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Ashland New Plays Festival presents ‘Now This’
Ashland New Plays Festival (ANPF) will present a dramatic reading of Scott Kaiser's play "Now This" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 23, in the Great Hall at the Unitarian Center, 87 Fourth St. in Ashland. Kaiser is in his 26th season at the Oregon…
Classic films, Chris Cooper among 2018 AIFF highlights
By Laurie Heuston Revels Posted Apr 9, 2018 at 7:43 AM Ashland Independent Film Festival’s director Richard Herskowitz believes that filmmakers’ exposure to classic films inspires them to question and reinvent filmmaking conventions, he…
The truth of ‘What We Were’ hits home
The leadership of Ashland New Plays Festival digs deep into their many submissions to find a small clutch of plays worthy of exposure. More often than not, they uncover hits instead of misses. I've seen a lot of good plays at ANPF over…
Schneider Museum part of Oregon’s ‘largest art show’
The Schneider Museum of Art is taking part in what has been dubbed "Oregon's largest art show." The museum on Southern Oregon University's Ashland campus is exhibiting the diverse work of five artists through Sept. 17 as part of…
SOU’s ‘The Comedy of Errors’ a spoof of Ashland
Southern Oregon Theatre Arts sets its production of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" in Ephesus — a place that looks a lot like Ashland — and the play's Syracuse takes on the quality of Medford. "The set is sort of a mash-up of Ephesus…
‘Vietgone’ opens in OSF’s Thomas Theatre
Posted Mar. 28, 2016 at 3:22 PM With its electric combination of humor, sexuality, saltiness and tenderness — along with ninja fights for good measure — "Vietgone" is the story of playwright Qui Nguyen's parents' 1975 escape from…
Cheers to you
Only the superlative "cheer-tastic" can adequately describe the infectious excitement that cheerleaders bring to a game. It's also a perfect word for the giddy feeling of joy and inspiration I get watching someone cast aside all traces of…
Two to Tango
Tango has seized Ashland. Every day of the week, couples are locked in a tango embrace, directed by subtle cues and guided by the music. Beginners are in workout gear, the more experienced in flirty clothing, but everyone is invited onto…
Artists in Ashland
At the age of 17, Fred Stockwell borrowed his father's camera. He's been taking pictures ever since. Along the way, he took up flying, learning from a pilot on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. The flying and later, barnstorming gliders, took him…
Festival to promote kids’ psychic powers
BY AMBER FOSSEN Ashland Daily Tidings The children that inspired "Indigo," the feature length film slated for production in Ashland, will be coming from around the world to share their gifts and messages of peace at the second annual…
