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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation  |  Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED   » NEWS NOW   Independent Media Week award will be announced Monday       ...       Backstage: Oregon Cabaret Theatre AD says storytelling entertains, educates, edifies       ...       Ashland team among 'America's Greatest Makers'       ...       Independent Media Week award will be announced Monday       ...       Backstage: Oregon Cabaret Theatre AD says storytelling entertains, educates, edifies       ...       Ashland team among 'America's Greatest Makers'       ...           Ashland Calendar, April 1, 2016 Comment DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Apr. 1, 2016 at 12:01 AM Posted Apr. 1, 2016 at 12:01 AM »  Social News Friday, April 1 Rogue Rage Duo: Harmonica player Harpo de Roma and slide guitarist Dan Tiller will perform acoustic Delta blues at 6 p.m. Friday, April 1, at Belle Fiore Winery, 100 Belle Fiore Lane (off Dead Indian Memorial Road), Ashland. Admission is free. See www.bellefiorewine.com or call 541-552-4900. Bruce Neswick: The organist and canon musician at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland will perform on 36-rank Balcom and Vaughn pipe organs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, in the Music Recital Hall on the Southern Oregon University campus, 405 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland. Neswick served as director of music at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. His program includes works by Saint-Saens, Bach, Franck, Scheidemann, Hancock, and Howells, as well as an improvisational work. Admission is free. A reception will follow the concert. For more information, contact Margaret Evans, dean of the Southern Oregon Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, at 541-482-3075. Ashland International Folk Dancers: The group meets every Friday at the Ashland Community Center, 59 Winburn Way, for dances from Eastern and Western Europe, Greece, Scandinavia, Israel, Turkey and the Middle East. Instruction begins at 7:30 p.m., and dancing goes from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. No partners needed. Admission is a donation of $5. Call 541-535-6397 or 541-482-8249. Puppeteers for Fears: Ashland theater company Puppeteers for Fears will premiere a new original play, "Cattle Mutilation: The Musical" at 8 p.m. April 1, 2, 8 and 9 and an all-ages matinee at 4 p.m. Pril 3 and 10, Oberon's Three-Penny Tavern, 45 N. Main St., Ashland. Admission is $6. Photography Exhibit: Photographer John Kirk presents "If A Tree Could Speak... What Would It Say?" through April in the Photographers' Gallery at the Ashland Art Center, 357 E. Main St. The exhibit includes statements made from the trees' point of view about coping with the environment, living in harmony with their neighbors and more. Call 541-482-8425. First Friday Art Walk: Galleries, studios and other art venues will stay open until 8 p.m. as they host artist receptions and present new exhibitions on the first Friday of each month in Ashland. The free event features artwork, live music, artist demonstrations and refreshments. Visit www.ashlandgalleries.com for this month's art walk map of participating venues and information about exhibits. Saturday, April 2 Job Fair: There will be an Educator Job Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Rogue River Room inside the Stevenson Union, Southern Oregon University Campus, Ashland. Admission is free. The fair provides an opportunity for schools and school districts across Oregon to meet and interact with SOU students and soon-to-be graduates regarding job opportunities within the field of education. 5K Fun Run: The "Don't Be Fooled" 5K Fun Run/Walk and Race begins at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 2, at the corner of Nutley Street and Winburn Way in Lithia Park, Ashland. Proceeds help fund the Ashland Middle School travel costs for their trip to Washington D.C. Admission is $20 (with no t-shirt) and $25 for entries on the day of the race. Call 541-499-2698 for information. Talent Garden Club: The club meets the first Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon at the Talent library, 101 Home St. Call 541-535-6455. Festival Noons: "Twelfth Night" director Christopher Liam Moore and scenic designer Christopher Acebo discuss "'Twelfth Night' Vision