Spotlight on The Highwaymen @ Camelot Theatre
2025-08-30 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-08-31 14:00 - 16:30, 2025-09-04 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Camelot Theatre, 101 Talent Avenue, Talent, 97540
Join us for another Camelot Exclusive as we pay tribute to one of country music’s most legendary supergroups in Spotlight on The Highwaymen.
Experience the timeless hits of Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson, performed by some of the finest musicians and vocalists. This musical tribute promises to capture the spirit and soul of The Highwaymen, bringing their iconic songs to life on stage, including “Riders in the Sky,“ “Highwaymen,” “The Last Cowboy Song,” and more .
Don’t miss this unique celebration of classic country music and the enduring legacy of four true American icons. Dust off those cowboy boots and secure your tickets for a night of memories and exceptional performances.

Lithia Artisans Market
2025-08-31 10:00 - 17:00 | 20 Calle Guanajuato, 20 Calle Guanajuato, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
The Lithia Artisans Market is back for the 2025 season, held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays from March 29 through September.
Catch us for a “soft” opening on Winburn Way across from the park entrance. We may have one or two booths near Mix Bakeshop next to the bridge.
Whether you join now or wait for warmer days, we’re excited to share another wonderful session with you. (We sometimes cancel due to inclement weather.)
Visit https://lithiaartisansmarket.com for more information.

Sunday Service: How Can We Find Truth In Our Society Today?
2025-08-31 10:30 - 11:30 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 87 4th Street, Ashland, 87 4th Street, Ashland, OR, 97520
If the church stands for truth, where (and how) can we use our own voice to share the truth we find?
“We inherited a society that we did not have a hand in creating, but we do have a role to play in the society that we pass on to future generations.” -Mike Green
Monthly Theme: Conversations With the Sacred
Attend in person or watch live or recorded on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@roguevalleyunitarianuniver8871

South Mountain Friends Meeting
2025-08-31 11:00 - 12:30 | South Mountain Friends Meeting, 543 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
South Mountain Friends Meeting meeting for worship held 11 a.m. Sundays at 543 S. Mountain Avenue, Ashland.
All are welcome. Activities for children provided. With any questions, call David Runkel at 541-210-0031 or email at davidrunkelor@gmail.com

SunFolk Dancing at The Grange
2025-08-31 11:00 - 13:00 | Ashland Bellview Grange, 1050 Tolman Creek Road, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Eastern European folk dancing to live music!
No experience necessary.
No partners needed.
Sundays at Bellview Grange.
1050 Tolman Creek Rd.
Ashland, OR 97520

Beekman Bank Museum tours
2025-08-31 11:00 - 15:00 | Beekman Bank Museum, 110 W. California St., Jacksonville, OR, United States
You are invited to “Step Behind the Counter” of the oldest financial institution in the Pacific Northwest—Jacksonville’s 1863 Beekman Bank Museum—when Historic Jacksonville, Inc. opens the museum for summer tours.
Established as a “gold dust” office in 1856, it was the first “bank” north of San Francisco.
Scheduled 2025 “banking hours” are 11am to 3 pm, Saturdays and Sundays, from May 24 through August 31. The Beekman Bank Museum is located at 110 W. California Street (the corner of California and North 3rd streets) in Jacksonville. Guests can interact with costumed docents sharing stories of late 19th Century banking practices, gold shipping, and handshake deals; step behind the counter and peer in drawers containing old checks, stage schedules, and paperwork; and enter the vault that stored millions in gold!
Visitors can spend as much or as little time as they like—although we suggest they allow at least 30 minutes. Tours are FREE, but donations are encouraged since all monies go towards the preservation and maintenance of this historic legacy!
The original bank was established in 1856 as a “gold dust” office. (If we’re factual, it was a safe.) Cornelius Beekman had come to Jacksonville in 1854 as an express rider between Yreka and Jacksonville carrying newspaper, mail, parcels, and gold over the Siskiyous. When his employer’s firm failed, he established Jacksonville’s Beekman’s Express and his gold dust office. In 1863 he became Jacksonville’s Wells Fargo agent and constructed the Beekman Bank.
During Jacksonville’s heyday as the governmental, commercial, and social hub of Southern Oregon in the late 1800s, the Beekman’s Bank saw over $40 million in gold cross its counters—equivalent to over $1 billion today! The current 1863 structure is the only commercial wooden building on California Streeet to survive Jacksonville’s many fires. It has been preserved intact as a museum since Cornelius Beekman, the wealthiest and most prominent of Jacksonville’s pioneers, locked the doors in 1915.
Additional information is available at 541-245-3650; info@historicjacksonville.org; and www.historicjacksonville.org/behind-the-counter/.

