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SUMMARY:OLLI ABROAD! Tickets on sale starting October 16
DESCRIPTION:The OLLI Players are back and you won’t want to miss the fun. This fast-paced\, lively musical\, directed by Cheryl Goodman-Morris and written by Jack Seybold\, will warm your heart and set your toes to tapping. \nThe 90-minute show sets sail with intrepid OLLI cast members boarding the S.S. Socrates to take classes and broaden their horizons. What follows is a bit of everything — shipboard entertainment\, a double love story\, and intrigue\, as nefarious billionaire Ronald Bedminster plots a hostile takeover of OLLI. Fortunately\, the day is saved and no one\, including OLLI\, is lost at sea! \nTickets go on sale October 16 for this OLLI fundraiser. Check out the website https://sou.edu/olli-abroad for ticket purchasing and more information. \nPERFORMANCES \nThere will be five performances \, November 1-5\, at Ashland’s Bellview Grange\, 1050 Tolman Creek Road\, Ashland. Free parking is available. \n• Wednesday\, November 1\, and Friday\, November 3. 6 p.m. General Admission $35. Enjoy something sweet and talk with the cast following the show. \n• Thursday\, November 2\, and Saturday\, November 4. 6 p.m. The pre-cruise party with fine wine and finger foods hosted by the ship’s Captain Kirk and cruise director Hannah Funsky begins at 5 p.m. General Admission $50. Enjoy something sweet and conversation with the cast following the show. \n• Sunday matinee\, November 5. 2 p.m. PST. Following the show\, join the cast with the closing celebration party with wine\, finger foods\, and cake. General Admission $50. \nRAFFLE PRIZES FOR EVERY SHOW\nTwo raffle tickets are drawn after every show. You must be present to win. Tickets $5.\n• “Just for the Fun of It”: A terrific gift basket packed with gift certificates from the Valley’s finest theatres\, wineries\, restaurants\, merchants\, plus bottles of wine from local vineyards. Value: $500.\n• “OLLI’S Got Talent”: Imagine an hour with an OLLI member who has expertise in something that interests you. The winner selects one name from a list of professionals and enthusiasts in the arts and crafts\, theatre\, film\, photography\, music\, winemaking\, woodworking\, writing\, horticulture\, health-related fields\, and more. Watch for names coming soon. Value: Priceless. \nOLLI ABROAD! is a wonderful evening of theater\, food\, and community\, and a great way to support OLLI. We hope you join us for the fun!
URL:https://ashlandnews.projectahost.com/event/olli-abroad-tickets-on-sale-starting-october-16/
LOCATION:Ashland Bellview Grange\, 1050 Tolman Creek Road\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community event,Music,Performance,Theater
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SUMMARY:Ukraine: An Update on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine from Lviv CEO Businessman
DESCRIPTION:On the 24th day of every month since the Russian Invasion of Ukraine 15 months ago\, Medford-based not-for-profit Ukraine Flags for Solidarity hosts a 1-hour online free conversation with Ukrainian software developer and co-founder of the Lviv headquartered company\, Euristiq. \nJoin us so that you can experience the enduring optimism of our friends in Ukraine and have yourself lifted by their character and determination. Invite your friends and family to join in this important show of support for victory. Show your support for a peaceful future of independent Ukraine \nTime: 8 to 9 a.m.\nOnline location: https://meet.google.com/whf-nuvi-jnx\nHost: Ukraine Flags for Solidarity https://www.ukraineflags.org/ \nUkraine Flags for Solidarity \nSal Edwards and Estelle Gray\, Volunteer Organizer \n4293 Innsbruck Ridge\, Medford\, Ore.\, 97504 \nCall 916-730-4640 or email Sal.Edwards@HeartZones.com \nVisit www.UkraineFlags.org
URL:https://ashlandnews.projectahost.com/event/ukraine-an-update-on-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-from-lviv-ceo-businessman/2023-10-24/
CATEGORIES:Community event,Conversation
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SUMMARY:City of Ashland Planning Commission study session
DESCRIPTION:The public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. on October 24\, 2023. The meeting will be televised on local channel 9 or channels 180 and 181 for Charter Communications customers or will also be available live stream by going to rvtv.sou.edu and selecting RVTV Prime. \nWritten testimony will be accepted for the public hearing agenda items via email to PC-public-testimony@ashland.or.us with the subject line “10/24/23 PC Hearing Testimony” by 10 a.m. on Monday\, Oct. 23\, 2023. Written testimony will not be accepted on findings because the record is closed. If the applicant wishes to provide a rebuttal to the testimony\, they can submit the rebuttal via e-mail to PC-public-testimony@ashland.or.us with the subject line “10/24/23 PC Hearing Testimony” by 10 a.m. on Tuesday\, Oct. 24\, 2023.  Written testimony received by the deadlines will be available to the Planning Commission before the meeting and will be included in the meeting minutes. \nOral testimony will be taken during the public hearing. If you wish to provide oral testimony during the electronic meeting\, send an email to PC-public-testimony@ashland.or.us by 10:00 a.m. on Monday\, Oct. 23\, 2023. In order to provide testimony at the public hearing\, please provide the following information:  1) make the subject line of the email “10/24/23 Speaker Request”\, 2) include your name\, 3) specify the date and commission meeting you wish to virtually attend or listen to\, 4) specify if you will be participating by computer or telephone\, and 5) the name you will use if participating by computer or the telephone number you will use if participating by telephone. \nTo speak to an agenda item in person you must fill out a speaker request form at the meeting and will then be recognized by the Chair to provide your public testimony. Written testimony can be submitted in advance or in person at the meeting.
