The art exhibition of a renowned American artist living in Ashland has opened at the Langford Art Gallery in Phoenix. The exhibition “Beneath the Surface” features dozens of paintings by artist Abby Lazerow. The artist describes her work as “the search for human connection.”
Ashland-based singer-songwriter Aliza Hava released an album on Sept. 9 about facing trauma and healing.
As the sun rose over Lithia Park on Sept. 14, families gathered to welcome weary runners crossing the finish line of the Pine to Palm 100 — a legendary 100-mile ultramarathon ending its final chapter. Among them was Tim Smith, an Ashland pharmacist who ran to honor his late daughter, pushing through pain, grief, and 25,000 feet of elevation.
A longtime Ashland ceramic artist will host a multi-day sculpture workshop Sept. 19-21, at 300 E. Hersey St., Ashland.
Mary Martin was one of about 20 people who gathered on the lawn of the 1st Phoenix Presbyterian Church in Phoenix on Monday morning to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Almeda Fire, which burned more than 2,600 households out of their homes in Phoenix, Talent and south Medford on Sept. 8, 2020.
The Ashland Independent Film Festival is moving forward on two fronts this fall: keeping audiences engaged with a lively monthly screening series and welcoming longtime programmer Aura Johnson as its new director of programming.
Ryan Pfeil: On my eldest daughter’s first day of kindergarten, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, the day after Labor Day, a column of smoke that seems to reach 10,000 feet high dances on the horizon with an imprecise cruelty. I watch it as I shovel clothes and important documents — whatever the hell you’re supposed to grab first if a fire is bearing down on your home — into my truck.
Jim Flint: A decade after Rick Robinson and his wife, director Valerie (Val) Rachelle, stepped into ownership of Ashland’s Oregon Cabaret Theatre, the pair has transformed the intimate playhouse into one of Southern Oregon’s most vibrant cultural hubs.
“My daughter suffered for 21 days in the hospital. I can suffer for 30 hours in the wilderness, running in her memory.” That’s what Tim Smith, a pharmacist at Asante Ashland Community Hospital, says about his plan to run 100 miles through the Siskiyous six years after the passing of 11-year-old Kharma Smith in 2019 and days before what would have been her 18th birthday, Sept. 28.
When composer Webster Young steps onto the stage of Paris’ Salle Colonne on Sept. 16, it will mark both a career milestone and a tribute to two late Ashland philanthropists who quietly helped make it possible.
One of Southern Oregon University’s most elite programs – its Honors College – is on its way out as part of $10 million in cost cuts detailed in the Resiliency Plan approved by the Board of Trustees in September.
Trisha Vigil: While closing the government may seem a national rather than a local issue, to Rogue Valley residents, it is clearly a local issue.
A proposed ballot initiative to eliminate Oregon’s estate tax is moving forward, even as the state braces for a massive loss in federal funding due to cuts related to Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill. The estate tax generated $423 million for Oregon in 2024-25, a critical revenue stream as the state faces an estimated $15.1 billion in federal cuts, primarily from two programs that benefit low-income Oregonians: Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
The art exhibition of a renowned American artist living in Ashland has opened at the Langford Art Gallery in Phoenix. The exhibition “Beneath the Surface” features dozens of paintings by artist Abby Lazerow. The artist describes her work as “the search for human connection.”
Ashland’s 15th annual SOPride Festival brought together students, educators, activists and dozens of local groups on Saturday, Oct. 4 for the event’s parade in downtown Ashland.
Saying the Trump administration directly contravened her Saturday order blocking the federal government from mobilizing National Guard troops in Portland, a federal judge on Sunday evening issued a broader order barring the federal government from relocating National Guard members to Oregon from any state.
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