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Poetry Corner: Remembering Almeda
Poetry Corner: The Almeda Fire was a community disaster, that brought the community more closely together. Two poets remember it in its anniversary month.
September 10, 2024
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Poetry Corner: The Almeda Fire was a community disaster, that brought the community more closely together. Two poets remember it in its anniversary month.
Poetry Corner: Ashland is alive with theater and music. There are so many choices: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Rogue Theater Company, Cabaret and several music venues, including the Thursday Ashland City Band concerts in Lithia Park.
Poetry Corner: Hot August days and nights and relief might be a ride in a fast car. Watch your speed and the upcoming curves!
Poetry Corner: Both of today’s poems speak to the importance of community and identity. Louise M. Paré’s poem tells how the connection to her ancestral homeland of Ukraine continues to shape her persona. Seth Kaplan’s recent move from the Applegate to Talent describes how he has easily become attached to his new place and discovered the “us” in his community.
Poetry Corner: Two poets share their memories, one about a radio personality and the other a nostalgic time growing up in the Rogue Valley. Both poems exemplify a love of our richly poetic home and the people and things that make it that way.
Poetry Corner: Poetry can stimulate and soothe at the same time, and in these hot summer days, a poet remembering an Ashland winter day can do both. Read, and dream about snow before going out into the summer sun.
Poetry Corner: It’s haiku and beyond, proving once again, if proof were needed, that Ashland, Oregon, is the nursery of poets. Elaine Maveety and Jim Flint find beauty in subjects from the natural world to Burma Shave, and each has its own particular poetic charm.
Poetry Corner: This week’s poems celebrate the enchantments and treasures to be found in and around a small town — especially when that town is Ashland, Oregon.
Poetry Corner: This week, two Ashland poets, Johanna Goff and Laurel Winter, celebrate nature and spring in our own backyard. And Barry Vitcov renews his call to Ashland poets for Ashland-focused poetry.
Poetry Corner: Welcome to Poetry Corner! Here you’ll find poems submitted by local poets about life in Ashland and Southern Oregon.
Major Ashland nonprofit services provider has transition plan to replace Cass Sinclair, who is moving on to an as-yet-undisclosed job in the region By Morgan Rothborne, Ashland.news Cass Sinclair will
Pacific Power has organized a meeting in Talent to discuss power outages that have plagued the city this summer. The meeting is 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the Talent library, 101 Home St. It will include an opportunity to hear from Pacific Power President Ryan Flynn, who will discuss the outages and also explain what is being done to improve the power grid system.
Catty Corner: All of us in the Rogue Valley know all too well that we need to be prepared for fire season — and we also need to make sure our pets are packed and ready to go. Here are a few tips for putting together your feline go bag.
Poetry Corner: The Almeda Fire was a community disaster, that brought the community more closely together. Two poets remember it in its anniversary month.
Nestled within a museum-like setting, the artfully chaotic recording studio is a place where cutting-edge digital meets the world’s largest collection of vintage and modern microphones, blending old-school analog charm with the latest in high tech.
Ashland Parks & Recreation Commissioners will review the revised draft of a “new cooperative framework” developed in informal meetings between members of APRC and Ashland City Council. The new framework intends to lubricate the machine of Ashland city government’s two elected bodies and has already been discussed and edited in a joint meeting of Ashland City Council and APRC commissioners Aug. 14.
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