Do you love nature and want to write about it? Have you ever wondered how to turn your passion for the environment into creative writing that is effective and emotionally compelling? Join us for a generative writing workshop and discussion with two environmental authors and writing teachers. The workshop will address different genres of writing
Ashland Creek Press is hosting a Creative Environmental Writing Workshop with Earth Joy Writing author Cassie Premo Steele, Ph.D., in conversation with Ashland Creek Press publisher Midge Raymond at the Ashland Public Library on Sunday, May 19, from 1 to 3 p.m. This workshop is for all who love nature and want to write about
Art by Ashland artist Bill Saltzstein will be available for purchase 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, May 17, at Resistance wine. (Saltzstein will not be on site.) Bill is an Electrical Engineer by training, and photography has long been a part of life to exercise his ‘right-brain’. He is a landscape and architecture photographer living
Rogue Valley Peace Choir, now in its 21st year, comprises more than 50 voices from across the valley, directed by Rob Griswell-Lowry and accompanied by Mikiko Petruccelli. The mission of the choir is to promote peace, social justice and the well-being of our planet. This is the final public concert of the season for the
Today Galileo is justly celebrated as a champion of experiment and observation. He vindicated Copernicus’s view of the heliocentric solar system, but he had to confront the Catholic Church's anti-Copernican views. Short readings from Bertold Brecht’s play “The Life of Galileo” portray the conflict of his forceful advocacy of observation with more pragmatic concerns. In
Sunday, May 19 event at the Ashland Library, in the Gresham Room. 5:00 pm: Chelsea Rose, Director of the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology, will speak on the topic "The Wah Chung and Company: How a small store helped Ashland's early Chinese community outfox a racist immigration system." 5:45 pm: Peter Finkle of WalkAshland
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.
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 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
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. What 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?
Join two friends, Lauren Oliver and Diane Tegtmeier, who have just published two books that they discovered carry complementary messages. Dr. Oliver’s book, Circle Culture: Tools for Cooperative Work, exemplifies the principles Diane Tegtmeier describes in The Sacred Cell: What Nature Teaches Us About Relationships. Come to hear them read and discuss how their books
Do you enjoy being around creative people but not so much the social aspects of a crafting group? Come down to the Gresham Room to work on your own latest creative endeavor, with no pressure to interact and be social. Don't have a project at this time? No problem! We will also have supplies and instructions available for
(It’s free)
