Qi-Gym 7-week series
2025-02-24 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Hidden Springs Wellness Center, 1651 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Qi-Gym is transformative Qi-Gong with heart-brain balance techniques, including Brain Gym, that de-stress and rewire your brain to create harmony and strength within the nervous system and the Body-Mind-Heart connection.
Change your thoughts, change your life!
Benefits

Discover calm, flowing movements that relax both mind and body.
Learn easy tools to reprogram your brain for a positive mindset and a healthy body through gentle focus and inner balance.
Enhance your coordination, life force energy, and vitality to thrive in an ever-changing world.

Info and registration:
504-710-2622 or heartbrainbalance.com.
$140 for the 7-week series or $110 early bird (registered by Jan. 20, 2025.)
Mondays Feb. 3 to March 24, 5 to 6 p.m., Hidden Springs, 635 Lit Way, Ashland.
Register for a free tryout class at 5 p.m. Jan. 13 or Jan. 20.

HOW TO DO NO HARM AND BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR
2025-02-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 87 Fourth Street, Ashland, 97520
Ashland Sunrise Project invites you to meet John Almaguer, our local immigration attorney. John Almaguer is a Mexican American attorney at StoutLaw. He has been practicing immigration law for24 years in Southern Oregon.
ASP thanks RVUUF, Unete Oregon, Peace House, Oregon Remembrance Project, and Ashland Together as partners of this event.

The Bliss of Your Attention: Stories – a Reading and Discussion by Author David Borofka
2025-02-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main St., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
A powerful story collection that celebrates those who strive and fail and strive again.
If Joseph Campbell’s dictum–“follow your bliss”–has become inspiration and goad, accusation and cliché, then the characters in David Borofka’s “The Bliss of Your Attention” are all the more puzzled by what their futures portend. Their bliss is never clear nor independent of others, for the characters in these stories are ever in search of connection, understanding, and validation, even if the latter–unlike reality and cynicism–is in short supply.
As the narrator of “Live with It” tells her would-be novelist husband, “Learn to live with your disappointments.”
“I mean,” she thinks, “I could give him the party line, you know, follow your bliss, etc., etc., but that’s where the disappointments come from, don’t they? I mean that’s where bliss leads if you’re no good at the thing that you think makes you happy.” Borofka, whose collection “A Longing for Impossible Things” was selected by the American Book Fest as the 2021 winner of the American Fiction Award for the Short Story, masterfully charts the spectrum of human emotion and the difficulty of connection in these pages.
Hapless and bumbling though they may be, the characters in “The Bliss of Your Attention” continue to move forward despite all evidence to the contrary. As novelist Peter Manseau noted, “The comedy of seeking is rarely so sympathetically portrayed as in Borofka’s hands; he captures perfectly the poignancy of dopey mortals dreaming and scheming to reach the divine.”
David Borofka taught at Reedley College for more than thirty-five years before retiring in 2019. He now teaches in the Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension. The author of Hints of His Mortality, A Longing for Impossible Things, and The Island, his work has appeared in Southern Review, Massachusetts Review, Shenandoah, Image, Glimmer Train, and elsewhere.

"Other World/s" at the Schneider Museum of Art
2025-02-25 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-26 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-27 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-28 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-03-01 10:00 - 16:00 | Schneider Museum of Art, 555 Indiana Street, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Join the Schneider Museum of Art (SMA) for the exhibition “Other World/s”, a captivating group exhibition curated by SMA Executive Director Scott Malbaurn, featuring the visionary works of Heather Lee Birdsong, Ben Buswell, Alex Ito, and Stacy Jo Scott.
The exhibition delves into the concept of alternate and parallel universes, drawing inspiration from science fiction and the shifting realities of our time. The exhibition will be on view through March 15, 2025. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is always free, but a $5 donation is suggested. More information at https://sma.sou.edu/exhibitions/other-world-s/.
Image: “Image: (Detail) Alex Ito, “”Western Verbiage III”” (belated gratitude, for Ashland and Jacksonville, Oregon), 2024, Enamel paint on resin, foam, oxidized iron powder, wood, moss, artificial plants, historical objects Courtesy of the artist and others. Supported by the Jenni Crain Foundation

