Volume 7, Issue 1 // January 23 - February 19, 2020
YOUR LOCAL, NON-PROFIT, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SOUND Death Plant is a Force to be Reckoned With! food Over Easy: Brunch in Medford
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The Rogue Valley Messenger 1630 Williams Hwy. #400 | Grants Pass, OR 97527 CONTENTS 541-708-5688 FOOD roguevalleymessenger.com SOUND page page [email protected] Over Easy? Named for their Death Plant is not a one- heavy reliance on eggs? THE BUSINESS END OF THINGS trick pony. Loud and 14 Partially. Chef Bradyn (who 18 WEB MASTER Tammy Wilder intense, sure, but with is also the owner of this OUR FINANCIAL WIZARD (Taking applications) nods to ska and pop, new breakfast hotshot DISTRIBUTION Coleman Antonucci in Medford) claims the tongue-in-cheek humor, ADVERTISING MANAGER Sasha Armstrong name is an expression of B52’s quirky glee and a OUR WORDSMITHS, ETC. their style—casual, non- dash of Axl Rose. Whew! pretentious, kid-friendly PUBLISHER & EDITOR Phil Busse That’s a lot to love! and welcoming. Though, MANAGING EDITOR Sara Jane Wiltermood they do use a lot of eggs. PRODUCTION MANAGER Donna Brosh CALENDAR EDITOR Alan Armstrong COLUMNISTS SCREEN page page Rob Brezsny, Dr. Dan Smith, From its rivers and forests to Dr. Cory Tichauer, Dr. Margaret Philhower, Tanya Shelander, Matt Jones, Roo Grostein practices of conservationism S&O and environmental 16 FREELANCERS 20 Catherine Kelley, Vanessa Newman, We catch up on the Alan Armstrong, Erin McMenomy and Ani Trawles protection, Oregon is well-noted as being green. slopes with Mt Ashland GET IN TOUCH The 18th annual Siskiyou Director Hiram Towle, Film Festival splashes this MAIL [email protected] who talks about how ski love on the big screen, EVENTS areas are adapting to [email protected] with documentaries about ADVERTISE [email protected] beavers and surfers-turned- climate change. activists. Rekindle your soul! SALES DEADLINE: 5 pm Thurs EDITORIAL DEADLINE: 5 pm Thurs CALENDAR DEADLINE: 12 pm Thurs Feature...... 5 Food & Drink...... 18-19 CLASSIFIED DEADLINE: 4 pm Thurs Deadlines may shift for special/holiday issues. Our Picks...... 9 Sports & Outdoor...... 20 Live Music and Nightlife...... 10 Go Here...... 20 ON THE COVER: Events...... 12 Wellness...... 21 Sound...... 15 Don’t Smoke the Messenger ...... 22 Photo taken at Ostras in Ashland Screen...... 16-17 Free Will Astrology...... 22 by Ammon Cluff Art Watch...... 18 Rec Room...... 23 4 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM JANUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 19, 2020 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 5 FEATURE A Tale of Two “O” Mys! Ashland Restaurant Week in on the Menu BY VANESSA NEWMAN
February is Ashland Culinary stranger to tradition. Fix, part Fix says humbly, “Billy Harto available. Month and “Restaurant Week” kicks owner, explains that “Conservas” (owner of Thai Pepper) is the Ostras Chef, Jordan Harto, does off the foodie celebration February is Spanish for the long-standing brains, while I get it done.” not like to be in the spotlight, but 3 – 9 with a slice of local flavors. practice of conserving foods at the Pan seared sea scallops is a popular he is described as a very “diligent There are multiple establishments “height of flavor.” “Tapas”–not finger food—but professional who is a perfectionist involved in this six-day celebration, Each ingredient is important a small plate designed to share with a strong sense for food.” and for 2020, tradition and tapas and is selected based on season, size, made from scratch with fresh, dry In addition to savory and sweet set the tone. time aged, integrity of the canning ingredients that are never frozen. “postres” treats, this establishment The Rogue Valley Messenger process and quality because these Fix encourages customers to is a bottle shop offering an extensive had a chance to meet with: Ostras ultimately determine the taste and try without hesitation, Octopus A wine selection with half being and Omar’s. A blend of the “old” texture of these luxury offerings. La Plancha, a “delicious delicate from Spain and the other half from and “new” to satisfy traditional The process is celebrated in Spain preparation” with Lyonnaise Oregon. Every Thursday from 5 to tastes and tantalize the palette while sort of frowned upon in The potatoes and Mojo Amarillo. 6 pm, they have a complimentary with dishes like Octopus or Oysters. United States. Fix, who grew up near And one dish, Pork Cheeks, has wine tasting. Oh my! Munich, Germany, aims to bridge the a “following”—customers call Starting out right on the Plaza, old and new worlds in a fine dining to make sure it is Oliver Fix welcomes the Messenger, atmosphere providing impeccable excited to share why stopping at customer service. this location is a must. In Ashland since March of 2017, Ostras Tapas is no
CREDIT: OMAR’S LOBSTER TAIL AND ALASKAN KING CRAB AT OMAR’S
