Gentle Yoga for Older Adults
2023-12-25 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-01-01 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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
2023-12-25 13:00 - 14:30, 2024-01-01 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.

Ashland.news Happy Hour at ScienceWorks
2023-12-27 17:00 - 18:30 | Scienceworks Museum, 1500 E. Main Street, Ashland, 97520
ScienceWorks hosts December’s Ashland.news Happy Hour. The family-friendly community event will include a number of the museum’s community partners providing festive programming. A local holiday film will be shown in the Science Cinema courtesy of AIFF. The new short film by local filmmaker Laney D’Aquino is a Christmas story called “Joy to the World.” While the happy hour ends at 6:30 p.m., you may want to stay longer, as ScienceWorks has a lot of fun things planned—so many that we’re calling this one ‘Happy Hour(s)’. Not just food and drink for sale, but Fiddlers! Film! Family friendly crafts! And all the museum exhibits will be up and going for your delectation.
Ashland.news board chair, Paul Steinle will welcome everyone with a brief talk on what Ashland.news has been up to this year, followed board secretary Herb Rothschild telling the story of how Ashland.news began.
We’re looking forward to celebrating our community together.

City of Ashland Housing and Human Services Committee meeting
2023-12-28 16:00 - 18:00 | Community Development building, 51 Winburn Way, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
The City of Ashland’s monthly Housing and Human Services Committee meeting.

9D Sound & Breathwork Experience: Letting Go & Moving On with Nikki Clifton
2023-12-28 19:00 - 21:00 | Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library, 1757 Ashland St., Ashland, 97520
Embark on the “Letting Go & Moving On” 9D Somatic breathwork journey.
An experience meticulously designed to liberate you from the confines of self imposed prison of stagnation and stuckness. Untangle the past and shed the burdens that have stalled your progress, paving the way for a future filled with promise and new beginnings.
Essential themes of release, renewal, and progression weave through the journey, propelling a transformative shift in the narrative of your life. Navigate this path to recondition neural pathways, cultivating a perspective that views letting go not as a loss, but as the key to unlocking personal evolution. This voyage is not just an exercise in breathwork but a guiding light towards your most unencumbered self. Engage with this practice, and set forth on a life marked by freedom and forward momentum.
ABOUT 9D BREATHWORK JOURNEYS
Experience a new generation of breathwork – artfully engineered sound and breath journeys that catalyze life-changing transformational experiences. 9D breathwork combines cutting edge audio technology using frequencies and vibrations that sculpt your neurology, guided coaching using timeless wisdom and modern inspiration and transformational breathing practices, creating a powerful and paradigm-shifting journey into your nervous system that clears trauma and limited beliefs, shifts anxiety, depression and negative thoughts, deeply restoring your body to optimum health at a cellular level.
Pre-registration Required. First session 1/2 Off using discount code: 9D50

