This week’s crossword: selected course titles from OLLI’s Winter 2025 catalog. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next week’s crossword: “Camelot 2025 #01.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
Obituary: Charlton Ray Embry was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on Nov. 29, 1941. The former Ashland resident, aged 82, who taught at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), passed away peacefully on March 11.
The Southern Oregon Homelessness Summit is an opportunity to learn how services work and what is being done to address homelessness throughout the region, said Cass Sinclair, executive director of Opportunities for Housing, Resources & Assistance. Curious community members can attend for $25 — a cost that includes a “nice lunch” — from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, at Ashland Hills Hotel.
Community adults who would like to pass on knowledge and skills to others for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s spring term are invited to submit course proposals by Friday, Dec. 15.
‘OLLI Abroad’ is a hit. The original musical comedy sold out and made a fundraising haul for OLLI at SOU.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will hold an open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, July 28, at the Southern Oregon Stevenson Union building, 1118 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, organizers have announced.
Here’s a tip: if you’re ever doing a crossword puzzle and you get an 10-letter answer with the clue “Ashland cruciverbalist,” the answer is Steve Weyer.
Marc Ratner, a popular instructor who taught more classes and more students in more than 20 years with Ashland’s OLLI at SOU program, died at home in Ashland on April 22 at the age of 97.
Have special interests, skills, or knowledge you think others might like to know? You don’t need to have a background in education to share it. Starting Monday, a three-class primer entitled “Introduction to Teaching at OLLI” meets over three weeks to give you the tools on how to effectively communicate what you know. Enrollees can choose to attend in person or online.
Training is available for those interested in helping others prepare tax returns, a free service offered by the AARP Foundation Tax Aide service currently offering help on Wednesdays and Fridays at The Grove in Ashland.
A Mt. Ashland Ski Area season that started early and has seen above average snowfall has brought strong attendance, but the nonprofit resort also had its challenging moments. Abundant snowfall will allow the area to extend the season with two additional weekends to include April 19-20 and April 26-27.
An artificial intelligence summit at Southern Oregon University Friday and Saturday sparked much debate about the rapidly evolving technology’s promise and pitfalls. The second annual Approaching AI Summit at Meese Auditorium and Stevenson Union on the SOU campus drew a larger crowd this year, with 250 in attendance.
Rep. Pam Marsh: The legislation “would give Oregonians buying tickets for concerts, sporting events and other entertainment events protections in an industry that has seen increasing unfair and unscrupulous activities that drive up the cost of tickets and/or falsely sell tickets that are unavailable.”
Four artists were asked if they could define at what line artificial intelligence could compromise human creativity. As they passed a microphone between each other, their conversation challenged the concept of a soul. The deep existential dive came on the first night of the Approaching AI Summit, the second year of an artificial intelligence (AI) summit in Ashland.
Picture This: Hannon family members joined with Southern Oregon University officials, faculty, staff, students and member of the public Thursday, March 13, to mark the 20th anniversary of Hannon Libary.
The top-ranked SOU Raiders softball team (25-1 overall, 9-0 Cascade Conference) matched the best start in team history with Saturday’s 8-0 and 9-1 victories, finishing off both in five innings. Ari Williams, a junior right fielder, went 6-for-6 with seven RBIs, a double, a triple and an inside-the-park home run during the doubleheader.
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