Community Calendar

Discover the joy of music in this engaging class designed for children 0-5 and their caregivers. This class combines singing, rhythm, movement and sign language. Get ready to sing beloved songs from around the world and make music together in this weekly class! Sponsored by Jackson Care Connect. (Ages 0-5 with accompanying adult -$5 per child ) This program repeats weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Instructor Bio: Laurie Finear has been a music teacher in the Rogue Valley for over 15 years as a certified Music Together teacher. She now creates and teaches her own music classes for children and their caregivers in Ashland and Jacksonville. She is passionate about sharing the joy of music with children and families.

Experienced students are the focus of this ongoing class but beginners may join after contacting the instructor. Tai Chi and Qi Gong are calming practices that incorporate slow movement, breathwork, visualization, and meditation. Consistent practice fosters improved balance, body alignment, coordination, and overall sense of well-being. Tai Chi students will also practice the Qi Gong.

To determine if you are ready for this level placement, please contact instructor Carolyn Wolf prior to attending at carwolf@sonic.net.

Instructors Bio: I have been a certified Tai Chi Practice Leader (from the Institute of Integral Qi Gong and Tai Chi) since 2015 and have been leading classes locally since then. I enjoy sharing all the practice has to offer; relaxation, increased body awareness, improved balance, meditation techniques, and overall improved well-being.”

Need help with your job search, resume, or cover letter? Drop in for a 20-minute one-on-one session with library staff for personalized support. No appointment needed—just bring your device and job goals!

Join Bonni Engelhardt, Landscape Designer of Shooting Star Nursery, to explore the challenges faced by local gardeners with respect to drought conditions that are likely to be a reality in the Valley this summer and will offer ideas about plantings that can be effective in that environment. Come to get ideas and solutions for the coming seasons!

Speaker Bio: Bonni Engelhardt is a landscape designer at Shooting Star Nursery in Central Point. She initially was a customer there with her own gardening business, but decided this was the place for her and joined the Shooting Star team in 2008. Bonni literally squeals with delight when unusual plants show up at the nursery – and can’t help collecting her favorites, like Eryngiums, Zauschneria, Hebes and hardy Cacti to name a few. She has also had her writing published in Fine Gardening Magazine.

Take some time out of your Thursday to listen to music in the library. Musicians from Rogue Valley Symphony will fill the main floor of the library with beautiful music. Enjoy it in passing or sit for a while and listen.

This series is presented in partnership with Rogue Valley Symphony.

Biologist Shari Anderson will discuss the Klamath Dam Removal Project – one of the largest river
restoration efforts ever undertaken. Shari will explore the many complexities involved including
coordination among dozens of partners, unique technical and biological challenges, and the
practical solutions developed along the way. Drawing on her experience in the Basin, Shari will
also share what we are seeing as natural processes resume, including early ecological responses
and emerging management questions. The presentation will look ahead to salmon
repopulation in the Upper Basin – what we’re learning, the role of hatcheries, and the
challenges that remain as partners work toward long-term recovery.

Speaker Bio: Shari Anderson grew up in the Rogue Valley and holds a B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife Science
from Oregon State University and an M.S. in Fisheries Science from Cal Poly Humboldt. She
spent the first 20 years of her career as a federal fisheries biologist, primarily with NOAA
(National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association) Fisheries, where she studied coho salmon in the
Klamath River and played a key regulatory role in the historic Klamath Dam Removal Project.
Today, Shari is the principal of her consulting firm, Lazuli Eco, where she continues to work
throughout the Klamath Basin—monitoring habitat recovery, restoring habitat on private lands,
and supporting salmon reintroduction into newly reconnected reaches of the river.

Are you listening to the news updates and wondering, "What else can I do?!" We've got just the thing for you...

We are excited to offer our Activist Night series. Held on the fourth Thursday of every month at the KS Wild office, we will host an informative 1-hour session that will offer you an easy "action" to take. We'll teach comment and LTE-writing skills, give details on comment periods and sample comment letters, paint signs for rallies, and more! Each session's topic is subject to change based on the need of the month.

These Activist Nights are FREE and open to folks of all ages who wish to learn more about ways they can step up into action for their rights and the places they care about most. Sign up for this month's Activist Night on our website to receive information about what to bring.

We are a Zen practice community in the Diamond Sangha lineage founded by Robert Aitken Rōshi. We provide zazen(meditation) instruction, weekly zazen, practice talks, Dharma discussions and more.

Thursday April 23rd 7:00 to 8:00 pm
Join Michelle Latvala in conversation with local writer Emily Strong about Between Latitudes, a book that bridges Alaska’s boreal wilds and inner worlds with poetry on place, ancestry, resilience, and climate. “These poems dazzle the senses. Michelle Latvala’s intimate writing is unadorned with sentiment, tangible in lyrical description, and fiercely honest. You feel as though you, too, are there living in the wilderness, taking measure of your life, and feeling the wildness of your own heart’s experiences.” – Phillip Moffitt, former editor of Esquire.

Emily Strong will also be reading some of her poetry in addition to her conversation with Michelle Latvala.

Michelle Latvala is the author of Between Latitudes (Green Writers Press). She is faculty for poet David Whyte’s Institute for Conversational Leadership on Whidbey Island, served as Executive Director of Spirit Rock Meditation Center in northern California for a decade, and founded Insight Outside, which integrates writing and meditation programs in wild places. Michelle migrates thoughtfully between responsibilities in California and Alaska, where she built a cabin at the same latitude her Finnish ancestors inhabited for centuries in the shared circumpolar boreal forest. www.michellelatvala.com @michelle.latvala

Naturopath physician Mikinzie Smoot will lead adults in strength-building exercises – incorporating weights, weight bars and step platforms. Book directly with instructor for this unsponsored one-hour class – offered weekly on Wednesday at 8-9am and Fridays 8:15-9:15am.

For registration and payment: https://www.jvillefitness.com For information call: 541-621-1883 or email: drsmootmedspa@gmail.com