Destination YS

 January 18 & Beyond in Yellow Springs

 

Featured Events       

Glen Helen Atrium Gallery 405 Corry St., 937.769.1902

7th Annual Glen Helen Members Art Show 1/12-2/27

Opening Reception 1/20, 2-4p with Best of Show Award at 3p

Gallery Hours:  Mon-Fri 12-4p, Sat & Sun 10a-4p

 

   

John Bryan Community Pottery 100 Dayton St. rear, 937.767.9022

Beth Holyoke "New Sculptures"; 1/18-3/10. 

Opening Reception 1/18, 6-9p

"Making Faces" Clay Workshop for children & adults 1/19, 2-4p 

 

    

Martin Luther King Jr. Day January 21  9:30a - Reception, Coretta Scott King Center, Antioch College 10:30a - Peace Walk, Mills Lawn 11:00a - Program, Lunch & Presidential Inauguration;  Central Chapel AME 2:00p - Talk on Dr. King by Dr. Jakobi Williams (location TBD)

Arts & Culture    

Antioch College Herndon Gallery One Morgan Place

Meme: Culture in Transmission; 11/30-2/13/2013

The work of 12 regional artists.

1/24, 7p Will Davis, Rodney Veal & Free Shakespeare! Perform

Eddie Eckenrode Gallery Sam & Eddies Open Books, Kings Yard

937.767.1966; The Work of Eddie Eckenrode

Emporium Wines 233 Xenia Ave., 937.767.7077

The Work of Marianna Bracht; 11/25-1/19

   

Village Artisans 100 Corry St., 937.767.1209

An artist cooperative featuring 20 artists.

  

The Winds Cafe 215 Xenia Ave. 937.767.1144

Opening January 15 after a winter break.

"would you, could you" In A Frame 113 Corry St. 937.767.2962

The Work of Lee Funderburg & Paul Reif.  

Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery 111 Corry St., 679.9722

Holiday Jumble Art Sale thru 1/20; We-Su 1-4p

  

Nature & Recreation

Glen Helen Nature Preserve 405 Corry St.; 937.769.1902

Be a Glen Helen Volunteer!  769.1902 x 103

Antioch Farm Work Session - 1/19, 3-5p

Check out our calendar for more!

   

Art Jumble - Final three days

You still have 3 days to get your hands on fascinating, lovable, crafty and "arty" items at the YS Arts Council Community Gallery (111 Corry Street)!  The Holiday Art Jumble Exhibit & Sale continues through Sunday, January 20 with "Half-Off Days".  Stop by to see what treasures you can discover!

Devil's Backbone at Emporium - Saturday night

Yeah, it’s cold and nasty out, but we’d like to invite you to get off that couch and come on down to the Emporium this Friday night!

We guarantee that a little dancing and socializing (and wine, of course) will warm you up and put you in a better mood- or your money back.

…Oh, that’s right, there’s no cover charge, anyway.

Devil’s Backbone (Jeanne Ulrich, Carl Schumacher, Duke Dewey, and Tim Beach) will be playing at the Emporium on Friday, January 18, from 7-10 pm.

We hope to see you there!

YSKP Fundraiser - Feb. 9

Mardi Gras Gala FUNdraiser

(presented by the Yellow Springs Kids Playhouse)

February 9, 2013, 6-11pm

Location:  Glen Helen Auditorium, 405 Corry Street, Yellow Springs, Ohio

The YS Kids Playhouse invites you to eat, drink and be merry at its Mardi Gras Gala FUNdraiser and Gaston Boudreaux – The Cajun Robin Hood Kick-Off Party!  The YSKP family brings you a carnival of entertainment in keeping with its mission to cultivate the development of future leaders and innovatively engage audiences.

Don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy Creole delicacies from Chef John Steiding such as Jambalaya, Gumbo, Boiled Crawfish, Cajun Boudin and Muffaletta while being entertained by a variety of performers including Emma Woodruff, Jennifer Gilchrist, John Fleming & Byron Crews, Sharon Perry, Walter Rhodes, DJ Clean Gene and Mark Lorenz.  And, we have carved out a portion of the evening for King Cake, Bead Throwing and the Mardi Gras Mambo!  Other fun stuff – Pierre Nagley’s fabric flowers, photo ops with Sondy Kai’s upcycled plastic body masks and a raffle featuring TLT’s Swamp Tour.  So, pull out your most outrageous masks, don your favorite purples, golds & greens, gather your Krewe & “Laissez les bons temps rouler”!

