Sunday Service: This I Believe: Some Spiritual and Philosophical Truths
2024-07-07 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 87 4th Street, Ashland, 87 4th Street, Ashland, OR, 97520
“The map is not the territory.” – Alfred Korzybski, 1931
“Myth is not the territory, either. But maps and myths can both be very helpful guides.” – Vern Crawford, 2024.
Vern Crawford is a long-time Oregonian, Ashlander, Naturalist, Druid, and RVUUFian.
This service will sample only a little of Vern’s lifetime of philosophical and spiritual gleanings. He believes each of us has much Wisdom to share.
“May our shared Wisdom encourage our strength and strengthen our courage”—both as individuals and as a community.
Attend in person or watch live or recorded on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@roguevalleyunitarianuniver8871

South Mountain Friends Meeting
2024-07-07 11:00 - 12:30, 2024-07-14 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

Equamore Sanctuary Social
2024-07-07 14:00 - 16:00 | Equamore Sanctuary, 4723 Highway 66, Ashland, OR, United States
Equamore Horse Sanctuary “Open Barn” Fundraiser.
Musical entertainment provided by: Hoof ‘n’ Heart Beats.

PACING: Photographs by Dru Donovan, Melanie Flood, and Tarrah Krajnak
2024-07-08 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-09 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-10 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-11 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-12 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-07-15 08:00 - 17:00 | Schneider Museum of Art, 555 Indiana Street, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Southern Oregon University’s Schneider Museum of Art (SMA) is thrilled to announce its summer exhibition, “PACING: Photographs by Dru Donovan, Melanie Flood, and Tarrah Krajnak.”
The exhibition will open at 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 13, and will be on view through August 10, 2024.
About the Exhibition:
The act of pacing involves moving forward in a measured, rhythmic manner, where each step is taken in consideration of the one before it. “PACING” explores this duality of ease and tension through the lens-based works of three midcareer, female-identifying photographers: Dru Donovan, Melanie Flood, and Tarrah Krajnak. Each artist employs performative methods to document their bodies and those of others, reflecting on their relationships to social histories, expectations, and structures.
Meet the Artists:
Melanie Flood has used the camera as a tool for self-expression throughout her life. Her photographs, spanning from childhood to the present, explore her evolving femininity and critique gender constructs through a blend of vulnerability and playful experimentation.
Tarrah Krajnak reclaims the photographic medium’s masculine history through her Indigenous transracial adoptee experience. Her interrelated works use the body to reenact lost histories, employing rituals and performances to create a continuous connection between her presence, the work’s origins, and its future.
Dru Donovan highlights the strength and ability of the female body in both athletes and caregivers. Her crisp black-and-white images juxtapose the force and endurance required for various actions, emphasizing the interdependence and mutual responsibility inherent in these roles.
More information: https://sma.sou.edu/exhibitions/pacing-photographs-by-dru-donovan-melanie-flood-and-tarrah-krajnak/
Image: Dru Donovan, Liberty Pose, 2017, Video loop, 35 x 57 inches, courtesy of the artist.

Intermediate Tai Chi for Older Adults
2024-07-08 09:30 - 10:45, 2024-07-15 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
2024-07-08 10:30 - 11:30, 2024-07-15 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
2024-07-08 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 Sunrise Project presents "Uncovering Difficult Truths"
2024-07-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Carpenter Hall, Ashland, 44 S. Pioneer St, Ashland, 97520
The Ashland Sunrise Project will hold the third presentation in its ongoing speaker series from 6:30 to 8 pm. Monday, July 8, at Carpenter Hall, 44 S. Pioneer St., Ashland.
Entitled “Uncovering Difficult Truths,” the event is a conversation between Oregon author Sarah L. Sanderson, Oregon Remembrance Founder project Taylor Stewart, and host Tara Houston, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s community and engagement manager.
Sanderson, author of “The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate,” will share her own story of discovering that her ancestors participated in exiling Jacob Vanderpool from Oregon City in 1851 under exclusion laws that prevented Black people from residing in Oregon.

Uncovering Difficult Truths
2024-07-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Carpenter Hall, Ashland, 44 S. Pioneer St, Ashland, 97520
“Uncovering Difficult Truths” is a conversation between Oregon author Sarah L. Sanderson, Taylor Stewart, founder of the Oregon Remembrance Project, and host Tara Houston, Community and Engagement Manager, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF).
Sarah Sanderson, author of The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate, will share her own story of discovering that her ancestors participated in exiling Jacob Vanderpool from Oregon City in 1851 under the exclusion laws that prevented Black people from residing in Oregon. Taylor and Sarah will explore what we might gain from uncovering difficult truths, including difficult truths about what has happened in the past and how we might transform those challenges into opportunities for a new kind of future.
“When we insist on colorblindness, it is our own sin to which we become most blind.”

