Music this week

Peach’s parties all weekend

Friday, March 12, Peach’s Grill will host a dance night with Yellow Springs favorite, DJ Clean Gene. The show begins at 10 p.m., and there is no cover.

Peach’s will feature music all day on Saturday, March 13, for its fourth annual St. Patty’s Day party. For a full list of musicians, visit www.peachsgrill.com.

Celebrate St. Patty’s at the Emporium

The Emporium will host an early St. Patrick’s Day celebration this Friday, March 12, 6:30 p.m. with the traditional Irish band the Roving Rogues, from Dayton/Cincinnati, to accompany the weekly wine tasting.

See ‘Red’ at Brother Bear’s

Brother Bear’s Café will host an open mic on Friday, March 12, at 7 p.m.

A Shade of Red will play at Brother Bear’s Café on Saturday, March 13, at 7 p.m. A Shade of Red is made up of two soul mates whose purpose in life is to write and produce music with their bodies.

Belew entertains on piano

Benjamin Belew will perform an informal piano recital in the Senior Center great room at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 13. The public is invited to enjoy the music and refreshments. The concert is free and donations will be accepted.

Enjoy the luck of the Irish at Clifton

The Clifton Opera House will host a fun-filled Irish weekend beginning with a performance by Loosley Strung Bluegrass Band on Friday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m. In keeping with the Irish theme, this Columbus-based band will feature some traditional standards as well as their crisp five-part bluegrass and folk harmonies.

Saturday, March 13, Bob Ford and the Ragamuffins will entertain with their whimsical Irish show. Bob and his two daughters will keep the audience laughing and toe tapping. The box office opens at 6:30 p.m., and the show begins at 7:30 p.m.

Sunday afternoon, March 14, the Yellow Springs-based group Changeling will perform traditional Celtic music and stories, beginning at 2 p.m.

For more information, call 767-2343 or visit www.cliftonoperahouse.com.

Art around town

• The YS Arts Council will host its second annual “Spring Into the Arts” weekend, March 19–21. A colorful and savory menu of events by local artists and arts organizations can be sampled throughout the weekend. The public is welcome at open houses at the “Friday Fling” on March 19, and will have the opportunity to meet YS Arts Council Board members, view the mixed-media art of Pete Mitas at Village Artisans or learn more about the women’s retreat center, Creative Explorations. For a full schedule of events, visit www.ysartscouncil.org.

• The Glen Helen Association, in conjunction with its 50th anniversary celebration, is sponsoring a juried invitational art exhibit and sale. The show will run July 2–July 16 in the Glen Helen Building. A special patron preview reception will be held the opening evening, July 2, 7–9 p.m. All artists are invited to submit up to three entries that incorporate the Glen or a nature theme for this special exhibit. For further information and entry forms, contact Joan Horn at 767-7971 or joanhorn@att.net, or Linda Parsons at 767-0123.

• For the months of March and April, the Emporium is hosting “Village People,” an exhibition of photographic images by Dennie Eagleson. The images are close portraits of current and former villagers made over the past two decades, and include some of Eagleson’s more experimental work with plastic lens cameras, gel medium transfer and Polaroid transfer processes. The images are a celebration of the vitality of life in the village and demonstrate how, as members of a small village, we watch each other grow up. The public is invited to attend the artist’s reception at the Emporium on Saturday, March 13, 5–7 p.m.

• Mike Nelson’s water drop photographs will be on display at the Winds Café through April 4. In these photographs, art and science come together to capture images of water drops exploding into color and form. For a sneak preview of the exhibit, visit www.millpondstudios.com.

• The YS Arts Council invites artists to apply to show in the YSAC Art Space Gallery. No exhibition experience is required, and there is no entry fee. Artists must become a member to show. Solo and shared shows are encouraged. Artists hang and manage the gallery during the Third Friday Fling reception, and for three hours each Saturday during their one-month exhibit. Visit ysarts.blogspot.com for details and an application. The deadline to apply is March 15.

• The Glen Helen Association is hosting an art exhibition titled “Landscapes and Flowers,” through March 30. This one-person show by Yellow Springs resident Ann Gayek features paintings of landscapes and gardens in Ohio, California and Colorado. Show hours are 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday, and 10 a.m.–4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The exhibition is in the Glen Helen Building, and admission is free.

• “Land Marks,” the inaugural art exhibit at the Herndon Gallery on the Antioch College campus, has opened. The exhibit, curated by Morgan Fellow Anne Bohlen, with Chris Hill and Migiwa Orimo, features artists Michael Casselli, Julia Dzwonkoski, Kye Potter, Juan-Si Gonzalez, Paloma Dallas, Masumi Hayashi, Amy Koenig and Migiwa Orimo. The work in the group exhibition speaks to location and dislocation, uncovering and recovering, materiality and memory.

Gallery hours are 1–4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through March 20.

