This week’s crossword: more course titles from the OLLI@SOU 2025 Fall catalog. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “All in a Day’s Work #02.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
Caitlin Nolan: Amanda Emmanuella Andersen — Mandersen, Mandypants, Mandy — 35, died in the early morning of Monday, Aug. 11, following a valiant four-year battle with breast cancer. She was a beloved and ubiquitous fixture of the theater communities of Portland and Ashland.
“Martin and I are a team. Even though this transition is going to be challenging, I know I can trust my partner to have my back, and he knows I have his. That’s the wonderful thing about having a partner who gets what you do.” — Chelsea Majkut
The Amigo Club of Ashland hosts a community fundraiser in support of the upcoming 60th anniversary of the Ashland–Guanajuato, Mexico, sister city relationship on Saturday, Aug. 16, at The Historic Ashland Armory. The evening will feature live music by Salsa Brava, free dance lessons, and a selection of tapas and beverages, with proceeds supporting people-to-people cultural exchange between the two cities.
John Compton Schweiger, a former Ashland businessman who built a chain of movie theaters across small and mid-sized towns in the West, bringing big-screen entertainment to communities far from the multiplex sprawl, died on July 30 at his home in La Fayette, Georgia. He was 81.
After a two-year national search, the Britt Music & Arts Festival has named Norman Huynh as Orchestra music director. The acclaimed conductor will begin his three-year term this month.
This week’s crossword: phrases hiding a Ashland Fire & Rescue volunteer organization. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “CrosspOLLInation 2025 Fall #03.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
Lithia Park came alive earlier this month with music, costumes and creativity as Artnow’s Silent Disco challenged participants to channel their inner superheroes.
As the fifth anniversary of the Almeda and South Obenchain fires approaches, Rogue Action Center will host a two-day community story-sharing event for those affected by the 2020 fires from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, and Friday, Aug. 22, at the Talent Community Center.
Oregon’s Department of Human Services is reining in how often the state miscalculates the amount of food stamps enrollees should receive, aiming to comply with new federal restrictions and avert what could be the worst financial strain on the state’s largest agency.
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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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