Yellow Springs News Online

July 2, 2009

COMMUNITY CALENDAR and ANNOUNCEMENTS

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

* Marked events are part of the Summer in the Springs series.

Thursday, July 2 (top)
• Bid whist card group, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• South Town farmers’ market, 2–7 p.m., Dollar General parking lot.
• Wham Bam spoken arts revue, 6–8 p.m., Emporium.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church.
• PTO meeting, 7 p.m., Mills Lawn Graham conference room.
• Patient and caregiver support group, 7 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Contra dance, 7–9 p.m., Bryan Ctr.
• Buddhism in America discussion group, 7:45 p.m., Dharma Ctr.

Friday, July 3 (top)
• Senior Center closed for July 4 holiday.
• Preschool story time presents Carolion & the Hoozits, 10:30 a.m., library.
• * Dr. Skillet, 6:30–10 p.m., Emporium’s Underdog Café.
• Open mic, 7 p.m., Brother Bear’s Café.
• * “Water is the Blood of the Earth,” 8 p.m., Millworks/Nonstop.
• * Rumpke Mountain Boys, 10 p.m., Peach’s Grill.
• * George Bieri Acoustic Blues Combo, 11 p.m., Sunrise Café.
• Video tribute to Michael Jackson, 11 p.m., Little Art.

Saturday, July 4 (top)
• Farmers’ market, 7 a.m., Corner Cone parking lot.
• Zen meditation, 7:30 a.m., Dharma Ctr.
• Farmers’ market, 7:30–11:30 a.m., Kings Yard parking lot.
• Fourth of July annual 6 vs. 6 co-ed soccer tourney, 9 a.m., Gaunt Park.
• Tai chi practice, 9 a.m., Bryan Ctr.
• Overeaters Anonymous, 10 a.m., Friends Assisted Living.
• Havurah Shabbat services, 10 a.m., Rockford Chapel.
• * Heart of Joy Folk School band, 11 a.m.–3 p.m., Kings Yard.
• Peace vigil, noon–1 p.m., Xenia Ave. and Limestone St.
• Fourth of July parade, 3 p.m., downtown.
• Big Bull Shake Liar’s Contest, 3 p.m., Young’s Jersey Dairy.
• YSHS Class of ’65 mini-reunion, 4–5 p.m., 3654 Snively Road.
• Narcotics Anonymous meeting, 7:30 p.m., United Methodist Church.
• Community Band pre-fireworks concert, 8–9 p.m., Gaunt Park.
• Village fireworks display, 9:30 p.m., Gaunt Park.
• * Rockwell 7, 10 p.m., Peach’s Grill.

Sunday, July 5 (top)
• Vipassana meditation, 8 a.m., Dharma Ctr.
• Bird walk, 8 a.m., Glen Trailside.
• Spiritual discussion, 8:30 a.m., Unitarian meetinghouse.
• Course in Miracles, 9 a.m., Friends Care Assisted Living.
• Friends Meeting Sunday School, 10 a.m., Rockford Chapel.
• First Sunday meditation, 10 a.m., Art Space.
• “Writers Speak” program, 10 a.m., UUF meetinghouse.
• Open studio, noon–3 p.m., John Bryan Community Pottery.
• YS Youth Council meeting, 3 p.m., Pass It On Kids.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 8 p.m., First Presbyterian Church.
• Al–Anon meeting, 8 p.m., Friends Care Assisted Living.
• Full moon hike, 9 p.m., Glen 1075 St. Rt. 343 parking lot.
• Ark Band, 10 p.m., Peach’s Grill.

Monday, July 6 (top)
• Flexercise, 10:30 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Monday Morning Artists at work, 10 a.m., library.
• Drop-in playgroup, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Bryan Ctr. gym.
• Chair volleyball, 11:15 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Senior lunch, noon, Senior Ctr.
• Dominoes, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Adult computer training, 1 and 1:30 p.m., library.
• Christian Association meeting, 6–7 p.m., St. Paul Catholic Church.
• Aerobic exercise, 6:30 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Bridge lessons, 6:30 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Village Council meeting, 7 p.m., Council chambers. Also televised live on cable TV channel 5.
• Miami Township Board of Trustees meeting, 7 p.m., Township offices.