The festivities begin at 6pm with aperitifs and appetizers accompanied by Zydeco music and performances from our YSKP youth.  At 7:30pm, we move to the main course with everything from blackened redfish and shrimp & grits to red beans & rice and oysters; the entertainment continues with Mardi Gras-inspired melodies and a sneak preview of the YSKP’s 2013 Summer Show, Gaston Boudreaux – The Cajun Robin Hood.  From 9-11pm, the dance floor opens and if you want some of those pretty beads, just shout “Throw me somethin’, mister!”

Gaston Boudreaux was created by the YSKP in 2002; this original production investigates the impact of the environment on cultural changes, a timely message given the 100^th anniversary of the Great Flood of 1913.  This is the first time that the YSKP has revisited one of its popular musicals.  “As the YSKP enters its 19^th year, we are ever grateful to the people of Yellow Springs for almost two decades of support as audiences, actors, volunteers and patrons,” says YSKP Founder and Artistic Director John Fleming.  The Cajun Robin Hood will be performed at the Antioch Amphitheater from July 11-21, 2013.  For more information, visit www.yskp.org.

Dance your winter blues away at YSKP’s Mardi Gras Gala FUNdraiser – this will be the highlight of the winter season.  Tickets are $65 for adults, $115 for couples and $35 for students (under 21).  Seating is limited and there will be no ticket sales at the door.  Reservations must be confirmed by February 1.  For reservations, contact Bette Kelley at 937-767-1910 or bkelley@phoerising.com.  Details (including full menu) can be found at our Facebook event.  The YSKP would like to thank our 2013 partners, which include Tecumseh Land Trust, Glen Helen, Miami Conservancy District, YS Community Foundation, Antioch College, Ohio Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts.

MARDI GRAS GALA Menu

Appetizers: Crawfish Boil, Alligator Bites or Muffaletta & Okra, Creole Dip, Oysters (cooked) and Fried Green Tomatoes

Main Course: Vegetable Gumbo, Red Beans & Rice, Chicken & Boudin, Blackened Redfish, Jambalaya, Shrimp & Grits, Spoon Bread (corn bread)

Dessert: King Cake

X*ACT Auditions

X*ACT

Xenia Area Community Theatre

A U D I T I O N S

and Tech Crew/Backstage Personnel Call

RAVENSCROFT

a psychological Gothic thriller

by Don Nigro

Directed by Kathleen Day

“It was a dark and snowy night…”

That sets the scene for Inspector Ruffing’s investigation into two mysterious deaths at Ravenscroft manor. There are ghosts on the staircase and skeletons in the closet in this dark comedy as the Inspector probes the labyrinthian stories of the five alluring and dangerous women of the manor.

His search for the culprit leads the Inspector to explore his own tortured soul, as well as the shifting shape of the nature of truth.

The play has strong roles for five women and one man, ages 17 and up. All characters are onstage for the entire performance.

Those auditioning should prepare a 60 - 90 second monologue, and will be asked to read from the script.

Auditions: February 4 & 5, 2013, 700PM

Callbacks: February 5, 2013, after auditions

Anyone wishing to help backstage is also asked to attend.

Performances: April 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 2013

X*ACT – 42 East 2nd Street – Xenia, OH 45385 – 937/372-0516

www.xeniaact.org

At the John Bryan Community Pottery Gallery

The Opening Reception for "Figures of Clay" will be hosted this Friday, January 18 (6-9pm) at the John Bryan Community Pottery Gallery.  This new ceramic art exhibit of sculptural work from local artist Beth Holyoke deals with fantastic, strange and humorous aspects of the (mostly) human figure.  Many of the sculptures are realistic, some are not at all. 

On January 19 from 2-4pm, Beth will offer a free community workshop called, Making Faces.  Held in the John Bryan Community  Pottery Studio, all adults and children are invited to come and make a face using soft clay after seeing Beth’s approach to this fascinating art form.  All the work will be fired to be picked up later.

Antioch names Crawford as Interim VP for Advancement

Antioch College President Mark Roosevelt yesterday announced the appointment of Reid W. Crawford as the College’s interim vice president for advancement, effective immediately.

