It’s been 34 years, nine months and 24 days since Mark Sherbow had missed a day of running at least a mile.
But, because he’s facing upcoming hip replacement surgery and a trip to Europe, the 64-year-old Ashland school teacher will close out his 12,681-day running streak Sunday with family and friends at Ashland’s Lithia Park.
Ashland Creatives: Meet Emily Wood, whose passion for capturing the beauty of the outdoors by creating finely crafted bead work has led to the launch of Pedalcreations — inspired by another passion, enjoying the outdoors on a mountain bike.
Priscilla Quinby joins a stellar cast headed by three Oregon Shakespeare Festival veterans — Louis Lotorto as Hercule Poirot, Michael J. Hume as Dr. Shepherd, and U. Jonathan Toppo as Roger Ackroyd/Inspector Raglan.
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.
Samuel Bogdanove announced Friday he plans to retire next June after three years as Ashland School District superintendent. Bogdanove said it’s been a really rich experience to have lived, worked, and raised his kids, both Ashland High School graduates in the same place. His retirement will be official in June 2024 and a search for a new superintendent is currently underway.
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.
Philanthropist James “Jim” M. Collier, who was laser-focused on supporting and promoting the performing arts in Jackson County, died Thursday, Aug. 24, at the age of 85. Over the years, Collier’s patronage has helped support a variety of dance and theatrical performing groups as well as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Craterian Theater at The Collier Center for the Performing Arts in Medford and Camelot Theatre in Talent, which also bears his name.
A-bomb survivor Hideko Tamura Snider spoke in Ashland on Wednesday at an event hosted by Peace House to mark the 78th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and to discuss “What can we do?” about the dangers of nuclear war.
Ashland artist Beca Blake has created a story of survival in post-pandemic America. The “Road Food” exhibit documents her small family’s 10-month journey. Last year Blake, her two young children and a Pomerania dog named Biskit traveled the Pacific northwest and southwestern states, living in a van.
An Ashland neighborhood celebrated the 25th anniversary of its annual block part Sunday, filling a cul-de-sac with about 40 friends and neighbors, conversations, photo collages of past gatherings and joy in this year’s opportunity to renew old acquaintance.
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)
