There is a little piece of Oregon Shakespeare Festival history sitting just off the main plaza that is easy to overlook. The Thomas Theatre, where Smote This is currently being performed, opened its doors in 2002 as OSF’s “New Theatre.” It was later renamed in honor of longtime OSF development[Read More…]

Long before the YMCA became synonymous with swimming pools, basketball courts, and summer camps, it began with a much simpler idea: young people needed a place where they could come together, improve themselves, and build a stronger community. The Young Men’s Christian Association was founded in London in 1844 by[Read More…]

A proposed constitutional amendment seeking to protect the rights of Oregonians to hunt, fish, farm, ranch and participate in other natural-resource activities has reached another step in the process of potentially qualifying for the November 2028 statewide ballot. Initiative Petition 25, known by supporters as the Oregon Freedom Amendment, has[Read More…]

For nearly a century, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has helped make Ashland a destination for theatre lovers from across Southern Oregon, the country, and beyond. What began in 1935 as a small Shakespeare festival has grown into one of the most recognized regional theatres in the United States, bringing both[Read More…]

The Gold Hill City Council spent much of its most recent meeting looking beyond the city’s immediate needs, with discussions ranging from water infrastructure and grant funding to parks, transportation, housing, city technology, and long-term growth. One of the central themes of the meeting was the city’s effort to shift[Read More…]