This week’s crossword: Ashland’s parades. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next week’s crossword: “Fun(d)raising #01.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
A proposed Resource Management Plan for the management and protection of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument has been put out by the Bureau of Land Management. The plan became available Oct. 11. A period to file protests over the plan ends Nov. 12.
“Building Post-Election Common Ground” will be the fourth presentation in its speaker series, The Ashland Sunrise Project (ASP) has announced. The conversation is set for 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, at Carpenter Hall, 44 S. Pioneer, Ashland.
Herbert Rothschild: For what an insistent and violent imposition of religious nationalism on a multicultural country looks like, the India of Navendra Modi and his Indian People’s Party provides a current example.
The Rogue Composite Vultures, composed of riders ranging from Ashland to Grants Pass, participated in the Oregon Interscholastic Cycling League State Championship XC Mountain Bike Race held Oct. 20 in Prineville. Fifteen Rogue Valley racers participated in the field of 404 from 19 teams across the state.
Carpenter Media Group announced today that a preliminary agreement has been reached to acquire the assets of EO Media Group, a respected family-owned media company with deep roots in the Pacific Northwest. The acquisition includes EO Media Group’s portfolio of more than two dozen newspapers and magazines across Oregon and Washington.
Ashland became the center of the Cozy Mystery genre last weekend when it hosted the second annual Ashland Mystery Festival with 12 authors, 400 participants, up to 1,000 total visitors, and an abundance of mystery-related fun, according to Travel Ashland Director Katharine Cato.
Poetry Corner: Fascination with flight is universal, especially when observing birds, butterflies, and any animals that seemingly become weightless.
Indigenous Peoples Day was honored and celebrated at Southern Oregon University over the weekend. Native tribes from across the Western states gathered to share past experiences and hopes for the future through cultural longevity and articulation of self. The theme of this year’s celebration was “Honor the past, empower the present, inspire the future.”
Ashland High School school spirit was on full display on Main Street last Wednesday afternoon as dozens of students filled East Main Street atop vehicles proudly adorned with red, white and Columbia Blue.
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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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