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Volume 5, Issue 2 // January 18 - January 31, 2018 pg FEATURE 5 Thoughts On One Year Later pg DRINK 18 Osmo’s Offers So Much More pg CULTURE 19 Cuban Spy Novel, Written Locally pg SPORTS 20 Summer Sports, Done Indoors Messenger Membership: Now With More Benefits pg 6 2 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM Jan 20-21 @ Jackson County Expo Grow. Progress. Enjoy. Celebrate WIN TIX @THCFAIR thcfair.com WEEKEND PASS $15 2 Stages of Learning Sessions VETERANS SAVE $5 Cannabis & Hemp Products Dispensaries & Shops Jackson County Glass & Accessories Expo Prizes & Goodies Vendor Booths • Learning Sessions Local Artisans January 20-21, 2018 Thanks to our sponsors: Sat 10-5, Sun 11-5 JANUARY 18- JANUARY 31, 2018 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 3 The Rogue Valley Messenger CONTENTS PO Box 8069 | Medford, OR 97501 541-708-5688 roguevalleymessenger.com SOUND page SPORTS page [email protected] While Impulse Control’s If bad weather’s got you THE BUSINESS END OF THINGS 2017 album, Welcome climbing the walls, how to the Fold, is polished about really climbing BUSINESS MANAGER 16 20 Blake Helmken smooth, their new live some walls—and how SALES REPS Coleman Antonucci recording, Alive and about checking out WEB MASTER Tammy Wilder OUR FINANANCIAL WIZARD Sara Louton, Advanced Books Trying, is a buffet of some other indoor DISTRIBUTION Coleman Antonucci rough edges for a sound activities best done OUR WORDSMITHS closer to late seventies when the outdoors isn’t acts on iconic punk label so welcoming. PUBLISHER & EDITOR Phil Busse Stiff Records. MANAGING EDITOR Sara Jane Wiltermood MUSIC EDITOR Josh Gross PRODUCTION MANAGER Katie Ball CALENDAR EDITOR Jordon Lindsey ART CRITIC Jordan Marie McCaw COLUMNISTS Rob Brezsny, Shannon Wheeler, CULTURE Deborah Gordon, Dan Smith page WELLNESS page FREELANCERS Julie Gillis, Charles Fischman, Christopher SOU’s Robert If you figure you’ll sleep page Lucas, Josh Davis, Catherine Kelley, Nolan Kenmonth and Arellano’s latest when you’re dead, Leighton Tuttle novel Havana Libre 19 well, you may want to 21 tells the story about x GET IN TOUCH reconsider: Good sleep 1997 Havana, when can have immediate and EMAIL [email protected] a series of hotel long-term benefits—like a MUSIC [email protected] bombings chilled the longer life! EVENTS [email protected] city, and brought to ADVERTISE [email protected] the surface fractured family relations. SALES DEADLINE: 5 pm Thurs EDITORIAL DEADLINE: 5 pm Thurs CALENDAR DEADLINE: 12 pm Thurs CLASSIFIED DEADLINE: 4 pm Thurs Deadlines may shift for special/holiday issues. News 5 Drink Local 18 Feature 7Culture 19 Our Picks 9Sports & Outdoor 20 ON THE COVER: Live Music and Nightlife 10 Wellness 21 Rogue Aquatics in Medford Events 13 Talent Health Club Budtender 22 Photo Credit: Eric Boone Sound 16 Free Will Astrology & Yuki 22 Screen 18 Rec Room 23 Home & Business Solar Made Easy From chocolate tempering to making ganache, learn classic techniques to create homemade chocolate treats. Tuesday, February 6 • 6:30PM Co-op Classroom | 300 N. 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Amy Drake: Your property taxes cover the operating budget of the library, which is managed by the Jackson County Library Dis- trict Board and the Jackson County Library staff. The Foundation is the independent philanthropic partner of the libraries, and your donations and community support help our libraries to flourish and thrive. All contributions go to support county-wide programs, capital improvements, and exciting, innovative new projects. RVM: Doesn’t the library have enough money from taxes and such? AD: Foundation funding is used to support new, innovative projects, such as the upcoming Idea Lab in Central Point. The Idea Lab will be a teen-focused technology center and Homework Hub that will be a digital play space for teens to explore their passions and interest. We also support programs that are not appropriate uses of taxpayer dollars, like Outreach to Child Care’s book give away to children ages 0-6. RVM: Where does the foundation’s funding come from? AD: Our funding comes from people like you in our community who love our libraries. We seek donations from individuals, busi- nesses, and other foundations to help support the libraries. We just wrapped up a fundraiser for Outreach to Child Care that was