Southern Oregon’s Polish festival returns with expanded capacity, traditional food and live music celebrating culture and community.

Chef Stacey Givens is expanding her Portland-based Side Yard Farm & Kitchen to Phoenix, Oregon, bringing communal dining, local chefs and farm-to-table events to Southern Oregon.

Southern Oregon librarians and booksellers share summer reading recommendations for children and teens, from “Big Nate” and “Captain Underpants” to “Hunger Games.”

Author Dave Young is the operations manager at Jefferson Public Radio. He shares with Vanessa Finney insights from his personal journey through the world of fitness.

Paul French, director of the Southern Oregon Repertory Singers, and Christopheren Nomura, an internationally acclaimed baritone soloist, talk about Nomura's world premiere performance in Ashland set for Saturday and Sunday on Mother's Day Weekend at SOU's Music Recital Hall.

The Ashland Fringe Festival returns May 15-17 with 55 live events, visual art installations and free performances featuring mostly local artists.

Pop-punk band The All-American Rejects played a surprise show Saturday in Medford. Big crowds turned out for a blast of millennial nostalgia.

Chelsea Rose digs into the recent past in this episode of Underground History.

Raymond Jetson joins JPR host Vanessa Finney on My Better Half to discuss the organization, 'Aging While Black,' that he and Kali Graves launched in February 2023.

Author Tamika Thompson brings her debut novel “The Curse of Hester Gardens” to Ashland for a talk on April 30 at Bloomsbury Books.

The Ashland Independent Film Festival returns with 40+ programs, local filmmakers, and films exploring identity, activism and storytelling trends.

A spring arts guide to Southern Oregon and Northern California, featuring dance events, film festivals, author talks and a kelp forest documentary.