Higher Essence Yoga
2025-09-01 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-09-04 09:00 - 10:00
Yoga Classes for Beginners and 50+.
Stretching, breathwork and flexibility
Monday and Thursday, 9:00 to 10:00 am at Hidden Springs Wellness Center, 1651 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland
Contact: ashlandginny@gmail.com

Intermediate Tai Chi for Older Adults
2025-09-01 09:30 - 10:45 | The Grove, 1195 E Main St, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
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.
Pre-registration required: ashland.or.us/register or 541.488.5342.

Gentle Yoga for Older Adults
2025-09-01 10:30 - 11:30 | Ashland Senior Center, 1699 Homes Avenue, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
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.
$20 per month-long session ($5/class)

Line dancing for older adults
2025-09-01 13:00 - 14:30 | The Grove, 1195 E Main St, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
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!
Line 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.

Assemblages at Shepherd's Dream
2025-09-02 10:30 - 17:00, 2025-09-03 10:30 - 17:00, 2025-09-04 10:30 - 17:00, 2025-09-05 10:30 - 17:00 | Shepherd’s Dream, 42 East Main Street, Ashland, 97520
Shepherd’s Dream and co-sponsor Creatively Speaking continues the exquisite “Assemblages,” lovingly created by Nani Pacal…together with the seasoned long-time weaving of Thalia Keple…throughout the month of September.
Thalia incorporates her hand forged metals and beading ornaments, by weaving them into her wall hangings, necklaces and earrings. Open daily Tuesday 10:30a-5:00p, Wednesday -Saturday 1030a-5:30p and the 4th Sunday of the summer months.

Siskiyou Singers Auditions
2025-09-02 18:30 - 19:00 | Ashland First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St., Ashland, 97520
Siskiyou Singers of Ashland invites experienced vocalists to audition for the choir’s fall 2025 season.
Auditions will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 2, and Sept. 9, at Ashland First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St., Ashland. Interested singers should contact Director Mark Reppert at director@siskiyousingers.org for details and to schedule an audition time; walk-in auditions also are welcome. Rehearsals will be held at 7 p.m. every Tuesday beginning Sept. 2 at the church.
The choir will present its winter concerts Dec. 12-14 at Southern Oregon University’s Music Recital Hall. The centerpiece of the December concerts will be Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Vespers.” The second half of the concert will feature a variety of seasonal songs.

Nathan Harris will be signing copies of his new novel Amity
2025-09-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main St., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Sweetness of Water comes a gripping story about a brother and sister, emancipated from slavery but still searching for true freedom, and their odyssey across the deserts of Mexico to escape a former master still intent on their bondage.
New Orleans, 1866. The Civil War might be over, but formerly enslaved Coleman and June have yet to find the freedom they’ve been promised. Two years ago, the siblings were separated when their old master, Mr. Harper, took June away to Mexico, where he hoped to escape the new reality of the postbellum South. Coleman stayed behind in Louisiana to serve the Harper family, clinging to the hope that one day June would return.
When an unexpected letter from Mr. Harper arrives, summoning Coleman to Mexico, Coleman thinks that finally his prayers have been answered. What Coleman cannot know is the tangled truth of June’s tribulations under Mr. Harper out on the frontier. And when disaster strikes Coleman’s journey, he is forced on the run with Mr. Harper’s daughter, Florence. Together, they venture into the Mexican desert to find June, all the while evading two crooked brothers who’ll stop at nothing to capture Coleman and Florence and collect the money they’re owed. As Coleman and June separately navigate a perilous, parched landscape, the siblings learn quickly that freedom isn’t always given–sometimes, it must be taken by force.
As in his New York Times bestselling debut The Sweetness of Water, Nathan Harris delves into the critical years of the Civil War’s aftermath to deliver an intimate and epic tale of what freedom means in a society still determined to return its Black citizens to bondage. Populated with unforgettable characters, Amity is a vital addition to the literature of emancipation.