Senior events

Senior Center hosts tax help

The AARP-IRS Tax-Aide program’s free, confidential tax filing help for low and medium income taxpayers of all ages will be available at the Senior Center for the first time this year. Electronic filing will be available. Those interested may call the Senior Center at 767-5751 to request a 2 p.m. or 3:30 p.m. appointment for Monday, March 22 or Monday, April 5. Taxpayers should bring last year’s return, W-2s, 1099s, medical expense information and health and long-term care insurance payment information, real estate tax payment information and all other pertinent information about income and deductions for 2009, as well as Social Security cards verifying the numbers of taxpayers and dependents.

Tax-Aide is also available at Xenia Friends Meeting and Jamestown Friends Meeting. For more information on these locations, call Ruby E. Porter at 382-7071.

Lunch Bunch travels to Urbana

Café Paradiso on the square in Urbana is the destination for March’s Lunch Bunch gathering. On Thursday, March 11, the group will depart from the former WSU Clinic parking lot at 11:15 a.m. For more information, or to sign up and indicate whether a ride is needed to the bus departure point, call 767-5751.

Activities meetings open to all

While people often get the idea that the Senior Center activities advisory committee meetings are only for committee members, they are open to anyone. The Senior Center invites everyone to participate in the next activities advisory committee meeting on Friday, March 12, at 11 a.m. in the front room of the Senior Center. Those attending are invited to suggest improvements to the activities program and share ideas, or people may offer suggestions by phone to Corinne at 767-5751 or ysscactive@gmail.com.

March potluck discusses elder fraud

The monthly potluck for March will be held at noon on Thursday, March 18, in the Senior Center great room. The potluck will also feature an elder fraud seminar, offered in collaboration with Buckeye Home Care and Friends Care. Those who would like to hear the speaker without attending the lunch should arrive at 12:35. Those who would like to request a ride to the Senior Center should call 767-5751 two days ahead.

Spiritual events

Presbyterians welcome Threshold Choir

On Sunday, March 14, the First Presbyterian Church welcomes the Threshold Choir to sing during worship. The Threshold ancient tradition of singing at bedsides of those who are struggling can be encouraging, joyful and healing. Rev. Doris A. Whitaker will be providing the sermon, “The Faces of Jesus: Jesus the Healer.” Worship begins at 10:30 a.m., and all are welcome to attend.

The church is continuing its collection of hygiene kits for Haiti. Those interested in providing the specified products that will be sent to Haiti may pick up a list and bag for the supplies during church office hours, Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–noon.

Unitarians discuss women in Vietnam

Sunday, March 14, the topic of the 10 a.m. service at UUF will be: “Women and Work: The Case of Vietnam.” During a sabbatical in 2006, Dr. Paulette Olsen lived in Vietnam, working to conduct academic research on gender-related issues. She will share insights about women’s changing economic roles, migration patterns, employment options and conditions of work in the transition to a market economy and the gender and poverty implications of globalization in Vietnam.

The 8:30 a.m. spiritual discussion group topic will be: “Why are we here?”

Child care for children up to age 6 is available from 9:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Methodists host guest speakers

The United Methodist Men of Yellow Springs United Methodist Church will sponsor an evening with Captain Earl Morse, president and co-founder of Honor Flight, on Thursday, March 18, 7:30 p.m. at the church. Honor Flight is an organization dedicated to providing WWII veterans with transportation to Washington, D.C. to see the WWII Monument. The community is invited to attend.

The Revered L. Cean Wilson, an elder in the United Methodist Church, will present a portrait of Susanna Wesley, the mother of John Wesley, during the worship hour at Yellow Springs United Methodist Church on Sunday, March 21, 10:30 a.m. The public is encouraged to attend this special service.

Area churches discuss Lent

The fourth of the five-part Lenten series sponsored by the Yellow Springs Christian Association will be held at St. Paul Catholic Church, noon–1 p.m., on Wednesday, March 17. The theme for the series is “Looking to the Cross, The Value of Suffering and Pain,” with a focus in this part of the series on scriptural reasons for why people suffer and share in the commonality of pain and suffering that is universal for all living beings.

Those attending should bring a bag lunch or just come and enjoy as some bring food to share. Beverages are provided by St. Paul Church. All are invited. For more information call 767-1543 or 767-7450.

St. Paul hosts Lenten series

On Wednesday evenings throughout the Lenten season, St. Paul Catholic Church hosts a Lenten series, “Women in the Community of the Beloved Disciple.” Patricia Brown will discuss the scripture at the next meeting on Wednesday, March 17, 7:30 p.m., and will speak on the topic “Martha and Mary in the Rising of Lazarus from the Dead, and Mary in the Anointing of Jesus.” Each session lasts one hour, with refreshments provided.

St. Paul hosts bazaar and sacred drama

The children of St. Paul Catholic Church, in an effort to aid in worldwide efforts against hunger and poverty, will be selling items they make to parishioners and the wider community at a bazaar on Saturday, March 13, at 6 p.m. and Sunday, March 14, at noon in the church basement. The proceeds from sales will go to Heifer International.

St. Paul Music Ministries will present the sacred drama “The People of the Passion” on Sunday, March 21, 7 p.m., in the St. Paul sanctuary. While not an historic chronicle, this special program weaves “eyewitness” accounts with Gospel readings, liturgical dance and Taizé chants. Admission is free. For further information, call Gail Chambers, parish secretary, at 767-7450.