German Interest Group
2025-02-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Rogue Valley Genealogical Society, 3405 S. Pacific Hwy, Medford, 97501
The German Interest Group meets regularly on fourth Tuesdays. It is a hybrid meeting meeting, in person at the library and online using Zoom. The emphasis will be on tools and tips for finding and researching German ancestors and also for Germans trying to find relatives who emigrated. In some months, the first part of the meeting may include a speaker. This will be followed with an unstructured time for questions and mutual support. Jon Wolfe, the facilitator for this group, is an American who lives in Germany.

Wednesday Open Meditation
2025-02-26 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
2025-02-26 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.

Amani Yoga - Yoga for Every Body
2025-02-26 17:30 - 18:45 | The Grove, 1195 E Main St, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Yoga for Every Body is a great practice for levels of experience focusing on physical postures, breathing techniques, and meditation. Participants progress at their own pace promoting physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED.
Register at ashlandoregon.gov/register
$72 for a session or $18 per class. Select specific days and times you’d like to join Yoga for Every Body by using the DROP-IN registration option or sign up for a whole SESSION of 4 classes.
Saturday Classes are from 12:30pm – 1:45pm at the Grove in Ashland.

Chamber Music Concerts presents: tenThing
2025-02-26 19:30 - 21:00 | 450 S Mountain Ave, Southern Oregon University Music Building, Ashland OR 97520, 450 S Mountain Ave, Ashland, OR, 97520
Join the Chamber Music Concerts Series for their 41st season and the eighth concert of the series featuring by request – tenThing on Wednesday, February 26th at 7:30pm at the SOU Music Recital Hall.
By Request:
tenThing
Underwritten by Dr. Margaret R. Evans & Anonymous
PROGRAM: American Originals
Hildegard von Bingen ‐ O vis eternitatis
Pauline Viardot ‐ Bohemienne
Florence Price ‐ Adoration
Gabriel Fauré ‐ Pavane, Op 50
Augusta Holmès ‐ Trois anges sont venus ce soir
Camille Saint-Saëns: Suite Algerienne Op 60 ‐ Marche Militaire Française
Sally Beamish ‐ In the Stillness
Jennifer Higdon ‐ Ten of Hearts
Borghild Holmsen ‐ Barcarolle, Op. 1 no. 1
Harald Sæverud ‐ Kjempeviseslatten
Grazyna Bacewicz ‐ Oberek no 1
Grazyna Bacewicz ‐ Mazovian Dance
Nadia Boulanger ‐ Versailles
Igor Stravinsky: Dumbarton Oaks ‐ Allegretto
Lili Boulanger ‐ Nocturne
Lili Boulanger ‐ Corteges
Michel Legrand ‐ Music from The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Astor Piazzolla ‐ Oblivion
Astor Piazzolla ‐ Verano Porteno
Tickets are available at https://chambermusicconcerts.org
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Formed in 2007 by Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth as a fun and exciting collaboration between musical friends, the ten-piece, all-female brass ensemble tenThing (pronounced tenTing) has firmly established itself on the international scene to great acclaim. The ensemble first came into prominence thanks to performances all over its native Norway, eventually delighting a huge national audience by opening the 2011 Norwegian Grammy Awards. Soon after, the group drew international attention after its highly successful appearance at the BBC Proms at London’s Cadogan Hall.

Chamber Music Concerts Presents tenThing Brass Ensemble
2025-02-26 19:30 - 21:30 | 450 S Mountain Ave, Southern Oregon University Music Building, Ashland OR 97520, 450 S Mountain Ave, Ashland, OR, 97520
Formed in 2007 by Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth as a fun and exciting collaboration between musical friends, the ten-piece, all-female brass ensemble tenThing (pronounced tenTing) has firmly established itself on the international scene to great acclaim.
The ensemble first came into prominence thanks to performances all over its native Norway, eventually delighting a huge national audience by opening the 2011 Norwegian Grammy Awards. Soon after, the group drew international attention after its highly successful appearance at the BBC Proms at London’s Cadogan Hall.
The concert program features varied repertoire, including music by Hindegard von Bingen, Florence Price, Gabriel Fauré, Camille Saint-Säens, Astor Piazziolla, and many more.

