Elizabeth Essex: When Denise Crosby purchased her new home three years ago, she wanted to leave behind the boxwood borders and expansive lawn of her large corner property and lean into the ancient Japanese philosophy and aesthetic of wabi-sabi.
Mayor Tonya Graham: We have seven unions as well as a group of city employees who are not represented by unions. That group is called the “management pool.” It includes general clerical workers, parks employees, supervisors, department heads, our city manager, and our city attorney, among others.
Sage on Stage: This is part one of actors’ experiences working as an ensemble, what makes it fun, what makes it fly, and what it does for the audience as well as the actors themselves.
Playing the delightfully over-the-top Miss Adelaide in “Guys and Dolls,” Jones … brings a deep well of emotion, sparked by memories of her late uncle, theater professor Paul R. Jones, whose college production of the classic musical first sparked what would become her lifelong passion for performance.
Review: A limited run at the Collaborative Theatre Project of “Dear Jack, Dear Louise,” a play set at Camp White outside of Medford during World War II, has audiences giving standing ovations. See it if you can.
Poetry Corner: Poetry and satire go hand-in-hand when confronting political bombast and those who enable such outrageous behavior.
Rick Wasserman has spent much of the past 30 years behind a mic as a voice-over artist. Known for his distinctive deep voice, his best-known roles include Thor and Hulk for Marvel Animation.
Poetry Corner: In response to a “loud” motorcycle poem, here’s a quieter offering of a tamer adventure on an environmentally electric motorbike.
Catty Corner: With limited options for after-hours emergency care in the region, the new Rogue Valley Veterinary Emergency hospital offers 24-hour care for pets Friday through Monday. Its transparent care model allows humans to stay with their animals throughout their visit.
Ask Strider: Our columnist answers a sad question about the toughest time in a dog guardian’s life, when their dog has come to the end of their life. Strider sympathizes fully, and tries to explain what a dog needs when that time to move on arrives.
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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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