OYSTERS AT OMAR’S CREDIT: OMAR’S Oh My! 6 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM JANUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 19, 2020 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 7 “That is why we price wines by the bottle, so that using “chicken buckets” for it can be an integral part of the experience instead employees’ fowl so there is of cost prohibitive,” Fix comments. zero waste. They offer large Additionally, Bar Manager and skilled mixologist, party gatherings with no Zahara Cullumbine, designs ever-changing cocktails extra room rental fee. But like the “Knee Jerk Reaction” made with Wasabi, or most of all, they are proud the jalapeno and lemon “Lengthy Visit.” To make an to support 30 year-round Ostras visit more fun and immersive, patrons can employees consistently. reserve the bar top tables. Fix explains that: “No one February is Omar’s oyster would stand at these tables until we added stools. month where patrons can eat The stools worked.” as many oysters as they can Faster than a rolling O, The Messenger ventured slurp. They also are offering: all the way to the other end of town to Omar’s. It’s Omar’s Fresh Bouillabaisse been around for 73 years and as much as Jennifer Marseilles Style – a bowl of Sink, owner, wanted to remove the “silly camel,” fresh seafood slow simmered from the front of the building, she was met with, in a saffron-fennel clam stock “Don’t you dare!” served with garlic crostini’s The establishment has a timeless style with red and curried paprika aioli. APPLE TART AT OMAR’S leather booths, Formica table tops and flocked CREDIT: OMAR’S wallpaper. Walk in and you are liable to run into one To find out about all the of the former owners, Mike “Rolar” Yondorf. participating locations and “Omar’s is the oldest operating restaurant from Portland to Redding,” says Sink. specials for Restaurant Week, This roadside steakhouse serves meat that is “cut” in house and seafood that is “fletched” right there. go to ashlandchamber.com. “We don’t have fancy linens and no Creekside water gurgling next to you, but we are a local favorite,” Sink explains. And she has stories to share about longtime employees and important historical events. OSTRAS CREDIT: AMMON CLUF For example, a local favorite tale is that Omar’s was supposed to be Omer’s. The original owner, Omer, ordered a sign back in the 1950’s, but when it arrived with a misspelling, they did not go through the hassle of sending it back, but settled into the name. And there is another story about the Mastodon bones supposedly discovered during the site excavation. Even the lounge has an interesting history.
Elmo Stevenson, SOU president at the time, asked Omer if he wanted to open a public one, fearing that drinking and driving on I-5 would lead to tragic OMAR’S FRESH SEAFOOD AND STEAKS OSTRAS! TAPAS AND BOTTLE SHOP student and faculty accidents. So, Omar’s had the first ever public lounge in Ashland. 5 pm – 2:30 am, Sunday 5 – 9 pm, Sunday and Tuesday – Thursday 11:30 am – 2:30 am, Monday – Saturday 5 – 10 pm, Friday and Saturday Sink attributes the establishment’s longevity to being a local’s favorite serving consistently good steak and seafood. The current Chef, Alfredo Nava, 1380 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland 47 N Main Street, Ashland has been cooking at Omar’s for the past six years. “We have seen people grow up here,” says Sink. But tradition does not mean Omar’s does not adapt to the times. They practice sustainability Oh My! 8 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM JANUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 19, 2020 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 9 [P] OUR PICKS
thurs 23 thurs 23 — sun 26 fri 24 — sun 26 sun 26 Wings Building the Wall Brine, Brews, & Barrel Brava Opera PUB TALK—Wings are the things that make THEATRE—Building the Wall is the Ashland OPERA—The opera isn’t just for those with Fermentation Fest special spectacles anymore. It is amazing what humans jealous. Learn more about the animals Contemporary Theatre’s first thriller: a two- FERMENTATION—Usually, anything edible that we wish we could be at the Southern person play by Robert Schenkkan (Tony award that has been sitting for more than a week is some can accomplish with their vocal chords Oregon Land Conservancy’s Nature Pub Talk winning author of All the Way and Pulitzer Prize considered “bad,” but at the Brine, Brew, and in harmony. The San Francisco Opera Adler on “Wings.” A panel of experts will focus in on winner for The Kentucky Cycle) focusing in on a Barrel Fermentation Fest, sitting for more Fellows will present an array of staged excerpts than a week is “very good.” Pickles, krauts, bats, dragonflies, sparrows, and bumble bees. normal guy and a normal gal in a challenging from grand operas – memes of the greats, if kombucha, beer, wine, cider, mead, chocolate, you will. 2 pm. Southern Oregon University Hey, at least we have thumbs. 6 pm. Grape setting. 2 and 8 pm. The Black Swan Theatre, S. cheese, sourdough, and more await eager taste Street Bar and Grill, 31 S. Grape Street, Medford. Pioneer Street, Ashland. $18. buds. Inn at the Commons, 200 N. Riverside Music Recital Hall, 405 S. Mountain Avenue, Free. Ave., Medford. Ashland.