RVML Tuesday Night Lecture Series : Spontaneous Painting – Art for Personal and Social Transformation with Dr. Susan Bello
2025-09-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library, 1757 Ashland St., Ashland, 97520
Learn about this groundbreaking approach to expressive therapy and a method to develop the Creative Personality.
With over 50 years of research and teaching, Dr. Bello invites us to rediscover our innate intelligences—emotional, creative, intuitive, and spiritual—through spontaneous, judgment-free painting. Rooted in Jungian psychology and universal consciousness, this method fosters self-awareness, emotional healing, and authentic expression. No artistic experience is needed—just curiosity and openness. Experience how art can awaken the hidden self and serve as a path to personal and collective transformation. All are welcome. As each person manifests their potential and contributes with their skills, they enrich new possibilities for themselves and for the world. Everyone can do this method! Realize your full potential to be who you truly are.
When consciousness is not being dominated by reason and anxiety we can free our Intelligences:
Emotional
Creative
Intuitive
Imaginative
Spiritual
Bodily
Visual
Symbolic

Wednesday Open Meditation
2025-09-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Kagyu Sukha Choling, 109 Clear Creek Drive, Ashland, 97520
Each Wednesday from noon to 1:00 pm, the KSC Sanctuary will be open to all for meditation.
We invite you to come and meditate quietly in your own way.

Brazilian spiritual healing
2025-09-03 13:00 - 14:00 | First Presbyterian Church, 1615 Clark Ave, Ashland, 97520
Sitting in a relaxed state for 50 minutes and allowing the energies to assist a person.

Creative Writing Workshop
2025-09-03 14:30 - 16:00 | Ashland Library, 410 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
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? Join 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.
Please bring a copy of your work to the library ahead of time if you need assistance printing extra copies.

City of Ashland Historic Preservation Advisory Committee
2025-09-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Community Development building, 51 Winburn Way, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
City of Ashland’s monthly Historic Preservation Advisory Committee meeting.

Let AI do the Digging: Tools for Today's Genealogist
2025-09-04 10:30 - 12:00 | Rogue Valley Genealogy Library, 3405 S. Pacific Hwy, Medford,OR, 97501
Genealogy is entering a new era and artificial intelligence is leading the way.
Join Colette Hokanson, AG, as she explores how cutting-edge tools like Full Text Search, AI Research Assistant on FamilySearch and major AI platforms are revolutionizing the research process. Learn how AI can help uncover hard-to-find records, interpret historical documents, and connect the dots in your family tree faster and more accurately than ever before. Whether you’re a seasoned genealogist or a curious historian, this session will show you how to let AI do the digging while you enjoy the discoveries.
In person and via ZOOM.
Register before noon on September 3rd at rvgslibrary.org >Classes and Events >Registration

Thursday Evening Calm Abiding Meditaion
2025-09-04 18:00 - 19:30 | Kagyu Sukha Choling, 109 Clear Creek Drive, Ashland, 97520
This meditation is common to many traditions of Buddhism. In this practice, we rest our attention on a simple meditative support, such as the breath. Instead of following thoughts and emotions as we usually do, we release them and maintain our connection to the support.
“From this practice, we can experience a stable and calm mind. We learn to maintain and return to a sense of stillness, no matter what our outer circumstances. The mind is relaxed, alert and aware. The results of this practice are serenity, freedom in the face of circumstances, and ultimately Buddhahood.”
From Meditation for Beginners, by Bokar Rinpoche.
To attend Calm Abiding Meditation via Zoom, email the office at OFFICE@KSCASHLAND.ORG to join the mailing list.