Ashland’s Sacred Walk to 2024 ~ Ashland’s 25th Community Labyrinth Walk to the New Year
2023-12-29 22:11, 2023-12-31 15:30 - 2024-01-01 01:00, 2024-01-01 10:00 - 16:00 | Wesley Hall on the campus of Ashland First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St., Ashland, 97520
Ashland’s Sacred Walk to 2024
Walking a Sacred Path: Explorations Into Peace
Wesley Hall on the campus of Ashland First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St., Ashland, OR
Sunday, December 31, 2023, 3:30 PM – 1:00 AM; Monday January 1, 2024, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
For information contact: Elizabeth Austin Phone: 541-601-8435 Email: coachelizabeth@outlook.com
Ashland’s 25th Community Labyrinth Walk to New Year starts December 31, 2023, from 3:30 PM – 1:00 AM January 1, 2024; resumes January 1, 2024, from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM in Wesley Hall on the campus of Ashland First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St., Ashland, Oregon. Everyone is welcome, and the event is free to all. Donations accepted.
“This remarkable community event arose in 1999 amid the world-wide concern about Y2K. Then as now, co-created by volunteers: musicians, artists, sacred space designers, ‘labyrinth angels,’ plus the many people who choose to include the Sacred Walk in their turn-of-the-year celebrations. Then as now, it offers an oasis of peace and beauty to reflect on the end of what has been and the beginning of what will be. In this sacred space everyone is invited to express and enjoy the values of peace, diversity, inclusivity, and personal freedom.”
~ Labyrinth Leader Elizabeth Austin.
Community Unfurling of the Labyrinth
You are invited to participate in the Unfurling of the Labyrinth, 1 PM – 2 PM, December 30, in Wesley Hall at the First United Methodist Church, 175 N Main St, Ashland, OR 97520. Elizabeth Austin, Professionally Trained Labyrinth Facilitator and owner of the portable canvas, provides this opportunity to learn about labyrinths and to assist in the unfolding of the three-piece, four-quadrant 110-lb. canvas replica of the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral in France.
Special Features
Traditionally, Ashland’s Sacred Walk to the New Year has featured altars dedicated to the four directions as well as the divine feminine and the divine masculine. Like last year, this year there will be two additional altars: one honoring Childhood/Youth, and an interactive altar honoring Community/World/Planet.
Videos on Facebook
Go to our Facebook page to view videos created by Media Creative Cassandra Wass: the History of the Sacred Walk, Unfurling of the Labyrinth, Temple Dancers, and Sacred Altars. Experience a graceful online meditation video – Virtual Labyrinth Walk, created by Cassandra Wass on Ashland’s outdoor Trinity Garden Labyrinth. https://www.facebook.com/AshlandSacredWalkToNewYear
“I have been coming to the Labyrinth since I was about 6. I’m 23 now! The Labyrinth is such an
important part of my transition into the New Year. Thank You for everything!” ~ L.R. (2017)
More info and schedule at: https://www.facebook.com/events/904914724063931/
• SEASONAL HEALTH & SAFETY AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Seasonal diseases such as colds and flu, and now Covid, tend to tick up this time of year, and cases in Jackson County are edging upwards. If you have Covid or the flu, or symptoms of these diseases, or if you don’t feel well, we ask that you please don’t come to this year’s event, out of care for others. No one wants be the recipient of these kinds of “seasonal gifts” or to find out that others have gotten sick, possibly from their lack of care.
And if you are healthy and coming to the Sacred Walk, and you feel more comfortable wearing a mask inside the building, please do. We will have a hand sanitizing station inside Wesley Hall as you walk in, and we will also have masks available for anyone who wants one and didn’t bring their own.
Wishing you a Happy and Healthy New Year!

Central Point Woodcarvers
2023-12-30 11:30 - 15:00, 2024-01-06 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.

The Medford Christmas Bird Count
2023-12-30 12:00 - 23:00 | OR
The Medford Christmas Bird Count takes place Saturday, Dec. 30. This count encompasses Medford, Central Point, White City and Eagle Point. Birding hotspots such as Whetstone Savanna Preserve, Table Rocks, Agate Lake, Denman Wildlife Area, Prescott Park, and the Bear Creek Greenway area are all included in this section!

The area for the Medford count is a circle 15 miles in diameter, centered approximately a mile west of the junction of Highway 140 and Highway 62 in White City. The circle is divided into 15 sections with teams of birders, each with an experienced leader, counting birds in each section.All birders are welcome to participate, and newcomers will be assigned to a group by the Medford count coordinator.Those who live in the count circle and have bird feeders can do a feeder watch and add their sightings to the count. CBC feeder watch instructions and a tally sheet can be obtained by emailing Medford Christmas Bird Count Coordinator Rebekah Bergkoetter at rebekah.bergkoetter@gmail.com.

Sunday Worship: Seeds for a New Year
2023-12-31 10:30 - 11:30 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 87 4th Street, Ashland, 87 4th Street, Ashland, OR, 97520
What seeds are you planting for the new year? How are you weaving your magic into your relationships with others? How can we center beauty and goodness and love in all that’s ahead?
These questions are at the heart of this worship featuring a sermon by UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt, with other elements provided by the staff of our Unitarian Universalist Association.
“When your heart is broken, you plant seeds in the cracks and pray for rain.” – Andrea Gibson
Attend in person or watch live or recorded on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@roguevalleyunitarianuniver8871

Walking a Sacred Path: Explorations Into Peace
2023-12-31 15:30 - 2024-01-01 01:00, 2024-01-01 10:00 - 16:00 | First United Methodist Church Ashland, 175 N Main Street, Ashland, 97520
Ashland’s 25th Community Labyrinth Walk to New Year runs from 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 31, to 1 a.m. Monday, Jan. 1, then runs again from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 1, at Wesley Hall in Ashland First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St., Ashland.
Everyone is welcome to attend the free event.
“This remarkable community event arose in 1999 amid the worldwide concern about Y2K,” event organizer Elizabeth Austin said. “Then, as now, co-created by volunteers: musicians, artists, sacred space designers, ‘labyrinth angels,’ plus the many people who choose to include the Sacred Walk in their turn-of-the-year celebrations. Then as now, it offers an oasis of peace and beauty to reflect on the end of what has been and the beginning of what will be. In this sacred space everyone is invited to express and enjoy the values of peace, diversity, inclusivity, and personal freedom.”

