Monthly Foster Dog Adoption Event
2025-05-31 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Rogue Valley Pet, 1205 Plaza Blvd, Central Point, 97502
Join the FOTAS Foster Team the last Saturday of every month for a Fantastic Foster Dog extravaganza!
Thanks to Rogue Valley Pet in Central Point, we are able to showcase our foster dogs the last Saturday of month, 10am-2pm.
It’s an open house where you can meet and greet with some very special dogs….all lovingly cared for by foster parents.
Visiting with the dogs and the foster team is a fantastic way find out all about the dogs before adoption. These dogs have received lots of love and attention and are now ready for their forever home. Dogs from other non-profit rescue groups will also be invited so you’ll be able to meet a great selection of super dogs.

Jackson & Josephine Health Fair
2025-05-31 10:00 - 16:00 | Jackson County Expo, 1 Peninger Road, Central Point, OR, 97502, United States
Everyone is invited to the Jackson & Josephine Health Fair at the Jackson County EXPO on May 31st.
Admission is totally FREE! From 10 AM to 4 PM, attendees can enjoy free health screenings, explore community resources, and engage in fun & exciting activities for the whole family.
Health screenings including blood pressure checks will be offered completely FREE, and attendees can get access to free dental education and supplies.
Community resources from local nonprofits, healthcare providers, and support services will be present and offer help and guidance on health and wellness.
The fair will feature interactive wellness activities, and kids can visit the Kids’ Zone where they’ll find fun games, crafts, and entertainment. Kids from participating in local schools can also enter the art competition. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in each grade group will win gift card prizes. Grade groups are 1st through 5th, 6th through 8th, and 9th through 12th.
There will also be a chance for anyone to win prizes in multiple raffles! Each person in attendance will get 1 free raffle ticket on entry, and there are 2 raffles every hour. Prizes will include gift baskets, gym memberships, gift cards to food & coffee establishments, and air purifiers.
Popular local food trucks will be at the fair to offer food for purchase, and include Boba Blastic, serving boba tea and Asian cuisine; Food Paradise Grill, serving street tacos, bento, hamburgers, and more; Rolling Smoke BBQ Company, serving brisket, ribs, and other barbecue favorites; and Cruisers Ice Cream Parlor, serving classic ice cream.

Lithia Artisans Market
2025-05-31 10:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-01 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.

Beekman Bank Museum tours
2025-05-31 11:00 - 15:00, 2025-06-01 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/.

Central Point Woodcarvers
2025-05-31 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.

SOU Theatre presents: "Blood Wedding"
2025-05-31 14:00 - 16:00, 2025-05-31 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-06-01 14:00 - 16:00 | SOU Theatre Building, 491 S Mountain Ave., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
SOU Theatre presents: Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca directed by Mildred Ruiz-Sapp. Performances run May 22, 2025- June 1, 2025 on the SOU Main Stage Theatre.
Tickets are available online at https://sou.universitytickets.com or by calling the OCA Box Office at 541-552-6348. Accommodations for wheelchair seating and assisted listening devices are available by request via email: boxoffice@sou.edu.
Blood Wedding is about a bride in her rural Spanish town is caught between her betrothed and an old lover, who has a blood feud with the family of the betrothed. In a society that values marriage for profit more than marriage for love, it explores love, sexuality, and violence through the lens of marriage.
Performances:
Thursday, May 22 – 8:00pm (opening)
Friday, May 23 – 8:00pm
Saturday, May 24 – 8:00pm
Thursday, May 29 – 8:00pm
Friday, May 30 – 8:00pm (Talk back w/ actors after the show)
Saturday, May 31- 2:00pm
Saturday, May 31- 8:00pm
Sunday, June 1 – 2:00pm (closing matinee)
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT: Federico García Lorca is considered one of Spain’s greatest poets and dramatists. He was born June 5, 1898, in Fuente Vaqueros, Spain. He went to Madrid in 1919, where he met Salvador Dali, who would later design the scenery for a production of Lorca’s play.
Dali would later design the scenery for the Barcelona production of Lorca’s play Mariana Pineda (1927).
Lorca’s two most successful poetry collections were Canciones (Songs), published in 1927, and Romancero gitano (the Gypsy Ballads), published in 1928. Romancero gitano was especially daring for the time with its exploration of sexual themes and made Lorca a celebrity in the literary world. In the 1930s, Lorca spent much of his time working on plays, including a folk drama trilogy Bodas de Sangre (Blood Wedding) in 1933, Yerma in 1934, and La Casa de Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba) in 1936.
During the Spanish Civil war he was shot to death by supporters of General Francisco Franco.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Mildred Ruiz-Sapp is an award-winning/critically acclaimed multi-hyphenated Puerto Rican artist and entrepreneur.
A Theatre professional with equal life-long passions in Photography and Filmmaking, she sets her eyes on uplifting our world through the lens of the people.
She is a Co-Founder/Core Member of UNIVERSES Theater Company* (founded in 1995) and of THE POINT Community Development Corporation* in the Hunts point Section of The South Bronx (founded in 1993).
Playwriting/Acting credits include AmericUS; UNISON; PARTY PEOPLE; AMERIVILLE; The Denver Project; One Shot in Lotus Position; BLUE SUITE; RHYTHMICITY; SLANGUAGE; THE RIDE. Acting-only credits include DJ Latinidad; The Comedy of Errors; The Unfortunates; Alfred Jarry’s UBU: Enchained. Awards/Affiliations: 2020 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation National Playwright Residency Program recipient; 2015 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award (Theatre); Oregon Shakespeare Festival Acting Company Member ( 2012-2017) and Ensemble in Residence; 2008 U.S. Cultural Ambassador w/ the U.S. State Dept./Jazz at Lincoln Center – Rhythm Road Tour; 2008 TCG Peter Zeisler Award; 2006 Career Advancement Fellowship from the Ford foundation through Pregones Theater; 2002-2004 and 1999-2001 TCG National Theater Artist Residency Program Award; BRIO Awards (The Bronx Recognizes its own); Former Board Member (National Performance Network – NPN) and (Network of Ensemble Theaters-NET); New York Theatre Workshop Usual Suspect; BARD College, BA ’92 (Literature/Language). Publications: UNIVERSES’ The Revolution will be Live! (2022 release- TCG Books); SLANGUAGE in The Fire This Time (TCG Books); BLUE SUITE in The Goodman Theatre’s Festival Latino – Six Plays (Northwestern University Press); PARTY PEOPLE in The Manifesto Anthology (Rain City Projects- Fall 2014); Featured on the covers of American Theater Magazine 2004 and The Source Magazine 2000. Member: Actors Equity Association (AEA) member.

