Community Calendar

Art About Agriculture encourages artists to investigate the visual resources of the science and practice that sustains human life: agriculture. It strives to develop an understanding and appreciation of food and fiber production, especially among people not traditionally acquainted with agriculture.

Art About Agriculture was established in 1983 as the first annual arts competition and tour exhibit with an agricultural theme. It recognizes professional and emerging Pacific Northwest artists, creates a growing, dynamic, permanent collection of fine art based on, stimulated by, and portraying agriculture, and presents the permanent collection and tour exhibit to rural and urban audiences. The collection is exhibited by loan agreement throughout Oregon and other parts of the Pacific Northwest.

Dual-resident painter and San Francisco Art Institute alum Patricia Schaefer- Robbins will debut a concurrent solo exhibitions at Nous Restaurant.

The exhibition brings a unique global perspective to Ashland’s art scene. Splitting time between
studios in Ashland and London, England, Schaefer-Robbins uses oil and acrylic to weave together
botanical themes, still life, pagan traditions, and ancient lore.

At Nous Restaurant, visitors will get an exclusive look at mythical and ritualistic works, including
"Offering," and pieces from an ambitious new series of larger-scale panels exploring goddess
mythology, such as "Court of the Autumn Equinox" and "Song of the Green Woods."

The award-winning Oregon State University Land Steward training course helps landowners learn about their property and develop a management plan. This 13-week program covers critical topics like wildfire risk reduction, forests, soil health, wildlife habitat, pasture management, stream care, water capture and distribution, and much more

American Legion Grants Pass Post 28 is now having Taco Tuesdays starting on Tuesday March 10th
Serving Tacos choice of Beef or Chicken and dress them how you like with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and onions.
$4 for 2 tacos. $ 2 each additional, add $.50 for sour cream. Beverages available at a cost
206 NW F St Grants Pass. 541-474-6400
Serving from 3-7pm

Part of the JCC Community-in-Action Series – In this historically grounded and deeply moving presentation, siblings Dave and Peggy Doi explore the history surrounding the 1942 forced incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans. Combining objective historical facts with intimate family history, the presenters will share their parents’ personal experiences of being ordered into the Tule Lake camp in northern California and what daily life was like for them behind barbed wire. This session offers a powerful, humanizing look into a critical chapter of American history and raises important questions for today. This presentation is funded in part by a grant from Oregon Humanities.
Instructor bios:

Peggy Doi:
Peggy is the oldest of Bill and Peggie Doi’s five children. She was born and grew up in Minneapolis and received a BS degree in Medical Technology from the University of Minnesota. She worked primarily in pharmaceutical research and public health. She retired and moved back to the Twin Cities in 2009 to care for her parents. Currently she is very active with the Minnesota Nikkei Project, a non-profit service group to aging Japanese in the Twin Cities area; a group spearheaded by her father in 1978. She is a member of the Twin Cities Japanese American Citizen League Education Committee and through this group gives presentations on the Japanese in America, based on her family’s stories. She is also a member of her parish Social Justice committee and is a member of the RASP (Roseville Area Senior Program) Advisory Council, and She is also one of the volunteer directors for a non-profit gift shop at the Aŋpétu Téča (awn-BET-doo TEH-cha) Education Center.

Dave Doi:
David Doi has a degree from the University of Minnesota in American History with a concentration in civil rights and civil liberties and a minor in Political Science. He spent his entire career working in the non-profit sector doing community organizing whether in South Minneapolis with a neighborhood association or organizing law enforcement across the country to prevent gun violence with Jim and Sarah Brady. He served as the executive director of the Minneapolis Community Crime Prevention Program and the National Coalition for Juvenile Justice. He moved to Washington DC and spent 20 years doing advocacy there. After retiring to Jacksonville, he served as the volunteer executive director of Rebuilding Together Rogue Valley for 2-1/2 years during COVID. He has served as the Secretary of the Jacksonville Community Center since 2017 and was awarded AARP’s Oregon volunteer of the year award in 2020. He has a son and daughter, four grandchildren, and is celebrating his 50th wedding anniversary this year with his wife, Sue Miler.

Author of six previous works of fiction and a textbook, The Creative Process, local author Molly Best Tinsley is a self-described Military Brat, and her book offers a rare exploration of the life of military-dependent families.

Molly will begin with a book talk focused on short readings from her latest novel, A Modest Trumpet Fanfare, with some discussion of the writing process and craft, then Q and A at end. Discussion may evoke the following questions:

Do real writers plot (outline) or fly by the seat of their pants?

Does strong writing come from the imagination or from memory?

Does creativity really take discipline?

Molly Best Tinsley will try to answer these questions, and others you might want to ask, by sharing the process that produced her new novel.

Join us for this exciting opportunity to gain wisdom from an author who has been in the writing trenches.

Copies of A Modest Trumpet Fanfare will be available for purchase.

Mental Illness in the family? Eight session free Family to Family course for family members offered in Eureka on Tuesday evenings starting September 8 and ending October 29-exact time TBD. Find community support in a confidential setting. Offered by NAMI-Humboldt (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Sign up now by contacting Judy at namihumboldtf2f@gmail.com or phone/text Edith at 707-498-4005

This talk explores how fear, guilt, and resistance show up when we consider taking the mask off, even the sense of who am I without it, and what’s possible when living life on the other side of the mask: honesty, boundaries, authentic connection, and the freedom to be you. Jennifer Jo Kenworthy is a People Pleaser Coach and former Mental Health Coach at Lyra Health with over 2,500 client sessions. Drawing from Internal Family Systems, somatic practices, and nervous system education, she helps people recognize the patterns they’ve been living in and find their way back to who they actually are. Her own healing journey informs everything she teaches.

Naturopath physician Mikinzie Smoot will lead adults in strength-building exercises – incorporating weights, weight bars and step platforms. Book directly with instructor for this unsponsored one-hour class – offered weekly on Wednesday at 8-9am and Fridays 8:15-9:15am.

For registration and payment: https://www.jvillefitness.com For information call: 541-621-1883 or email: drsmootmedspa@gmail.com

This chair-based yoga class incorporates movement, poses, breath, and guided relaxation in both seated and (optional) standing sequences. We move slowly and mindfully, with plenty of opportunity to pause and notice. The classes are designed using the principles of yoga for healthy aging to support brain and body wellness.

GO TO: https://www.consideryoga.com/chair-yoga.html to register and pay.

Instructor Bio: Lori Sours, PhD, has been teaching yoga since 2014 and is a Create an account with JCC Yoga Teacher at the 500-hour level with Yoga Alliance. Beyond Lori’s certification work, her specialized training includes teaching yoga for healthy aging and chair yoga for brain and body health. She is passionate about introducing the benefits of slow, mindful yoga, including chair yoga, to people who want to feel their best every day and age wisely.