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.
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.
Chamber Music Concerts will present vocal ensemble Stile Antico at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, in the Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave in Ashland, with a pre-concert lecture at 6:30 p.m.
Performances of “A Judy Garland Christmas” at the Angus Bowmer Theatre are at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, and at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 20-21. Ticket prices start at $45.
The Berkeley Choro Ensemble, in its first appearance in Ashland, will perform Nov. 6. Pianist Alexander Tutunov and violinist Kinga Augustyn will play Nov. 13.
Review: The Camelot Theatre’s latest “Spotlight on Tony Bennett Duets” offered a generous helping of the late crooner’s timeless collaborations — expressively sung and well played by a committed ensemble.
It’s complicated. “Murder for Two,” the newest offering at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre, is a two-person whodunit musical comedy that features wow-inducting acting, a piano, and incredible staging. But what complicates matters is that sometimes it’s hard to keep up with all that happens.
Single tickets are now on sale for the Anima Mundi’s 2025-26 season, “For Love of Nature.” The theme was chosen because it “celebrates our natural world and invites us to be loving stewards of our environment,” according to the Anima Mundi website.
Ashland-based singer-songwriter Aliza Hava released an album on Sept. 9 about facing trauma and healing.
Whodunnit? Find out when the Oregon Cabaret Theatre offers “Murder for Two,” a comedic musical that features 15 original songs and more than a dozen characters played by two versatile, piano-playing performers.
The Oregon Legislature is meeting this week to consider some major cuts to current spending levels as a large revenue deficit looms. That’s because the state’s tax code automatically replicates new federal tax cuts, including ones passed by Congressional Republicans this summer that will reduce state revenue
Michael O’Looney: Trump and the Texas Legislature are responsible for a partisan power grab that has unleashed bitterness and partisan vindictiveness, all in an effort to subvert an electoral system for partisan ends.
Councilor Bob Kaplan: While the cost of delivering kilowatt-hours to our homes has risen, Ashland Electric has been able to hold our rates steady with just one increase of 5.1% in 2021. I’m sorry to say we’re due for an increase, but fortunately it’s not likely to match recent increases elsewhere.
An estimate for the cost to abate asbestos found in the shuttered Lincoln School recently should be available as early as sometime this week, according to Steve Mitzel, operations director for Ashland School District. The cost to remove asbestos would be separate from the as yet-unknown cost for structural repair.
“We are still here” was the theme for Saturday’s Native American Heritage Celebration at Southern Oregon University, hosted by the SOU Native American Student Union (NASU) and SOU Native Nations Liaison Kenwanicahee (Kenwani) Kravitz (Madesi Bandi, Pit River Nation Winnemem, Nomtipom and Nomsus Bands Northern Wintu).
As Oregon lawmakers stare down a deficit of at least $373 million over the next two years — and brace for the possibility of a bigger shortfall in the state’s next quarterly revenue — they asked state agencies to create lists of ways to cut 5% of their approved budgets.
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