Resistance Wine Company presents: Alquimistas
2025-05-31 18:00 - 21:00 | Resistance Wine Company, 322 N Pioneer St, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Join us for an unforgettable evening of live music, bold wine, and street tacos under the Rogue Valley sky.
🎶 Alquimistas takes the stage from 7–9 PM, delivering a high-energy, genre-defying performance that blends rhythm, soul, and spirit.
🌮 Tacos El Paisa will be on-site with mouthwatering eats available for purchase.
🍷 Wine by the glass available all night—because great music deserves a great pour.
🎟 $15 Cover — 100% goes to support the band.
Doors open at 6 PM. Come early, grab a bite, and find your groove.
Let’s make May 31st one to remember.

Off Script Presents: "The Harold"
2025-05-31 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Ashland Bellview Grange, 1050 Tolman Creek Road, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Off Script presents: “The Harold”, an entirely improvised format where a theme is introduced, expanded upon and reoccurs in a series of connected scenes.
The Harold format emphasizes patterns, themes, and group discoveries rather than a conventional story or plotline. In between scenes, traditional improv games are played by the troupe. This classic improv format is great fun and full of surprises!
The shows will feature the spontaneous talents of Crystal Arnold, Cody Christopherson, Emmy Graham, Daniel Jokelson, Claudia Stevens, Libby Sturgill, and Rochelle Webster. Directed by Eve Smyth. The audience can expect two 40-minute shows with two completely different Harolds, with a short intermission in between.
“The Harold” has three performances only; Friday and Saturday, May 30th and 31st at 7:00pm and Sunday, June 1st at 3:00pm at The Bellview Grange, 1050 Tolman Creek Rd in Ashland. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door only.

Senior Recital - Holden Cook
2025-05-31 19:30 - 20:30 | Southern Oregon University Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Support this senior at Southern Oregon University by coming to his recital.
Most bass opera songs are about death, so Holden decided to hold a service for his final performance at Southern Oregon University.

Sunday Service: Appreciation and Attention
2025-06-01 10:30 - 11:30 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 87 4th Street, Ashland, 87 4th Street, Ashland, OR, 97520
Good relationships, whether personal, congregational, regional, or universal, are made better when they include appreciation and attention. These are also the building blocks of gratitude and love. As we start our month of celebration, Rev. Sean will offer a time of appreciation and attention.
“We have reached the end of problem solving as a mode of inquiry capable of inspiring, mobilizing, and sustaining human system change. The future…belongs to methods that affirm, compel, and accelerate anticipatory learning involving larger and larger levels of collectivity.” – David Cooperrider
Monthly Theme: Celebration
Attend in person or watch live or recorded on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@roguevalleyunitarianuniver8871

South Mountain Friends Meeting
2025-06-01 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
2025-06-01 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

FREE Presentation ~ How to Build a Bridge: The Road to Reconciliation
2025-06-01 11:30 - 12:30 | First Presbyterian Church of Ashland, 1615 Clark Ave, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Are the growing divides in our world starting to feel overwhelming?
The first step, and one that each one of us can do, is to “depolarize within.”
We need to look for the walls of separation and hostility inside ourselves and learn how we can start dissolving them. With that as a starting point, we become bearers of reconciliation in our own homes, within our existing family structures, in our workplaces, and beyond. Come find out some ways, as individuals, we can get there.
Presentation starts at 11:30 [Feel free to attend the service on Reconciliation at 10, or for snacks at 11:15]
Presenter: Marla Estes, Founder www.BuildingBridgers.com Working to bridge the political divide since 2017
For more information: marla@BuildingBridgers.com

JUNE IN BLOOM
2025-06-01 14:00 - 17:00 | Celia’s House, 217 S. Modoc Ave, Medford, OR, 97504, United States
A garden party, community event and fundraiser for Celia’s House in Holmes Park, a non-profit residence for end-of-life care.

