"Flam Tap, Body Slap" debuts at YS Dance Concert

Dancers rehearse "Flam Tap, Body Slap, Be Your Own Drum," choreographed by Ali Thomas and Lara Bauer and part of the upcoming YS Community Dance Concert. Concert dates are Friday and Saturday, March 25-26 at Antioch College South Gym, 8-10 p.m. Cost: $8 for adults, $5 for seniors and students.

photos by Susan Gartner

Christmas in Yellow Springs

The blinking red-and-green streetlights along with the lights from the businesses on Dayton and Walnut Streets blend in perfectly to make for a magical Christmas night in downtown Yellow Springs.

photo by Susan Gartner -- December 25, 2010

YS Brass! plays downtown in December

Yellow Springs Brass! will perform holiday classics on Saturdays in December at various locations in downtown Yellow Springs. Members Bruce Heckman, Dave Vrooman, Steve Vrooman, Robert Love, and Dave Triplett will be playing for donations to benefit the Yellow Springs Emergency Welfare Fund.

The Yellow Springs Brass! will also perform at Friends Care Community on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 6:30 p.m. The performance will be part concert and part sing-along. All are welcome to attend.

Video and photos by Susan Gartner
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- December 9, 2010

"What?" performed by TAFKATTFP

“What?: An Exploration of Dreams, Reality, And Numbers (another meta philosophic dramatic sketch comedy performance)" took place at multiple locations this weekend in Yellow Springs. The Artists Formerly Known As The Third Friday Players are Jennifer Johnson, Lenaya Rebekah Levigne, Skip Leeds, Vanessa Query, Ali Thomas, and Charlotte Walkey.

Sketches included: "Buy Nothing Day" by Ali Thomas; "A Simple Philosophy Of The Foundation Of Our Cultural Thought" by Vanessa Query; "The Third Wheel" by Vanessa Query; "The Sum Of His Problems" by Charlotte Walkey; "Waking Up" by Dario Fo; "Ayn Rand Vs. Jesus: A Love Story Of Phantom Menaces" by Skip Leeds; "Businessman Part 2: The Saga Continues" by Ali Thomas

For more information, visit http://vanessaquery.com/theater/thirdfridayplayers

photos by Susan Gartner -- December 3, 2010

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Video by Susan Gartner -- June 30, 2010

Sunny skies for local swap

Maxine's Annual Plant & Book Swap on Sunday, June 6th, attracted a wide variety of people, plants, snacks, books, and garden hats and helmets.

"Thank you to everyone for participating and I look forward to doing it again next year!" says Maxine Skuba, pictured in her green flowered hat and grateful for the cooperative weather following a steady and swap-unfriendly downpour.

Local author and swap participant Cheryl Meyer was thrilled to see her 2001 book, "Mothers Who Kill Their Children" on Skuba's used book table and happily signed it for an appreciative new owner. In a festive red hat and scarf on loan from the hostess, that's me sampling a tasty (and theme-appropriate) dandelion wine that was brought by another guest.

"Everybody went away happy," said Skuba of the event. A truckload of leftover books is being donated to the Planned Parenthood Annual Book Sale.

photos by Susan Gartner and Tom Osborne -- June 6, 2010
posted to A Yellow Springs Blog -- June 8, 2010