Curtain Call: Popular orchestra conductor Martin Majkut has added another gig to his already busy schedule. Majkut, the music director of the Rogue Valley Symphony and the Queens Symphony Orchestra in New York, has been appointed the new music director of the Oregon Coast Music Association’s festival orchestra.
Folk singers are lighting up stages in the Northwest, talking about peace and the resistance to war and oppression. On Jan. 12, Rogue Valley residents will have the opportunity to come together to be inspired to work for peace at a special concert called “A Woman’s Song for Peace.”
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.
This week’s crossword: Eat One’s Words #01 about dining, drinking and/or tasting establishments around town. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next week’s crossword: “Rogue Theater Company 2025.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
The Friends of Hannon Library will host the 30th William Stafford Poetry Celebration from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, in the Meese Room at Southern Oregon University’s Hannon Library.
This week’s crossword: 5 plays and a special anniversary. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “Eat One’s Words #01.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
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.
If you step into the Ashland Springs Hotel in 2025, you’re standing amid 100 years of history. When the grand hotel opened in 1925, it was the tallest structure between San Francisco and Portland — and it remained so for decades.
Picture This: A look back at 2024 as seen through the lens of Ashland.news photographer Bob Palermini’s camera.
Ashland’s 26th Community Labyrinth Walk to New Year will take place New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in Wesley Hall on the campus of Ashland First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main St. The “Sacred Walk to the New Year” is nondenominational and free of charge, and all are welcome to the event.
Obituary: Proud mom and devoted wife, Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Viola Carlson, 93, passed away in hospice Jan. 19 in Medford. A celebration of life will be held this spring when the flowers are blooming and the birds are singing.
Because the list of Ashland’s accomplishments in 2024 would be too long to read out loud, she would have to stick to the highlights, Mayor Tonya Graham said Wednesday, starting off her annual State of the City address in a packed Rogue River Room in Stevenson Union at Southern Oregon University.
Review: “Spotlight on the Judds,” starring Livia Genise as Naomi, Rebecca K. Campbell as Wynonna and Janina Brown as singer and narrator, is playing at the Camelot Theatre through Feb. 9. Rebecca K. Campbell as Wynonna performs with such confidence. She possesses a strong, muscular voice that you can feel right down to the tips of your toes.
A 76-year-old man died after colliding with a tree at Mt. Ashland Ski Area on Friday morning, according to a ski area news release. The helmeted skier, whose name was not released, was on Windsor Chairline, a trail categorized as “most difficult,” the release said.
People in Southern Oregon and far Northern California will likely see ongoing changes in weather patterns in coming years, and those changes aren’t necessarily positive. During a Wednesday evening presentation, “Southern Oregon Climate Trends, Projections, and Consequences,” Dr. Alan Journet, co-facilitator of Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN), offered a series of possible scenarios if steps are not taken to immediately stop or at least slow climate change.
As part of an ongoing commitment to addressing homelessness in Jackson County, individuals are invited to volunteer for the annual “Point in Time” (PIT) Count, which will take place throughout the last week of January, beginning Monday, Jan. 27.
(It’s free)
