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Poetry Corner: Mining for gold
Southern Oregon offers many hiking trails, many of which tell a history of the region, like the Gin Lin Trail.
August 27, 2025
Southern Oregon offers many hiking trails, many of which tell a history of the region, like the Gin Lin Trail.
Jim Flint: When he returned, he told me to leave my cane at the doorway. “So the magnetic field won’t suck it into the MRI machine.” Which raised the question: If it could suck in a cane, what about my fillings?
The Jefferson Baroque Orchestra is sailing into its 32nd season with renewed vigor, a wave of fresh talent and a clear vision under music director and harpsichordist Abigail Mace.
Ask Strider: A reader is “tired and discouraged,” but Strider is there with a small suggestion. His own happy memories really relieve stress, and he’s so pleased another reader asked him about it.
Sage on Stage: Part two of a series of interviews with Rogue Theater Company cast members, on how to make an ensemble piece work.
Southern Oregon celebrates Mexican culture with dance and music.
Catty Corner: It’s not just our imagination, it’s science! Studies reveal why felines love boxes so much — and check out these links and photos to see examples of how “if I fits, I sits” is not only for housecats but for shelter cats, farm cats and big cats as well.
Pianopalooza, a weeklong festival of three Rogue Valley Symphony concerts Aug. 19-24, will celebrate the debut of the orchestra’s recently acquired grand piano, a 9-foot Hamburg Steinway D, christened “Raven”
Haleigh Martin: Eliminating the Roadless Rule would destroy some of the most cherished recreation areas, including 11,337 climbing routes, more than 1,000 whitewater paddling runs, 43,826 miles of trail, and 20,298 mountain biking trails as well as sections of the Continental Divide, Pacific Crest and Appalachian National Trails.
Ask Strider: A reader is feeling really sad and is looking for some heartening words. Another reader is happy the way she is and wonders if that means she’s selfish. As always, Strider strives to do his best in supporting joy whenever possible.
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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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