The Glass Menagerie @ Camelot Theatre
2025-06-01 14:00 - 17:00 | Camelot Theatre, 101 Talent Avenue, Talent, 97540
As the second installment in our American Masters Drama Series, we would like to welcome you to the enchanting world of Tennessee Williams’ timeless classic, The Glass Menagerie.
This poignant and beautifully crafted play invites you into the fragile and dreamlike lives of the Wingfield family. Experience the heart-wrenching struggle of Amanda, the fading Southern belle, as she navigates her hopes for her delicate daughter, Laura, and the restless yearnings of her son, Tom, caught between duty and his desire for freedom. With its lyrical language and evocative themes of memory and illusion, The Glass Menagerie is a powerful exploration of family, dreams, and the unrelenting grip of the past.
Don’t miss this opportunity to witness a masterpiece of American theatre, brought to life with passion and precision on our stage. This production has a two-week engagement.
Special Performances:
Wednesday, May 21st: Pay What You Can Performance @ 7:30pm.
Thursday, May 22nd: Preview Performance @ 7:30pm. All seats $25.
Friday, May 23rd: Opening Night Gala @ 6:45pm.

June Exhibition at ART ON FIRST: Emotionally Charged Narrative Paintings – Carol Aust
2025-06-02 - 2025-06-30 | ART on FIRST, 20 South First Street, Ashland, 97520
June Exhibition at ART ON FIRST: Emotionally Charged Narrative Paintings – Carol Aust
Monday, June 2 – Monday, June 30, 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Opening Reception: Friday, June 6, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Currently featured at ART on FIRST are emotionally charged narrative paintings by Carol Aust. Carol’s compositions are filled with intense emotional stories infused with mysterious tension and secrecy. She often places her figures in precarious environments where anything could happen. Sometimes celebratory, sometimes lonely and disturbing, her paintings express a wide range of human desire and yearning. Carol’s artwork consistently features strong and vibrant colors along with figures that are both engaging and vulnerable.
For more information, please visit www.artandfirstashland.com.

Higher Essence Yoga
2025-06-02 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
2025-06-02 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
2025-06-02 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
2025-06-02 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.

Poetry Reading with Amy Miller and Kathleen McClung
2025-06-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main St., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Kathleen McClung is the author of five poetry collections including Questions of Buoyancy (Longship Press, 2024).
Others include A Juror Must Fold in on Herself, winner of the 2020 Rattle Chapbook Prize, Temporary Kin, The Typists Play Monopoly and Almost the Rowboat. Winner of the Morton Marr, Maria W. Faust, and Rita Dove national poetry prizes, her work appears widely in journals and anthologies. In 2024 she was a finalist for San Francisco poet laureate. Guest editor for The MacGuffin in 2021-23, Kathleen teaches English at Skyline College, where she directed the annual Women on Writing conference for ten years. She also teaches for San Francisco State’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) and privately.
http://www.kathleenmcclung.com
“Kathleen McClung may be the finest poet writing in form today. Questions of Buoyancy is a remarkable collection…. Wistful and haunting, these exquisite poems deserve to be read and reread.” –Jim Daniels
Amy Miller’s Astronauts, a chronicle of two sisters and addiction, won the Chad Walsh Chapbook Prize and was a finalist for the 2023 Oregon Book Award for Poetry. Her full-length poetry collection The Trouble with New England Girls won the Louis Award from Concrete Wolf Press. Her poems and essays have appeared in Barrow Street, Copper Nickel, Missouri Review, North American Review, Terrain, and ZYZZYVA, and she received a 2021 Oregon Literary Fellowship. She works as a communications editor for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and serves as poetry editor for JPR’s listeners’ guide, Jefferson Journal.

Queer Coffee House @ the Library
2025-06-03 17:30 - 19:00 | Medford library, 205 S Central Ave, Medford, 97501
Join us for this longstanding program! We’ll gather on the first Tuesday of every month to watch movies, make crafts, play games, build community, and share favorite books, movies, podcasts, and more.
LGBTQ+ folks and allies are all welcome!

Wednesday Open Meditation
2025-06-04 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
2025-06-04 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.

City of Ashland Historic Preservation Advisory Committee
2025-06-04 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.
