Heather Yandell: “We deserve better than spending the rest of our lives in a tent. The thought of dying on the street terrifies me, and so I am doing everything in my power to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
Lovell enjoyed meeting Ryan Seacrest and Vanna White: “Vanna came in while we were still prepping for the day and getting everything taken care of. She was just in her sweats but she’s gorgeous regardless…. Ryan is very funny and gracious. He’s a character, really silly in between the takes.”
Thompson lost the use of her legs in an accident. Her mountain bike has a hefty little motor, three wheels and hand controls. Its seat allows Thompson’s legs to be extended and strapped in. And with all that, the bike is wider than most mountain bike trails.
Jessica Sage: “Starting RTC from scratch was both exhilarating and, honestly, overwhelming. Without infrastructure or a roadmap, I personally financed the company for the first two years.”
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, suffering the loss of a second distinguished alumnus in the span of little more than a week, flew its flag at half-mast in honor of the two men. James Edmondson, an actor, director, and educator with more than 38 seasons at OSF, born in Montrose, Colorado, on June 29, 1938, died at home in Ashland on April 2, eight days after the death of Tony-nominated and fellow OSF veteran Denis Arndt.
The Ashland Independent Film Festival is set to honor one of Ashland’s most beloved artists with the Oregon premiere of “I Know Catherine, the Log Lady,” a deeply personal documentary celebrating the life and legacy of Catherine E. Coulson.
Denis Arndt, a distinguished stage and screen actor whose decades-long career spanned Shakespearean classics, Broadway triumphs, Hollywood roles, and 15 seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, died unexpectedly on March 25, 2025, at his home in Ashland. He was 85.
Ashland author Reg Spittle will give a talk, “All Paths Lead From Santiago,” at the Phoenix Library, 510 W. 1st St., at 6:30 p.m. April 8. He will describe his experience as a reluctant pilgrim on Spain’s Camino de Santiago trail and how it led to a 30-day High Sierra adventure on California’s John Muir Trail.
For a Ukrainian family who fled their war-torn nation to settle in Ashland, the Trump administration’s decision to suspend military aid to Ukraine is more than just a foreign policy decision. It is a question of national survival.
Ashland photographer Christopher Briscoe has returned to Ukraine for the fourth time, once again immersing himself in the stories of a nation enduring war with remarkable resilience. Briscoe will give a presentation about his work in Ukraine at a March 18 meeting of the Southern Oregon Photographic Association.
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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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