Flu and Covid Vaccination Clinic
2023-11-16 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | First Presbyterian Church of Ashland, 1615 Clark Ave, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
A flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16, at First Presbyterian Church, 1615 Clark Ave., Ashland.
Call Wellness 200, Inc. at 541-776-9167 for more information. Regular flu, senior citizen flu and COVID-19 (Moderna) vaccinations will be provided.

Music in the Library: Rogue Valley Symphony
2023-11-16 15:00 - 16:00 | Ashland Library, 410 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Take some time out of your Thursday to listen to music in the library. Once a month, musicians from Rogue Valley Symphony will fill the main floor of the library with music. Enjoy it in passing or sit for a while and listen.
This series is presented in partnership with Rogue Valley Symphony.

Make Your Own Commedia Dell'arte Mask
2023-11-16 15:00 - 16:30 | Ashland Library, 410 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio, learn how to make a Commedia dell’arte mask.
These masks depict the different characters of Commedia dell’arte, a comedic theatre style that originated in Italy in the 1530s and was popular across Europe during the Renaissance. We’ll discuss the roles of each character and how they were depicted through the masks. Supplies will be provided for participants to make their very own Commedia mask to take home.

SOU International Student Association hosts Thanksgiving dinner
2023-11-16 17:30 - 19:30 | SOU Stevenson Union, 1118 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Thanksgiving comes early at Ashland’s Southern Oregon University campus this week.
Turkey and all the trimmings are on the menu on Thursday, Nov. 16. International Student Association will host the meal, with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. and dinner starting at 6 p.m. in the Gallery Room (Room 323) in the Stevenson Union.
Vegetarian options will also be made available to guests.
This is only open to SOU students who are members of ISA.
RSVP your spot by email to portern@sou.edu.

Ashland High School Theatre presents: She Kills Monsters
2023-11-16 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-11-17 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-11-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-11-19 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-11-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Ashland High School Theater, 201 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Agnes Evans leaves her childhood home in Ohio to follow the death of her teenage sister, Tilly.
When Agnes finds her sister’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she stumbles into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was Tilly’s refuge.

SOU Theatre presents: The Wolves
2023-11-16 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-11-17 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-11-18 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-11-18 20:00 - 22:00, 2023-11-19 14:00 - 16:00 | SOU theatre, 491 S. Mountain Avenue, Ashland, OR, 97520
Written in 2016 by Sarah DeLappe, The Wolves is directed by Domenique Lozano. The play runs November 11-19 (opening with a 2 p.m. matinee) with 8 performances. Limited seating is available, and this show will be SEATED ON the SOU Main Stage Theatre stage. Rated PG-13 for adult content, limited seating on the SOU Main Stage. Get your tickets early.
PERFORMANCES:
Nov. 11 – 2:00pm
Nov. 11 – 8:00pm
Nov. 12 – 2:00pm
Nov. 16 – 8:00pm
Nov. 17 – 8:00pm
Nov. 18 – 2:00pm
Nov. 18 – 8:00pm
Nov. 19 – 2:00pm
The play explores the experiences of a high school girl’s soccer team (9 girls) during pre-game warm-ups and stretches. Dialogues encompass everything teenage girls experience and imagine ranging from genocide, to global politics, to social gossip, their changing bodies, the coach’s hangovers, their desire to play soccer in college, anxiety, and the twists and turns of life. We hope you will join us! Soccer fans, don’t miss this one.
CAST:
Jasmine Welks – Player #00
Alexis Edwards – Player #2
Tegan Kelley – Player #7
Sarah Watson – Player #8
Mary-Ellen McGinnis – Player #11
Byers Sullivan – Player #13
Julia Gibbs – Player #14
Emma Richardson – Player #25
Georgia Black – Player #46
Meredith Cook – Soccer Mom

Hanukkah Fair
2023-11-17 08:00 - 17:00 | Temple Emek Shalom, 1800 E. Main St., Ashland, OR, United States
A Hanukkah Fair will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, at Temple Emek Shalom, 1800 E. Main St., Ashland.
There will be Hanukkah items and a bake sale, with 10 different vendors featuring jewelry, scarves, soaps, cards, art, embroidery, crochet products, as well as glass art and dried flowers from two Ukrainian artists.

Jackson County for All Benefit Concert with Broadway Phil & the Shouters
2023-11-17 17:30 - 20:00 | Dos Mariposas Vineyard & Lavendar Farm, 3976 Bellinger Ln, Medford, 97501
We are pleased to announce that we will be HALFWAY to 10,500 signatures to restructure the Jackson County Commission by party time!
The ballot measures will 1) make the county commission position non-partisan, 2) increase the number of commissioners from three to five, and 3) redistribute the salaries across five.
We hope you can join us at the charming Dos Mariposas Vineyard and Lavender Farm to celebrate this important milestone. Fabulous music will be provided by Broadway Phil and the Shouters. Wine, beverages, and food will be available for purchase. There will be an auction and sale of baked delicacies just in time to bring home for Thanksgiving. Wear your dancing shoes and help keep up the momentum to make much needed changes to the Jackson County Commission! Limited number of tickets available.

Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest
2023-11-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main St., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
“Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest,” by Paul Koberstein in conversation with Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala, chief scientist at Wild Heritage.
Canopy of Titans examines the global importance of the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest that stretches from Northern California to Alaska. It catalogs the threats to this vital environmental resource, and it provides readers with easy-to-grasp insights into the value of forests as climate mitigation. The story starts with the wildfires that raged across the American West in the summer of 2020 and ends at the UN Climate Change Conference in November 2021, with many historical flashbacks along the way. The authors pull back the curtain on governmental policies that have seriously diminished the rainforest’s capacity to store carbon, and they uncover industry practices that have led to the destruction of this major ecological resource. Through the lens of environmental justice, the book also shines a light on the indigenous communities that have lived in the rainforest for millennia, and the impact forest policies have had on their lives.
Paul Koberstein co-founded Cascadia Times in 1995 and has been its editor ever since. A journalist for 40 years, Paul was a staff writer for the Oregonian and Willamette Week in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2004, Paul won the John B. Oakes Award, given annually by Columbia University for the most distinguished environmental journalism in the United States, and in 2016, the Bruce Baer Award, given annually to an Oregon journalist for excellence in investigative journalism.
Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala is chief scientist at Wild Heritage and former president of the Society for Conservation Biology, North America Section. He is an internationally renowned author of more than 300 science papers and award-winning books on forests, climate change, and endangered species.
Held 7 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17.

FREE Family Day at the Schneider Museum of Art
2023-11-18 10:00 - 13:00 | Schneider Museum of Art, 555 Indiana Street, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
The Schneider Museum of Art is excited to announce the return of FREE Family Day! Come to the museum for this fun event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18. Participate in hands-on art activities inspired by the works on view.
ACTIVITIES
Come enjoy hands-on art activities inspired by Jason Stopa and Ivan Carmona’s dynamic use of color and Courtney Puckett’s playful textural sculptures. Stop at the front desk and pick up the Scavenger Hunt of the works on view.
TOUR
We will have family-friendly tours departing at 11 a.m. and noon from the Entry Gallery.
Free parking is available in designated lots.

Central Point Woodcarvers
2023-11-18 11:30 - 15:00 | Woodcarving, 123 N St, Central Point, OR, 97502, United States
The Central Point Woodcarvers carving group meets from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays at the Central Point Senior Resource Center, 123 N. Second St., Central Point.
There is a fee of $10 per month, or $55 a year if paid annually.
We teach and share ideas for beginners, novices, and intermediate woodcarvers. The various members do several styles of woodcarving. Recommended beginning tool sets are available for purchase. Please call Ron Chappell 541-944-4535 for more information.

Families and Politics Workshop
2023-11-18 13:00 - 16:00 | First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main Street, Ashland, Oregon, 97520
The Southern Oregon Alliance of Braver Angels will hold a free “Families and Politics” workshop from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, in Wesley Hall of Ashland First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St., Ashland.
The workshop is designed to ease holiday stress by helping family members with differing political views bridge the “red – blue divide” by handling differences constructively. Skills covered include active listening and avoiding stereotypes.
For information call or email Bruce Borgerson, 541-488-5542 or wave@mind.net. Braver Angels is a national organization dedicated to countering our hyper-polarized politics; it does not endorse any candidates or take any positions on political issues.

Rogue World wassailing open rehearsals
2023-11-18 14:00 - 16:00 | Aryze Hot Yoga, 330 Oak St., Ashland, 97520
Have you ever wanted to sing for fun? Have you ever wanted to discover your singing voice? Rehearse with us for Rogue World Wassailing this Dec. 1 and 16!
Rehearsals are held 2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 28 to Nov. 25, at Aryze Hot Yoga Studio, 330 Oak St., Ashland.
Ruth Hoffecker, of Ashland School of Uncovering the Voice, brings her two major passions together for this project: traditional folk songs that celebrate the turning of the seasons and creating a singing community where all people feel welcome. Folk traditions like Wassailing were born out of a time when all people sang as part of daily life. We invite you to come experience singing in community, lifting each other up with our voices, making a joyful noise!
We will meet for five weeks to learn winter, Christmas, New Year’s and traditional Wassailing songs. Each session will begin with gentle exercises to warm up our voices.
With music in our hearts and rhythms in our feet, we will serenade the community, first in two public street events, and later going door to door offering blessings of health and happiness for the New Year.
All singing experience levels are welcome – including folks who have always thought ‘I can’t sing.’
All ages are welcome. All voices are welcome. Participation levels of all types are welcome. (Singing everything, singing just the choruses, clapping along, humming, etc.)
You don’t have to attend every rehearsal. Attend as many or as few as you’d like.
Participation is free.

American Hospitals: Healing a Broken System
2023-11-18 14:30 - 16:30 | Medford library, 205 S Central Ave, Medford, 97501
Rogue Valley Health Care for All Oregon will show the movie “American Hospitals:Healing a Broken System” at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Medford Library, 205 S. Central Ave., in their large conference room.
We will provide snacks, and there will be a Q and A after the movie.

