February 4, 2010

 

COMMUNITY CALENDAR and ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thurs | Fri | Sat | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thurs

Reminders | Announcements | Music | Art | Spiritual | Senior

Thursday, February 4 (top)
• Bid whist/hearts, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Nap and cuddle time, 2–3 p.m., library.
• Awana youth club, 6:30–8 p.m., First Baptist Church.
• After Hours Writers’ Club, 6:30–8:30 p.m., Emporium.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church.
• Patient and caregiver support group meeting, 7 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Book discussion, 7:45–9 p.m., Dharma Ctr.
• Trivia with Steve, 9 p.m., Gulch.

Friday, February 5 (top)
• Preschool Story Time, ages 3–5, 10:30 a.m., library.
• Qi gong exercise, 10:30 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Quilting group, 1:30 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Dr. Skillet, 7 p.m., Emporium.
• Open mic, 7–9:30 p.m., Brother Bear’s.
• YSHS one-act plays, 8 p.m., Mills Lawn gym.
• Joy of Dancing, 8–9 p.m., Bryan Ctr.
• Tracy Walker, 10 p.m., Peach’s.

Saturday, February 6 (top)
• Zen meditation, 7:30 a.m., Dharma Ctr.
• Intro to yoga class, 8–9 a.m., Yoga Springs Studio.
• Tai chi practice, 9 a.m., Bryan Ctr.
• Winter farmers market, 9 a.m.–noon, United Methodist Church.
• Recreational youth basketball, 9 a.m.–noon, Bryan Ctr.
• Quilt group luncheon outing, 10 a.m., Senior Center.
• Groundhog Day hike, 10 a.m., Trailside Museum.
• Shabbat services, 10 a.m., Rockford Chapel.
• Overeaters Anonymous, 10 a.m., Friends Assisted Living.
• Aerobic exercise, 10:15 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Peace vigil, noon–1 p.m., Xenia Ave. and Limestone St.
• Teen Advisory Group, 2 p.m., library.
• Sock tie-dying, noon–2 p.m., Presbyterian Church.
• Story time ages 3–5, 11:30 a.m.–noon, Pass It On Kids.
• Dances of Universal Peace, 3–5 p.m., Rockford Chapel.
• Swing Shift, 7 p.m., Brother Bear’s.
• Art opening reception with MINK, Mark DeLozier and DJ BobbyLite, 7–10 p.m., Emporium.
• Narcotics Anonymous meeting, 7:30 p.m., United Methodist Church.
• YSHS one-act plays, 8 p.m., Mills Lawn gym.
• Slowhand, Claption tribute band, 8 p.m., Clifton Opera House.
• Seefari, 10 p.m., Peach’s.

Sunday, February 7 (top)
• Vipassana meditation, 8 a.m., Dharma Ctr.
• Spiritual discussion, 8:30 a.m., UUF.
• Friends silent meditation, 8:30 and 11 a.m., Rockford Chapel.
• Course in Miracles, 9 a.m., Friends Care Assisted Living.
• “Nativity Stories,” 10 a.m., UUF.
• First Sunday guided meditation, 10–11 a.m., Art Space.
• Potluck lunch, 11:30 a.m., UUF.
• YSHS one-act plays, 2 p.m., Mills Lawn gym.
• Elemental Circle, 4 p.m., UUF meetinghouse.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 8 p.m., First Presbyterian Church.
• Al–Anon meeting, 8 p.m., Friends Care Assisted Living.

Monday, February 8 (top)
• Flexibility exercise, 10:30 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Chair volleyball, 11:30 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Dominoes, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Youth choral singing class, 3:30–4:30 p.m., Presbyterian Church.
• D and D gaming, 4–5 p.m., library.
• Bridge lessons, 6:30 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Aerobic exercise, 6:30 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Music Boosters, 6:40 p.m., YSHS music room.
• Planning Commission meeting, 7 p.m., Council chambers.
• Community Band rehearsal, 7:30 p.m., YSHS music room.
• Orientation to meditation, 7:45 p.m., Dharma Ctr.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., United Methodist Church.