Higher Essence Yoga
2025-02-27 09:00 - 10:00 | OR
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

SOU Music Student Recitals - Free
2025-02-27 12:30 - 13:30 | 450 S Mountain Ave, Southern Oregon University Music Building, Ashland OR 97520, 450 S Mountain Ave, Ashland, OR, 97520
SOU Music will feature both Scholarship Winners’ Recitals and several Junior and Senior Recitals during the 24-25 academic year. All recitals are at 12:30pm-1:20PM unless otherwise indicated. Non-ticketed concert. Free livestreams.
All recitals are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC at the SOU Music Recital Hall. Come out and support our students dedication and achievements in both instrumental and vocal excellence!
Scholarship Winners’ Recitals – FREE CONCERT
January 30 at 12:30pm
Free livestream: https://youtube.com/live/RQBwPihEUjY?feature=share
Featuring SOU students:
Shea Miller
Liz Pisarczyk
Nolan Pierson
Shannon Jackson
February 6 at 12:30PM
Free livestream: https://youtube.com/live/ngqZ63WgO_4?feature=share
Featuring SOU students:
Mathew Petersen
Tereza Golombkova (piano)
Holden Cook
Sylvia Lambley
August Kennedy
February 13 at 12:30pm
Free livestream: https://youtube.com/live/4xFuqI1Wkew?feature=share
Featuring SOU students:
Breckin Moore
Amanda Esser
Clara Kidd
Aryana Deveraux
February 27 at 12:30pm
Free livestream: https://youtube.com/live/EwyeY0etWPQ?feature=share
Featuring SOU students:
Ryan Nork
Tereza Golombkova (organ)
Ryan Reyes
Remi Bower

City of Ashland Housing and Human Services Committee meeting
2025-02-27 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.

Thursday Evening Calm Abiding Meditaion
2025-02-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Kagyu Sukha Choling, 109 Clear Creek Drive, Ashland, 97520
This meditation is common to many traditions of Buddhism. In this practice, we rest our attention on a simple meditative support, such as the breath. Instead of following thoughts and emotions as we usually do, we release them and maintain our connection to the support.
“From this practice, we can experience a stable and calm mind. We learn to maintain and return to a sense of stillness, no matter what our outer circumstances. The mind is relaxed, alert and aware. The results of this practice are serenity, freedom in the face of circumstances, and ultimately Buddhahood.”
From Meditation for Beginners, by Bokar Rinpoche.
To attend Calm Abiding Meditation via Zoom, email the office at OFFICE@KSCASHLAND.ORG to join the mailing list.

Networking with Heart: Thriving as a Woman in Business
2025-02-27 18:00 - 20:00 | Lithia Headquarters, 150 N. Bartlett St., Medford, OR, 97501, United States
Arin Fugate, Founder and CEO of the Elevated Networking Society, is an expert sales and networking trainer. She will equip you with the tools you need to overcome your fears, boost your confidence, and build those vital connections. 🤝
This event promises to be an empowering and engaging session. Together, we’ll delve into how authentic networking can create meaningful connections, establish strong referral partnerships, and ignite valuable collaborations. 🔥 You’ll leave with actionable strategies to help you flourish in traditionally male-dominated spaces, all while staying true to your unique style and values. 💕
Enjoy charcuterie boards by gourmet hostess, with wine and non-alcoholic beverages included.
Register for the event today through the link below! #WLCofSO
https://ow.ly/PtfW50UKigE
Date: Thursday, February 27th
• Time: 6-8pm
• Location: Lithia’s Headquarters, 150 N Bartlett St, Medford, OR 97501 (4th Floor)
• Price: $15 for Students / $30 General

