"Uncanny Terrain" at Little Art

“Uncanny Terrain” by Ed Koziarski  ‘97 
Thursday, July 19, 2012
1:00pm
Little Art Theatre
247 Xenia Avenue
Yellow Springs, OH 45387

Antioch College's Global Seminar on Energy will be presenting Antioch Alum (1997) Ed Koziarski's new film, "Uncanny Terrain" on Thursday, 7/19 from 1-3pm. The filmmaker will be in attendance and will speak about this film-in-progress.

Ed M. Koziarski is codirector with Junko Kajino of the in-progress documentary film Uncanny Terrain, which gives the account of organic farmers whose land has been contaminated by fallout from the March, 2011, earthquake-and-tsunami-triggered meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Ed and Junko also made the 2009 narrative feature film The First Breath of Tengan Rei, and the award-winning 2005 short film Homesick Blues. Ed has written for publications including Grist, Filmmaker Magazine, the Chicago Reader, Time Out Chicago, New City Chicago, CS Magazine, North Avenue Magazine, Reel Chicago, and Dayton Voice. He teaches producing at Chicago Filmmakers. He graduated from Antioch College in 1997 with a B.A. in communications.

Read more: http://uncannyterrain.com/blog/

Celebrate with The Pot Shop

Things are changing at John Bryan Community Pottery and we wish to celebrate our achievements with a toast to everyone involved in this wonderful studio!

Join us on Friday, July 20, 6-8 pm at John Bryan Community Pottery to say thank you to our former Director, Dianne Collinson for her hard work and welcome to Allison Paul, our new Director. Also, thank you to Geno Luketic and welcome to Todd Hickerson, our new Studio Tech. (Geno will be staying on as Wood Kiln Manager.)

Hope to see you there,
John Bryan Community Pottery Board of Directors
Dave Chesar
Frank Doden
Susan Finster
James Manning
Cathy Mills
Jo Wilson
Lisa Wolters

Poetry and drums at Spirited Goat 5 p.m.

Tracey Schmidt & Matthew Cox
5:00pm Today

Spirited Goat Coffee House, 118 Dayton St.,
Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387

Tracey will be performing the work of Rumi, Hafiz, Mary Oliver, as well as some of her own work. She performs all of this work from memory, and following the example of Indian and Middle Eastern, she will be accompanied by tabla and hand drum player Matthew Cox, with whom she is on a month-long national tour.

Whoo Cooks for You? Raptor Center Fundraiser

Whoo Cooks for You 2012
An Extraordinary Benefit Feast
for The Glen Helen Raptor Center
Sunday, September 9, 4-8 p.m.

The Raptor Center at Glen Helen
1075 State Route 343, Yellow Springs Ohio 45387
Tickets are $150.

Please join us!

Enjoy a culinary adventure that will bring together chefs, raptors and you our stewards of the land and sky. Celebrated Chefs from the area's top restaurants will provide a bountiful six course feast sourced by local area growers.

Prior to dinner, in true raptor fashion, devour mouth watering charcuterie from "Smoking Goose" and sip a signature cocktail; Raptor's Delight, while you tour our Raptor Center. Then, move on to our fine dining tent, refill your beverage and bid on our themed "Birds of Prey Silent Auction". Further support our programs by choosing to "Adopt a Raptor".

Dinner will be a bountiful six course meal created by accomplished Chefs who truly believe in good food and good relationships with local providers. Enjoy great music, Ohio wine and beer and close encounters with our education raptors, Glen Helen Naturalists and Director of our Raptor Center, Betty Ross.

End your evening with an exceptional decadent dessert that will melt your senses and send you home with the satisfied feeling that you have indeed made a difference in the rehabilitation and care of Raptor's at Glen Helen.

More information: Ann Simonson at 937.769.1902 ext 103 or asimonson@glenhelen.org
If you can not make it to the event, but would like to contribute to the Glen Helen Nature Preserve please click here or visit: http://antiochcollege.org/glen_helen/giving/

photo by Itinerant Studios

Be a YSAC gallery volunteer!

Visit the new Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery at 111 Corry Street!  Check out the art or take an art class with a local artist or just rest in the cool surrounded by art.  (This is also where you can get your "Keep Yellow Springs Weird " tee shirt!)

We are eagerly awaiting our July show "Emerging Artists"- 7 artist in their 20's, from our area, presented by our Antioch intern Meg Miller.  Meg has tantalized us with hints that they are creating some really interesting twists on art.

June's exhibit by the Monday Morning Artists has been a Joy, with beautiful Water Colors and fabulous classes each Saturday. Thank you Monday Morning Artists!