Tuesday, July 7 (top)
• Sunrise meditation, 7:30 a.m., 215 Park Meadows.
• Weaving group, 9:30 a.m.–noon, Senior Ctr.
• Movies for kids, 10:30 a.m., library.
• Party bridge, 1–3:30 p.m., Lawson Place community room.
• Overeaters Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., Friends Care Assisted Living.
• Green Environmental Coalition meeting, 7 p.m., Union Schoolhouse.
• Open mic, 7–10:30 p.m., Peach’s Grill.
• Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., United Methodist Church.
• Readers Voracious, 7:30 p.m., 215 Whitehall Dr.
• Library Commission meeting, 7:30 p.m., library.

Wednesday, July 8 (top)
• Drop-in playgroup, 10 a.m.–noon, Bryan Center gym.
• Needlework group, 10 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Flexercise, 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.
• Café Philo meeting, 2:30 p.m., library.
• DJ Clean Gene, 5–9 p.m., Peach’s Grill.
• D&D gaming, 6–8 p.m., library.
• Aerobics, 6:30 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Duplicate bridge, 6:30–10 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Village Cable Advisory Panel meeting, 7 p.m., Bryan Ctr.
• Human Relations Commission meeting, 7 p.m., Council chambers.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., Rockford Chapel.
• Bicycle Enhancement Committee meeting, 7:30 p.m., Miami Township Fire Rescue.
• DJ Dr. Falafel, 9 p.m.–12:45 a.m., Dayton Street Gulch.

Thursday, July 9 (top)
• Lunch Bunch trip to Vergie’s, 10:45 a.m., Senior Ctr.
• Bid whist card group, 1 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Community food pantry open, 2–4 p.m., United Methodist Church.
• South Town farmers’ market, 2–7 p.m., Dollar General parking lot.
• Environmental Task Force meeting, 4 p.m., Council chambers.
• La Leche League meeting, 6:30–8:30 p.m., library.
• Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church.
• PTO meeting, 7 p.m., Mills Lawn Graham conference room.
• Patient and caregiver support group, 7 p.m., Senior Ctr.
• Contra dance, 7–9 p.m., Bryan Ctr.
• Environmental Commission meeting, 7–9 p.m., Bryan Ctr.
• TLT Local food growers, distributors meeting, 7–9 p.m., Glen Bldg.
• Board of Education meeting, 7–9 p.m., Mills Lawn Graham conference room.
• YS Kids Playhouse debuts A Price to Pay: Before Bond Became 007, 7:30 p.m., Antioch Amphitheater.
• Buddhism in America discussion group, 7:45 p.m., Dharma Ctr.
• Raptor program and release, 8 p.m., Glen School Forest property on Bryan Park Rd.

ReminderS (top)

4th of July events
For information about July 4th events, see listings on page 6.

Monthly ‘Slam’ at Underdog Café
The Emporium’s Underdog Café will host a spoken arts revue and open mic on Thursday, July 2, 6 p.m. Fiction, poetry, performance/slam, theatrical readings, diary entries, short film/video, comedy sketches, jokes/anecdotes and found text art are all welcome. (Videos must be submitted in advance so they can be tested on the system.) No live music or elaborate props. There is a 10-minute limit per performer. For more information, go to http://emporiumwines.com/whambam. The slam takes place regularly on the first Thursday of each month.

Library Commission monthly meeting
The Library Commission will hold its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, in the library’s Virginia Hamilton meeting room. Commission meetings are open to the public.

ANNOUNCEMENTS (top)

Music this week

Emporium to feature Dr. Skillet
Dr. Skillet (Byron Crews, Carl Schumacher and Don Steinhilber) will perform live at the Emporium Underdog Café’s wine-tasting on Friday, July 3, from 6:30 to 10 p.m.

‘Blues’ at Sunrise
The George Bieri Acoustic Blues Combo will play at the Martini Lounge at the Sunrise Café on Friday, July 3, beginning at 11 p.m.

