A reliable harbinger of spring is the annual opening of Rogue Valley Growers and Crafters Market, popular destination for all things homegrown and handmade. The market will launch its 2025 season in Ashland on Tuesday, March 4, at ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum, 1500 E. Main St., and in Medford on Thursday, March 6, at Hawthorne Park, 501 E. Main St.
This spring, Josh Dorcak, the creator of MÄS and Nama, will unveil Kandō, an exclusive, members-only lounge perched in a sleek penthouse above the two high-end restaurants.
Ashland’s Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker, with a succession of previous owners and operations across multiple locations, may have reached its final destination after being acquired last year by 1-800-Flowers.Com, Inc., parent company of Harry & David. Joseph Rowland, group president of Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets, Harry & David, said the company has no plans to move Scharffen Berger’s production into the Harry & David campus in Medford.
Attention, chocoholics: Your favorite time of year is back, and your sweet tooth is about to be very busy. The 21st annual Oregon Chocolate Festival returns to Ashland Hills Hotel and Suites March 7-9, featuring a chocolate brunch, a chocolate product competition, a costume contest, family activities and demos and presentations from world-renowned chocolatiers, sommeliers and chefs.
A crowd gathered outside the psychedelic entrance of the Shrooms Cafe in downtown Ashland Friday night, Feb. 7. They were among the first visitors to climb the long flight of stairs that lead to a large open room filled with music and colored lights. It was opening night at Shrooms Cafe at 139 E. Main Street, next door to O’Ryans Irish Pub.
Phoenix is about to bubble over with excitement with a weekend extravaganza celebrating all things fermented. Fermentopia takes center stage Saturday and Sunday at the Phoenix Civic Center. Featuring such products as sauerkraut, sourdough, kombucha and kimchi, the event promises a feast of flavors designed to leave taste buds cultured and curiosity stirred.
The receipt of a $4,000 grant will support the Ashland Community Food Bank in four programs designed to alleviate food insecurity for children and families in Ashland, according to Amey Broeker, executive director of the food bank.
Talent-based eatery Pump House 2.0 will close next week, bidding farewell to the community after some starts and stops at a busy downtown corner. Announced Jan. 2, Pump House 2.0 will be open for its final day Saturday, Jan. 18.
Ashland’s popular Pie + Vine restaurant has ceased operations, and a new owner is taking over the premises to offer a different culinary option in the downtown restaurant scene.
More than 200 people turned out Thursday for the ninth Community Peace Meal and Thanksgiving Celebration at the First Presbyterian Church of Ashland, according to organizers Jason and Vanessa Houk of Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice, which does the Peace Meal every Thursday and Friday in Lithia Park near the bandshell at 3:30 p.m., rain or shine.
For more than a decade, Rogue Valley Street Dogs has been providing humans and their animal companions with medical care, food and gear — and, most of all, compassion and care. Learn about a few of their human and nonhuman clients.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is shelving a major overhaul to a key federal homeless services program after a federal court blocked the changes, telling providers in Oregon and other states that it will reinstate previous grant applications submitted under Biden administration rules.
About 75 people gathered Tuesday outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on International Way in Medford for a staged “die-in,” one of more than 1,000 demonstrations nationwide held as part of the “ICE Out For Good” campaign.
Andy Seles: I am a 78-year-old lifelong Democrat from Ashland and I completely disagree with two recent letters that have asked Sen. Jeff Golden to retire from the state Senate.
Poetry Corner: We often greet the New Year with resolutions: serious, frivolous, too high or too low. What if we simply resolve to be in charge of our own happiness?
Close to a thousand protesters gathered in Ashland following a town hall with U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley on Sunday. Protesters waved signs and marched downtown to condemn the ICE shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis. Longtime demonstrators, community members, and students expressed anger, grief, and concern over what they believe are escalating abuses of power by federal immigration authorities.
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