Community Calendar

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.

Join Our Family Farms for Save Our Seeds Day on Friday, May 22 from 5-8 pm at Cedarwood Barn in Talent to celebrate the 12-year anniversary of successfully passing Measure 15-119 that created Jackson County’s GMO-free Seed Sanctuary.

This free community event will feature guest speaker Gabrielle Roesch-McNally, PhD, Executive Director of The Dry Farming Institute. With local seeds, kids activities, a silent auction, and much more.

Learn more and RSVP at https://www.ourfamilyfarms.org/save_our_seeds_day_2026

Eat, drink, dance with us outside at the Phoodery

Experience Glowing Wild Lantern Festival at the Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay, featuring ten acres of illuminated gardens filled with Chinese lanterns inspired by plants & animals from around the world, plus music, food & drinks, live performances on select nights & more.

Show dates are May 1 through June 28. Open Wednesday-Sunday 7-10pm.

Purchase your tickets at www.glowingwild.org

Rising from their roots with Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The Modern Gentlemen deliver timeless hits and masterful interpretations of the Great American Songbook. From Motown and The Beatles to classic standards and jazz-infused swing, their harmonies bridge generations with energy, elegance, and authenticity.

Praised by Frankie Valli as “truly special—some of the best singers I’ve ever worked with,” The Modern Gentlemen have performed on the world’s biggest stages, from Royal Albert Hall to PBS specials and Broadway, bringing charisma, charm, and unparalleled vocal skill to every performance.

Experience an extraordinary evening in a venue designed for sound, community, and lasting memories.

THE MODERN GENTLEMEN
Formerly of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

Rising from their roots with Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The Modern Gentlemen deliver timeless hits and masterful interpretations of the Great American Songbook. From Motown and The Beatles to classic standards and jazz-infused swing, their harmonies bridge generations with energy, elegance, and authenticity.

Praised by Frankie Valli as “truly special—some of the best singers I’ve ever worked with,” The Modern Gentlemen have performed on the world’s biggest stages, from Royal Albert Hall to PBS specials and Broadway, bringing charisma, charm, and unparalleled vocal skill to every performance.

Experience an extraordinary evening in a venue designed for sound, community, and lasting memories.

This concert is proudly sponsored by:

Harry & David
Thank you to our Season Sponsor, Quality Fence Co., and Media Sponsor, Jefferson Public Radio, for their generous support of our inaugural season!

From radio waves to comedy stages, Lexis Shardé is a dynamic performer with a mic and a mission—to make people laugh, think, and sing along.

Lexis’s creative voice blends stand-up, musical parody, and character impressions, drawing on her background in film, broadcasting, and improv. She’s written and produced short films, hosted music and comedy series, and appeared in everything from reality TV to sketch comedy to viral videos.

As a co-writer and filmmaker for The Comedy Show—selected for the 2024 Palm Springs International Comedy Festival—her performance earned high praise from comedian and judge Ahmed Ahmed, who called her set “the best of the evening.”

​Her comedic chops have taken her across the country to top venues including The Comedy Store, The Improv, Flappers, Rick Bronson’s House of Comedy, Harvey’s Comedy Club, and Don't Tell Comedy Phoenix.

She’s a finalist of the 2019 Portland Comedy Festival, a first-round winner at the 2021 Cactus Comedy Classic, and has opened for acts like Sam Miller, Lucas Dick, and Brandon Broady. A performer with a deep love for music, she also brings parody songs into her set—combining stand-up with melody in ways that surprise and delight.

This is stand-up comedy at its finest!

Food & Drink provided by Luna Cafe+Mercantile

$25 / 21+

Limited Early VIP Meet & Greet

Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory is a historical drama based on the true story of young women who worked as dial painters in the 1920s and were poisoned by the radium-based paint they used, leading to a fight for justice against their employer, the U.S. Radium Corporation. The play follows dial painter Grace Fryer as she and other sick workers sue the company, highlighting themes of corporate responsibility, workers' rights, and the commercialization of science, all while showing the devastating health effects of radium exposure, such as bone disintegration. Written by D.W. Gregory and Directed by Terri McMahon
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Performances run May 21st - 23rd & May 28th - 31st (Evenings and Matinees included)

Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory is a historical drama based on the true story of young women who worked as dial painters in the 1920s and were poisoned by the radium-based paint they used, leading to a fight for justice against their employer, the U.S. Radium Corporation. The play follows dial painter Grace Fryer as she and other sick workers sue the company, highlighting themes of corporate responsibility, workers' rights, and the commercialization of science, all while showing the devastating health effects of radium exposure, such as bone disintegration. Written by D.W. Gregory and Directed by Terri McMahon

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Performances run May 21st - 31st at SOU Main Stage Theatre.
Tickets are $25 General/$20 Senior, FREE for Students (of any school) & SOU Employees/Faculty.

Starting May 3, the heart of downtown Ashland will be home to the Saturday Market, running every Saturday until October 26, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the 100 block of Oak St. This exclusive one block long market provides healthy options, fresh organic produce, artisan foods, and more every week for the locals and travelers passing through. We encourage everyone to join us in supporting local while cultivating community in Southern Oregon.

May 3rd -October 25th
Downtown on Oak St.
9:00a-1:00p