Ashland Creatives: Writer, performer, director, teacher and world traveler Lisa Wolpe, currently starring in a one-woman show at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, has been in the world of theater for more than 50 years.
On the same day the U.S. Supreme Court took up the constitutional validity of Grants Pass’ laws regarding homelessness and urban camping, roughly two dozen Ashland residents took to the Plaza to rally in support of housing.
Ashland High School teacher Paul Huard will participate in a Harvard University-sponsored program to develop curriculum that can be used in U.S. schools to teach students about the global significance of Ukraine. He joins a group of six American teachers selected through a competitive application process by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard.
Returning for its 11th year, the Oregon Fringe Festival will present its grandest and farthest reaching event ever in late April, with close to 100 different performances and demonstrations from artists in a variety of veins.
Ashland Middle and Ashland High school students won’t have access to full-time, in-person librarians starting this fall, after cuts to the district’s General Fund budget made by the superintendent. Ashland High School’s librarian position is currently vacant following the departure of the school’s librarian and the position will remain so this fall. Ashland Middle School’s librarian position is proposed to be cut this fall as well.
Garden of the Month: The use of yuccas along Mountain Avenue, part of the original design by Laurie Sager, provide a unifying theme and present a stunning sight when in full bloom each summer.
A community forum on the future of the Jackson County animal shelter — and stray or unwanted dogs and cats, in general — is set for Tuesday at the Medford library. The event at 5:30 p.m. is being hosted by an informal group of community members and shelter volunteers with concerns, they say, over the past year’s worth of happenings at the regional shelter located between Phoenix and Talent.
Oregonians have just more than a week left to register to vote or change their party affiliation before the May 21 primary. Only registered Republicans or Democrats will be able to vote in most primary elections, including picking nominees for Congress, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general and legislative districts. Voters have until April 30 to register to vote, update their registration and pick a political party.
“Yesterday was a textbook case of ‘this animal needs to be lethally removed and it needs to happen right now,’” Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara said Friday about the killing of a cougar in the afternoon after it had a attacked a cat being walked on a leash in the morning.
Trisha Vigil: Would Kim Wallan, if elected to a state House Republican majority, restrict abortion rights as her colleagues have done across the country, or would she maintain the current rules?
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Ask Strider: A worried older brother asks our advice columnist’s advice. And a dog’s guardian wants to know if there is any hope getting their hat-hating dog to calm down. As always, Strider tries to give words that help!
After a successful production of “The Vagina Monologues” and raising more than $2,000 for Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon, Ashland actor and director Lia Dugal intends for “The Climate Monologues” to premiere in Oregon in late 2025 or early 2026 at the Bellview Grange in Ashland.
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Herbert Rothschild: Whether visualization and intention by themselves can effect broad social change is impossible to determine, but the question merits sustained consideration.
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