Whether she’s bringing local crowds into a dancing frenzy with her musical moxie or exposing radio listeners to compelling, eclectic tracks as co-host of Jefferson Public Radio’s “Open Air,” vocalist Danielle Kelly seems to always have her hands full with countless creative pursuits around the region.
This Valentine’s Day the Rogue Valley Symphony and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival will present “A Love Letter to Shakespeare” at 8 p.m. at the Angus Bowmer Theatre in Ashland. The concert is sure to captivate the hearts and imaginations of audience members with a fusion of compelling melodies and romantic Shakespeare scenes and sonnets.
“The Meaning of Love” at the SOU Music Recital Hall will feature Portland vocalists Jocelyn Clare Thomas and Zachary Lenox as guest artists.
Ashland resident and professional musician Kris Yenney has been building a concert series of top-notch talent in the acoustic, folk and traditional spaces over the last few years. The series provides world-class musicians on intimate stages in the area such as Grizzly Peak Winery, Laughing Lady Farm and even Yenney’s home in Ashland.
A concert charity event Sunday for Ashland’s sister city of Sviatohirsk was a rousing success, raising both money and awareness for the beleaguered Ukrainian community, organizers said.
The Ashland School District middle school choir will sing “Hej Sokoly” in Ukrainian at the “Minka’s Sleigh Ride Benefit Concert” starting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7, in the gym at Ashland Middle School, 100 Walker Ave.
Reader Photo: The internationally recognized chamber music ensemble the American Brass Quintet (ABQ), visited Ashland last week, giving a master class at the South Medford High School on Friday afternoon, and performing holiday music for all Ashland from The Brickroom’s outdoor balcony on Friday night.
Broadway singing star Steffanie Garrard Leigh will be joined by Rogue Valley musicians, including other singers, during a gala fundraiser to help rebuild and restore Ashland’s Ukrainian “sister city” Sviatohirsk from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Historic Ashland Armory.
Review: This month a good part of the English-speaking world celebrated the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first collected edition of Shakespeare’s plays, the First Folio. Rounding off this month’s First Folio series of events at the Ashland Public Library are a talk Tuesday and concert Thursday.
‘OLLI Abroad’ is a hit. The original musical comedy sold out and made a fundraising haul for OLLI at SOU.
Ask Strider: A reader asks whatever happened to Woody the Puppy Intern? Strider has news! Woody has landed on all four paws with a new gig. And Steve, the Ashland.news crossword editor, has a new canine crossword up for solving. The excitement is pupable!
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).
(It’s free)
