Sage on Stage
Sage on Stage: The cast is the thing
Sage on Stage: This column, Jessica Sage delves into the process of choosing the right actor for the right role — and making magic.
July 30, 2024
Sage on Stage: This column, Jessica Sage delves into the process of choosing the right actor for the right role — and making magic.
A handful of Ashland’s streets will experience short closures this week due to road maintenance projects, according to a release from the city of Ashland. Glenview Drive between Granite Street and Hillcrest Street and Almond Street between Manzanita Street and Church Street will close at some time on Wednesday, July 31, and Thursday, Aug. 1.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is in need of volunteer K-9 handlers and qualified dogs to join its Search and Rescue team. Training and certification take around 18 months to complete, with training sessions twice a week. Dogs and their handlers must be on call most hours of the day.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed whitebark pine as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act in 2023. It lives at the ecological edge, only at the very top of the mountains it inhabits, at timberline and above 7,500 feet elevation. It is a slow-growing, charismatic species that is often sculpted by the harsh conditions in which it lives.
An art exhibit featuring the paintings of Robert Perillat, who was one of America’s major contemporary artists, is on display at The Portal art gallery at 88 North Main St. in downtown Ashland. Perillat died in 1991 after four decades of producing hundreds of works.
Obituary: Cynthia S. Zavatski, 88, of Ashland passed away after a brief illness on July 14 with her three loving children at her side. She relocated to Ashland in 1990 to join her daughter. Here she built a rich community and social life in and around the Catholic Church, union organizing and among her many friends in Ashland.
One of the nation’s most unique cellists begins his West Coast tour in Ashland this week. “Rushadicus” (Rushad Eggleston) take to the stage at Oberon’s Thursday, Aug. 1. The artists’ provocative performances have launched him into the spotlight. Ashland is the first stop on an 18-city tour that includes Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles.
It may still be summer but the Mt. Ashland Ski Area is moving forward with an ambitious fundraising campaign to provide new and improved conditions for skiers and snowboarders this winter. In gearing up for the 2024-25 season, ski area managers have launched efforts to raise $500,000 to provide new and expanded terrain and upgrade the mountain’s night lighting.
There’s one kind of dining-out experience where slow service is never an issue: dinner theater. In a unique culinary and entertainment fusion, dinner theater kitchens set themselves apart from classic restaurants by seamlessly blending dining with live performance. And, after nearly 40 years in business, Oregon Cabaret Theatre has it down to a T.
Ashland’s bicycling infrastructure recently got an upgrade — four bright green ‘bike boxes’ were recently installed at the intersection of Ashland Street and Walker Avenue. These highly-visible paint markings position bicycles ahead of traffic during red lights, enhancing their visibility and making intersections safer for pedestrians and cyclists alike.
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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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