Jefferson Exchange

Bloomsbury Book's new co-owner, Megan Isser, gives JPR's Vanessa Finney a glimpse into this season's new releases from authors Suzanne Collins, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Charlotte McConaghy and more.

Tim Bond, the artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, directs the August Wilson play March 9 – July 20 at the Angus Bowmer Theatre.

The documentary "Outliers and Outlaws" is one piece of the University of Oregon's Eugene Lesbian History Project.

JPR’s Vanessa Finney discusses “Only Hope: A Survivor’s Stories of the Holocaust” with book editor Irving Lubliner, director Liisa Ivary, and Christine Williams, who narrates the audiobook and stars in the play.

When performance venues closed for an uncertain period of time during the pandemic, playwright/director Octavio Solis thought he might have to leave theater behind. In that first year of global shutdown, though, he revisited the writing of Samuel Beckett - and hatched a plan to produce a festival of Beckett’s short works in Ashland. JPR Arts Reporter Vanessa Finney recently spoke with Solis about the innovative project.

The Ashland New Plays Festival presents four plays October 16-20 at Southern Oregon University's Main Stage Theatre. Two finalists of the annual competition, Novid Parsi and Keiko Green, tell JPR's Vanessa Finney what audiences can expect.

The Ashland Independent Film Festival runs October 3-6, and features two music documentaries created by Rogue Award recipients Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein.

Oregon's new Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, recently spoke to JPR's Vanessa Finney about the state's literary landscape.

Marc Yaffee is one of three stand-up comedians in the upcoming Native Comedy All-Stars show on August 30 at the Ross Ragland Theater in Klamath Falls - along with Vaughn Eaglebear and Gilbert Brown. JPR's Vanessa Finney recently spoke with Yaffee about his art and how his Native heritage helps shape his sense of humor.

Interview with Geoffrey Riley about his retirement

What began as a satiric novel about Stanford Law School became a Golden Globe-nominate movie and a Tony-nominated musical. Now, Legally Blonde is playing at Ashland’s Oregon Cabaret Theatre through September 1. JPR's Vanessa Finney spoke with director and choreographer Lauren Blair.

Corey Murphy grew up in Klamath Falls. His father was one of thousands who emigrated from Ireland to Oregon in the mid-19th and -20th centuries, seeking work as sheepherders and cowboys. Today, Murphy studies, arranges and performs songs related to the Irish diaspora in South Central Oregon.