Crawford assumes a position once held by Steve Sturman, who accepted a position at Valparaiso University in late December. Crawford will hold the post until the College hires a permanent replacement.

“Reid brings fund-raising and administrative insights that are vitally important for Antioch, particularly in this moment of transition,” Roosevelt said. “He’s worked with larger state universities, liberal arts colleges, and nonprofits of all sizes. His breadth of experience, as well as the passion he brings to his work, will ensure continued stability of our development and alumni programs until a permanent candidate is found."

Since 1999, Crawford has advised presidents and deans at the University of Mississippi, the University of Maryland–Baltimore, and University of Kentucky, College of Arts and Sciences, among others. His client list also included the Special Olympics National Games and the Iowa Historical Foundation.

He provided long-term administrative and leadership services at the University of Mississippi, where he led the development office for three years and conducted feasibility study for law building and endowment. At the University of Mississippi Medical Center, he advised the vice chancellor for health affairs on development matters, including all aspects of the fund-raising campaign, personnel matters, and donor strategies.

As the vice president for university advancement at the University of Maryland–College Park, a position he held from 1995 to 1999, Crawford created a comprehensive fund-raising campaign and increased fund-raising significantly. During a 14-year career at Iowa State University, he served as the interim vice president for external affairs and executive assistant to the president.

“I am excited to accept this new opportunity and challenge at one of the most storied liberal arts colleges in the country. I look forward to bringing my years of advancement leadership and experience to Antioch College,” Crawford said.

Crawford was elected to five two-year terms representing a district of 28,000 constituents in the Iowa House, serving from 1973 to 1981. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Iowa State University and a law degree from Drake University. As an attorney, he practiced primarily in the areas of contracts, probate and tax.

Debate at Antioch - Wednesday

For those interested in the greater Antioch community:

Antioch College will be hosting a parli debate demonstration ("The Great Antioch Debate") between Mark Roosevelt and Micah Canal Wednesday, January 16, at 6pm in McGregor Hall, Room 113. Parli debate is one of many forms of formal competitive debate, and we hope this event will ignite interest in forming a student debate team at Antioch College. All are welcome to attend! We plan on having desserts as well. The debate prompt is currently up in the air, so if you have any ideas or suggestions, let me know! We hope to see you there.

 

I’m forwarding this on behalf of the two Antioch students who are the driving force for this event. Thanks for sharing it!

 

Cyndi Pauwels

Alumni and Combined Band Concert - Feb. 27

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Combined Orchestra Concert - Feb 20

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Tonight at MLS

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Doable...

The new X*ACT Arts Center in Xenia invites you to attend a planning reception at the X*ACT Theater at 45 E. Second Street on Saturday, January 19 at 1 PM.  If you are not a local artist, artisan, or fine crafter, please forward this information to your friends who are.

Our goal is to show you our space and to get your ideas on how to configure it.   We also are open to suggestions on how to set up the operation of the new Arts Center.  We are looking at several ways to operate, and we are considering a cooperative arrangement with rental space and a small operating commission.  You may have better suggestions and we'd like to hear them.  

We hope to make the operation of the Arts Center as compatible as possible with the needs of the displaying artists, so we need your contributions to our planning process as we move forward with our goal of actively promoting the Arts in the Xenia area.

Since the gathering follows our monthly Board meeting, a number of X*ACT Board members will be on hand to greet you and hear what you have to say.  We'll have some wine and cheese, and informational handouts, of course.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday the 19th.  While you are here, you may fill out an application of interest in future display space.   There is parking on the west side of the building and across the street.

Please RSVP via email or by calling the theater at 937-372-0516.

 

Janice Wilson, Arts Center Team

Tree removal on the Barr-Hammond property

Anonymous reader submitted photo (today)

Jumble rumbles on

The Holiday Art Jumble ends on January 20th, and we are starting Half-Off Days from today until the end of the sale. Most items, which are already discounted, will now be half-off their current prices.

Stop by the YSAC Community Gallery from Wednesday to Sunday, 1-4pm and support local artists and the YS Arts Council!