Intermediate Tai Chi for Older Adults
2024-01-01 09:30 - 10:45, 2024-01-08 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.

New Year’s Day Community Flower Offering & Kora
2024-01-01 13:00 - 15:00 | Kagyu Sukha Choling, 109 Clear Creek Drive, Ashland, 97520
All are welcome! Please join us for this self-guided event.
*Bring a flower to offer, with your aspirations for the new year, at the flower altar
*Meditate in the Shrine Room
*Spin the prayer wheels and recite mantra
*Enjoy the wintry gardens
*Share a cup of tea with others on the patio
*Family-friendly
Please contribute to our community collection for those in need:
Bring an item for our January Food Drive
Donate to our “Into the Warm” winter clothing barrel
Your donations are greatly appreciated!
*Outdoor activities subject to weather conditions (i.e. ice, snow)

Transformational 9D Sound and Breath Experience: The Awakening Journey with Nikki Clifton
2024-01-01 16:00 - 18:00 | Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library, 1757 Ashland St., Ashland, 97520
Fasten your seatbelt as you transcend the dream spell, revealing the unfiltered truth of your existence—empowered, sovereign, and free.
Peel back layers, shedding fictions that kept you feeling small. This breathwork haven releases burdens of the past, bidding farewell to negativity, self-criticism, and judgments, allowing reconnection with your authentic self. Inspired by themes of acceptance, gratitude, self-belief, and courage, The Awakening sparks a potent personal rebirth, creating space for emotional resilience, inner peace, and restored balance. This revitalizing expedition fortifies sustained growth, guiding you toward a life illuminated by authenticity, self-discovery, and the empowering truth of your sovereignty.
ABOUT 9D BREATHWORK JOURNEYS
Experience a new generation of breathwork – artfully engineered sound and breath journeys that catalyze life-changing transformational experiences. 9D breathwork combines cutting edge audio technology using frequencies and vibrations that sculpt your neurology, guided coaching using timeless wisdom and modern inspiration and transformational breathing practices, creating a powerful and paradigm-shifting journey into your nervous system that clears trauma and limited beliefs, shifts anxiety, depression and negative thoughts, deeply restoring your body to optimum health at a cellular level.
Pre-registration Required. First session 1/2 Off using discount code: 9D50

Southern Oregon Homelessness Summit: Uniting to address housing insecurity
2024-01-02 08:00 - 17:00 | Ashland Hills Hotel, 2525 Ashland Street, Ashland, 97520
Are you concerned about the escalating crisis of homelessness? Do you want to help? Are you looking for a place to start?
Come learn about the causes and possible solutions to this complex issue at the Southern Oregon Homelessness Summit, held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Ashland Hills Hotel, 2525 Ashland St., Ashland.
The summit is a rare opportunity to dive deep and explore the growing challenges and proven solutions to issues surrounding homelessness. Come engage and get insights from some top leaders. Reserve your seat here.

Books at Noon
2024-01-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Ashland Library, 410 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Join a group of voracious readers each month at the Ashland Library for a bring-your-own-book style book group. Share what you are reading and find your next great read.

BIG IDEAS DISCUSSION SERIES PRESENTS “Tackling the Affordable Housing Shortage Head-On”
2024-01-02 16:00 - 17:00 | Ashland Public Library, Gresham Room, 410 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
The Ashland branch of American Association of University Women (AAUW) and Jackson County Library Services are hosting a free “Tackling the
Affordable Housing Shortage Head-On” discussion for the public.
Oregon is in the throes of a full-blown housing crisis facing a current deficit of 140,000 units.
The lack of housing is driving homelessness, increasing prices, and eroding the state’s livability. The speakers will be Representative Pam Marsh (District 5) and Brandon Goldman, the Community
Development Director at the City of Ashland.
Together they will discuss strategies needed to address the crisis, the shared responsibilities of local and state government, and preview policies as
well as funding to be advanced in the 2024 Legislative Session.
Rep. Marsh was first elected in November 2016 and currently serves as Chair of the House Committee on Climate, Energy and Environment. District 5 reaches from Applegate to the Greensprings
and includes Ashland, Talent, Phoenix, a southern portion of Medford, Jacksonville and Ruch.
Brandon Goldman is an experienced urban planner and community development professional. He has more than 24 years of experience in planning and housing development. He
has long worked to promote Ashland as a livable community that prioritizes the needs of all citizens.
The monthly “Big Ideas” discussion series features prominent local experts speaking on relevant and timely issues affecting our community. Lectures are jointly sponsored by the Ashland
Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and Jackson County Library Services. For more information, contact Jackson County Library Services at 541-774-6996.

