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Bonus word puzzle that appeared in the special August print edition. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. More crosswords under the Culture menu.
August 12, 2025
Bonus word puzzle that appeared in the special August print edition. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. More crosswords under the Culture menu.
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”
After fulfilling a long-held dream of leading sales and marketing reins at a regional theater by serving in upper sales and marketing management at Oregon Shakespeare Festival for the past three years, Javier “Javi” Dubon’s appointment by OSF’s Board of Directors to interim executive director on June 23 launched him into an expanded role and then some as he became the sixth person in less than seven years to take on responsibility for operations, finance, IT and human resources and more.
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: “Life Savers.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
A weekly art-making event in Ashland provides paint, brushes, markers, paper, and a host of other supplies for anyone who wants to get creative.
At 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, the lasting tone of a gong echoed through downtown Ashland, marking the exact time of the first of the two atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago. A minute of silence was observed by about 60 people gathered at the entrance to Lithia Park for the annual Rogue Valley Hiroshima-Nagasaki remembrance vigil.
The Rogue Valley has poured itself into the No. 2 spot on USA Today’s “10Best” list, earning high praise from wine lovers and experts alike.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, beset by massive defunding by Congress under pressure from the Trump Administration, announced Friday that it will be forced to shut down next year. CPB will spend the next several months winding down its operations, CPB said in a news story.
Musicals, tributes to musical icons, and dynamic plays with strong female characters top Camelot Theatre’s 2026 season.
This week’s crossword: selected 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: “CrosspOLLInation 2025 Fall #02.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
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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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