sup- ported completely by community members, and because of their support, we’ll be able to give one book to every child in the Outreach to Child Care program. We have a small endowment with the Oregon Community Foundation too. RVM: The library did away with late fees starting this year. That seems counterintuitive. Doesn’t the library need funds? AD: It’s important to ensure that all Jackson County residents are able to access the library whenever they need it. Libraries are one of the few places in our society where everyone of all demographics spend time, and they’re one of the few places where culture is easily accessible to all people. Fines are an inequitable barrier to service, dispropor- tionately impacting children and community members with the least financial resources. What’s more, late fees are only .68% of projected revenues for this fiscal year – a drop in the bucket. The library will still charge patrons for losing or damaging checked out items to make sure that books, movies, etc. are available to all. RVM: Do you remember when you first recognized the importance of libraries for yourself or your community? AD: I was in elementary school, and during the summer my mom would take my sister and me to the library for the summer reading program. I was one of those kids who snuck a flashlight to bed with me so I could read under the covers while my parents pretended they didn’t know what I was doing. It was wonderful to surround myself with books that lead me on new adventures, and I knew that the library was one of my gateways to the world outside my lived experience. RVM: What’s your opinion about reading books on Kindles? AD: Call me old school, but I’m not an ebook user. I like the feel of paper and the weight of a book in my hands. The library offers Hoopla and Library2Go, two digital media services, and I use both for music, audiobooks, and movies (all for free!). I do envy others the convenience of having all their reading material on one device, especially while traveling. Maybe someday I’ll convert! Until then, I’ll keep the stack of books on my nightstand. RVM: Recommend a favorite read—either from the last year or a classic? AD: I just finished a graphic novel called “The Encyclopedia of Early Earth by Isabel Greenberg.” It’s a series of fables from an imaginary world’s prehistory that tells a seem- ingly tragic love story. It incorporates various mythologies, a bird-headed god and his children, witty illustration, and much more. I loved her world building and how the differ- ent mythologies were woven together to tell the story. CONNECT WITH ART AT THE SCHNEIDER MUSEUM OF ART WINTER EXHIBITIONS Anna Gray & Ryan Paulsen: Between the Beginning and the Middle Betty LaDuke: Social Justice Continued Maria de Los Ángeles: Transcending Myths Storm Tharp: Fierce Last Stand January 19 through March 17, 2018 Exhibition Opening Reception: Thursday, January 18, 5 – 7 pm Museum Members and Volunteers VIP Reception: 4 – 5 pm Quady North is generously donating and pouring wine at the opening. CLOCKWISE ABOVE (DETAILS): Maria de Los Ángeles, Almost Free, 12 x 9”, Watercolor and ink on paper, 2015 Free Family Day with Visiting Artist Maria de Los Ángeles Storm Tharp, Burn Yr’self A Bridge, Ink, acrylic paint and fabric dye on paper, 92 x 68”, 2017 Betty LaDuke, DACA Dreamers: At Home USA I, Acrylic on shaped panel, 58 x 22”, 2017 Saturday January 27 10 am – 1 pm at the Schneider Museum of Art Anna Gray & Ryan Paulsen, Things That Are Not There, Chalk on board, 48 x 24”, 2017 Visiting Artist Lectures (free and open to the public): Maria de Los Ángeles: Monday, January 22, 12:30-1:20 pm Betty LaDuke: Thursday, February 8, 6:30-7:30 pm Both lectures at Meese Auditorium in the SOU Art Building at 555 Indiana Street, adjacent to the Museum. MUSEUM HOURS: MONDAY – SATURDAY, 10 AM TO 4 PM • FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Address: 555 Indiana Street • Ashland, Oregon 97520 • phone: 541-552-6245 • email: [email protected] • web: sma.sou.edu • social: @schneidermoa PARKING: From Indiana Street, left into metered lot between Frances Lane and Indiana St. Also limited parking behind the Museum. 6 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM The Messenger membership program has gone NEXT LEVEL!!! We now offer a triple decker of rewards: Members are eligible for passes to the remarkable shows at Live at the Armory.