Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-06-01
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Friday – “Great Expectations,” 1:30 p.m. at the Angus Bowmer Theatre, many; “Twelfth Night,” 8 p.m. at the Angus Bowmer Theatre, many. Saturday – “Roe,” 1:30 p.m. at the Angus Bowmer Theatre, many; “The Yeomen Of The Guard,” 1:30 p.m. at the Thomas Theatre, many; “The Yeomen Of The Guard,” 8 p.m. at the Thomas Theatre, many. Call 541-482-4331 or 800-219-8161 for tickets.
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-31
ASHLAND — Hans Voskes, Ashland High’s decorated track and field coach, had every one of his student-athletes sit on the track just as they do before each practice. Under the warm afternoon sun, Voskes didn’t have any pre-training words of wisdom. Instead, he instructed them to put their hands on the track and then listen to the man with the microphone in his hand. “Last year at this time, if you attempted to do this, you’d be sitting in, basically, a dirt road,
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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“Once,” an Irish pop and folk-infused musical inspired by the eponymous 2007 independent hit film, tells the story of a Dublin street musician who is ready to give up the dream when a beautiful young woman takes an interest in his haunting love songs. The two serve as each other’s muse for one fateful week, and their friendship evolves into a powerful but complicated romance as they create new, emotionally charged music. “Once” previews Thursday, April 26, open
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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It's holiday party time and with the celebrations many people like to enjoy a festive drink. This year, I decided to change up my usual beer and wine offerings and serve some sparkly cocktails, despite the fact that I know nothing about mixing drinks. Fortunately, the Ashland library has a number of books that offer not just recipes for the home bartender, but cheerful explorations of cocktail history and the joys of mixology. “The Craft of the Cocktail,” by Dale DeGroff This book
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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Flute and percussion duo Tessa Brinckman and Terry Longshore are Caballito Negro. Inspired by Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca's 1860 poem, "Cancion de Jinete," the duo collaborates with a range of innovative artists to create a blend of modern and traditional aesthetics that push the flute and percussion repertoire to new heights — and always in the spirit of "duende," or heart and soul. Britt Music & Arts Festival will present Caballito Negro in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thu
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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Superhero, villain, warrior or elf, it’s time to channel your favorite comic-book character as the Ashland library hosts its first Comic Con from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 20. The event for teens, tweens and adults is a heroic kick-off for the Ashland Library’s summer reading program, “Every Hero Has a Story.” Ashland librarian Esther Mortensen came up with the idea when looking for a way to launch the reading program with a bang. “I usually do something li
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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Writing is powerful medicine when it comes to healing psychic and emotional wounds. Spoken word artist and Vietnam veteran T-Poe Varnado is partnering with Heart Warrior Project founder and performance artist Candace M. Younghans to facilitate a writing group for local veterans that aims to create that medicine. The Heart Warrior Project is a service that helps integrate veterans by fostering creativity and communication. Varnado and Younghans are inviting veterans to their free and informal wri
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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It seems like nobody is giving speeches or presentations anymore. Instead, everyone who has something to say in front of an audience is now giving a "TED Talk." But what exactly is a TED Talk? Author and communications coach Carmine Gallo explains the term and how anyone can give a TED-worthy speech in his new book "Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds." Held in 1984, the first TED conference featured lectures on technology, education and design, thus the TED acr
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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When Mary Lennox — a young English girl born and raised during the British Raj in India — is orphaned and sent to the moors of Yorkshire, England, to be entrusted to the care of a grief-stricken uncle, she discovers a sickly cousin and a young gardener living on the estate — and, most importantly, a neglected garden. As Mary finds finds solace in rejuvenating the overgrown plot, her actions herald healing and renewal for the entire family. Along her journey, mysterious ghost
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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Varsity Theatre Feb. 10-15 Note : Some showtimes for the Varsity Theatre are from Saturday to Thursday. See www.catheatres.com for days not listed, and ticket prices Oscar-nominated animated shorts NEW Sat-Sun early show: 12:00 Daily showtimes: 4:35, 9:20 Dear Basketball: Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant, USA, 5 minutes; Negative Space: Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, France, 5 minutes; Lou: Dave Mullins and Dana Murray, USA, 7 minutes; Revolting Rhymes: Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer, UK, 29 minutes; Garde
