Downtown Talent came alive with sound Saturday as the first-ever “The Talent Show” music festival took over the streets, offering a free afternoon of live performances by 29 bands across seven outdoor stages.
Kim Andresen looks forward to more collaborations with regional artists, and engaging younger generations through educational and outreach initiatives.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival bricks in Ashland came alive Friday evening as the Green Show officially kicked off its 2025 season with a performance on stage and in the air by students from Ashland Aerial Arts. The Green Show happens daily, Tuesday through Saturday, from June 13 to Sept. 27.
Rebecca Roudman, a classically-trained musician, never thought she would be fronting the blues and rock group Dirty Cello, set to play the Cedarwood Barn in Talent at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 25.
Memorial Day weekend’s “Cannons into Bells” concert at the Southern Oregon University Recital Hall features Southern Oregon Repertory Singers’ Composer in Residence, Jodi French, who wrote the title piece, which, among other compositions, explores the possibilities of transformation.
“Jazz in the Vineyard” kicks off May 25, at Grizzly Peak Winery, 1600 E. Nevada St., Ashland, with a solo concert by Mimi Fox, a virtuosic improviser who’s collaborated with many of jazz’s greatest figures.
The Rogue Valley Peace Choir — now celebrating its 22nd year — presents its spring concert, “Be a Light,” on May 16 in Medford and May 18 in Ashland.
Majkut, an accomplished pianist himself, envisions The Raven influencing future programming choices for RVS. “Once I get more intimately acquainted with its abilities and the sounds it likes to make, it will bring to mind concertos that would be the best fit for it,” he said. “It is an exciting prospect to have this dialogue with an instrument.”
Anima Mundi Productions’ creative team presented a festive and intimate dinner for supporters and subscribers on May 3 at Pascal Winery, an event intended to launch their 2025-2026 season “For Love of Nature.”
In addition to the Handel piece, other highlights of the coming season include Benjamin Britten’s ode to the patron saint of music, “Hymn to St. Cecilia”; Morten Lauridsen’s “Chanson des Roses”; and Britten’s “A Ceremony of Calls,” accompanied by harp.
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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