Jim Nagel: I would like to invite you to join us on March 30 for a benefit concert, film and speakers at the Ashland High School’s Mountain Avenue Theatre. We will show a video interview with Sviatohirsk Mayor Rybalkin thanking the people of Ashland for the truck and the support that we have given them.
A broad alliance of Ashland leaders continued their pitch Thursday for a proposed 90-plus unit affordable housing development that could boost enrollment at schools. At the Ashland High Library, across the street from the proposed 4.18-acre project site at the southeast corner of South Mountain Avenue and East Main Street, about 70 people generally voiced support for the concept at what was billed as a listening session hosted by the Sunstone Housing Collaborative.
Striking workers in Oregon are a step closer to being eligible for weekly unemployment checks, after a tight vote in the state Senate on Thursday. Senate Bill 916 passed by the bare minimum 16 votes in the 30-member chamber, with two Democrats bucking the rest of their party over concerns the policy could harm cash-strapped cities and counties
SOU’s men’s basketball team took down a third consecutive conference champion and higher-seeded opponent in Friday’s NAIA Championship Round of 16, defeating No. 7-seeded Keiser (Fla.) 83-79 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City. At 3 p.m. PDT Saturday, they’ll face defending national champion and top-seeded Freed-Hardeman in the national championship tournament quarterfinals.
Ashland actor and director Lia Elizabeth Rose Dugal is staging a new production of “The Vagina Monologues” by V (previously Eve Ensler). Produced through Dugal’s company Cafe-Girl Thriving Artists, performances will take place at the Bellview Grange in Ashland on Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29. Proceeds will benefit Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon.
The still-undefeated SOU women’s basketball team plays in the national quarterfinal round Saturday for the third time in program history — and the first time since the NAIA’s two divisions merged — after a 67-60 victory over Xavier on Thursday.
This week’s crossword: remaining plays from Collaborative Theatre’s 2025 season. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “Eureka Moment #03.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
Oregon lawmakers on Tuesday tweaked a bill intended to increase fire mitigation to ensure it does not also offer utilities immunity from liability in lawsuits for wildfires ignited by power lines. The change to a single sentence in House Bill 3666 comes as a relief to some critics, who feared that giving utilities wildfire safety certificates that establish they’ve “acted reasonably” by state standards would in effect offer them absolute immunity from liability in lawsuits if their equipment causes a wildfire.
The slate includes country artist Wynonna Judd, pop favorite Natasha Bedingfield and the pairing of Taj Mahal and Steve Earle. Among the notable first-timers performing on the Britt stage are Dirtwire with special guests Free Creatures, and a much-anticipated performance from Tash Sultana.
Obituary: Lawrence David Nagel, 80, passed away peacefully at Ashland Sky Senior Home in Ashland on March 5. Lawrence was a fixture in the community, especially at the Ashland Food Co-op, where he will be remembered for his kindness, goofy energy and sincere desire to connect with people from all walks of life. A celebration of life will be held in Ashland on June 1.
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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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