My Only Resolution for the New Year: Honoring My True Self by Linda Reppond
2024-01-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library, 1757 Ashland St., Ashland, 97520
Perhaps, like me, you have given up on making New Year’s resolutions after so many quickly fell away and became one more way to beat yourself up.
Most people make resolutions about various aspects of self-improvement: diet and exercise; creating and maintaining order in home, finances, or work life; or changing habits that are self-destructive.
The problem is that when the new behaviors fail, as they often do, we end up using them to make ourselves miserable and to validate our inner critic. Learn and explore how we might turn this, instead, into ways to nurture and honor ourselves. Focusing on our strengths, not our weaknesses, we can begin to honor our true selves, and allow our best self to shine.
Rev. Dr. Linda Reppond lives in Ashland, Oregon, as a mostly retired CSL minister. While no longer working in a full-time ministry role, Dr. Linda remains a fierce advocate for young, emerging spiritual leaders: as a mentor and coach, as an honored elder at events, and Chair of ReGeneration, the scholarship fund for young people entering ministry.
Dr. Linda was the founding minister of the Launching Pad, a dedicated young adult church in Centers for Spiritual Living. For over ten years, the Launching Pad, with locations in Berkeley, CA, St. George, Utah, and Ashland, Oregon, served as a magnet for conscious young adults who chose to live in community and be supported in deepening a personal spiritual practice and a community of peers who are living their truth and loving their lives.
She served as director of the National Runaway Switchboard, President of the National Network for Youth, and Executive Director for Seattle Youth and Community Services, Special Olympics Washington, and other charities.
Dr. Linda received a Masters in Consciousness Studies at the Holmes Institute in San Diego. She received her Doctor of Ministry at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley. She currently serves as the Youth Minister of her home church, CSL Rogue Valley in Medford. Presenter’s Website: https://www.CSLroguevalley.org
FREE ADMISSION – 1757 Ashland St., Ashland, OR. One mile west of I-5 Exit 14

City of Ashland Historic Preservation Advisory Committee
2024-01-03 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.

Severe Weather Overnight Shelter
2024-01-05 17:00 - 2024-01-06 09:00, 2024-01-06 17:00 - 2024-01-07 09:00, 2024-01-07 17:00 - 2024-01-08 09:00 | Ashland Street Shelter, 2200 Ashland St., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
The Ashland emergency severe weather shelter at 2200 Ashland St. will open at 5 p.m.
The doors close and lights go out by 10 p.m.
The shelter closes at 9 a.m. the next morning.
This is a low barrier, no frill, overnight shelter for anyone needing to get out of the cold.
The shelter is managed by OHRA (Opportunities for Housing Resources and Assistance), which will coordinate and staff with OHRA employees and volunteers. OHRA can be reached at 541-631-2235.
To receive notifications when the severe weather shelter opens in Ashland, text 97520SHELTER to 888777.
To volunteer for the shelter, call 541-220-7307 or email avramsacks@gmail.com.

Ashland Christmas tree recycling event
2024-01-06 08:00 - 17:00 | OR
A Christmas tree recycling event is set for Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, in the City of Ashland, according to a news release.
The event will be a joint effort between Scout Troop No. 112 and 8112, Cub Scout pack No. 112, the Ashland Lion’s Club, and the City of Ashland’s Parks & Recreation Department. It marks the events 37th year.
Ashland residents wanting to participate should have their Christmas tree curbside by the night of Friday, Jan. 5. It will be picked up in the morning. The recycled trees will be chipped and used in parks throughout the city, the release said.

Sunday Worship: We Value Equity
2024-01-07 10:30 - 11:30 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 87 4th Street, Ashland, 87 4th Street, Ashland, OR, 97520
We, as an association, name equity as one of our central values. What is equity? What does an equitable society look like? What can we do to ensure equity for all?
“Equity means equality of outcome, not equality of opportunity.” – Miranda Devine
Attend in person or watch live or recorded on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@roguevalleyunitarianuniver8871
