Herbert Rothschild: Familiarity with obstetric wards or even animal husbandry would quickly disabuse people of the belief that each of us is born into the gender decreed for us by God and/or nature.
A dozen urban and rural Oregon counties plan to have new drug addiction treatment programs available in September, when the state’s new misdemeanor penalty for drug possession takes effect. During the last legislative session, Jackson County was among 23 of Oregon’s 36 counties saying they were willing to participate — and be eligible for a portion of state funding to start the programs.
The artist behind a Black art installation planned for Ashland Creek Park hopes the piece will, once erected, serve as a cultural anchor of belonging for the Black community in Ashland and the surrounding Rogue Valley, while welcoming those from all races and ethnic backgrounds.
Standing outside the Ashland School District offices Wednesday, Alex Sol announced the group Parents Demanding School Shooting Safety would be filing lawsuits against the district and the Oregon Department of Education.
The Ashland Rotary Foundation (ARF) introduced its Ashland High School (AHS) scholarship recipients and their guests at the Rotary Club of Ashland luncheon meeting on May 23 and distributed scholarships that evening at AHS Awards Night.
“Little Shop of Horrors,” the musical now playing at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre, is an oddity to say the least. It takes place in a bizarre little flower shop on skid row, with a handful of characters that seemingly wouldn’t be at the same party together, let alone in a flower shop.
Peter Finkle: I enjoy finding “hidden” art throughout Ashland. One of the most dramatic and beautiful “hidden” artworks — an entire mosaic courtyard — was just completed in the summer of 2023. You will find it at The Palm, the Siskiyou Boulevard motel with an iconic palm tree sign. Here is the story of this mosaic art masterpiece.
Sarah Paul: I hope there will be vegetable and flower stands at every Saturday market this summer.
Madonna (Mich.) knocked Southern Oregon out of the NAIA World Series with a 4-3 win on Saturday afternoon, deciding the game with a pair of fifth-inning runs at South Commons Softball Complex in Columbus, Georgia.
Ask Strider: This week, those Ashland cats are back, asking advice about letting strangers into their lives, and letting food cutbacks in too. As usual, Strider tries his best to help another species.
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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.
It’s complicated.
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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