Attorney General sues in Federal Court to have it thrown out.

“On a day like today, we passed the time away, writing love letters in the sand.”

Holiday Bazaar, Today at the Methodist Church

Food Pantry Fundraiser

Help The Community Food Pantry
Bring a food/item/$$ donation

**Door prize drawings**

Saturday, November 12, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Basement of the Yellow Springs United Methodist Church
Corner of Dayton and Winter Streets

Local crafters who are interested in participating are welcome to contact Karen Metzger at rolfnkaren@yahoo.com.

365 Project meeting, Monday

The 365 Project of Yellow Springs is holding its annual membership meeting on Monday November 14 at the First Baptist Church of Yellow Springs from 6:30 until 7:30 p.m. This gathering will allow interested community members to learn more about the 365 Project as it enters its fourth year of existence and its role in the Yellow Springs/Miami Township community as a viable and certified non-profit organization.

The mission of the 365 Project is to serve as a catalyst that challenges and supports the people of Yellow Springs and Miami Township to engage critically and respectfully in dialogue and action that promotes and sustains diverse African-American heritage and culture, and educational equity, 365 days a year.

The event will include a brief presentation followed by an informal opportunity to dialogue with members of the 365 Project. Light refreshments will be served.

YSCCC Annual Meeting, Wednesday

The Yellow Springs Community Children's Center will hold its Annual Meeting on November 16, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at the Children's Center.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Saturday night at Clifton Opera House

Clifton Opera House will host the group Spittin' Image on Saturday, November 12 at 7:30pm. These guys are identical twin brothers who love to sing and play their instruments as much as they love to entertain and perform in front of an audience. They intertwine a wonderful vocal ability with excellent musicianship and tossing in some good comedy, audience participation and lots and lots of energy!

Top 40 and classic country songs mixed with old rock and roll is the music they perform the best! But the twins also enjoy singing gospel and pop standards from the 20's-40's. Greenville based, Blain and Brian Swabb started playing music at a young age and by 13 they had their first group. Check out their website to learn more about this talented duo. www.spittinimage.org

By 14 they were performing most weekends and after the high school the two traveled Midwest playing the hotel and resort circuit. Since 1998 they have been back on the road and perform over 500 shows per year. We are thrilled that they could include the historic Clifton Opera House on their schedule this year. There's going to be a lot of toe tappin' and laughing in the Opera House on Saturday night! The box office opens at 6:30pm. Come on out and enjoy a great night of fun! Call 937.767.2343 for information or check out our website at www.cliftonoperahouse.com.

Destination YS

This weekend

Arts & Culture

Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery - 111 Corry St.
Opening Reception "Liars Club" with WWII vets(6-9p)

John Bryan Community Pottery - 100 Dayton St.
"Timelines-A Retrospective" Saturdays & Sundays 1-4p

Glen Helen Atrium Gallery - 405 Corry St.
Bekka Sage "Souveins toi que tu va mourir" - October 2-November 12

Glen House Inn - 1221 Glen Rd.
Dan Reddiger Paintings; Sundays until Nov. 20, 2-4p

Last Night of Ballyhoo YSHS Drama Club - Mills Lawn Auditorium
A WWII era comedy; Nov. 11, 12, 18, 19 at 8p, Nov. 13 & 20 at 2p

Nature & Recreation

Glen Helen Nature Preserve - 405 Corry St. Trailside Museum
Reptile Feeding Program; Trailside Museum, Saturday, November 12, 11a
Bird Walk; Sunday, Trailside Museum, November 13, 9-10a
Wildflower Hike; Trailside Museum, Sunday, November 13, 1-3pm

Entertainment

Peach's Grill
104 Xenia Ave.
9:00 am - 2:30 am
Music at 10p - $5 Cover (Fri)
Fri - Achilles Heel
Sat - The Undercovered

Emporium
233 Xenia Ave.
Wine Tasting/Live Music
Friday, 6:30-10p
Grace Adele & the Grand Band

Little Art Theatre
247 Xenia Ave.
The Way
A father's pilgrimage.