Informational meeting for horse riding group

The Stillwater Pony Club is holding their new member informational meeting this Sunday at 2pm. Stillwater PC is our local chapter of the US Pony Club. This is a wonderful organization that teaches young people (from age 6 to 25) all about the care, maintenance and pleasure of horsemanship. My daughter has been a member for four years and it has been a transformative (and surprisingly affordable) experience! You must have access to a well broke horse to join. To learn more about USPC, here's the link: http://www.ponyclub.org/. To find out more about the upcoming meeting, you can contact Rachel McKinley at 937-767-2518.

Back Story: We're all chasing something

I had an uncle who lived in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. When I was a kid, we used to visit, sometimes staying overnight. He had an old hound named Mr. Brown, a dog, who, much like me, had his best days behind him. Mr. Brown spent a lot of time sleeping on his side on a bare wooden floor. Despite the fact that he was severely lame, his legs would get going, scraping his long nails on the boards as he howled softly in his slumber.

"He's dreaming about chasing deer," my uncle would tell us.

When I do that, I'm dreaming about chasing girls.

Nowadays, I have a dog of my own. She, too, dreams. Last night her front and hind legs were going in a full out gallop as she slept on her Posturepedic mattress in her upscale crate.

"She's dreaming about chasing chickens," I told Amy.

I knew this because we had an episode, yesterday, that answered a long standing question that we have had about this dog. When she was a pup, we tried our best to get her used to our backyard flock, exposing her to the chickens in limited amounts, bringing her into the chicken run on a leash, or letting one of the more badass birds out in the backyard to play with her. It seemed to be working, as evidenced in the video below. But we always wondered how she would react, given the chance to catch one of our chickens, now that she is a two-year-old.



Yesterday, when I went out to feed the flock, I left the gate to the chicken run ajar - it had gotten stuck in the snow. Suki pushed her way in behind my back and started chasing the hens. I realized what had happened as soon as the kerfuffle started. As she rounded the bend from behind the coops, chickens scattering everywhere, she caught our little buff Cochin and got her down on the ground. I dropped what I was doing and grabbed her by the collar, pulling her off the screaming banty. Lil' Gertie hopped up and ran off to hide as I carried the struggling heeler out the gate. The chicken, short a few feathers, was otherwise okay. Question answered. I'll have to be more careful from now on.

So last night, Suki dreamed. Her legs were going and she growled softly in her sleep. Catching that elusive golden-feathered bird will have to wait till another day.

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Library Association Bench Project

Call for artists

The two wooden benches on the YS library grounds have been cleaned and now need to be sealed. A suggestion has been made to have a design painted on them before sealing.

The YSLA board is considering this and wonder if there are any artists who might be interested. The work would be done in March.

They are asking those interested to submit a proposal by January 28th showing qualifications and potential design.

Contact Ruth Lapp at 767-2708 or by email at hslapp@aol.com for further information.

YSKP Registration

Yellow Springs Kids Playhouse Open House/Registration Day Saturday, January 12^th from 1-3:00 pm.  Sample new class offerings and reserve a spot for yourself or your child in our upcoming classes. There will also be some free time to dance in the studio. Class info and registration at www.yskp.org or call 937-767-7800.

YSKP’s Winter/Spring term will run from Januray 14-April  20, in The Playhouse, 910 Corry St., YS. Culminating in a YSKP recital at the Antioch College South Gym on April 20^th.

Classes include:

• Hip Hop for youth and adults with Cameron Stuart and Janay Reeves
• Ballroom dancing for teens and adults with Mario Krazewski
• Singing Broadway, for teens and adults with Sally Dennis
• Club Glee for grades 3-6 with Sally Dennis
• Children and adult contemporary dance classes with Vanae Pate from Dayton Contemporary Dance Company II
• Teen/adult Contemporary Dance with Ri Molnar, an Antioch College grad
• Stories We Tell, a theater class based on storytelling with Ara Beal
• Reading Shakespeare’s Mind, with Teri Clark Linden for students 18 and up
• Singing Broadway, with Sally Dennis, is a class for teens and adults
• Kindermusik, for ages 18 months-3 years old with Jill Becker
• Creative Movement, ages 3-5 with Jill Becker

Conserve water

Water main update

From Council Member Karen Wintrow:

Water Usage Update: Please continue to conserve water within reason. You can take showers and continue normal water usage but if you can delay anything with heavy water usage like laundry, please do. The repair has been made but the tower needs to refill. You will receive a Code Red for all clear.

