YSKP hosts Chicken Cook-Off

Chicken Cook-off (Yumm!), July 18th at 6:00pm at the Antioch Amphitheater. Beginning at 6pm, guests are invited to sample chicken dishes from a selection of Yellow Springs chefs, including chefs from The Winds, Sunrise Café and Current Cuisine, followed by a free concert by the YS Community Chorus & Chamber Orchestra at 7:30p.m. This event is a fundraiser and will feature organic free-range chicken courtesy of New Liberty Farms. Cost $15/person.  Call to reserve a spot:  937-767-7800 or admin@yskp.org.

The Chicken Banner (original title: Free-Range Chickens from this year’s Banner Fest) is graciously being donated by creator Evelyn LaMers to decorate the event. Thanks, Evelyn!

Chickweeds Belly Dance Class for teen girls

Chickweeds Belly Dance Class!
Saturday, June 30, 2012
3:00pm until 4:00pm
2nd floor dance room
Bryan Community Center, 100 Dayton Street


"Come for a free belly dance class this Saturday! It's in the dance room on the second floor of the Bryan Center. Open to all teenage girls in town, so bring your friends and a hip scarf! (Hip scarf is optional. I will have some to borrow!) No experience necessary!"    --Amelia Rose Tarpey

Instructor: Amelia Rose Tarpey
Find "Chickweeds Belly Dance Class" on Facebook!

The Healthcare Movie at Little Art

Learn about Canada's single payer health care system with this screening (donations appreciated) of THE HEALTHCARE MOVIE sponsored by SPAN Ohio (Single Payer Action Network). SPAN Ohio will be on hand to talk about the single payer movement in Ohio. Admission is a $5 donation to the Little Art. Read more here.

Saturday, June 30, 3 p.m.

Best Male Vocalist at Spirited Goat Friday

Friday at 7:00pm at Spirited Goat Coffee House, 118 Dayton St., Yellow Springs, join singer/songwriter/keyboardist Bill Kurzenburger for an evening of music. Voted Best Male Vocalist by Columbus Music Awards this month. Read about it here.

Sport Fishing USA at Emporium Friday

This Friday, June 29, 2012  6:30 p.m.
Emporium Wines and Underdog Cafe
233 Xenia Avenue, Yellow Springs
Friday Night Wine Tasting. Live music with Sport Fishing USA: Nathan Moore, Brendan Moore, and David Byrne

video by Megan Bachman

Two blissful hours creating art this Saturday

Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery
111 Corry Street, Yellow Springs
Gallery Hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. except during
the third week of each month.
www.ysartscouncil.org

Monday Morning Artists is a group that meets the first Monday of each month at the First Presbyterian Church in Yellow Springs. They are the featured artist this month at the Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery. Five creative arts one-hour workshops will be offered by the MMAs at the YSAC Gallery each Saturday through July 14.

This week, enjoy two beginner workshops back-to-back on Saturday, June 30.

Ann Gayek  - Nature Drawing (1-2 pm)

Learn to draw leaves and flowers in a loose and expressive manner.  No drawing experience necessary.  Bring your pencils, colored pencils and paper or sketchbook.  Some materials will be available.  The cost is $10 per person, limited to 6 people.  Call Ann Gayek @ 767-1584 to register!

Yuki Hall – Watercolor Greeting Cards (2-3 pm)

Learn the quick and creative way to make greeting cards with watercolor.  No previous experience with watercolors is required.  All materials will be provided.  Each person will go home with at least 3 original watercolor greeting cards.  Limited to 6 people.  The cost is $10.00 per person.  – Call Yuki Hall @ 426-7229 to sign up!


For more info about Monday Morning Artists, click here to visit their blog or go to http://monmornartists.blogspot.com/

Yellow Springs Gay Pride Weekend

Yellow Springs Gay Pride Weekend
June 30-July 1, 2012

Saturday, June 30:
4:30pm Gather at John Bryan Community Center Lawn. T-shirts and goodies available for suggested donation. 100 Dayton St.

6:00pm Sidewalk Pridewalk through Streets of Yellow Springs
After-Pridewalk party at Emporium Wines, 233 Xenia Avenue, with winetasting. Come get dirty with DJ Clean Gene!


Sunday, July 1:
1-3pm “We are Family Picnic” at Gaunt Park, 500 West South College St. Kickball, swimming, and KARAOKE. Bring your own picnic. Water provided.

Come out and make history at the first ever Yellow Springs Gay Pride Weekend! Straight allies: Here's your chance to step up!!


photo by Susan Gartner

WYSO Open House

On Sunday, June 24, public radio station WYSO held an Open House at their new studios at 150 E. South College Street. It was an afternoon of family fun with food, live music, and tours of the new offices and studios. I took a picture of these young ladies as they waited in line at the face-painting booth. The new move includes updated audio equipment, a new broadcast tower and increase in signal strength to 50,000 watts.

On Friday, June 29, NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg will speak at the Dayton Art Institute's NCR Renaissance Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Her talk is titled: "How Art Will Save the World (and Whatever Else Occurs to Her)". Tickets are $50 and still available.

Click here for more details.

Enjoy a frothy mug at The Goat

Looks like root beer but it's not! Espresso served in a sweet A&W-like mini-mug at Spirited Goat, 118 Dayton Street, Yellow Springs. Take it outside and enjoy the refreshing sidewalk oasis on Dayton Street created by owner Michael Herington. Great job, Michael!

Monday Morning Artists Workshop

On Saturday, June 23, Libby Rudolf from Monday Morning Artists taught a watercolor class at the Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery. Twelve participants learned how to do a quick sketch followed by a wet-on-wet watercolor technique.

There are 3 remaining Saturday workshops:

June 30:
Nature Drawing with Ann Gayek 1-2 p.m.
Call Ann Gayek @ 767-1584 to sign up.

Watercolor Greeting Cards with Yuki Hall 2-3 p.m.
Call Yuki Hall @ 426-7229 to sign up.

July 14: Upper Body Massage for the Artist with Rebecca Ingebo RN, MSN, LMT, 2-3 p.m.
Call Rebecca at 937-426-8823 or 937-266-1504 to register.

Workshops are $10/participant and take place at the Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery, 111 Corry Street, Yellow Springs. The current exhibit, "Exuberance," can be seen during open gallery hours, Wednesday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. except during the third week of each month. For more information, visit www.ysartscouncil.org.

The next exhibit will be: "Emerging Artists" with a Third Friday Fling Opening Reception on Friday, July 20, 6-9 p.m. See you there!

photos by Susan Gartner