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.
Kaytlin McIntyre: “Theater is a team sport — it’s the most collaborative art form, and a successful show at OSF will often require dozens, if not hundreds, of people to be operating in seamless coordination.”
“Hansel & Gretel, Panto” runs from Nov. 19 through Dec. 31 at the Camelot Theatre, promising a blend of humor, music and heart.
The Berkeley Choro Ensemble, in its first appearance in Ashland, will perform Nov. 6. Pianist Alexander Tutunov and violinist Kinga Augustyn will play Nov. 13.
Murder comes with a melody this fall at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre with “Murder for Two.” The zany, high-energy, musical comedy flips the script on the classic whodunit — with just two actors playing all the roles. One is the determined cop. The other? Every suspect in the murder of a celebrated novelist.
After an eight-year absence from the stage, actor Jonathan Haugen is stepping back under the lights with Rogue Theater Company’s production of “Waiting for Godot.”
The Jefferson Baroque Orchestra is sailing into its 32nd season with renewed vigor, a wave of fresh talent and a clear vision under music director and harpsichordist Abigail Mace.
Pianopalooza, a weeklong festival of three Rogue Valley Symphony concerts Aug. 19-24, will celebrate the debut of the orchestra’s recently acquired grand piano, a 9-foot Hamburg Steinway D, christened “Raven”
Playing the delightfully over-the-top Miss Adelaide in “Guys and Dolls,” Jones … brings a deep well of emotion, sparked by memories of her late uncle, theater professor Paul R. Jones, whose college production of the classic musical first sparked what would become her lifelong passion for performance.
Review: A limited run at the Collaborative Theatre Project of “Dear Jack, Dear Louise,” a play set at Camp White outside of Medford during World War II, has audiences giving standing ovations. See it if you can.
Herbert Rothschild: We aren’t appreciably safer now than we were during the Cuban Missile Crisis. What else can we conclude but that nuclear policy simply mustn’t be left in the hands of the warmakers? Either we give peace a chance or we continue to chance self-immolation.
Despite early forecasts of a punishing 2025 wildfire season, Oregon escaped relatively unscathed. Less than 400,000 acres burned in 2025, only one-fifth of the 2 million acres ravaged the year before and well below the 10-year average of 680,000.
Former Ashland City Councilor and Trails Advisory Committee member Stefani Seffinger has filed ethics complaints with both the city and the state, arguing the committee acted unlawfully when it voted Nov. 19 to recommend a new beginner bike trail on the uphill side of Lithia Park. The city issued a 50-page rebuttal Monday, disputing her claims and forwarding the response to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission. The proposed 1-mile Dormouse Trail would be the first designated bike trail through the park.
Obituary: Christine Charlotte Carpenter passed away at home after a long illness surrounded by loving friends from hermultiple circles of interest. Her artistry extended to personal expression beyond the theater, exploring surface embellishments on fabric and sculpture with a variety of mediums. Her work was exhibited nationally and internationally.
Men’s basketball: Southern Oregon will be eager to come home for the first time after failing to find its shooting touch on the road in non-conference play, a seven-game slate that concluded with Tuesday’s 73-69 loss to The Master’s (California) at Darling Pavilion
Pepper Trail: As we celebrate Thanksgiving, let us imagine the world we share with every living thing. Let us give thanks for this planet, this blue and green ball spinning in a lifeless void, holding us all and making possible our every heartbeat, our every breath.
(It’s free)