Tapping: Self-Healing with the Transformative Power of Energy Psychology with authors Donna Eden and David Feinstein
2024-07-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main St., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
What if the answer to what’s holding you back was at your very fingertips? That’s exactly the solution presented in “Tapping.”
We all face a range of issues in common areas of life, from worry, depression, and trauma to self-defeating habits, addictions, and relationships. Thankfully, Tapping is an accessible and authoritative new work that offers a vibrant response to the psychological and spiritual trials presented by a world in unprecedented distress.
Renowned clinical psychologist Dr. David Feinstein, along with the world’s most sought-after expert on energy medicine, Donna Eden, promise: “Whether the emotional issue at hand is caused by stress or anxiety, physical ailments, aging, the pressures of parenting, work, or staying centered and grounded in this world, we offer a framework and a set of tools to help you show up at your best.”
Tapping energy points on the skin while bringing problems and goals to mind changes the brain in ways that help to overcome those challenges and support those aspirations. This stimulating practice places an astonishingly effective tool into your hands, quite literally.
Emerging from time-honored healing traditions, the procedure signals your nervous system to reduce fear, anger, stress, and grief while activating brain regions involved with problem-solving and managing emotions–to help you find inner balance and take charge of the internal models that govern your life.
As cultural historian Dr. Jean Houston declares in her foreword, this “is a stunning call to action at a time of desperate personal and collective need.” Created for everyday and professional readers alike, here is an unprecedented resource for self-care and personal growth. Through their extensive research and field-tested refinements on this method, Eden and Feinstein combine the scientifically-validated effectiveness of tapping with the best practices of psychotherapy, helping you move forward to a healthier and happier life.

Wednesday Open Meditation
2024-07-10 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.

Windows in Time: Ashland's Cultural Journey: 1850s Pioneers to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
2024-07-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Ashland Library, 410 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Want to know why the founder of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival ended up living in Ashland instead of Ellensburg, Washington or why string beans were planted to grow up the walls of the early OSF Elizabethan Theatre? Through stories and photos, Peter Finkle will relate how Ashland transformed from an isolated pioneer community to a destination for lovers of creativity and culture with a college, an opera house, Chautauqua programs, a vibrant park system, and eventually, a world-renowned theater.
Peter Finkle leads Ashland walking tours, with themes focused on History, Art and Haunted Ashland. He is the founder of WalkAshland.com, the premiere website about life in Ashland, Oregon. You’ll find photo essays about Ashland neighborhoods, people, history, art, gardens, holidays, Trees of the Year and more.
The monthly Windows in Time lunchtime lectures feature well-known writers and historians and bring alive the people, values, and events that shaped our southern Oregon heritage. Lectures are jointly sponsored by the Southern Oregon Historical Society (SOHS) and Jackson County Library Services. Programs are presented in Medford (first Wednesdays, in-person and online) and again in Ashland (second Wednesdays, in-person). Recordings of Medford presentations are available on the JCLS Beyond YouTube channel.

Nature Journaling in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
2024-07-11 09:00 - 15:00 | Rite Aid, 2341 Ashland St, Ashland, 97520
This engaging workshop will not only enhance your artistic skills but also deepen your connection with the natural world. Through guided exercises, you’ll learn to observe and capture the beauty of nature with precision and creativity. Journaling alongside your drawings fosters mindfulness, boosts memory, and enriches your appreciation of the environment. Whether you’re a seasoned artist or a curious beginner, this session offers a perfect blend of relaxation and education. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with nature in a meaningful and creative way!
Isabel Jalamov is a recent graduate of SOU’s M.S. Environmental Education program, currently serving as an AmeriCorps member focused on outdoor education at Ruch Outdoor Community School. Originally from central Ohio, she discovered her deep affinity for the Rogue Valley during her graduate studies. She previously served as a student board member for the Friends of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and now serves as the secretary, continuing to dedicate herself to the organization’s mission. Isabel is eager to share her love for mindfulness and connection with nature and community.
We will meet at 9:00 AM at the Rite Aid in Ashland and make our way into the Monument from there. Carpooling is optional.

Monthly Meeting – Guitar Society of Southern Oregon
2024-07-11 18:00 - 20:30 | Paschal Winery, 1122 Suncrest Road, Talent, OR, 97540, United States
The Guitar Society of Southern Oregon meets from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the beautiful tasting room of Paschal Winery in Talent.
The gatherings are open to the public, and all are welcome. They start with a set of music by volunteer performers, followed by an intermission to socialize and to discuss Society business and upcoming guitar-related events. The evening concludes with a second set of music, sometimes performed by visiting or local featured artists.
The meeting program includes a wide variety of selections, performed mostly on guitar, and some vocal by amateurs, students and professionals. Anyone may announce upcoming events during the intermission as well.

ASHLAND CITY BAND CONCERTS
2024-07-11 19:00 - 20:00 | Butler Band Shell, Lithia Park, 140 Winburn Way, Ashland, 97520
The Ashland City Band presents free concerts every Thursday evening at 7:00 pm, at Butler Bandshell in Ashland’s Lithia park.
Pre-concert music by small ensembles begins at 6:15 pm.

