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If you haven’t seen this Halloween world on East Main Street yet, prepare to be impressed. If you’ve visited the family’s yard and trick-or-treat room in previous years, prepare for even bolder and scarier displays this year.
Local historian and archeologist Jeff Lalande will discuss his new book, “The Jackson County Rebellion” — a chronicle of a historic populist uprising during the Great Depression — at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, in the Meese Room at Southern Oregon University’s Hannon Library, the Friends of Hannon Library have announced.
Three performers are bringing poetry, prose and music to the Applegate Valley, including Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani. Titled “Poetry in the Pasture,” the free event will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, at Plaisance Ranch, 16955 Water Gap Road, in Williams.
Channel your inner Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot or Juliet Capshaw at the first-ever Ashland Mystery Fest Oct. 20, 21 and 22. Meet and interact with 10 mystery book authors at the Ashland Library and at author pop-ups around town. Attend a Mystery Mixology event, an Hercule Poirot play, the Mystery Pub Crawl or a Haunted Ashland walking tour.
KS Wild: Whether you’ve recently moved to the Rogue Valley and are looking to build community or you’re a local interested in becoming an active advocate for the region’s wild nature, there is a place for you at KS Wild.
A celebration of life for Diarmuid McGuire will be held Sunday, Sept. 17, at Thalden Pavilion at The Farm at Southern Oregon University. The celebration is due to get underway at 4 p.m. at 155 Walker Ave., Ashland.
In a collaboration that speaks volumes about Ashland’s community spirit, Rogue Valley Symphony will present two new pops concerts under the direction of conductor Martin Majkut at Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Angus Bowmer Theatre. Home for the Holidays, a pops concert, will be performed on the historic OSF stage this Dec. 15-16-17; and a Valentine’s Day pops concert will be presented on, yes, Feb. 14.
A spectacular array of performers are headed to Ashland as the Flynn Creek Circus gears up for three days of entertainment in town, displaying the outfit’s new show, “Desert Myth.” The circus includes a star-studded group of performers, from a three-time world champion juggler to a top-tier fusion act of magic and contortion feats.
It’s safe to say Vienna has been waiting for a performance by the James M. Collier Siskiyou Violins for some time. Next summer, pending meeting of fundraising goals, the wait will be over. The Rogue Valley-based violinist group will compete on the world stage in the 2024 Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival.
The Ashland Monster Dash, the race featuring competitors decked out in Halloween garb, returns for its 15th year on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Lithia Park. The event will feature in-person 1-mile, 5K, and 10K distances, with prizes for the top finishers in each race.
There’s still three months to go for this year’s Oregon Cabaret Theatre, but plans are already being firmed up for 2024, the Cabaret’s 39th year. “Clue,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Legally Blonde,” “Sherlock Holmes” and “Pine Mountain Lodge” promise a mix of comedy, song and suspense.
If you haven’t seen this Halloween world on East Main Street yet, prepare to be impressed. If you’ve visited the family’s yard and trick-or-treat room in previous years, prepare for even bolder and scarier displays this year.
Ashland City Council’s Monday evening study session will focus on the new shelter at 2200 Ashland St. The meeting will include 15 minutes of time for public comment, a City Council discussion, an “operations overview” presentation and a presentation from the city’s possible contractor to run shelter operations — Options for Helping Residents of Ashland (OHRA).
With less than 36 hours until the federal government shuts down, frustrated Democratic members of Oregon’s congressional delegation and federal employees called on congressional Republicans to hurry up and pass a continuing resolution keeping the government open.
Plans are moving along for a wide, landscaped wildlife overpass spanning Interstate 5 about 2 miles north of the California-Oregon border. The Oregon Department of Transportation earlier this year agreed to spend $1.5 million toward design of the crossing, and the agency in August applied to the U.S. Department of Transportation for a grant to build it, at an estimated cost of $20 million.
The Frontier Conference is sending its best to Raider Stadium this fall. There may be none better at the moment than Montana Tech, Southern Oregon’s guest Saturday for a 1 p.m. kickoff.
(It’s free)
