
Queer Coffee House @ the Library
Join us for this longstanding program! We’ll gather on the first Tuesday of every month to watch movies, make crafts, play games, build community, and share favorite books, movies, podcasts,
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Join us for this longstanding program! We’ll gather on the first Tuesday of every month to watch movies, make crafts, play games, build community, and share favorite books, movies, podcasts,
Oregon, the final frontier. Early in our nation’s history, the land west of the Mississippi River was unmapped and unexplored. Only the local indigenous peoples were familiar with the mysterious
No one wants to get old…but we’ve all got to do it. What if there was a way to use the aging process as a catalyst for bringing your family
When we read the title of this day of teachings, we might ask, “How can there be two truths? Something is either true or it is false, isn’t that the
Tibetan New Year is celebrated in late February this year. To honor Losar, we practice meditations of cutting through obstacles. This clears the energy of the old year, to make
As the pandemic rages across the globe, filmmaker Kyle Henry uses his extensive family archive to travel back in time, exploring the complicated bonds of identity, history, and belonging in
Southern Oregon Zine Fest 2025 will be our 3rd annual celebration of D.I.Y. ethos, small press and independent publishers! Zinesters from the Southern Oregon community and beyond will converge in Ashland, Oregon
Each year the library discards old magazines to make room for the coming year’s issues. Stop by the Ashland Library’s Gresham Room to take home as many free magazines from
This program, scheduled to coincide with James Madison’s birthday—celebrating him as the “Father of the Constitution”—aims to empower patrons with tools and knowledge to actively engage in their communities and
Join us for SOUL week – Southern Oregon University Live – a week long lunchtime event showcasing creative writing, poetry, and music all in the SOU Art Building, Meese Auditorium.
Two weeks after its first February meeting was canceled due to unsafe road conditions due to snow, the Ashland City Council takes up business Tuesday, Feb. 17, it had expected to handle on Feb. 4. Its Feb. 3 study session, however, which was also canceled, is still pending as Monday, Feb. 17, was Presidents Day.
Obituary: Eliane A. Mueller Trapp Viner, 86, died on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024 — on her own terms and surrounded by loved ones — in Medford, Oregon, after three months of hospice care. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 1, in Ashland, Oregon, and online.
Family, community members and longtime friends of Medford native Bill Thorndike Jr. were collectively at a loss for words over the weekend at the sudden loss of a man they say had a hand in nearly anything good to happen in Southern Oregon for much of the past half-century. Thorndike, 71, suffered a heart attack early Saturday morning, just following a Valentine’s Day spent with his wife, Angela Thorndike, at a family cabin on Whidbey Island in Washington’s Puget Sound.
About 150 people rallied on Ashland Plaza on Monday, part of a series of nationwide protests on Presidents Day, most organized by the 50501 Movement, which stands for “50 protests. 50 states. 1 movement,” in a response to what organizers describe as “the anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration.”
It’s in the name: Cultural and economic revitalization of Ashland is at the heart of a three-year program proposed by a new nonprofit organization — the Ashland Cultural & Economic Alliance. Co-founders Matt Hoffman, Jim Fredericks and Lloyd Matthew Haines hosted a launch event attended by about 70 business, cultural and civic leaders Saturday evening in Meese Hall at Southern Oregon University to announce the formation of ACEA.
Adele Hiles, with the assistance of volunteer Linda Purdom, began her community involvement by going to the Children’s World Montessori School to get handprints from about 35 of the school’s children, plus some teachers and parent volunteers.
(It’s free)