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Poetry Corner: A humorous sonnet and a sad narrative make for a what-if poem and a should-have-I story of pining for stardom.
May 28, 2025
Poetry Corner: A humorous sonnet and a sad narrative make for a what-if poem and a should-have-I story of pining for stardom.
Poetry Corner: Shakespeare and elk sightings are common occurrences in Southern Oregon. These two poems help keep them alive.
Poetry Corner: The Poetry Corner continues to celebrate the renewal that theater and old growth forests bring to Southern Oregon. Poets Pepper Trail and Bruce McConnell approach age and renewal from different perspectives, different settings, and all the ambiguity offered by both.
Poetry Corner: Japanese short form poetry haiku and senryu, nature and the human condition, return to this week’s Poetry Corner.
Poetry Corner: Southern Oregon celebrates theater with a variety of offerings, from Shakespeare, modern classics, and newly created.
Poetry Corner: Ashland is alive with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 90th Anniversary Celebration and a vibrant street scene. We celebrate with a pair of poems celebrating theater and Ashland Plaza.
Poetry Corner: Let’s hit the open road with motorcylces whizzing by and the thrill of adventure surrounding us with Chris Smits’s poem “Bikers.”
Poetry Corner: A Valentine’s gift for parents, grandparents, and great grandparents who would like to help their young one’s count with a rhythmic and rhyming poem.
Poetry Corner: The Rogue Valley growing landscape has transformed itself many times, from pears and lumber to wine and hemp. This week’s poet tells a history and a current scene.
Poetry Corner: Celebrate the New Year with poetry inspired by the Oregon Caves National Monument, one of Southern Oregon’s natural treasures.
Barbara Shor: I first met Jane Goodall in 1987 at a lecture she gave at the Sacramento Zoo, where I was working as veterinarian as part of my residency program in non-domestic animal medicine at UC Davis.
Ashland, long celebrated for its Shakespearean drama, is about to trade soliloquies for sarcasm. From Dec. 5 to 7, the city will host the inaugural Ashland Sarcasm Festival (ASF!), a comedy takeover designed to fill theaters, bars and restaurants with sharp wit, satire and laughter.
Tickets are selling fast for “Mass for the Endangered,” described as a multi-sensory film experience of music and animated artwork being presented Sunday at the ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum in Ashland.
Ashland Scout Troop 112 will honor local veterans with a free Veterans Day breakfast on Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 7 to 11:30 a.m., or until food runs out, at Elks Lodge No. 944. Scouts will take orders, serve meals and visit with veterans as part of the local troop’s tradition of showing gratitude to those who served.
A proposal to improve safety along Lithia Park’s received a tepid response from the Ashland Parks & Recreation Commission on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Although commissioners supported adding disability parking near the Japanese Garden and created a designated pedestrian walkway, many questioned whether the cost would lead to meaningful safety improvements.
Medford voters appear to have approved a 2% increase to the city’s transient lodging tax, which will help partially pay for the construction of a downtown conference center and minor-league ballpark.
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