SOU Theatre presents: The Merry Wives of Windsor
2025-02-27 20:00 - 22:00, 2025-02-28 20:00 - 22:00 | SOU Theatre Building, 491 S Mountain Ave., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
SOU Theatre presents: The Merry Wives of Windsor written by William Shakespeare and directed by Domenique Lozano. Performances run February 20, 2025- March 2, 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
Doors open at 7:30pm for the 8:00pm show and 1:30pm for the 2:00pm shows. Parking is free in Lot #36 across from the SOU Theatre Building. The OCA Box Office opens 1 hour prior to the performance, regular hours M-F Noon-6pm.
Enjoy the performance and thank you for your support of our students and programs!
The Merry Wives of Windsor features the hero Sir John Falstaff who decides to fix his financial woes by seducing the wives of two wealthy merchants. The wives find he sent them identical letters and take revenge by playing tricks on Falstaff when he comes calling. Falstaff is boisterous, lively, cowardly, funny, and mischievous. Join us for this take on one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays.
PERFORMANCES:
Thursday, February 20 – 8:00pm (opening)
Friday, February 21 – 8:00pm
Saturday, February 22 – 8:00pm
Thursday, February 27 – 8:00pm
Friday, February 28 – 8:00pm (Talk back w/ actors after the show)
Saturday, March 1- 2:00pm (matinee 1)
Saturday, March 1- 8:00pm
Sunday, March 2 – 2:00pm (closing matinee 2)
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR: Ms. Lozano is a West Coast based Director, Actress and Educator. She was a Resident Artist with the American Conservatory Theatre for 15 years, where she served as a core faculty member and director in the MFA Program, as well as the Young Conservatory Program, and as the resident director of the main stage production of A Christmas Carol. Directing work at ACT includes MFA Productions of Fuente Ovejuna, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Sueno, The Skin of Our Teeth, Happy to Stand, and Saved, as well as the world premieres of Staying Wild and Home Front. Ms. Lozano served on the Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies faculty at UC Berkeley as both a teacher of acting and as a director. Directing credits there include Tartuffe, Curly Fries- a webisode series, and Men on Boats. She is currently an Adjunct Faculty member at SOU, teaching Acting. Other directing work includes The Comedy of Errors, The Importance of Being Earnest (SPARC Theatre, Livermore Shakespeare), The Caucasian Chalk Circle, (St. Mary’s College), A One Man Show, Orlando, Drawer Boy and Welcome Home Jenny Sutter (Theatre First). Acting credits include work with California Shakespeare Theater where she was an Associate Artist, A.C.T., Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Center Rep, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Translation work includes Schiller’s Don Carlos, which premiered in the 2018 New Strands Festival at ACT, and Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, which premiered at the American Conservatory Theater in 2010.

Marty O’Reilly (Solo)
2025-02-27 20:00 - 23:30 | Talent Club, 114 Talent Ave., Talent, OR, 97540
Explaining Marty O’Reilly’s music is like describing a dream.
It feels familiar, but at the same time unchartered. His songs sound bluesy but not blues, folk but not folk, soulful but not soul. Marty’s voice is beautiful and unique, his lyrics stark yet lush over gritty electrified guitar, melding beautifully into genre-defying music within the vast definitions of Americana. One can hear an urgency and complexity in the songs, expressing something elemental and perhaps contradictory: love and anger, joy and pain, real and imagined.
The live performance is at the core of Marty’s projects. On stage, whether accompanied by a band, or alone, he enters a trance and the music is born again as something new every night. It’s what his followers call “magic”. He goes from raw gospel blues to cinematic epics, from heavy driving grooves to delicately arranged folk songs. Marty leaves the stage out of breath and sweaty, his audience in awe. It’s hard to describe, impossible to categorize. Yet people who know the music will try to explain it to you, just as you might struggle to explain a dream in the morning. The details might slip away as you recount them, but the feeling remains.
“I started playing music as medicine for myself to feel good and digest some melancholy,” Marty leaves off. “Over time, I realized if music makes me feel good, the people around me who become a part of it will feel good too. It connects us on the same wavelength. I hope to give the world something real and refreshing.

