Community Calendar

Join facilitator Marla Estes each month to watch fascinating and insightful videos carefully selected to explore ways to depolarize and then engage in a facilitated discussion to help integrate new perspectives. “Shakespeare Behind Bars” offers a powerful opportunity to explore humanization and shared humanity. This is a film about what happens when people are allowed to be more than the worst thing they’ve done.

GPHS Project Graduation 2026 is sponsoring the annual "Will-A-Thon" to raise money for a safe drug and alcohol free party for the Class of 2026. Participants will consult with one of the following volunteer attorneys to have a basic will, power of attorney, and advance directive prepared. Cost $300 Single, $350 Couple. All proceeds to to Project Graduation. Call Victory Walker for an appointment today. (541)285-7674. Appointments are February to early April (and are limited). A big thank you to our participating attorneys: Brett Claar, Eric Fournier, Dan Simcoe, Carl Clyde, Christopher Mecca, Gregory Day, Rebecca Peterson, Jaskamal Dhillon, Rachelle Selvig

I'm writing from the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team because we will be having a special online beached bird surveyor training session for Northern Californians on February 19th from 5pm to 8:30pm. It will take place over Zoom. Our volunteers come from all different backgrounds, but all share a love of the beach and all care about birds! We are happy to give them an excuse to get out there once a month! These surveys can be conducted in groups of people and it's actually encouraged. Just note that anyone hoping to become a COASSTer must have access to a coastal beach located North of Elk, CA.

I have attached an image with some of the event details, please contact us for more info and a poster with all the event info. You can also find a link to our event on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/share/17RbXuWY7H/
If you would like to learn more about us and what we do, please feel free to explore our website: COASST.oth

Please feel free to reach out to us for clarification or to sign up if you are interested yourselves. To RSVP anyone can email us at coasst@uw.edu and say you want to join the All-in-One training. You are also welcome to text 503-563-0297, but please include your email address in the message.

Casual meetings once a month (except December) to increase awareness of the work Community Works does for survivors of domestic and sexual violence, stalking, and human trafficking in Jackson County, Oregon, and to further the mission of Community Works. Each month we explore new subjects that are educational and offer opportunities for interesting discussion. Along with this, we have project ideas for helping to lift our clients and the community. Community Works is here to bring HOPE, SUPPORT, and EMPOWERMENT to those impacted by violence.

New Day Breakfast at the Bellevue Grange in Ashland

Topic and presentation: Friday, October 21st 8:00-9:30 am

New Spirit Village is a nationally significant pilot project addressing the affordable housing crisis. Kathryn and Barry Thalden will walk us through this charming neighborhood of 87 homes, which will begin construction this fall in Medford. The not-for-profit development utilizes revolutionary ideas and new technology (including 3-D concrete printed walls) to address the concerns of fire, inadequate low-cost housing, and multigenerational financial inequity, providing the opportunity to change people lives by creating a safe, attractive, livable, and stable community.

GPHS Project Graduation 2026 is sponsoring the annual "Will-A-Thon" to raise money for a safe drug and alcohol free party for the Class of 2026. Participants will consult with one of the following volunteer attorneys to have a basic will, power of attorney, and advance directive prepared. Cost $300 Single, $350 Couple. All proceeds to to Project Graduation. Call Victory Walker for an appointment today. (541)285-7674. Appointments are February to early April (and are limited). A big thank you to our participating attorneys: Brett Claar, Eric Fournier, Dan Simcoe, Carl Clyde, Christopher Mecca, Gregory Day, Rebecca Peterson, Jaskamal Dhillon, Rachelle Selvig

Book sale will be held:

Friday, Feb. 20 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Saturday, Feb. 21 from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Monday, Feb. 23 - Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Great selection of books at unbeatable prices!

GPHS Project Graduation 2026 is sponsoring the annual "Will-A-Thon" to raise money for a safe drug and alcohol free party for the Class of 2026. Participants will consult with one of the following volunteer attorneys to have a basic will, power of attorney, and advance directive prepared. Cost $300 Single, $350 Couple. All proceeds to to Project Graduation. Call Victory Walker for an appointment today. (541)285-7674. Appointments are February to early April (and are limited). A big thank you to our participating attorneys: Brett Claar, Eric Fournier, Dan Simcoe, Carl Clyde, Christopher Mecca, Gregory Day, Rebecca Peterson, Jaskamal Dhillon, Rachelle Selvig

Book sale will be held:

Friday, Feb. 20 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Saturday, Feb. 21 from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Monday, Feb. 23 - Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Great selection of books at unbeatable prices!

★★★★★ “The lyricism and airy limpidity of the four performers give these movements a profundity and unexpected allure.” Diapason, France

Chamber Music Concerts (CMC) presents the Esmé Quartet on Saturday, February 21 at 7:30pm at the Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, 450 S Mountain Ave, Ashland, OR. Purchase tickets at ChamberMusicConcerts.org or call 541-552-6154.

Praised for their warm sound and powerful stage presence, the Esmé Quartet was formed in 2016 at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, Germany by four musicians who had been friends since their youth. The quartet has rapidly gained a worldwide reputation as a chamber ensemble of exceptional artistry and achievement.

In Spring of 2018, the quartet won the first prize as well as sweeping four special prizes at the prestigious Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in London, and in the same year it became HSBC Laureate of the Académie du Festival d’Aix. This recognition followed prizes at the Trondheim International Chamber Music Competition and the 55th Possehl Musikpreis Lübeck. In October 2020, the quartet was awarded the first Hans-Gál Prize by the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz, and Villa Musica.
The Esmé Quartet was named the first Artists-in-Residence at the Lotte Concert Hall, Seoul, Korea for the 2020-2021 season. Most recently, they have been named Ensemble-in-Residence at San Francisco Performances where they are currently based. The quartet takes its name “Esmé” from the old French word for “beloved.”

The Esmé’s concert program for CMC features Henri Dutilleux’s Ainsi la nuit; Maurice Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major; and Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden.”

Tickets are $39/49, with discounts available for full-time students and Oregon Trail Card holders. Purchase online at ChamberMusicConcerts.org or by calling 541-552-6154.