On a September Saturday in 2004, Frank Dalziel sat in a cold, white, windowless hospital room and was told he had colon cancer. He wasn’t surprised. After a year of being seriously ill and having done extensive research about his symptoms, Dalziel had come to the same conclusion, even before five hours of testing at [...]
Press release courtesy of Southern Oregon University’s Women’s Resource Center. Southern Oregon University’s Women’s Resource Center presents Athena in Velvet: A Spring Celebration of Women and Creativity. This unique evening features intriguing dancers, human statues, and powerful, local female musicians. Performers include: burlesque troupe Speakeasy and the Silhouettes, single artist Tiger Lyn, and musical act [...]
After a long battle with cancer that began in 2009, Adam Yauch (aka MCA) of the Beastie Boys has died at the age of 47, the band’s publicist said Friday. Yauch was a founding member of the influential New York rap trio the Beastie Boys, who became international stars with the release of their 1986 [...]
The 16th Annual Ho’opa’a Hawai’i Club Luau filled the McNeal Pavilion with enough Hawaiian music and dances on April 21 to make the 400 attendees feel the Aloha Spirit deep down in their pork- and coconut-filled bellies. The luau’s theme was E Ola Mau Ke Aloha, or for non-island hoppers, “Long Live the Aloha Spirit.” [...]
To the annual attendees of the Pear Blossom Parade in Medford, the usual cavalcade of floats, flaunters and fair-goers went off as always this year, leaving behind clouds of exhaust and gutters brimming with forgotten flyers. But what does this march of madness really represent? Pear pride? Citizenship at its best? Overpriced vendors with $3 [...]
Yes, yes, yes, it’s another installment of Diary… and to be perfectly honest, I’ve had enough. My thoughts are grim and my actions dire, and somewhere in the gossamer cobwebs of my mind grows a meaty, blue-flamed fire that has its sights set on the cheapskates in this town — the penny-pinching weasels who wouldn’t [...]
“Umphrey’s McGee stand revealed as consummate musical alchemists, deftly reconfiguring sounds from rock’s vast panoply of styles.” (Entertainment Weekly). Fans who have followed Umphrey’s McGee for any period of time know that there are only two guarantees: you never know what you’re going to get, and Umphrey’s always delivers. How else can a band be [...]
The Siskiyou Saxophone Orchestra and Cascade Clarinet Consort, under the direction of Dr. Rhett Bender, will present Fast and Furious, the Vaudeville music of the Brown Brothers on Monday, March 5th at 7:30 PM at the SOU Music Recital Hall. Special guests will be the SOU Flute Choir in its premiere performance. Audience members are [...]
(Ashland, Ore.) – The Theatre Arts program of the Department of Performing Arts at Southern Oregon University presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare in the Center Stage Theatre on the SOU campus. Performances are at 8 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday, March 1-3 and March 8-10 and at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 10 and [...]
Monday, March 5 Gene Burnett, 7 – 10 p.m. @ Liquid Assets. Siskiyou Saxophone Orchestra, 7:30 p.m. @ SOU Music Recital Hall. Songwriter showcase w/Fretwell and Gordon, 8 – 11 p.m. @ The Wild Goose. The Paul Schmeling Trio w/Danielle Kelly, 8-11 p.m. @ Martino’s. The Robbie DaCosta Trio, 8:30 p.m. @ Alex’s. Tuesday, [...]