Rogue Rowing Juniors Learn to Row
2025-02-28 16:30 - 19:00, 2025-03-01 08:00 - 10:30 | Rogue Rowing Boathouse, 175 Emigrant Lake Road, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
We are currently recruiting 8th-12th graders for our Juniors team. Come give rowing a try! Friday February 28 4:00-7:00 PM & Saturday March 1 8:00 -10:30 AM

Losar, the Tibetan New Year
2025-02-28 17:00 - 19:00 | Kagyu Sukha Choling, 109 Clear Creek Drive, Ashland, 97520
Tibetan New Year is celebrated in late February this year. To honor Losar, we practice meditations of cutting through obstacles. This clears the energy of the old year, to make space for a fresh start.
Our Losar meditations are Mahakala, a fierce expression of loving kindness and compassion, followed by Chenrezig, a peaceful expression of loving kindness and compassion. These companion practices offer a balance of methods to lift the suffering of beings.
Lama Pema and Lama Yeshe will lead the practices, opening each with a short talk about Losar and the practices themselves. Mahakala will be done in chanted Tibetan with musical accompaniment; Condensed Chenrezig will be done in English, with the text appearing on the Zoom screen.
All are welcome to attend either or both of the meditations. For those who attend in person, you are invited to bring contributions of non-perishable foods to benefit the Talent Food Bank, and also clothing and warm camping gear for the center’s “In the Warm” project.
Hybrid event, open to all, no registration required
May we all join in clearing obstacles from the past, to welcome in a new year!
Mahakala (5 pm) and Chenrezig (6:15 pm) Meditations

Strength and Balance for Active Agers
2025-03-01 09:00 - 10:00 | Ashland Senior Center, 1699 Homes Avenue, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
This small group personal training program is designed for groups of 8-10, offering the benefits of personal training in a group setting.
All fitness levels welcome, though you will need to be able to get up and down from the floor without assistance. A combination of weight training, balance exercises and some cardio with functional lifelong wellness in mind. Benefits include prevention of osteoporosis by stimulating the growth of muscle and bone, mental and emotional health, improved immune system, and most importantly lower risk of falls, metabolic diseases and cognitive decline.

Free Family Day
2025-03-01 10:00 - 13:00 | Schneider Museum of Art, 555 Indiana Street, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Participate in hands-on arts and exploration activities to engage with the works on view at SMA.
Create a textured world of your own using clay, fabric, marbles, and more, or explore abstract portraiture through shape and color! These projects are inspired by sculptural works by Stacy Jo Scott and Alex Ito, as well as the worlds and figures depicted by Ben Buswell and Heather Lee Birdsong.

Central Point Woodcarvers
2025-03-01 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.

Amani Yoga – Yoga for Every Body
2025-03-01 12:30 - 13:45 | The Grove, 1195 E Main St, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Yoga for Every Body is a great practice for levels of experience focusing on physical postures, breathing techniques, and meditation. Participants progress at their own pace promoting physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED.
Register at ashlandoregon.gov/register
$72 for a session or $18 per class. Select specific days and times you’d like to join Yoga for Every Body by using the DROP-IN registration option or sign up for a whole SESSION of 4 classes.
Wednesday Classes are from 5:30pm – 6:45pm at the Grove in Ashland.

Maintaining & Preparing Garden Tools for Spring
2025-03-01 13:00 - 14:30 | Zoom
Whether a garden consists of a few pots of flowers or multiple acres for growing food, gardeners will inevitably need a variety of tools, from pruning shears and trowels to shovels and hand saws. In order to keep the garden looking fresh and disease-free, these tools need to be maintained regularly. Join JCLS and the Jackson County Master Gardeners to learn about common garden tools, the importance of keeping them clean, and tips and tricks for maintaining, sharpening, and preparing tools for your spring garden just around the corner.
Jory Kaplan is a 74 year old graduate of the Jackson County Master Gardeners class of 2023. Jory has previously worked 40 years in the medical field, specializing in facial, head, & neck surgery, and now serves as the Medical Director for two Pacific Northwest Aesthetic Clinics. When not working or gardening, Jory enjoys pottery, watercolor, writing, tai chi, and playing the fiddle.
