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SUMMARY:Medford Bike Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Jump on your bike (or trike) and join us early right on the new downtown cycletrack for breakfast refreshments. \nFree safety gear and basic bike tuning for participants. Sponsored by the City of Medford and REI.
URL:https://ashlandnews.projectahost.com/event/medford-bike-breakfast-2/
LOCATION:Alba Park\, 301 W Main St\, Medford\, OR\, 97501\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community event
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SUMMARY:Intermediate Tai Chi for Older Adults
DESCRIPTION:Tai Chi is a moving meditation that strengthens bones and muscles\, improves balance and increases flexibility. Qi Gong\, the movement of energy through the body\, is also incorporated. \nPre-registration required: ashland.or.us/register or 541.488.5342.
URL:https://ashlandnews.projectahost.com/event/intermediate-tai-chi-for-older-adults/2024-05-13/
LOCATION:The Grove\, 1195 E Main St\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fitness
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SUMMARY:Gentle Yoga for Older Adults
DESCRIPTION:The focus of this one-hour hatha yoga class is to increase strength\, flexibility and balance while simultaneously alleviating stress and fatigue.  Additional benefits of regular yoga practice include an overall sense of well-being and an increase in self-awareness and self-acceptance.  Participants must be aware of their own capabilities in order to participate safely.  Ability to get up and down from the floor is required.  Each class will conclude with deep relaxation. Ages 50 & up. \n$20 per month-long session ($5/class)
URL:https://ashlandnews.projectahost.com/event/gentle-yoga-for-older-adults/2024-05-13/
LOCATION:Ashland Senior Center\, 1699 Homes Avenue\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Fitness
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SUMMARY:Line dancing for older adults
DESCRIPTION:Get active through dance! Line Dance is a choreographed dance in which participants line up in rows and follow a repeated sequence of steps to music. It is a great way to keep your brain on its toes! \nLine dancing enhances balance\, provides fitness and strength and improves mental acuity through complex movement.  No partner is required.  Pre-registration required: ashland.or.us/register or 541-488-5342. \n 
URL:https://ashlandnews.projectahost.com/event/line-dancing-for-older-adults/2024-05-13/
LOCATION:The Grove\, 1195 E Main St\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
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SUMMARY:Creative Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Have you been waiting for the right time to get back to work on that novel or short story that’s started collecting dust? Or maybe you just need some inspiration to kickstart a new writing project? \nJoin us at the Ashland library for our biweekly peer support creative writing workshop! Each participant will choose an excerpt from their project to read aloud and receive feedback from the rest of the group to help improve their work in a positive and collaborative environment. \nAdvance registration is requested but not required. Please bring a copy of your work to the library ahead of time if you need assistance printing extra copies.
URL:https://ashlandnews.projectahost.com/event/creative-writing-workshop/2024-05-13/
LOCATION:Ashland Library\, 410 Siskiyou Boulevard\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community event,Library,Writing
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jackson County Library Services":MAILTO:information@jcls.org
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SUMMARY:Rogue Valley Men’s Circle Fire Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Weekly: A weekly Men’s Circle Fire Ceremony on Monday nights from 6:30-8:30 pm around the fire at the Island Fire Pit in scenic Lithia Park in Ashland\, Oregon. \nWhat could be more natural than gathering around the fire and talking about the challenges of being a man and/or assuming masculine roles in our current culture? \nCeremony: This Men’s Circle is conducted as a shamanic ceremony to establish connection and community. It is compatible with any religious and spiritual beliefs. We offer intentions\, smudge with sage\, and release things into the fire. A weekly theme such as “confidence” or “purpose” is introduced. \nTalking Stick and Fire Ceremony: A talking stick is passed to speak your truth on this topic and things coming up in your life. The Men’s Circle will be conducted as a fire ceremony as long as we are allowed to build fires this year. After this time\, a new form of ceremony will be considered to continue the Men’s Circle. \nInclusive: This ceremony is for anyone looking to awaken and integrate dynamic masculine energy and roles. This includes all gender identities and sexual orientations. \nDrug and alcohol-free: This form of ceremony does not utilize plant medicine or psychedelics. Please do not be under the influence of any drugs or alcohol during this ceremony. \nAge: This ceremony is for ages 18 and older. \nFacilitator: This ceremony is conducted by Michael Hoffman\, LCSW. He is a licensed psychotherapist and spiritual coach. He trained with a spiritual teacher/shaman for 22 years and offered psychotherapy and relationship counseling for the past 28 years. Michael’s role and responsibility as the facilitator is to ensure that the ceremony is emotionally safe. Judgment and criticism will be stopped. He will also encourage you to venture deeper into your dynamic masculine energy. \nDirections: The ceremony is at the Island Fire Pit in Ashland’s scenic Lithia Park. It is just south (away from downtown) of the Parks Office between the Cotton Memorial and Hillside on a small island in Ashland Creek. There is a parking area off Granite St. \nYou can just show up or register at https://www.naturalwayofbeing.com/rogue-valley-men’s-circle-ceremony. You can also get more information on this webpage. \nCost: The suggested donation is $15 per circle. You can pay at the ceremony with cash or Venmo. You can pay online with a credit card\, debit card\, or HSA credit card by registering at the above web address. \nQuestions: Feel free to call Michael Hoffman at 541-639-6246 with questions or concerns. Hope to see you there!
URL:https://ashlandnews.projectahost.com/event/rogue-valley-mens-circle-fire-ceremony/2024-05-13/
LOCATION:Lithia Park\, Winburn Way\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520
CATEGORIES:Community event,Education,Social issues
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SUMMARY:Karen Spears Zacharias discusses her novel No Perfect Mothers – a fictional take on 1920s SCOTUS case re: Reproductive Rights
DESCRIPTION:While 1920s Charlottesville\, Virginia\, is a charming place to grow up\, there’s one thing Carrie Buck doesn’t like about her hometown–her home. \nTaken from her mother\, Carrie is put up for fostering as a toddler. At age ten\, Carrie is forced to leave school to work as a domestic. But when Carrie turns up pregnant at seventeen\, it is Miss Mora\, a Scottish immigrant and Charlottesville’s most competent midwife\, who she turns to. Fearing their nephew’s assault of Carrie will be discovered\, Carrie’s foster parents claim custody of her infant daughter and fraudulently commit her to the Virginia Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded. Dr. Priddy\, the colony’s superintendent\, deceptively labels Carrie an imbecile\, unfit to bear children. In pursuit of a legal argument granting states the right to forcibly sterilize individuals\, he exploits her. NO PERFECT MOTHERS explores characters\, historical and imagined\, who were parties to the infamous Buck v. Bell U.S. Supreme Court case of 1927. \n“Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation” Virginia Woolf \nhttps://www.salon.com/2024/02/26/the-case-of-carrie-buck-and-the-courts-century-old-crusade-to-control-women/
URL:https://ashlandnews.projectahost.com/event/karen-spears-zacharias-discusses-her-novel-no-perfect-mothers-a-fictional-take-on-1920s-scotus-case-re-reproductive-rights/
LOCATION:Bloomsbury Books\, 290 E. Main St.\, Ashland\, OR\, 97520\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books
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