Bring a plate of your favorite cookies and enjoy singing sacred and secular songs of the season at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9. We will provide some special music, beginning with secular holiday songs, followed by refreshments and visiting. We’ll move into more traditional Christmas carols after the break, and those not comfortable with religious
The Museum Council of the Schneider Museum of Art cordially invites you to "All That Jazz," an exclusive cabaret event featuring nationally-acclaimed jazz cabaret singer Paula West and celebrating Dr. David R. Humphrey, director, Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University. There will be savory appetizers, sweets, and a hosted bar. Cocktail attire
Join us for a weekend of Dharma talks and guided practice exploring the "Seven Point Cause-Effect Method," a time-honored, organic process for nurturing bodhicitta, the Brave Heart of Awakening. The Method is this: • Opening to kinship • Honoring kindness • Returning gratitude • Touching into affection • Kindling compassion • Exceptional resolve • Brave
As the parody says: "God Rest ye, Unitarians, let nothing you dismay; Remember there's no evidence there was a Christmas Day." Join Music Director Julie Crooks and the RVUUF Choir to investigate just a bit the songs and symbols we so often connect to Christmas and their actual original origins. You'll hear some favorite tunes
This is a call to bring your family! Bring your friends! Bring your spark! And bring your Bike/ eBike! Commence the Winter Blues Cruise! It’s that time of year where everything gets dark early, and it can be a little harder to stay motivated to ride. What better way than to get out with other
Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon (YSSO) ensembles will play chamber music at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10. Both performances will be presented at the First United Methodist Church of Ashland, 175 N. Main Street. YSSO Chamber Music Series performances are free and open to the public. Musicians from
Broadway singing star Steffanie Garrard Leigh will be joined by Rogue Valley musicians and singers during a gala fundraiser to help rebuild and restore Ashland’s “sister city” Sviatohirsk, held 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St., Ashland. Tickets are $20 each and available at asap.booktix.com, at Paddington
Join Siskiyou Singers for the holidays as we explore the origins of the music we’ve come to love during this special time of year, along with contemporary interpretations of many other seasonal favorites. Performances of “Ancient Melodies” will be at SOU’s Music Recital Hall in Ashland on Friday, Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday
There will be a Hanukkah public menorah lighting at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, in Vogel Plaza, 12 S. Central Ave., Medford. The lighting of the 10-foot menorah will be for the fourth night of Chanukah, and will feature local dignitaries. There will be music, latkes and donuts for sale, a gift shop, and more.
The Rogue Valley Symphonic Band will play back to back holiday concerts in early December. One performance is set for 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9 at Oakdale Middle School's Steadman Auditorium, 815 S. Oakdale Ave., Medford. The other will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Southern Oregon University's Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave.,
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
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