“Kinky Boots,” a Tony Award winning play featuring music and lyrics by pop icon Cyndi Lauper, will open at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre on Friday, June 16, and run through Sept. 3. Featuring the largest cast in Cabaret history, the musical, which was first performed in 2012 in Chicago and a year later on Broadway, was mostly inspired by true events.
Gina DuQuenne: “We don’t want a budget that prices people out of our city. We want a livable, robust, thriving Ashland and the only way to get there is to live within our means — we have to get to black.”
Julia Sommer: “Shocked and saddened by the recent defeat of the Ashland Parks ballot initiative, I’ve made a gift to the Ashland Parks Foundation.”
This summer Anthony Heald will star with fellow OSF alum Amy Lizardo in Rogue Theater Company’s production of “Heisenberg” at Grizzly Peak Winery.
The Ashland Citizens’ Budget Committee last week recommended a two-year, $387.3 million Ashland budget to the City Council, but several attempts to cut expenses failed to gain traction. The budget, which goes to the City Council for approval on June 20, would increase the number of police officers and fire and rescue personnel, including more emergency medical technicians.
Obituary: A celebration of life for Richard “Rick” E. Sherman will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 3, at Ashland Christian Fellowship. Sherman, 73, died Oct. 2.
Oregon taxpayers have spent tens of thousands of dollars paying senators who are participating in the GOP-led Senate walkout. And their salaries and per diem are just part of the cost of the stalled session.
American Legion Guy T. Applewhite Post 14 and Scout Troop 112 hosted a Memorial Day observance Monday, May 29, at Mountain View Cemetery, to remember and honor all those servicemen and women who gave their lives in service to their country.
The eighth annual Ashland World Music Festival featured a diverse array of music-related events — performances, workshops, talks, story-telling sessions and a “sound walk” — Friday through Monday. Presented by Rogue World Music, the event benefited ACCESS, particularly in support of Almeda Fire recovery and rebuilding efforts.
Death notice: Paul Kwiatkowski died peacefully with family around him on May 22, 2023. Born March 2,1951, Paul lived in Ashland most of his life, moving here from Leeds, England, in the 1950s.
At just 21 years old, Ashland native Brooklyn Williams is stepping into her biggest role yet — the lead in Oregon Cabaret Theatre’s adaptation of “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” playing through Dec. 31.
A women’s singing group with member from the 27 Ukrainian families now taking refuge in Ashland will perform at a benefit concert Dec. 14.
The Trump administration will require that homeless service providers force people to receive behavioral health treatment in order to access long-term, federally supported housing, a move that could mean organizations across Oregon would have to choose between receiving federal dollars or state dollars — but not both.
A local artist who arrived in Ashland three years ago is having his first solo art show at the White Rabbit gallery in downtown Ashland. Micah Blacklight has been waiting for the chance to show the personal perspective of an injustice he has witnessed over decades.
This year marks the 10th annual Thanksgiving Community Peace Meal and the First Presbyterian Church of Ashland has offered to share their space with the community. SOJWJ is lining up volunteers and cooks, as well as those who can give financial support. They are expecting to feed more than 300 people.
Ashland has been approved for a federal loan of up to $73 million to replace its 76-year-old water treatment plant, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. The low-interest financing will allow the city to draw funds as construction progresses.
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