Community Calendar

Galice Garden Faire, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. both days, Galice Community Hall, 10821 Galice Road, Galice. Vendors sell native plants, trees, deer resistant plants, herbs, perennials and vegetable starts, including heirloom tomatoes, as well as handmade garden-related crafts and garden art. There’s also a raffle and a beer garden raffle. Admission is free.

Digital Paintings by Bruce Bayard and Martin Steele at Rogue Gallery and Art Center

Exhibition Dates: Friday, April 25 - Friday, June 6
Artist Talk: Saturday, April 26, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Opening Reception: Friday, May 16, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Currently featured in the Main Gallery at Rogue Gallery and Art Center are Digital Paintings by Bruce Bayard and Martin Steele. At the intersection of digital image collage and video performance, Bruce's work is a fusion of visual elements and abstract narrative through innovative mediums. He navigates the language of symbols to convey layered meanings. Embracing randomness as a creative tool, Bruce's work invites his viewers to engage with evolving narratives shaped by chance. In this realm of digital expression, he seeks to challenge perceptions and provoke thought, inviting an exploration into the worlds of space between personal and public. Similarly, Martin has always loved the term ‘snapshot’ because it perfectly captures the idea of what happens in photographs. Sourcing imagery from his prodigious and idiosyncratic archive that contains thousands of images, Martin works in a characteristic palette of saturated hues and chromatic aberrations to invite his viewers into a composition of visual rubble and a unique version of history.

For more information, please visit www.roguegallery.org.

Step into the world of Saturday Speaker Series: Virginia Howard Mullan "Humboldt County Courts World’s Fairs Florence Harrie (1889–1981, Karuk) and experience the legacy of a master weaver. Born at Katimîin, the Karuk center of the world, Florence returned to her ancestral home after boarding school to learn the art of gathering and weaving from renowned weavers like Elizabeth Hickox. She made her living through her craft and today, her great-grandson, Bradley Marshall, has lovingly curated this exhibit to bring her story home.
What makes this exhibit so special?
Florence’s personal weaving chair
The last basket she ever wove
A ceremonial dress made by her descendants that still dances in ceremonies today
Join us at the Clarke Historical Museum and immerse yourself in this deeply personal tribute to a Karuk cultural icon. Don’t miss it!
February 8 - May 31, 2025 at the Clarke Historical Museum

May Exhibition at ART ON FIRST: Magical Northwest Landscapes - Jessica Johnson

Monday, April 28 - Monday, May 26, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Opening Reception: Friday, May 2, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Currently featured at ART on FIRST are vibrant landscape paintings by Jessica Johnson. Jessica aims to capture and communicate the inspiring beauty of the landscapes that surround her home and permeate her adventures. Expressive brushstrokes and color depict movement intertwined with emotion in her compositions, evoking feelings of deep connection to the places that she immerses her viewers in. Jessica loves using vibrant colors and rich shadows to convey wonder, joy, playfulness, and reverence.

For more information, please visit www.artandfirstashland.com.

Medford Mother's Day PLANT SALE! 
Join us, Bring MOM, Sunday May 11th

Starts promptly at 2pm, hurry because these choice plants sell FAST!

Parking Lot Patio at the
Congregational United Church of Christ 
1825 E. Jackson St, Medford 

Join the Garden-loving members of the SISKIYOU CHAPTER of the North American Rock Garden Society.

Wide Selection of rare and popular plants including: hardy Succulents, Rock Garden plants, Unique Alpines and Native Plants, Bulbs, Dish Gardens, Specialty Dwarf Iris.

Our meeting and refreshments will be held in the church's Lidgate Hall immediately after the sale. Everyone is invited to learn about our Rock Garden Society.

MOTHER’S DAY WEEKEND: All your rule-breaking wishes come true with Aladdin: The Rock Opera—Ballet Fantastique’s magical fantasy rock ballet, with live music featuring show stopping original arrangements of Queen.

BFan resident Choreographer-Producers Donna Marisa and Hannah Bontrager re-imagine Aladdin, Jasmine, and the Genie of the Lamp in a vibrant 1970s world. Rock out to irresistible versions of the classic anthems of Queen.

Bold, inimitable, raucous, defiant, lovable—Ballet Fantastique’s Aladdin: A Rock Opera Ballet is a live dance theater experience you can’t find anywhere else, handcrafted right here in Eugene.

Siskiyou Singers present their Spring 2025 concerts, “Earth Song,” featuring music celebrating nature and admonitions to protect it.

Performances will be at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11, at Southern Oregon University’s Music Recital Hall. General admission is $25 ($5 for students and Oregon Trail Card holders). Tickets are available now online or can be purchased from choir members or at Music Coop or Paddington Station in Ashland in late March. Tickets are also available at the door.

The program begins with “Kasar Mie la Gaji (The Earth is Tired)” by Alberto Grau and “Break, Break, Break,” a Tennyson poem about lost love and set to music by choir Director Mark Reppert. The concert then strikes a hopeful note with “The Bluebird” by Charles Villiers Stanford; “O Lovely Night” by Johannes Brahms; the Renaissance madrigal “Sweet Suffolk Owl” by Thomas Vautor; and Eric Whitacre’s “Little Birds.” The final piece of the first half is the sunny “Away From the Roll of the Sea” by Allistar MacGillvray.

The second half begins with “The Lark In the Clear Air,” an Irish folk song arranged by Andrew Carter; it is the story of a young lover who is encouraged to pursue his love by the song of the lark. Another inspiring piece is “The Prow” by the young composer Matthew Hazzard, which tells of an exhilarating day out on the wild sea. We will then travel out to the prairie with a luscious arrangement by Mark Hayes of the old, familiar “Home on the Range”.

The program ends with a warning and hope. In a clever arrangement by Matt and Adam Podd, Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” tells us that “you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” The final piece and namesake of the concert is “Earth Song” by Frank Ticheli, who tells us, “The scorched earth cries out in vain, O war and power you blind and blur,…[but] through darkness and strife I’ll sing!”

We noticed that a lot of places in Ashland do something cool for First Friday. So, sure, we'll be followers this time.

We're calling it First Friday Flights! Or maybe we're calling it the Empanada Throwdown!

Either way, it's a music, food, and wine event that you should definitely join! Here's the deal:

Freshly made local empanadas from Caba Empanadas
Lovely fall wines from Resistance Wine Co (that's us!)

You could pretty much hang out all day if you want. But if you just want to pop in for a few empanadas/pours, you could have plenty of time left to visit all the other galleries.

Also, we have some art so you don't just have to look at that weird friend you invited... But, still, bring your friends.

$20.00 Wine tastings + whatever an empanada cost in 2025.

Darien Lane and Balladir live at the garden stage at Wild Wines!
Come enjoy a fabulous Mother's Day Show with family, friends, food, wine and fun!
Grip-N-Grub food truck will be onsite proving delicious food
Arrive early for best seating or bring your own blanket or lawn chairs.
Family-friendly event, suggested donation $10-$20
May 11th, 5-8pm
4550 Little Applegate Rd.
Jacksonville, OR 97530

This month’s guest musicians are the Southern Oregon Jazz Orchestra. SOJO has been playing for vespers since 2022, in addition to many other venues around the Rogue Valley. Their repertoire includes swing, Latin, and classical Big Band arrangements.
In the hallway gallery view photos covering 140 years of history at the church. Free admission with donations happily accepted to support the vespers program.