Earth Day Weekend in YS

Yellow Springs Arts Council and Glen Helen Nature Preserve invite you to Experience Earth Day in Yellow Springs, April 20-22, with a weekend full of educational, cultural and environmental events.

Enjoy a Friday night Art Stroll on April 20th with opening receptions at several galleries, including a “Yellow Springs Photographic Survey” at the new Arts Council Gallery, and “Leading Edge Ceramic Educators in the Miami Valley” at the John Bryan Community Pottery Studio. The Emporium will host a wine tasting with a live band, and Yellow Springs High School performs “Grease the Musical” at 8pm (repeating on Saturday).

Saturday, April 21st kicks off with more than half a dozen events at Glen Helen, including an exhilarating Kids Fun Run at 10am and 5K Run/Walk at 11am. Families can “Design a Kite and Go Fly It” at the First Presbyterian Church at 10am. Free dogwood saplings will be available at 1pm from the Tree Committee at The Corner Cone while supplies last. Visit the John Bryan Community Pottery Studio for the celebratory lighting of their Manabigama Wood Kiln at 2pm and watch as the kiln heats to 2400 degrees F throughout the night. Tour and volunteer at the Antioch Farm near the amphitheater from 3-5pm.

To highlight the weekend, Sister Moon Events (coordinators of Cirque Carnivale) will present the YS Live eARTh Music Festival Saturday from 5pm to midnight in the Glen Helen Building at 405 Corry Street. Enjoy local bands, a fire performance by Yellow Springs’ own Soul Fire Tribe, and live painting by artists Pierre Nagley and Greg Stump. Tickets are $10 at the door or at Spirited Goat Coffeehouse. Visit: http://ysearthdaymusicfest.weebly.com/. Also on-hand will be local craft vendors, food, beer and non-alcoholic beverages.

Sunday, April 22nd features a Wildflower Hike starting at 1pm at the Trailside Museum. At 2pm, tour the Raptor Center and enjoy a special program with resident raptors. There may even be a Hawk Release! For more information about all events happening in the Glen, visit www.glenhelen.org.

For more information about all Yellow Springs eARTh Day Experience Weekend events, visit: http://www.yellow-springs-experience.org/