Events & Activities January 14 - 21, 2017

Includes YSSC events described in Senior Notes, the YSSC monthly newsletter with an 11" x 17" calendar page for the month included. A subscription to Senior Notes is available to anyone of any age wishing to support Yellow Springs Senior Citizens, Inc., for a nominal annual dues of $20.00 per person or $35.00 for a family.

Regular weekly YSSC activities are listed in the sidebar here.  

Any  event without a location noted takes place at the Yellow Springs Senior Center, 227 Xenia Avenue. Call the Center (767-5751) with any questions and to sign up for events.

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Time and location (if not at Senior Center) of activity. If only a time is shown, the Senior Center is the location
Activities sponsored by the Senior Center
Activities not sponsored by the Senior Center, but which may be of interest to our members

Saturday, January 14
*** County offices closed through Monday, January 16, for holiday ***
8:00 until 11:30 am
Winter Farmer's Market
Noon until 2:00 pm, Glen Helen Auditorium
Repurposing: A Dog Toy Workshop ($8, proceeds benefit Paw Patrol of Dayton and Glen Helen)
5:30 until 8:30 pm, Brandeberry Winery
Live Music: Benjamin & Magnes classic hits
6:30 pm, YSAC Gallery, 111 Corry St.
Arts Alive!: Yellow Springs Unplugged with Emma Woodruff and Will Morrison
6:45 departure from high school parking lot
Springfield Symphony - Masterworks II: Going for Baroque (call Jeff Huntington 767-7001 for tickets)\
7:30 Antioch College Foundry Theater
Cello Springs Festival 2017: Closing Concert

Sunday, January 15
1:30 pm, Friends Care Assisted Living Meeting Room
Shakespeare Reading Group
2:00 pm, Yellow Springs Community Library
Winter Wellness Series: Healing Writing Practice with Rebecca Kuder (registration required)
4:00 until 6:00 pm, First Presbyterian Church
MLK Day: Teach-in on the Children's Crusade of 1963

Monday, January 16
*** Center closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ***
All day, Greene County Public Library website (YS Library building closed for MLK holiday)
Online Book Club: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
9:15 am, Coretta Scott King Center, Antioch College
MLK Day: “The Gathering: Reflections and Expressions.”
10:00 am, Mills Lawn Elementary School
MLK Day: Walkers gather
11:00 am, Foundry Theater, Antioch College
MLK Day: Program - “Love in Action: Justice. Building. Pursuing. Uniting.” 

Tuesday, January 17
5:00 until 6:30 pm
Book Group - Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk about Race and How to Do It (2nd of 10 sessions)
7:00 pm, Antioch College Wellness Center
Annual MLK keynote lecture presented by Rev. Traci Blackmon

Wednesday, January 18
7:00 until 8:30 pm, Glen Helen Auditorium
Glen Helen Association Meeting

Thursday, January 19
11:30 am, John Bryan Community Center
Zumba with Lynn Hardman (free to YSSC members)
Noon
Monthly potluck, followed by a presentation by the hygienist from Yellow Springs Family Dental
2:00 pm
Reverse Weight Gain Group
2:30 until 3:30, Beaver View Health Center, 3095 Dayton-Xenia Rd, Beavercreek
GCCOA Monthly Legal Chat: Guardianship
7:00 pm
Charlie Brown Support Group

Friday, January 20
10:30 am
Poetry Reading
1:00 pm, Yellow Springs Community Library
3-Session Class: Basic Song Writing (registration required)
4:00 until 7:00 pm
Opening reception for "Nature of Yellow Springs: Recent Paintings by Christine Klinger"
6:00 until 9:00 pm, Antioch University Midwest
"Beyond Flour & Sugar: Honoring the Wheeling Gaunt Legacy and Yellow Springs in the Civil War Era - an evening of Art and History"

Saturday, January 21
8:00 until 11:30 am
Winter Farmers' Market
9:00 am until 3:00 pm, Narrows Reserve Nature Center, 2575 Indian Ripple Rd., Beavercreek
Second Year Beekeeping ($40 residents, $50 non-residents, registration required by 1/13)
10:00 until 11:30 am, Narrows Reserve Nature Center, 2575 Indian Ripple Rd., Beavercreek
Project Feeder Watch
11:00 am until 6:00 pm, Village Artisans, 100 Corry St.
"Winter Blues" Member Show Opening
1:00 until 4:00 pm, Glen Helen Auditorium
Volunteer Orientation (contact asimonson@glenhelen.org to register)
3:00 until 4:30 pm, Yellow Springs Community Library
Old-Time Music with The Corndrinkers
5:30 until 8:30 pm, Brandeberry Winery
Live Music: Kathy Simpson 70s to current hits
6:00 pm, YSAC Gallery, 111 Corry St.
YS Hootenanny
6:00 until 9:00 pm, Glen Helen Auditorium
Paint with Purpose: Cardinals! ($40, purchase tickets at sipanddipity.com)