Community Calendar

We have a wide assortment of food available. Bags with staple items are pre-filled, but we will gladly add any special requests if they are available. When you visit, there is always a simple lunch. On the last Wednesday of every month, we serve a pretty darned good hot meal with salad and a huge table filled with pies and desserts. We call it a community lunch. All are welcomed.

First Friday Bike Rides are family-friendly bike rides for people of all ages and abilities. We celebrate every first Friday, all year long, Ashland’s future where it is safe, convenient and efficient to bicycle for short in-town trips from anywhere to everywhere. Join us for a fun and short bike ride in and around town.

Join us for our 40th season of music that will feature 9 unforgettable concerts and several community outreach events across the Rogue Valley!

The Southern Oregon Repertory Singers, under the inspired direction of Dr. Paul French will feature timeless masterpieces, contemporary music and bold new works that will stir your heart and lift your soul – all in celebration of the beauty of the human voice. This year’s transformative journey features revered masterworks, rising young composers, and premieres of new works that will move, delight and surprise you.

Sat., Mar. 7, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 8, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

Grace Before Sleep is a concert about dreams and having the tenacity to follow them, even in the midst of trials. The fragility of roses, the passing from night to dawn, and the transformational power of love and music poetically lead the listener on a journey which ends in gratitude and joy.

Featured works include:

Hymn to St.Cecilia by Benjamin Britten
Even when he is silent by Kim André Arnesen
Grace before sleep by Susan LaBarr
Chansons des Roses by Morten Lauridsen
Had I the Cloths of Heaven by Jodi French

Geoffrey Riley reprises the role of Mozart for two of Mozart’s most impressive choruses, and a set of American folk songs highlighted by Dolly Parton’s “Light of a clear blue morning” brings us to Ricky Ian Gordon’s jubilant setting of Langston Hughes’ optimistic poem, “Joy”.

Join us for our 40th season of music that will feature 9 unforgettable concerts and several community outreach events across the Rogue Valley!

The Southern Oregon Repertory Singers, under the inspired direction of Dr. Paul French will feature timeless masterpieces, contemporary music and bold new works that will stir your heart and lift your soul – all in celebration of the beauty of the human voice. This year’s transformative journey features revered masterworks, rising young composers, and premieres of new works that will move, delight and surprise you.

Sat., Mar. 7, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 8, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

Grace Before Sleep is a concert about dreams and having the tenacity to follow them, even in the midst of trials. The fragility of roses, the passing from night to dawn, and the transformational power of love and music poetically lead the listener on a journey which ends in gratitude and joy.

Featured works include:

Hymn to St.Cecilia by Benjamin Britten
Even when he is silent by Kim André Arnesen
Grace before sleep by Susan LaBarr
Chansons des Roses by Morten Lauridsen
Had I the Cloths of Heaven by Jodi French

Geoffrey Riley reprises the role of Mozart for two of Mozart’s most impressive choruses, and a set of American folk songs highlighted by Dolly Parton’s “Light of a clear blue morning” brings us to Ricky Ian Gordon’s jubilant setting of Langston Hughes’ optimistic poem, “Joy”.

We have a wide assortment of food available. Bags with staple items are pre-filled, but we will gladly add any special requests if they are available. When you visit, there is always a simple lunch. On the last Wednesday of every month, we serve a pretty darned good hot meal with salad and a huge table filled with pies and desserts. We call it a community lunch. All are welcomed.

“Brilliance is not a strong enough word — it’s more like an electric shock. The music transfixes the listener from literally the very first note, electrifying heart and brain without any advance warning…the Mandelring Quartett, under extreme tension, heated and feverish, is dangerously close to catching fire!” Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Chamber Music Concerts (CMC) presents the Mandelring Quartett on Saturday, March 14 at 3pm at the Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, 450 S Mountain Ave, Ashland, OR. Purchase tickets at ChamberMusicConcerts.org or call 541-552-6154.

Audiences will be thrilled to welcome a long-time favorite, the Mandelring Quartett, as the four affable Germans return to the stage in Ashland for a single performance.

Named by Fono Forum as one of the six best string quartets in the world, the Mandelring Quartett’s expressivity and remarkable homogeneity of sound have become its distinguishing characteristics. Formed in 1983 in the German wine region in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, three Schmidt siblings — Sebastian, Nanette and Bernhard — join with violist Andreas Willwohl in an approach to music that is always emotional and personal. The Mandelring Quartett celebrated its 40th Anniversary in 2023.

The Mandelring's concert program for CMC features Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in D Major, Op. 44 no. 1; Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet in F-sharp Minor, Op 108; and Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59 no. 3

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.

We have a wide assortment of food available. Bags with staple items are pre-filled, but we will gladly add any special requests if they are available. When you visit, there is always a simple lunch. On the last Wednesday of every month, we serve a pretty darned good hot meal with salad and a huge table filled with pies and desserts. We call it a community lunch. All are welcomed.

We have a wide assortment of food available. Bags with staple items are pre-filled, but we will gladly add any special requests if they are available. When you visit, there is always a simple lunch. On the last Wednesday of every month, we serve a pretty darned good hot meal with salad and a huge table filled with pies and desserts. We call it a community lunch. All are welcomed.

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.

We have a wide assortment of food available. Bags with staple items are pre-filled, but we will gladly add any special requests if they are available. When you visit, there is always a simple lunch. On the last Wednesday of every month, we serve a pretty darned good hot meal with salad and a huge table filled with pies and desserts. We call it a community lunch. All are welcomed.