“I still find there are people here,” he said, referring to Southern Oregon and far Northern California, “who don’t there is a national monument here, so it seemed important to build public awareness, especially at this time.”
Herbert Rothschild: If Trump fails once again to lower prescription drug prices by executive order, hopefully he’ll pressure congressional Republicans at last to support legislation to achieve the same end. Or maybe his ego won’t permit anyone but himself to get credit for a result he insists he wants.
This week’s crossword: some ursine names/titles. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “Listen Up #02.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
The Ashland City Council approved a $5 monthly parks fee to support the Parks and Recreation Department.
There are several “Into the Woods”-type sequences in Shakespeare plays. Forests where his characters (often ostracized or a threat to the aristocracy) go to escape the vindictive wraths of ruthless leaders or plot against them.
Cori Frank: Why? When we are trying to encourage young families to move to Ashland (help our schools, etc.), you raise the (parks participation) fees?
Rebecca Roudman, a classically-trained musician, never thought she would be fronting the blues and rock group Dirty Cello, set to play the Cedarwood Barn in Talent at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 25.
Fire season returns to Jackson and Josephine counties on June 1, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry.
Memorial Day weekend’s “Cannons into Bells” concert at the Southern Oregon University Recital Hall features Southern Oregon Repertory Singers’ Composer in Residence, Jodi French, who wrote the title piece, which, among other compositions, explores the possibilities of transformation.
Ann Gaffney: Congratulations to Jordan Rooklyn on the outcome of the election. I wish her success in her role, and hope our shared love for this community can be a foundation for future collaboration.
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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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