Theater
Review: ‘Daddy’s Dyin’…Who’s Got The Will?’
Watch out. Orville, the beer guzzling, abusive husband of Marlene, is running around trying to find Daddy Buford Turnover’s will and hoping to break into his strong box.
June 18, 2025
Watch out. Orville, the beer guzzling, abusive husband of Marlene, is running around trying to find Daddy Buford Turnover’s will and hoping to break into his strong box.
You might say that domestic, comedic dramatist and playwright Del Shores’ successful life as a writer for stage, film and TV is the result of a series of crazy mishaps, which led to Shores becoming one of America’s funniest theater writers and strongest advocates for emerging LGBTQ+ writers.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is shelving a major overhaul to a key federal homeless services program after a federal court blocked the changes, telling providers in Oregon and other states that it will reinstate previous grant applications submitted under Biden administration rules.
About 75 people gathered Tuesday outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on International Way in Medford for a staged “die-in,” one of more than 1,000 demonstrations nationwide held as part of the “ICE Out For Good” campaign.
Andy Seles: I am a 78-year-old lifelong Democrat from Ashland and I completely disagree with two recent letters that have asked Sen. Jeff Golden to retire from the state Senate.
Poetry Corner: We often greet the New Year with resolutions: serious, frivolous, too high or too low. What if we simply resolve to be in charge of our own happiness?
Close to a thousand protesters gathered in Ashland following a town hall with U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley on Sunday. Protesters waved signs and marched downtown to condemn the ICE shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis. Longtime demonstrators, community members, and students expressed anger, grief, and concern over what they believe are escalating abuses of power by federal immigration authorities.
Last week’s meeting of the Ashland’s Historic Preservation Advisory Committee (HPAC) produced little good news for a four-lot subdivision proposed at 431 North Main St. in the city’s historic Skidmore Academy District. Committee members’ comments on Jan. 7 proved so stridently negative as to likely kill chances for project approval at Tuesday’s Planning Commission meeting.
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