Regarding Code Red, please register all of your phones if you haven't. If you didn't get a call Friday, you need to re-register. Its easy to do online.

Back Story: Winter Driving Tips

Here are three tips having to do with snow accumulation on your automobile:

1. Never open your sunroof while there is a six-inch layer of snow on the roof of your car.
2. For your own safety and that of others on the road, remove all snow from your car, including the roof, before driving.
3. Familiarize yourself with all the controls inside your car; know which button does what before pushing.

Why am I telling you all this? Personal experience dictates that I not let you be exposed to some of the special hazards of winter driving. In other words, don't let happen to you, what happened to me the other night.

We had three reasons to drive up to Springfield on Thursday: we had to pick up a rear wiper blade for the Matrix at the Jeff Wyler Springfield Auto Mall - special order; we have a lifetime of free car washes because we purchased the car there - winter driving had rendered the car filthy; and we felt like availing ourselves of the advertised specials at O'Charley's, just down the road from the dealership.

The parts department was scheduled to close at six. We arrived about 5:45. I picked up the part and we drove around back, hoping the automated car wash didn't also close at six. Lucky for us, it didn't and we were next in line. We fumbled around in the dark, searching for a token, until Amy turned on the interior light. We found one and started looking around to see if we had any extras for next time. There was a weird looking coin in the ashtray that I thought was a token. Amy said it wasn't. An argument ensued until she held it up to the light and proved me wrong.

About this time, the car that had been occupying the wash pulled out and it was our turn.

"Let's shut off the light," I said.

I reached up and pushed the button next to the light and the sunroof promptly slid open dropping an avalanche of snow onto to us where we sat in the front of the car. We sat there in silence for a good two minutes before either of us spoke.

"Why would you want to go and do something stupid like that?" Amy said.

"It's your fault for turning on the stupid light," I shot back.

It took us a half-hour to clean the snow from the interior of the car and get all the ice out of the track of the sunroof so we could get it to close again. That latter task was the hard part. For awhile there, I thought we were going to have to drive home 10 miles with the sunroof open in 20 degree weather.

After a car wash and a couple beers at O'Charley's, Amy could finally laugh about what happened.

"I can't wait to tell my friends at work," she said. "I'm going to call my daughter as soon as we get home."

"I'll have to put it on the blog," I said.

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YS Water main succumbs to frigid temps

Yesterday afternoon, there was a water main break at the water tower so you will notice a reduction in water pressure and likely loss of water completely as the system is shut down to repair the break. The crews will be working to make the repairs as quickly as possible. You will be receiving Code Red announcements about the status.  

Latest word on the Water Main Break: Please conserve water until further notice. It is not anticipated that there will be a boil advisory but if there is, it will be announced via Code Red. Work is progressing nicely. Think warm thoughts for our crews working in these cold and difficult conditions. And if you haven't signed up for Code Red do so for your landlines and your cells.

Winter Farmers Market back at Methodist Church

Back Story: The Flow

A friend here in town will be moving to Ecuador in a few months. Another Yellow Springer is moving to Panama. A third friend visited Costa Rica and returned with glowing reports of a large expatriate community of Americans living a good life there.

Ecuador... I assume it is so named because it is on the equator. I have spent time near the equator in Singapore and Malaysia. On the very first day I arrived, I told Amy I didn't think I would survive the night. The heat and humidity pressed me down like a duck under glass. I sought airconditioning and found it, but it wasn't all that easy to locate. I survived by embracing the local life-style, which has evolved in such a way as to work around the climate. In Singapore, nobody cooks in the house. The evening meal is taken out-of-doors in food courts, and always after 9 p.m.

The flow used to be from Ecuador to here. It seemed its residents would do anything to get out of there and come to the USA, where, in their view, the streets were paved with gold. Now, it appears, the flow has reversed. And it's a good thing, too. Too many people in the northern hemisphere are about to cause the Earth to flip over, because it is getting top-heavy.

As a transplanted New Yorker and voluntary resident of this place, I declare Yellow Springs to be my Ecuador. I will not be moving to the equator or farther south. Somebody has to stay here and hold down the fort. Once they are all down there and the globe is once again stable on its axis, I will feel more secure in my Ohio digs. If they want to talk to me, there is always Skype.

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