URL:https://ashlandnews.projectahost.com/event/city-of-ashland-planning-commission-study-session/
LOCATION:City Council Chambers\, 1175 E. Main St.\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:City government
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SUMMARY:AI and ETs: From ChatGPT to the Stars by Paul Hynek
DESCRIPTION:Most people have now heard of ChatGPT and the other popular Artificial Intelligence applications available to almost anyone now. But how could AI be related to UFOs and ETs? Are people using AI to find aliens? \nCould aliens\, especially the iconic “Grays\,” actually be AI alien sentinels? Is Humanity’s future post-biological? \nIn this fascinating lecture and slide presentation\, Paul Hynek discusses all this and more and presents his theory as to why\, one way or another\, AI WILL become self-aware and recursively self-improving within 20 years\, or maybe much sooner! \nNote: Mr. Hynek will be presenting IN PERSON \nPaul Hynek is a businessman\, educator\, and public speaker with decades of successful experience in finance\, technology\, cryptocurrency\, and entertainment. He currently works with numerous startups as either a Board member\, advisor\, or part-time CFO. \nPaul is the son of noted astronomer and pioneering UFO researcher and author Dr. J. Allen Hynek\, who advised the US Air Force on the matter in the 1940’s-50’s\, and later developed the UFO “Close Encounter” classification system. \nPaul is a Wharton MBA\, an Adjunct Professor of Accounting and Finance at Pepperdine University\, and the creator of startup financial projections software that has raised more $1 billion for thousands and startups. He has significant executive\, finance\, software\, and high-tech experience in the US\, Europe\, and Asia. \nPaul was involved in the making of Avatar\, Lord of the Rings\, Planet of the Apes\, Tintin\, Real Steel\, Warcraft\, The Hobbit\, Halo\, Call of Duty\, and numerous other movies and games. Paul led the successful acquisition of Giant Studios’ ownership of its renowned virtual production motion capture software\, and was instrumental in Giant’s sale to James Cameron for Avatar 2-5. Paul was a consultant on HISTORY’s “Project Blue Book” about his father’s research into UFOs for the United States Air Force\, which starred Aidan Gillen from Game of Thrones. He was the Technology Consultant on “Mayne vs. Shark” which was Discovery Channel’s big Shark Week special in 2019. \nHe conceived and produced Surf Monkey\, the world’s first children’s online service\, and introduced it with Bill Gates at the launch event for Microsoft Internet Explorer 4. Paul has worked with the leading virtual and augmented reality companies\, in both content creation and distribution\, and helped USC incorporate virtual reality into their stroke recovery technology. \nPaul is very active in cryptocurrency – he has been working very closely with David Chaum\, the creator of the first digital currency\, and has been an advisor to XYO for several years. \nPaul is a sought-after speaker\, having emceed\, keynoted\, moderated\, and spoken at Mensa\, South by Southwest\, Harvard\, Wharton\, Raw Science\, BIL\, Brink\, METAL\, and numerous other technology and startup conferences and events. Paul will speak anywhere in the world\, in any language\, given two months’ notice. \nHe has significant Board experience\, serving on several corporate Boards and Advisory Boards\, and has 15 years of nonprofit Board experience\, nine years as Chair. Paul is a grant reviewer for the National Science Foundation. He has lived in Asia and Europe\, is fluent in French\, capable in Japanese\, and speaks some Mandarin\, Thai\, Portuguese\, and Spanish. Paul has the most documented success in history at reversing his age\, as published in Aging Cell Magazine in a study under the aegis of the Stanford Neuroscience Institute\, and was featured in a television documentary in December\, 2021. \nPaul has a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School of Business\, a Master of Arts in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania’s Joseph H. Lauder Institute\, and a BA in French from the University of Illinois. \nPart of RVML’s October “UFOs & ETs Month”\nFull Calendar: https://rvml.org/events \nFREE ADMISSION – 1757 Ashland St.\, Ashland. One mile west of I-5 Exit 14
URL:https://ashlandnews.projectahost.com/event/ai-and-ets-from-chatgpt-to-the-stars-by-paul-hynek/
LOCATION:Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library\, 1757 Ashland St.\, Ashland\, 97520
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