Runners take your mark: Simply Women 5K July 31

YS Girls Running will present its 2nd annual Simply Women 5K run/walk for women and girls on Saturday, July 31, at Yellow Springs High School, 420 E. Enon Road, Yellow Springs, OH. Race route will be 5k (3.1 miles) through the tree-lined streets of Yellow Springs with one mid-race water station. Entry fee: $15. Race starts at 9 a.m. Check-in and on-site registration from 7:45-8:30 a.m. For more info, contact simplywomen5k@gmail.com or (937) 767-7607. (Video footage from Simply Women 5K 2009)

video by Susan Gartner

ArtSpace hosts "Life Paintings by Buck Truitt"

On Friday, July 9, the Yellow Springs Arts Council ArtSpace Gallery at 108 Dayton Street held an opening reception for Life Paintings by Buck Truitt. Truitt is pictured (right) with reception guests Keri Speck (top left) and Jamie Henderson.

photos by Susan Gartner -- July 9, 2010
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- July 10, 2010

New work-of-art gallery launches Yellow Springs Experience

On Friday, July 9, the Yellow Springs Arts Council celebrated its new home and gallery at 309 Xenia Avenue with an Art Opening and Launch Party for the Yellow Springs Experience.

The opening reception for Transitions: Traces and Spaces featured a group show by artists working for the Arts Council including paintings, handmade books, and readings by Sarah Leavens. Local musicians Carl Schumacher and Gary Arnold performed together along with two other bands on the lawn of the neighboring Barr property and improvisational dance troupe Jill Becker & Friends performed in the gallery's outdoor garden.

Longtime villager Alan Macbeth, owner of the new gallery and the artist behind the construction and beautiful brickwork of the building, is thrilled with his new tenants and the new arrangement. Macbeth was spotted dancing to the music on the front porch.

The new gallery is currently serving as the Welcome Center for the Yellow Springs Experience which runs from July 9-18. For a complete list of events, visit www.yellow-springs-experience.org.

photos by Susan Gartner -- July 9, 2010
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- July 10, 2010

Little village puts on big parade

photos by Susan Gartner -- July 4, 2010
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- July 5, 2010

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Video by Susan Gartner -- June 30, 2010

Clooney (and mashed potatoes) at the Movies

Villagers cleaned up real good for the "Clooney At the Movies" Auction Gala, Friday night, June 25, held at Antioch University Midwest as a benefit for the Little Art Theatre. The event included a silent auction, wine and buffet, video tribute by Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar, live auction, and journalist, author and guest speaker Nick Clooney addressing "The Movies That Changed Us." Jenny Cowperthwaite, Executive Director of the Little Art Theatre, was visibly moved by the outpouring of support for her "baby" which she has struggled to maintain for 38 years. Proceeds from the event will keep the theatre in operation as a non-profit venture. The highlight of the event was George Clooney's dad with the Mashed Potato Bar coming in a close second.

photos by Susan Gartner -- June 25, 2010
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- June 28, 2010

Artist reception at "Would you, could you"

Former Yellow Springs resident Laura Berch Carpenter, currently living in Colorado, came through town for her artist reception on Thursday, June 24, at "Would you, could you" In a Frame and to see family and friends. The artist is pictured chatting with reception guests Harvey Paige and Jane Brown.


A second "gallery" -- the side of a local barn -- is also displaying the artist's work at 1710 Spillan. Gallery hours are 7 a.m. to 7 a.m.

photos by Susan Gartner -- June 24, 2010
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- June 27, 2010

Yarn-bombers hit post office

Yarn-bombers Corrine Bayraktaroglu and Nancy Mellon "hit" a bench outside the Yellow Springs Post Office with their latest knit graffiti. The bench is dedicated to long-time villager Elaine Comegys who died in 2007. The mischievous yarn-bombers had previously decorated the bench to honor Comegys but the work needed to be replaced due to the harsh effects of the elements.

photo by Susan Gartner -- June 19, 2010

Art Stroll Yellow Springs June 2010

photos and video by Susan Gartner -- June 18, 2010
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- June 20, 2010

Belly dancing for two at Street Fair Summer 2010

Egyptian Breeze Belly Dancers, 4 + 1 Jazz Quintet, and Yellow Springs Cornfield Orchestra entertained the crowds at Yellow Springs Street Fair, June 12, 2010.

photos by Susan Gartner -- June 12, 2010
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- June 13, 2010