AJ Lee and Blue Summit
2023-11-18 19:00 - 22:00 | First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main Street, Ashland, Oregon, 97520
“AJ Lee & Blue Summit are pure, beautiful American music. Soaring harmonies, top notch picking and strumming as well as a healthy respect and reverence for the classic country, bluegrass and folk music of the past all add up to a band who are masters of the genre. That’s not to say that AJ Lee & Blue Summit are antiquated in any way. While the band tips a hat to the American masters of the past, their sound is modern and thoroughly of today. The band are great torch bearers of the music that helped build America. ”
“Could This Kid Be the Next Allison Krauss?” Mother Jones magazine asked about AJ Lee — and for good reason. She has won the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s (NCBS) Best Female Vocalist award nine times by age 21! Popular Webzine Californiality called AJ “California’s Hottest Singer” because of her jaw-droppingly beautiful voice.
AJ began singing and performing on stage at the astonishing age of five. By 12, she began writing her own songs and showcasing them nation-wide. She has traveled with many bands, including “The Tuttles with AJ Lee,” which was featured at numerous festivals across the U.S. and beyond. She is a fantastic mandolinist and songwriter with a gorgeous voice. Ms. Lee is excited to share Blue Summit’s latest album, consisting of all original material.

November Contradance
2023-11-18 19:00 - 22:30 | The Grove, 1195 E Main St, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Contradancing is fun, easy to learn and great exercise. There’s a lesson at 7 p.m. to get you started. NO EXPERIENCE OR PARTNER NECESSARY (gender free).
Learn more about contradancing: https://www.contradance.org/dancer-resources
Watch a cool video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KevQxr-saFw
Saturday, November 18 — 7 p.m. lesson
Dance 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. with break / snacks
Sliding scale $12 – $20 ($8 for college students with ID). Free for high school age & younger
The Grove is at 1195 E. Main St. No. 2271, Ashland
Caller: Becky Nankivell
Live music with Kevin Carr (fiddle), Josie Mendelsohn (keyboard), Steve Shapiro (Tenor banjo—mandolin) & Brook Taylor (bodhran)
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Your health and safety are important to us! COVID protocols lifted. Masks optional. Please bring hand sanitizer, water, dance shoes (if you have them).
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Southern Oregon Contra Dance (SOCD)
https://www.socontra.org/
https://www.facebook.com/SOContra

All Things Leaves
2023-11-19 10:00 - 15:00 | Ashland Police, 1195 E. Main St., Ashland, OR, United States
Recology will host three free community leaf collection events this autumn, with two in Ashland and one planned for Talent.
Participants can drop off their leaves from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, and Sunday, Dec. 10, in the Ashland police parking lot, 1195 E. Main St., Ashland. Talent’s event is set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, at Talent City Hall, 110 E. Main St., Talent.
The events are for residents of Ashland and Talent only. Commercial landscapers are not permitted. Participants may be asked to provide proof of residency and should plan to take their emptied leaf bags home with them.
The leaf collection events are intended to reduce community fire risk, maintain storm drain health, and provide nutrient-rich leaf donations to local farmers. Anyone interested in receiving leaves can contact Recology Ashland’s senior waste zero specialist Jamie Rosenthal by calling 541-890-6111, or by email at JRosenthal@Recology.com.

Sunday Worship: Our Inspirations
2023-11-19 10:30 - 11:30 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 87 4th Street, Ashland, 87 4th Street, Ashland, OR, 97520
What are the inspirations of Unitarian Universalism? Who are our heroes and saints? What are our formative stories? What do we bring with us from other traditions and how do we keep learning as we hold onto our collective identity?
Direct experiences of transcending mystery and wonder are primary sources of Unitarian Universalist inspiration. These experiences open our hearts, renew our spirits, and transform our lives. We draw upon, and are inspired by, sacred, secular, and scientific understandings that help us make meaning and live into our values. These sources ground us and sustain us in ordinary, difficult, and joyous times.
Attend in person or watch live or recorded on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@roguevalleyunitarianuniver8871

Ceasefire Now
2023-11-19 15:00 | Ashland Plaza, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
We will stand near the Ashland Plaza, near Siskiyou Boulevard, with signs calling for a ceasefire and an end to the bombing of Gaza.
Also, no more military aid for Israel. Please join us!

Speak the Speech: Shakespeare Open Mic
2023-11-19 15:00 - 16:00 | Ashland Library, 410 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s First Folio by speaking his words out loud!
You are invited to read or recite a favorite Shakespearean sonnet, monologue, or soliloquy with a group of other Shakespeare lovers. Come with a reading prepared or pick up one of our suggestions for an impromptu recitation. Listeners are also welcome. Best for ages 10 and up.

Ukraine eyewitness: Report from the front on the threat of nuclear disaster
2023-11-19 15:00 - 16:30 | Medford library, 205 S Central Ave, Medford, 97501
Peter Lumsdaine, a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility’s Committee for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, will lead an in-person briefing and discussion of his unique 2023 visit to Ukraine and Poland at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, at the Medford library, 205 S. Central Ave., Medford.

Intermediate Tai Chi for Older Adults
2023-11-20 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.
