Cinema
New AIFF artistic director a longtime member of the film fam
Roberta Munroe, the new artistic director of the Ashland Independent Film Festival, has an extensive background in film and film-making.
February 6, 2022
Roberta Munroe, the new artistic director of the Ashland Independent Film Festival, has an extensive background in film and film-making.
Beginning in October 2001 at Ashland’s Varsity Theatre, the Ashland Independent Film Festival has steadily grown to become one of the standout independent, non-studio film exhibits throughout the country.
A trio of Ashland events Monday, Jan. 17, will mark Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. There will be a socially distanced and masked gathering outdoors on the Ashland Plaza at 12:30 p.m., followed by the live online premier of “Martin Luther King, Jr.: Our Voices,” and a special screening of the movie “Selma” at the Varsity Theatre.
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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