Peace Choir Invites New Members
2025-09-04 18:00 - 20:30 | Ashland First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St., Ashland, 97520
Studies have shown that singing in a choir builds a sense of belonging and joy, and many individuals and organizations have learned that using music and song to raise awareness and support for positive changes can be effective and fulfilling for performers.
If you would like use your creative energy to sing for peace, social justice, and the environment, you are invited to join the non-audition, secular Rogue Valley Peace Choir (RVPC) as it begins its 2025-26 season in September.
Registration begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, and the first rehearsal for the choir begins that evening at the First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St., Ashland.
Rehearsals — from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays — will continue through mid-May 2026.
This season the choir, now in its 23rd year, will host other peace choirs from the region for a combined choir event at Southern Oregon University in February. The RVPC choir will also perform at a variety of venues: schools, retirement homes, art events, fundraisers for social causes, and community and holiday events throughout the year with the season culminating in mid-May concerts.
The choir’s 75-plus members are directed by Rob Griswell-Lowry and accompanied by Dr. Mikiko Petrucelli. The choir’s mission is to promote peace, social justice and the well-being of our planet.
“In the turmoil of division so common in our society today, we seek to inspire unity and dialogue using music to spread the message of peace and community,” says Griswell-Lowry.
Songs for the choir’s repertoire are chosen by choir members themselves to express these themes in heart-felt and thoughtful ways. Rogue Valley Peace Choir members continue to be a part of the growing movement that recognizes how pro-actively and collectively we can make a difference on many fronts: we can shed light on injustice, we can support an end to wars, and we can take care of our Earth and each other when we work together.
The upcoming season’s songs span a variety of genres, including songs by Joni Mitchell, Sly Stone, Brian Tate, Seth Houston, and an original composition by a choir member.
See more about the choir and its staff at http://roguevalleypeacechoir.org.

Ashland’s First Friday Empanada Throwdown
2025-09-05 14:00 - 19:00 | Resistance Wine Company, 322 N Pioneer St, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
We noticed that a lot of places in Ashland do something cool for First Friday. So, sure, we’ll be followers this time. We’re calling it First Friday Flights! Or maybe we’re calling it the Empanada Throwdown!
Either way, it’s a music, food, and wine event that you should definitely join! Here’s the deal:
Freshly made local empanadas from Caba Empanadas
Light summer wines from Resistance Wine Co (that’s us!)
You could pretty much hang out all day if you want. But if you just want to pop in for a few empanadas/pours, you could have plenty of time left to visit all the other galleries. Also, we have some art so you don’t just have to look at that weird friend you invited… But, still, bring your friends.
$20.00 Wine tastings + whatever an empanada cost in 2024.
RSVPs are greatly appreciated!

First Friday Bike Ride
2025-09-05 17:00 - 18:00
Join us for the First Friday Bike Ride!
Meet our ride leader on the Plaza in downtown Ashland at 5 pm, and start the ride at approximately 5:15 pm. Streets for Everyone will be passing out Bike Benefits stickers to all riders! This is an all-ages, all-abilities, family-friendly ride. See you there!

First Friday Bike Ride
2025-09-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Ashland Plaza, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
A fun, family-friendly bicycle ride in Ashland. The ride is for people of all ages and abilities which reflects the vision of Streets for Everyone; a transportation system that is safe, convenient and efficient for everyone, independent of how they travel for everyday, short, in-town trips.
The ride is sponsored by Streets for Everyone, a volunteer team of the Ashland Climate Collaborative (a 501(c)3 organization).