Mountain boys to take Peach’s
The Friday, July 3 music at Peach’s Grill will be the Rumpke Mountain Boys playing bluegrass/jam band/psychedelic music. On Saturday, July 4, Peach’s will present Rockwell 7 (Greg Dewey, Tim Eschliman, Carl Schumacher and Russ Shaw). Roots and rock reggae sounds will be played by The Ark Band on Sunday night. Admission is $5 each night, and the music begins at 10 p.m.

DJ Clean Gene spins favorites every Wednesday, 5–9 p.m., at Peach’s Grill.

Gulch hosts local DJs weekly
The Dayton Street Gulch welcomes beat buffs to join disc jockey Dr. Falafel for “Word Up, Wednesdays,” 9 p.m.–12:45 a.m., for everything musical from nostalgic hits to future classics.

Art around town

Artisans say ‘Size Does Matter’
Village Artisans will present “Size Does Matter,” featuring artist trading cards, at 100 Corry Street, as part of the Summer in the Springs events. The exhibit of cards no larger than 2" x 3" will be up through the month of July. Village Artisans is open seven days a week: Monday–Thursday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m.; and Sunday noon–5 p.m.

New exhibit at Glen by John Pyles
Area natural and rural landscape photography by John Pyles is on display through Aug. 31, in the Glen Helen Building’s atrium. Daily hours are Monday–Friday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

Emporium slates Minde-Berman show
The July/August show at the Emporium’s Underdog Café is scheduled to be the Minde-Berman Family Show. Look for cartoons and illustrations by Jennifer Berman and Matt Minde, and maybe an original Joseph and Eliza work or two. When will this show open? Everyone knows that Matt is always late, so keep watching for it.

More art in town:

• The Chamber Pot Gallery in the Train Station restrooms has a new display open during station hours, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.

• The Yellow Springs Arts Council has members’ visual arts on display at the Art Space, upstairs, at 108 Dayton Street.

• Brother Bear’s Café has a display of multidimensional woodwork by Robert Lockamy and oil paintings by Tim Callahan.

• Judy Paden has an exhibit in the Bryan Center second-floor gallery. Her show includes Yellow Springs street scenes, including watercolors, collage, drawings and prints.

• This year’s miniature show at “would you, could you” In A Frame is a collection of works by local and area artists aged 12 to those long retired. The show contains more than 100 miniatures, all 2"x3" or smaller, in a wide variety of styles and medias including embroidery, quilting and mini-fabric appliqué.

• “Birds and Buddhas,” an exhibit by Chris Glaser, continues at the Humanist Center.

• Sharon Mohler has a permanent but changing exhibit in the window of the Emporium’s Underdog Café.

• A Lisa Wolters exhibit of ceramic mosaic wall pieces is on display at the Wellness Center, 716 Xenia Avenue.

Senior Events

Lunch Bunch to Vergie’s
The Senior Center Lunch Bunch will depart for Xenia at 10:45 a.m., Thursday, July 9, from the Wright State University Clinic parking lot on Xenia Avenue. The destination is Vergie’s, a very clean restaurant, which is wheelchair accessible and has a friendly staff. The group may make a stop at Shawnee Park lake to admire the water birds on the way home. Sign up is preferred by July 7.

Senior outing set for car show
Senior citizens are invited to go to a rare indoor and outdoor display of over 1,000 vehicles at the Nutter Center, Friday, July 10. The GTO Association of America and the Pontiac Oakland Club International are sponsoring the exhibit. Departure will be at 10:30 a.m. from the Wright State University Clinic parking lot. There is a $2 per person entrance fee. Car buffs may want to wear a hat and bring water or other drink, and a snack. Preferred sign up is by July 8.

Spiritual events

Havurah Shabbat services
The Yellow Springs Havurah will hold Shabbat morning services this Saturday, July 4, 10 a.m., at the Rockford Chapel. Services will be followed by a vegetarian/dairy potluck.

UUF to hold ‘Writers Speak’
On Sunday, July 5, the 10 a.m. service at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will be “Writers Speak,” a program that will showcase the writings of a number of the fellowship’s talented members reading poems, musings, essays, stories, etc.

The 8:30 a.m. spiritual discussion group will explore the topic, “They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” Child care for children up to age 6 is available from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Religious education for children 6–8 is available during the 10 a.m. service.

