Community Calendar

Is your child going to be age 5 by September 1st? Then it is time to enroll for Kindergarten. Ashland School District enrollment is now open for the 2026-2027 school year.

New Exhibition - StitchPunk presented by SAQA

Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt: "a creative visual work that is layered and stitched or that references this form of stitched layered structure."

Our vision is that the art quilt is universally respected as a fine art medium. SAQA’s core values are: excellence, innovation, integrity, and inclusion.

Over the past 3+ decades, SAQA has grown into a dynamic and active community of over 4,000 artists, curators, collectors, and art professionals located around the world.

Get a taste of the "old West" and Jacksonville's gold mining days when you step behind the counter of the oldest financial institution in the Pacific Northwest. The 1863 Beekman Bank Museum, located at 110 W. California Street in Jacksonville, saw over $40 million in gold cross its counters during the town’s heyday in the late 1800s—the equivalent of over $1.5 billion today. Interact with costumed docents sharing stories of late 19th Century banking practices, gold shipping, and handshake deals; step behind the counter and peer in drawers containing old checks, stage schedules, and paperwork; enter the vault that stored all those millions in gold!
Admission is FREE but donations are encouraged with all monies going towards the preservation and maintenance of this historic legacy!

www.thetalentshowmusicfestival.com for performance schedule, event map, and more.

The Talent Show is a FREE, outdoor music festival filling the downtown heart of Talent with folk, singer-songwriters, cover bands, jazz, world music, blues, bluegrass, rock & more at multiple performance spaces along an easily-walked route.

Curate your own experience. Camp out at one specific stage. Bop around between a couple. Keep circulating to catch a bit of every band. The choice is yours!

Join us for 2026 Siskiyou Crest Artist in Residence Artist Talks! Artist, outdoorsman and scientist Cody Markelz will share his experience, sketches and the zine he created based on his time at Acorn Woman Lookout this year. Learn some cool science of the Siskiyou Crest in a fun and inspiring way! Bonus! Get your hands on a copy of his zine at the event.

Two opportunities to attend: Saturday June 27, 1 pm at Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Medford and Sunday, June 28 at 2 pm, ScienceWorks, Ashland.

Cody Markelz - 2026 Siskiyou Crest Artist in Residence at Acorn Woman Lookout shares his experience at two artist talks.

We are delighted to share Cody’s new Zine and experience at Acorn Woman Lookout with you:
Saturday, June 27, 1 pm at Rogue Gallery & Art Center 
Sunday, June 28, 2 pm at ScienceWorks.
Attendance is free - all are welcome!

Rogue Gallery & Art Center
40 S. Bartlett Street
Medford, OR 97501
541-772-8118

ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum
1500 E. Main St. 
Ashland, OR 97520
541-482-6767

www.codymarkelz.com

After receiving a PHD in plant biology, Cody participated in the academic science and research world, publishing scientific papers for other scientists at UC Davis and Berkeley, receiving accolades and grants along the way. In many ways, Cody was very successful, but ultimately he felt that work didn’t matter because so few people had access to it. 

Cody says, “I realized the most important thing I could be doing is communicating science to people. It became my life’s work.” 

In 2019 Cody decided to start making art everyday. Gradually he transitioned to making art full time.  He spends his time making zines, art and is working on a graphic novel. His work is aimed at adults - or anyone who is curious about science - aiming to spark curiosity and creativity around science and the natural world.  

Cody spent 5 days at Acorn Woman Lookout in the Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest this May, making observations, journal entries and drawings.  He’s compiled them into a zine!

Siskiyou Crest Artist in Residence Program is sponsored by Siskiyou Crest Coalition.  Find out more at https://siskiyoucrestcoalition.org.

In this one-hour performance, performer and author Tim Holt takes on the role of Walt Whitman, presenting his life and work in poetry and prose. Holt, as Whitman, celebrates the energy, the sprawling expanse and diversity of America in the mid-19th century.

Whitman was the unabashed bard of our fledgling democracy. He took the creed that "all men are created equal" and made it sing: "I celebrate myself, and what I assume you shall assume, for every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you."

Whitman's saga includes his early years growing up on Long Island, his newspaper career, his encounters with Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and his heart-wrenching visits with suffering and dying soldiers during the Civil War--the life experiences that went into the making of Leaves Of Grass.

All skill levels are welcome to join us for this fiber arts crafting hour. Bring your knitting, crocheting, or other fiber arts project for an hour of crafting camaraderie at the library. Supplies will also be provided for a simple knit or crochet craft for those looking to learn a new project. This group meets the fourth Saturday of the month.

In its 11th year of presenting free Shakespeare plays, Coos Bay Shakespeare in the Park will present The Comedy of Errors two consecutive weekends in June -- June 20, 21, 27, 28, – beginning at 3 p.m. at Mingus Park, 725 N. 10th Street, Coos Bay.

Got extra plants or gardening supplies that need a home? Love a bargain and an excuse to meet fellow gardeners? Look no further than the Ashland Greenhouses Sale & Swap Social! Bring your gardening extras to share with other attendees while shopping some of our steepest discounts of the year. What's not to enjoy?

Swaps will take place out of attendee vehicles in our front lot, while sale items and light refreshments are on offer in our retail building. Anything not claimed in the swap will go back home with you!