A very exciting part of this last month was the start of our gallery sitting program. Thanks to the Glorious Gallery Crew, we've been open Wednesdays-Sundays 1-4 (except the 3rd week when we are closed to install the new shows.) We are still hoping for a few more wonderful volunteers to help keep the gallery open during the week.  We need one regular first Friday of the month volunteer and two 2nd and 3rd Sunday volunteers.  Or one totally magnificent volunteer who would be willing to cover 2 Sundays! If you could do one or two, regularly scheduled 3 hour shifts, a month, or would like to be on an emergency call list that would be so wonderful!  You could bring your art or craft to the gallery and work on it during your time or bring a good book to read.

Thank you for supporting the arts in Yellow Springs!
Looking forward to hearing from you,

Nancy Mellon
YSAC Gallery Coordinator
767-1366
nancymellon.jafa@gmail.com

YS Community Concert and Chicken Cook-Off

YS Community Concert and Chamber Orchestra performing Mozart
Free concert by the YS Community Chorus and Chamber Orchestra under the direction of James Johnston, July 18^th at 7:30 pm in the Antioch College Amphitheater.
The evening will include Mozart’s Symphony No. 28, choruses from The Marriage of Figaro, the motet Ave Vernum Corpus and humorous canon Bona Nox. Jennifer Gilchrist will sing the aria Dove Sono from The Marriage of Figaro. Young performers from the YSKP production of Mo’s Night at the Opera will also perform.

This event follows the YSKP Chicken Cook-off, at 6:00 pm at the Antioch Amphitheater. Guests are invited to sample chicken dishes prepared by wonderful chefs from The Winds, Sunrise Café and Current Cuisine of Yellow Springs. This part of the evening is a fundraiser for YSKP and the cost is $15. Please reserve a spot by calling 767-7800.

Dance Party at Peach's Grill

Local DJ Shane Creepingbear hosts Dance Party
at Peach’s Grill
104 Xenia Avenue

Friday, July 20, 2012

10:00pm until 2:00am


   

It’s a dance party with DJ Shane Creepingbear and DJ Fatty Lumpkin of the world famous Skratchmatic Crew. Bring some sweat bands and we'll provide the multitude of rugs to cut.

Emerging Artists at YSAC Gallery

Emerging Artists Exhibit at Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery
Saturday, July 21, 2012
6:00pm until 9:00pm
YS Arts Council Gallery, 111 Corry Street, Yellow Springs, Ohio

Introduce yourself to our promising new generation of artists in and around Yellow Springs. Our featured artists are Nate Schirmer (salvaged mixed-media), Dave Flowers (wood-workings), Liz Zaff (painting), Kaleigh Harris (photography), Jennifer Carlson (portraits from India), Forrest Humphrey (pencil & charcoal sketches) and Meg Miller (watercolor & acrylic).

"Novel Sonic Texture" band, Speaking Suns, will provide entertainment from 6-8pm. At 8:30pm, the Salsa Underground Dance Team will perform, followed by DJ JuJu's Dance Piazza on the YSAC Gallery outdoor patio.

There is also a Sneak Preview for the Emerging Artists Show on Friday, July 20 from 6-9pm.

photo by Kaleigh Harris

Somatics Workshop with Jill Becker

Somatics Workshop with Jill Becker, Sun., July 22, 11-1:00 at The Playhouse, 910 Corry St. (next to Antioch Amphitheater). This is a gentle, guided movement exploration to release tension and strengthen connections in the body.  Very refreshing!! Call 767-2646 or jillbecker1@gmail.com to reserve a spot.

What is Somatics?  This class is a form of movement meditation, where students are guided through exercises to awaken sensory awareness, lose unnecessary tension and find deep internal connections in the body. Breath is central to the work.  Students will work alone, in partners and as a group.  The exercises are based on human anatomy and physiology. Students often comment that they feel taller, more grounded, relaxed and refreshed after doing this work.

Call for submissions: 10-Minute Play Festival

The Second Annual Yellow Springs 10-Minute Play Festival will be held on October 26 and 27, 2012 at the First Presbyterian Church of Yellow Springs. Performances will start at 8 p.m. The festival features plays by local playwrights with local actors and directors. For more information email GunchPress@yahoo.com.

Call for scripts by local playwrights:

The Yellow Springs 10-Minute Play Festival is calling for script submissions from local playwrights. Scripts will be accepted for review from writers who live or work in Yellow Springs or Miami Township. Running time should be no longer than 10 minutes. The deadline for script submissions is September 7, 2012, for performance in late October.

Last year's 10-Minute Play Festival was a success beyond anything organizers Kay Reimers and Virgil Hervey anticipated. This is something they would like to make into an annual event.

Scripts may be sent as email attachments to gunchpress@yahoo.com or mailed to Gunch Press, P.O. Box 544, Yellow Springs.

photo by Susan Gartner of 10-Minute Play: "Grim Reaper" performed at Corner Cone Dairy Bar & Grill, August 2010