Bahá’í day camps open to all kids
The Bahá’í community will sponsor two five-day camps for children ages 7–10. Prayer and Bahá’í sacred scripture will also be included, and children of all faiths are welcome. Through drama, cooperative games, stories, art, music and discussion, the children will explore a range of virtues, including compassion and gratitude.

Participants can choose one of two dates: July 6–10 or Aug. 10–14. Hours are 9:30 a.m.– 5:30 p.m., except on Fridays, which will include a pizza dinner. Fees are $25 per camp. Each camp is limited to 12 participants. Call Linden Qualls at 767-7079 for more details and to register.

Tribute to Jackson at Little Art Theatre

The independently owned and operated Little Art Theatre in Yellow Springs will host a special program of more than a dozen music videos by the late Michael Jackson. This one-time program will show Friday, July 3, at 11 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, although an optional donation of giver’s choice will help support the Little Art and its programming.

Confirmed videos include the original, uncut versions of “Thriller,” directed by John Landis; “Bad,” directed by Martin Scorsese; “The Way You Make Me Feel”; the original “Smooth Criminal,” from the film Moonwalker; and the uncensored version of “Black or White,” also by Landis, among many others.

Also tentatively expected to show are “Billie Jean,” “Beat It,” “Leave Me Alone,” “Remember the Time,” “Scream” (with Janet Jackson), “They Don’t Care About Us” (directed by Spike Lee) and “You Rock My World.”

Michael Jackson made an undeniable impact on the idea of the music video as an art form, rather than just a promotional item, and the Little Art is proud to pay tribute to his incredible talent.

Louise Smith adds to YS ‘Summer in the Springs’

Louise Smith will present the second showing of her new performance piece-in-progress, Water is the Blood of the Earth, at Millworks/Nonstop, at 8 p.m., on Friday, July 3. The event is part of the Summer in the Springs celebration that continues this weekend.

Other Summer in the Springs events may be found in Art around town, Music this week, and In the Glen columns of this paper.

Reiki circle summer hiatus

The monthly reiki circle at Bhakti House, 217 East Herman Street, will not meet in July. Contact Betsy Morton, 937-554-7168 for more details.

Food growers, buyers meeting

Tecumseh Land Trust will hold a public meeting for local growers and food purchasers and distributors, Thursday, July 9, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Glen Helen Building, 405 Corry Street. The purpose of the meeting is to connect food growers to new potential customers and to discuss ways in which the Ohio Department of Agriculture and farm organizations can encourage new and expanding agricultural enterprises.

As food safety concerns and transportation costs rise, local farmers’ markets are starting and expanding all across the country, and every dollar spent on local food stays in the area, circulating four to seven times through the local economy, according to TLT organizers. Consequently, Ohio’s economy can greatly benefit by enhancing the local food markets and networks that currently exist, while exploring new markets and products to help our economy grow.

To help meet the increasing demand for and production of local food, Governor Strickland created the Food Policy Council within the Ohio Department of Agriculture. The council’s mission is to support local food systems and help buyers and sellers of local food connect. Tecumseh Land Trust (TLT) is working with ODA and Food Policy Council Coordinator Amalie Lipstreu to organize this meeting to learn how the Food Policy Council and organizations like the land trust can support area farmers and farmers markets and to connect buyers of local food with growers.

There is no charge for the event, but RSVPs are encouraged to make sure enough materials and space are available. Call 937-767-9490 or e-mail krista@tecumsehlandtrust.org with questions or for reservations.

Bike committee meeting

The Yellow Springs Bicycle Enhancement Committee meeting will meet on Wednesday, July 8, at 7:30 p.m., at Miami Township Fire Rescue, 225 Corry Street.

Topics to be discussed are the Village of Yellow Springs and Miami Township “bicycle may use” full-lane signs, demand-actuated signal symbols and signs for cyclists. Members may e-mail dcarrigan@gmail.com if unable to attend or with additional concerns.

Energy Task Force to meet

The next Village Council Energy Task Force meeting will be held Thursday, July 9, 4 p.m., in Council chambers at the Bryan Community Center.