Tuesday, February 9 (top)
• Sunrise meditation, 7:30 a.m., 215 Park Meadows.
• Weaving group, 9:30 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Qi gong, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Party bridge, 1–3:30 p.m., Lawson Place.
• Secret Valentines, 3:30 p.m., library.
• Intermediate yoga, 4 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Energy Task Force, 5 p.m., Council chambers.
• Overeaters Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., Friends Assisted Living.
• Miami Valley Weavers’ Guild, 7 p.m., Bryan Ctr.
• Author’s book talk with George Kraus, 7 p.m., library.
• YS Strings rehearsal, 7–8:30 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Open mic, 7–10 p.m., Peach’s.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., United Methodist Church.
• DJ Clean Gene, 8 p.m.–1 a.m., Dayton Street Gulch.

Wednesday, February 10 (top)
• Needlework group, 10 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• “The Art of Annemieke Mien,” 10 a.m., library.
• Flexibility exercise, 10:30 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Chair volleyball, 11:15 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Senior luncheon, noon, Senior Ctr.
• Dominoes, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• DJ Clean Gene, 5–9 p.m., Peach’s Grill.
• Aerobic exercise, 6:30 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Duplicate bridge, 6:30–10 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Village Cable Advisory Panel, 7 p.m., library.
• Human Relations Commission, 7 p.m., Bryan Ctr. arts and crafts room.
• Reiki practitioner circle, 7–9 p.m., 217 E. Herman St.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., Rockford Chapel.
• Bicycle Enhancement Committee meeting, 7:30–8:45 p.m., MTFR training room.
• Trivia with Steve, 9 p.m., Peach’s Grill.
• DJ Dr. Falafel, 9 p.m.–12:45 a.m., Dayton Street Gulch.

Thursday, February 11 (top)
• Lunch Bunch, 11:30 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Bid whist/hearts, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Nap and cuddle time, 2–3 p.m., library.
• Community food pantry open, 2–4 p.m., United Methodist Church.
• Awana youth club, 6:30–8 p.m., First Baptist Church.
• La Leche League meeting, 6:30–8:30 p.m., library.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church.
• Patient and caregiver support group meeting, 7 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Environmental Commission, 7–9 p.m., Bryan Ctr. upstairs.
• Board of education meeting, 7 p.m., Mills Lawn.
• Book discussion, 7:45–9 p.m., Dharma Ctr.
• Trivia with Steve, 9 p.m., Gulch.

ReminderS (top)

[None this week.]

ANNOUNCEMENTS (top)

Music this week

Dr. Skillet at the Emporium

Local band Dr. Skillet will perform at the Emporium’s Underdog Café on Friday, Feb. 5, to accompany the weekly wine tasting.

Peach’s features reggae and rock

Friday, Feb. 5, Peach’s Grill will play host to Tracy Walker, who will present acoustic indie/folk rock. The show begins at 10 p.m.

SeeFari will play Peach’s on Saturday, Feb. 6, in celebration of Bob Marley’s birthday, beginning at 10 p.m. Admission to each show is $5.

Clifton Opera hosts Clapton tunes

The Clifton Opera House presents Slowhand, a Clapton tribute band, on Saturday, Feb. 6. Since 1994, the band has performed a tribute to Eric Clapton with a large variety of hits, including “Layla” and “Tears in Heaven.” The band will perform at 8 p.m., and the box office opens at 7 p.m. Suggested donation for admission is $7.

Brother Bear’s brings the swing

Brother Bear’s will feature Swing Shift on Saturday, Feb. 6, 7 p.m. Swing Shift presents its own take on the jazz of the ’30s and ’40s, especially the tunes of the Benny Goodman sextet, Charlie Parker and the Quintet of the Hot Club of France. The band performs on mandolin, electric and gypsy guitars, with the bass and drums an integral part of the ensemble.

Brother Bear’s also hosts open mic every Friday night, beginning at 7 p.m.

Local tunes and art at the Emporium

On Saturday, Feb. 6, 7–10 p.m., the Emporium will host an opening reception and wine tasting for the Emporium’s staff art show. The party will feature live music by new local band MINK and Mark DeLozier, with DJing by Yellow Springs’ own illustrious DJ BobbyLite.