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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Varsity Theatre Feb. 17-22 Note : Some showtimes for the Varsity Theatre are from Saturday to Thursday. See www.catheatres.com for days not listed, and ticket prices Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts NEW Daily showtimes: 6:40 Traffic Stop — Kate Davis and David Heilbroner, USA, 30 minutes; Edith + Eddie — Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wrights, USA, 29 minutes; Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 — Frank Stiefel, USA, 40 minutes; Heroin(e) — Elaine McMillion Sheldon a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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Varsity Theatre Nov. 17-21 Note : See www.catheatres.com for days not listed, and ticket prices Brimstone & Glory NEW Sat-Sun early show: 12:40, 2:35 Daily showtimes: 4:30, 6:25, 8:20 The National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico is a site of festivity unlike any other in the world. In celebration of San Juan de Dios, patron saint of firework makers, conflagrant revelry engulfs the town for ten days. Artisans show off their technicaal virtuosity, up-and-comers create their own rowdy, lo-
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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Varsity Theatre Jan. 12-18 Note : See www.catheatres.com for days not listed, and ticket prices The Post NEW Sat-Mon early show: 12:20 Daily showtimes: 3:20, 6:15, 9:00 A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events. Directed by Steven Spielberg; Starring Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Bruce
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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Varsity Theatre Sept. 22-28 Note : See www.catheatres.com for days not listed, and ticket prices Neither Wolf Nor Dog NEW Sat-Sun early show: 12:35 Daily showtimes: 3:10, 5:45, 8:20 Adapted from the acclaimed novel Neither Wolf Nor Dog by Kent Nerburn the story follows a white author who gets sucked into the heart of contemporary Native American life in the sparse lands of the Dakota’s by a 95 year old Lakota elder and his side-kick. Directed by Steven Lewis Simpson; Starring Dave Bald Ea
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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Varsity Theatre May 26-June 1 Note : See www.catheatres.com for days not listed, and ticket prices Chuck NEW Sat.-Mon. early show: 1:40 Daily showtimes: 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 He was the pride of Bayonne, New Jersey, a man who went fifteen rounds in the ring with Muhammad Ali, and the real life inspiration for Rocky Balboa. But before all that, Chuck Wepner was a liquor salesman and father with a modest prizefighting career whose life changed overnight when, in 1975, he was chosen to take on The Great
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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Varsity Theatre July 21-27 Note : See www.catheatres.com for days not listed, and ticket prices Lost in Paris NEW Daily showtimes: 1:40, 4:05, 6:20, 8:35 Fiona visits Paris for the first time to assist her myopic Aunt Martha. Catastrophes ensue, mainly involving Dom, a homeless man who has yet to have an emotion or thought he was afraid of expressing. Directed by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon; Starring Dominique Abel, Emmanuelle Riva, Fiona Gordon, Pierre Richard, Emmy Boissard Paumelle, Cél
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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Varsity Theatre June 30-July 5 Note : See www.catheatres.com for days not listed, and ticket prices The Beguiled NEW Daily showtimes: 1:55, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 At a girls' school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house is taken over with sexual tension, rivalries, and an unexpected turn of events. Directed by Sofia Coppola; Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanni
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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Varsity Theatre July 7-13 Note : See www.catheatres.com for days not listed, and ticket prices The Beguiled Daily showtimes: 1:55, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 At a girls' school in Virginia during the Civil War, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in. Soon, the house is taken over with sexual tension, rivalries, and an unexpected turn of events. Directed by Sofia Coppola; Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Oona
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
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With a program title inspired by a Navajo poem, Rogue Valley Chorale’s “Now I Walk in Beauty” is a collection of songs that celebrate beauty, love and life. The music will speak of the harmony and connectedness one experiences while walking through life, with a musical setting arranged by Mark Reppert — Chorale singer and Siskiyou Singers conductor — and featuring Lori Calhoun on alto recorder and cellist Lisa Truelove. Rogue Valley Chorale will present “Walking in Beauty” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-06-01
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Thursday — "Happiest Song Plays Last," 1:30 p.m. at the Thomas Theatre, few; "Sweat," 1:30 p.m. at the Angus Bowmer Theatre, many; "The Count of Monte Cristo," 8:00 p.m. at the Allen Elizabeth Theatre, many; "Much Ado about Nothing," 8 p.m. at the Angus Bowmer Theatre, many. Friday — "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land," 1:30 p.m. at the Angus Bowmer Theatre, many; "Antony and Cleopatra," 8 p.m. at the Allen Elizabeth Theatre, many; "Long Day’s Jou