Entertainment

Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s “Snow in Midsummer” is a masterpiece. That’s not surprising. Cowhig, an internationally based playwright whose work has been staged on the West End, the Goodman Theatre, and at the Royal Shakespeare Company, among…

Ashland New Plays Festival will present four playwrights’ new works at its 27th annual festival from Oct. 17–21 at the Unitarian Center, 87 Fourth St., in Ashland. The winners are: • Ian August for “The Excavation of Mary Anning.”…

Ashland New Plays Festival (ANPF) will present a dramatic reading of Scott Kaiser's play "Now This" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 23, in the Great Hall at the Unitarian Center, 87 Fourth St. in Ashland. Kaiser is in his 26th season at the Oregon…

ASHLAND — The Schneider Museum of Art is transformed into four separate galleries with art ranging from minimalist to lush for exhibits that will continue through Sept. 9. An opening reception for the exhibits and artists will be held…

By Laurie Heuston Revels Posted Apr 9, 2018 at 7:43 AM Ashland Independent Film Festival’s director Richard Herskowitz believes that filmmakers’ exposure to classic films inspires them to question and reinvent filmmaking conventions, he…

Years in the making my path to Finisterre unfolds step by step Unstructured spiritual paths, meandering as they tend to be, often prove most meaningful for many of us as we flee the strictures of doctrinaire religions in a…

The leadership of Ashland New Plays Festival digs deep into their many submissions to find a small clutch of plays worthy of exposure. More often than not, they uncover hits instead of misses. I've seen a lot of good plays at ANPF over…

To understand what makes Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles such a marvel to see on stage, one must be prepared for what will unfold. A tale of tragedy retold as a story of immigration and the hope for a better life, the play is both shocking…

The Schneider Museum of Art is taking part in what has been dubbed "Oregon's largest art show." The museum on Southern Oregon University's Ashland campus is exhibiting the diverse work of five artists through Sept. 17 as part of…

Wataru Sugiyama was working as an engineer in Japan, smoking and getting drunk with his co-workers on weekends. "I was one of the cogs in the machine," he said. A 26-year-old at the time, Sugiyama decided he wanted more out of life.…