Review: “Mass for the Endangered” is not only a beautifully-composed, flowing musical meditation incorporating Gregorian chant and polyphonic melodies — it invites the experiencer to enter into the divine through a series of ever-changing, kaleidoscopic images, based on sacred geometry.
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.
PHOENIX — A recent presentation at Phoenix’s Langford Gallery with writing and artistic elements focused on politics and bridging the political divide.
An Ashland artist behind notable public art exhibits such as the Say Their Names memorial plaque and the planned Crystallizing Our Call will have a new exhibit at the upcoming November First Friday event in Ashland.
Two Ashland area sculptors have created “a unique and dynamic” exhibit, according to the one of the visitors at an artists’ talk at the Rogue Gallery & Art Center in Medford Saturday, Oct. 25. The exhibit, which closes Friday, Oct. 31, showcases large, elaborate wood sculptures that appear to defy gravity
A plan for an estimated $8 million redesign and rebuild of the Schneider Museum of Art has been shelved for now as 100% of funding from Southern Oregon University has been eliminated for the nonprofit museum under the university’s budget-cutting Resiliency Plan for at least three years and possibly indefinitely, a decision to be made by SOU’s administration.
A local Oregon Shakespeare Festival costumer and Ukrainian refugee is offering free doll-making workshop on Saturday, Oct. 25. The Ukrainian Motanka dolls are symbols of “care, harmony and comfort.”
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.”
Events Sunday in Ashland and Friday in Phoenix mark the International Day of Peace and the closing of a “Week of Peace.” Sunday’s event at the Thalden Pavilion marking the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Ashland Culture of Peace Commission (ACPC) features Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey as keynote speaker and music by the Ashland Peace Choir, all by the world’s only solar-powered World Peace Flame, a living symbol of unity, hope and environmental stewardship.
A longtime Ashland ceramic artist will host a multi-day sculpture workshop Sept. 19-21, at 300 E. Hersey St., Ashland.
As of Nov. 3, Ashland Community Food Bank has a new director at the reins. Catie Mahoney will serve in the role with guidance from outgoing director Amey Broeker, who will officially retire on Dec. 31 after serving in the food bank role since 2022.
The Ashland City Council will review a proposal from a potential provider to oversee its extreme weather shelter during its regular business meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18.
The Ashland Independent Film Festival has added a second screening showcasing Indigenous filmmakers on Sunday, Nov. 23.
Three and a half years into the war with Russia, Ashland violinist and longtime music teacher Faina Podolnaya is still finding ways to help Ukrainian refugees.
Herbert Rothschild: As the number of ads in The New Yorker has shrunk, it seems as if the wealth of its readership has concentrated, just as one might concentrate the flavor of a sauce by reducing it on the stovetop.
Local artist MaryAnn Shank will share the thoughts behind her newest novel “Sor Juana, My Beloved” at Bloomsbury Books Jan. 26. Shank is a finalist of The Isabel Allende Most Inspirational Book of the Year 2025 award, awarded by the International Latino Book Association.
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