Community Calendar

Support local environmental education by racing in The Crest’s 3rd annual 5k Turtle Trot fundraiser race from September 1-30! The Crest, a 501(c)(3) non-profit is located at Willow-Witt Ranch, 658 Shale City Rd (off of Dead Indian Memorial Rd), Ashland.

The Turtle Trot is a virtual race, meaning participants race on their own schedule, as many times as they wish, and record their own race time. Register and find race information and instructions online at www.thecrestatwillowwitt.org. The $15 registration fee per run supports The Crest's outdoor education programs, classes and field trips for students from the Rogue Valley and beyond. There is no registration fee for those under 12 or over 70 years old, but as a fundraiser, donations are encouraged.

There will be $100 cash prizes for the winners of seven race categories: fastest with testosterone, fastest without testosterone, slowest, oldest, youngest, and most times trotted. Yes, the slowest trotter wins a prize! Make a day of it and bring your family along for a mid-way picnic lunch. 50/50 raffle tickets and Crest merchandise will be available for purchase online within the registration form.

The ruggedly beautiful 5k Turtle Trot course, named to honor Willow-Witt Ranch’s population of Western Pond Turtles, is designed for hikers and adventure runners in mind. It journeys through the rolling hills of the lower Cascades, around wetlands and wildflower-filled meadows, past the old homestead and over a few seasonal creeks — all the obstacles a Western Pond Turtle must navigate living at Willow-Witt Ranch’s near 5,000’ elevation. These turtles, who live in a pond built in the 1950s, are the highest-elevation breeding population of Western Pond Turtles to be observed.

The Crest is dedicated to cultivating the connection between people and nature. The non-profit offers Outdoor School, day field trips, and summer camps at Willow-Witt Ranch, a 445 acre property containing restored forests, wetlands, and a diversified organic farm.

Wondering how pesticides affect water quality in the Rogue Valley? Come find out at the Integrated Pest Management Festival!

The day will feature updates on pesticide water quality monitoring data, demonstrations of best practices, and information on integrated pest management for a variety of contexts in the Rogue Valley (full schedule available at registration link). Oregon Department of Agriculture pesticide recertification credits available.

Lunch and refreshments provided.

Register and learn more at the link below!

All men are welcome! Come meet new friends!

Relaxed Men's Coffee and Fellowship

Thursdays 9:00-10:00 am

First United Methodist Church
607 W. Main St., Medford, OR
(Fellowship Hall doors across parking lot)

541-773-3691

About FUMC:

We are a downtown congregation
that strives to be the hands, feet, heart, and mind of Jesus
offering radical hospitality to the Valley.

If you work in the city and county offices,
own a business, wait on tables in a local restaurant, or find yourself unemployed,
we welcome you.

We welcome the comfortable and well-fed,
the unsheltered and the hungry,
those battling addiction, and those who are recovering.

Whether you are straight, gay, transitioning or questioning,
we offer a safe place for you to discover the love of Jesus and a community.

If you know what you believe, or are an agnostic doubter,
recovering from a previous church experience,
or a long time Methodist,
we understand it is more important to experience grace and community
than it is to claim a dogma.

We welcome the Valley,
the well to do, and the struggling family,
the retired gray-haired older adult and the squirming baby,
the dad who tells silly jokes and the high-tech mom,
white and black people and all the wonderful skin hues that are in between.
Whatever your heritage, born here or elsewhere,
we believe that diversity is a strength
and reflects the creativity of God.
We welcome you.

Together we strive to live out the teachings of Jesus.
We believe that first and foremost our religion should make us kinder,
more compassionate,
and create in us a greater capacity to love.

We invite you to become companions with us.
We strive to be the hands, feet, heart, and mind of Jesus in the Valley.

Learn fun and interesting facts about water in Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum’s newest exhibit, “Water is Life - Present Day.” Attendees will see beautiful photos with stories about water in our landscape and have many opportunities to interact with various parts of our newest exhibit on water. This is the second year of a 3-year endeavor, telling the stories about water in the Mount Shasta area. Last year’s exhibit focused on the history of water through early 1900s. This second year, 2022, covers stories from 1900 to the present day. In the third year, we will have displays and stories about what the future might bring to water in our area. Go to www.mtshastamuseum.com/covid-policies/ to prepare for your visit.

Calling all string players!
(Violin, Viola, Cello, & Bass)

Come and play with us - The Second Street Musicians!
(a 501(c)3 non-profit organization)

All ages!
Saturday Classes in Ashland from 3:30pm-5:00pm
Ten-week terms (Spring and Fall)
Professional instruction
Low tuition fee with scholarships available
Improve your skills! Friendly and inspiring environment!
A community in concert - celebrate music together!

Contact us:
(541)488-6482
ppotter@mind.net
www.roguevalleymusic.com
(click on Group Instruction)

You will not be asked for insurance information or immigration status. Testing events will occur every two weeks at the same location through August 2022. Signing up ahead of time is recommended but not required. Results take 2-4 days. $30 gift cards available for those eligible to participate in a research survey. The test we are offering is a saliva test. It does not hurt, but you cannot eat or drink anything for 30 minutes before taking the test to make sure the test can be processed.

Whether you are headed to the coast for a weekend get away, or looking for weekly produce for your meal planning, the Cave Junction Farmers Market is your one stop shop. Enjoy weekly music as you dance, eat dinner and experience this great family friendly community event. Eat Local. Shop Local and support the local farms, ranches and crafters.

Relationship Recovery is a community outreach of St Annes, which meets every Monday night. If you have suffered the ending of a significant relationship, or have had difficulty with relationships in general, we provide a safe and loving environment for you to begin the healing process and build a new life. We are non denominational and everyone over 18 is welcome. Because we have been meeting online during the pandemic and have been unable to bring new people into the program we are delighted to be opening again on April 4 for in person meetings. The meetings start at 7:00 PM but we suggest that you come a little early. Food and drink will be served and it will give us a chance to meet you and share more information about the program.

Siskiyou Music Project welcomes back guitarist Gonzalo Bergara and his Quintet for a concert on Thursday, September 29 at 7 p.m. at the Grizzly Peak Winery Performance Space in Ashland.

Gonzalo Bergara has emerged a virtuoso composer and lead guitarist, mixing a cascade of arpeggios with the sounds of Paris and his native Argentina, to forge his own style of progressive Gypsy Jazz.

The Gonzalo Bergara Quartet (GBQ) explores a modern variant of the 1930s Django Reinhardt-inspired sound.

Gonzalos music is heavily influenced by Django Reinhardt and the Hot Club of France, as well as the traditional jazz and music of Bergara’s true home, Buenos Aires. “Gonzalo Bergara’s music exists in a way that very little music does. He has lavished such care on every phrase, built each arrangement with such lapidary precision and pared away anything extraneous, the music becomes sculpture. It has weight, density, gravity. This is serious….and deeply moving.

Seating is limited. Visit www.siskiyoumusicproject.com for advance reservations

Lauren Gunderson's brilliant script about logic and numbers...and love