Coffee and Conversation event with Ashland City Council and staff
2024-07-12 10:00 - 11:30 | Litha Park Butler Bandshell, Winburn Way, Ashland, 97520
The Ashland City Council and staff will host an informal “Coffee and Conversation” event from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, July 12, held at the Enders Shelter in Lithia Park on Winburn Way near the Butler Memorial Band Shell.
Plan to drop by to get acquainted with city government officials and have a cup of coffee.

“Divided We Fall” FREE Film Screening & Discussion
2024-07-12 18:30 - 21:00 | Center for Spiritual Living, 540 North Holly Street, Medford, 97504
This film reveals ordinary people wrestling with what it truly means to be an American, the divides that prevent unity, and what we can do to bridge the gaps.
In 2018, the participants ~ equal numbers of Reds and Blues ~ break out of partisan echo chambers to listen to one another. In 2022, they come together again to talk about how the experience impacted them.

Lithia Park Guided Walks
2024-07-13 10:00 - 11:30 | Lithia Park, Winburn Way, Ashland, OR, 97520
Lithia Park Guided Walks are back for 2024!
Walks take place every Saturday morning at 10 a.m. Please meet at the Lithia Park sign at the entrance to the park across from the downtown plaza.
Walks are led by passionate and knowledgeable volunteers and last between an hour and an hour and a half. Walks are FREE for everyone and cover the history, flora, and fauna of Ashland’s crown jewel.
For more info please visit: www.ashland.or.us/lithiaguidedwalks.

Central Point Woodcarvers
2024-07-13 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.

Sunday Service: How We Say Goodbye: Thoughts on Death and Dying
2024-07-14 10:30 - 11:30 | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 87 4th Street, Ashland, 87 4th Street, Ashland, OR, 97520
Daniel Owens is our guest speaker. He is a member of RVUUF and is a Chaplain at Providence Hospital in Medford.
“The beauty and preciousness of life is intimately linked with its fragility and mortality. We can experience that every day — when we take a flower in our hands, when we see a butterfly dance in the air, when we caress a little baby. Fragility and giftedness are both there and our joy is connected with both.” -Henri Nouwen
“Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet. Let it not be a death but completeness.
Let love melt into memory and pain into songs. Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest.
Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night. Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment,
and say your last words in silence. I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light your way.”
– a Poem by Rabindranath Tagore
Attend in person or watch live or recorded on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@roguevalleyunitarianuniver8871

Community Arts & Crafts Swap
2024-07-14 13:00 - 16:30 | Ashland Library, 410 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
Not sure what to do with that extra skein of yarn or that rarely touched set of watercolors? Want to refresh your arts and crafts supplies? Join us for a Community Arts & Crafts Swap, where you’ll get the chance to swap your gently used donations for some new-to-you supplies.
Bring your gently used arts and crafts supplies (including fiber arts, sewing, paper crafts, calligraphy, and more) to the Ashland Public Library up to a week in advance of this event. Donations will not be accepted after 3 p.m. during the event. You are not required to donate items to participate.

Catherine Butterfield (former actress at OSF) talks about her novel The Serpent and the Rose
2024-07-14 16:00 - 17:00 | Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main St., Ashland, OR, 97520, United States
The Serpent and the Rose is a captivating tale that skillfully weaves together historical, dramatic and personal elements. Catherine Butterfield brings to life a fascinating period in French history and paints a complex and memorable portrait of Queen Marguerite de Valois.
In 16th century France, Marguerite de Valois is growing up in one of Europe’s most dysfunctional families – the Medici clan. Their extreme inbreeding has led to an alarming number of genetic defects in France’s kings. Marguerite alone has escaped this curse. Uncharacteristically beautiful, intelligent, and sane, she is seen as a useful pawn by her mother, Catherine de Medici. In a scheme to unite the country during the raging religious wars, the queen decides to marry her Catholic daughter to Protestant Henri, Prince of Navarre, a charming libertine. De Medici’s plan backfires, however, when the populace recoils at the union. Immediately following the wedding a key Huguenot figure is murdered, which leads to the deaths of thousands of Huguenots in Paris, slaughtered by their neighbors in what has come to be known as the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre. Henri barely escapes Paris with his life and Marguerite, sequestered at court by order of de Medici, finds herself a newlywed without a husband.
As an actress, Catherine Butterfield spent her early career acting regionally (Seattle Rep, Pittsburgh Public, Long Wharf, Oregon Shakespeare Festival are a few) and then started writing for the stage. Her first break as a playwright came with the Manhattan Theatre Club production of JOINED AT THE HEAD, which she wrote and starred in, leading to other productions of her plays in the city and the beginnings of her TV career. She has been a writer or writer/producer on the television programs “The Ghost Whisperer,” “Grimm”, “Party of Five, and “FAME LA” and has done uncredited work on a number of feature films. Two of her short films, “Faultless” and “Just Another Birthday in Bedlam,” have won Telly awards, a gold and a bronze for Best Remote Production. Her YouTube channel has a large number of the short films she shot during the pandemic under the heading “Life During Lockdown,” as well as readings of a few of her plays.
“The Serpent and the Rose” is Ms. Butterfield’s first novel. She lives in Santa Monica, California.