Art around town

• “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 and Kye Potter, Juan-Si Gonzalez and 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. An artists’ reception will be held Saturday, March 6, 7–9 p.m.

• The Emporium will host an opening reception for its staff art show on Saturday, Feb. 6, 7–10 p.m. Live music and a wine tasting will accompany the reception.

• The Glen Helen Association is hosting an art exhibition titled “For the Love of Nature — Works by Paul Reif,” Feb. 1–Feb. 27. This one-person show features regional landscape paintings in acrylic and pastels. Show hours are 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday, and 10 a.m.–4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays in the Glen Helen Building. Admission is free. The public is invited to attend a reception to meet the artist on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2–4 p.m.

• Orion Barrett, Linda Diec and Amy Koenig’s installations were produced through Nonstop’s Open Village/Open Spaces residency project. Nonstop’s gallery hours are by appointment or, beginning Feb. 4, Thursday and Friday, 5–8 p.m., and Saturday, 2–5 p.m. For a schedule or contact information, visit www.nonstopinstitute.org.

• An installation is on display at the telephone booth at Dayton Street and Walnut Street. The installation, by Michael Casselli, is entitled “Theatre.” For more information and a time-lapse video of the installation, visit telephoneboothproject.blogspot.com.

Senior events

[None this week.]

Spiritual events

Presbyterians sell socks for Haiti

The youth at First Presbyterian Church will be making tie-dyed socks to sell, with proceeds to benefit Haitian recovery on Saturday, Feb. 6, noon–2 p.m. in Westminster Hall. For more information, call the church at 767-7751.

UUF discusses nativity stories

On Sunday, Feb. 7, the topic of the 10 a.m. service at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will be, “Nativity Stories.” Martha Gardin and other Fellowship members will present the nativity stories of Moses, Jesus, Buddha, Confucius, Muhammad — and Tepozton — looking for commonalities and differences.

A potluck lunch will follow the program at 11:30 a.m. Those attending should bring their own plate and a generous dish to share.

The 8:30 a.m. spiritual discussion group topic will be, “If an Avatar appeared in our midst at this time to save us from the evil ‘they,’ or just from ourselves, what do we think would happen? What might this Avatar’s message be?”

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

Havurah holds Shabbat services

The Yellow Springs Havurah will hold Shabbat morning services on Saturday, Feb. 6, 10 a.m. at the Rockford Chapel. Services will be followed by a vegetarian and dairy potluck.

Peace dances set

Dances of Universal Peace will be held Saturday, Feb. 6 at Rockford Chapel, 3–5 p.m. The Dances of Universal Peace are circle dances using sacred phrases from many spiritual paths. Every dance will be taught and all ages and abilities are welcome. No partners are needed. Refreshments will be served, and participants are encouraged to bring something to share. More information is available at 767-2293 or darun@sbcglobal.net.

Bike group meets

The next Bicycle Enhancement Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 7:30–8:45 p.m., in the Miami Township Fire-Rescue training room. The meeting will discuss Safe Routes to School planning, new Mills Lawn bike racks, the Northern gateway and the Ohio DOT Healthy Communities Active Transportation Conference, which will be held March 29 and 30 in Columbus.

Those with questions or who cannot attend are asked to e-mail dcarrigan@gmail.com.

Writers’ group to meet

The Emporium will host the After Hours Writers’ Club on Thursday, Feb. 4, 6:30–8:30 p.m. Participants are invited to read their work in an informal setting, network with other writers and participate in writing exercises. Bringing a piece to read is not required.

Explore the joy of dance

The community is invited to participate in The Joy of Dancing, an exploration of dance-some technique. The Joy of Dancing will be held Fridays, 8–9 p.m., at the Bryan Center, beginning this Friday, Feb. 5.

Group meditation set

A group meditation will be held Sunday, Feb. 7, 10–11 a.m. at the Art Space. The meditation will be led by Don Kramer, PhD, using guided meditation. A donation of $5 is suggested.