to Stage: A Director and Designer Talk Process" at noon Saturday, April 2, at Carpenter Hall on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival campus in Ashland. Tickets for Festival Noon events are $12 for adults, $10 for OSF members and $8 for youths ages 6-17. Visit osfashland.org , call (800) 219-8161 or stop by the OSF box office at 15 S. Pioneer St. in Ashland for tickets. Oregon Old-Time Fiddlers: The Oregon Old-Time Fiddlers will host its monthly jam session from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Pioneer Hall, 73 Winburn Way, Ashland. The jam will feature traditional fiddle tunes interspersed with vocals. Acoustic musicians may sit in, and dancing is encouraged. Admission is by donation. Call 541-779-8145 or see www.ootfa4.org for information. Grant Ruiz and Dan Fellman: Classical and flamenco guitarist Grant Ruiz and jazz guitarist Dan Fellman will join forces to cover the music of Spain and Latin countries at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Belle Fiore Winery, 100 Belle Fiore Lane (off Dead Indian Memorial Road), Ashland. Admission is free. See www.bellefiorewine.com or call 541-552-4900. BrassFest: The Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University proudly presents SOU BrassFest 2016 Concert featuring Brandon Ridenour with Rachel Naomi Kudo and YSSO Strings at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, Music Recital Hall, Southern Oregon University campus, Ashland. The program will include music by Gershwin, Ravel, Saint Saens, Bartok and the Beatles. For more information see oca.sou.edu/music . Sunday, April 3 David Scoggin: The jazz pianist will play a mix of his original compositions from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at Belle Fiore Winery, 100 Belle Fiore Lane (off Dead Indian Memorial Road), Ashland. Admission is free. See www.bellefiorewine.com or call 541-552-4900. Poetry Reading: Oregon Book Award finalist and biologist Pepper Trail will read his poetry at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at the Ashland library, 410 Siskiyou Blvd. Trail's poetry collection leads the reader through a world of wildflowers and butterflies, birds and bears, into the depths of geological time, and toward a deepened understanding of the intersections of the human and natural world in the Cascade-Siskiyou region. Call 541-774-6996 or see www.jcls.org . Medicinal and Edible Plant Walks: Learn more about the abundance of edible and medicinal plants at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 3 and May 1, North Mountain Park Nature Center, 620 N. Mountain Ave., Ashland. The cost is $8 per walk. Preregister online at www.ashland.or.us/register or call 541-488-6606. Monday, April 4 Tai Chi: The Ashland Senior Center offers a combination of beginning/intermediate tai chi classes from 9:15 to 10:45 a.m. Mondays at the Grove, 1195 E. Main St., Ashland. Cost is a sliding scale of $3 to $4 per class. Call 541-552-0698 for more information. Ashland Garden Club: Michael Parker, biology professor at Southern Oregon University, will present "Organisms in the Water" at 12:30 p.m. Monday, April 4, at the Ashland Community Center, 59 Winburn Way, Ashland. He will discuss aquatic organisms, the environments needed to sustain them, the need for conservation and the impact humans and invasive species have on our waterways and wetlands. Call 541-482-4558. Art Lecture: Laura Heit, participating artist in the Schneider Museum of Art’s In Scene exhibition and the Ashland Independent Film Festival, will give a lecture at 3:30 p.m. Monday, April 4, Meese Auditorium in the Art Building, Southern Oregon University campus, Ashland. Call 541-552-6245. Hip-Hop Poetry Open Mics: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival will host hip-hop and poetry open mics at 7 p.m. Mondays, April 4 and May 9 in the Black Swan Theatre on the OSF campus, 15 S. Pioneer St., Ashland. The Southern Oregon University Poetry Team will be featured on March 7. Admission is free. See www.osfashland.org . Poetry Reading: Richard Lehnert, author of "A Short History of the Usual," and Steve Dieffenbacher, author of poetry books including "The Sky Is a Bird of Sorrow," will read poetry at 7 p.m. Monday, April 4, at Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main St., Ashland. The reading is free. Call 541-488-0029 or see bloomsburyashland.com . 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