tue 28 thu 30 — mar 22 sun 2 wed 5 Human Element Steel Magnolias Jefferson Baroque Atomic Apocalypse DOCUMENTARY—While the main four THEATRE—In a Louisiana beauty salon, a Orchestra FILM—Rogue Valley debut, Atomic elements have ruled since the dawn of time group of women gather with the commonality MUSIC—While winter seems to be fading, it Apocalypse asks the question: “Do you love, – earth, air, fire, water – the “fifth element” of of location, and the heart of the South, to is still present and the “Treasures and Truffles: or do you die?” The end of the world has been the human has impacted the earth more than address the ups and downs of life and what Discoveries of the French Baroque” is the portrayed in many ways, but the Rogue Valley to make of it in the classic Steel Magnolias. any other force of nature. And with that power, winter showcase concert for the Jefferson version puts a new spin on the possibilities for Definitely a play for friends, this tale looks at Baroque Orchestra. Rebel, Lully, Corrette and what will the human race do? 6 pm. Medford the end of time. 6 pm. Varsity Theatre, 166 E. the variance between, and then away. 1 and Boismortier will be featured in the program, Main Street, Ashland. Library, 205 S. Central Avenue, Medford. Free. 8 pm. Oregon Cabaret Theatre, 241 Hargadine but never fear, spring is in the air. 3 pm. UCC Street, Ashland. $25 – $39. First Congregational Church, 717 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland. $15, general. $10, senior. $5, student.
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[email protected] 10 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM JANUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 19, 2020 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 11 LIVE MUSIC and Nightlife LIVE MUSIC and Nightlife Friday, February 14 MEDFORD GRANTS PASS Tuesday, January 28 ASHLAND Skillet - Medford Armory. 6 pm. Rock. Jen Ambrose - Grants Pass Museum of Art. 7 pm. Southern Oregon Jazz Orchestra - Grape ASHLAND Stop Light Party - Valentines Day. O’Ryan’s Irish Sweet N’ Juicy - The Sound Lounge. 9 pm. Funk. Street Bar & Grill. 7 pm. Jim Croce B-day Bash - The Wild Goose. 7 pm. Pub. 10 pm. Come as a couple, single, or eh it’s Friday, February 7 complicated. Wednesday, February 19 David Scoggin Duo - The Wild Goose. 5:30 pm. MEDFORD ASHLAND Rogue Blues Society Blues Jam with Duke ASHLAND Brother Angus - Mt. Ashland Ski Area. 4 pm. Street - Grape Street Bar & Grill. 6:30 pm. MEDFORD Wild Goose Chase Trio - The Wild Goose. 7 pm. Celtic, Tribal Indie Rock. Jazz, Blues, Rock, and Country. First Friday with CDNA - O’Ryan’s Irish Pub. 10 Anna Jae and the Blue Notes - Johnny B’s. 7 Wednesday, January 29 pm. Indie Rock. pm. Hip-Hop, trap. MEDFORD ASHLAND David Scoggin Duo - The Wild Goose. 5:30 pm. Grape Jam with Gypsy Gillis - Grape Street Bar Wynonna Judd - Ashland Armory. 7 pm. $55 Son Ravello - Brickroom. 9 pm. GRANTS PASS & Grill. 6 pm. - 85. Grant Gordy & Ross Martin - La Baguette Hip-Hop Fridays - The Copper Mug. 9 pm. The Brothers Reed - RoxyAnn Winery. 5 pm. Ol’ Mount’n Due - The Wild Goose. 7 pm. Music Cafe. 7 pm. $20. Jazz grass guitar duo. Stompin’ Bluegrass. Saturday, February 15 MEDFORD ASHLAND APPLEGATE Petunia & the Vipers - Applegate Lodge. 9 pm. PHOENIX Mercy Duo - The Urban Cork. 5 pm. Soul/ The Motet - Ashland Armory. 8 pm. $25. $15. Roots/Americana music from Canada. Austin Swanson from Templet hosts Open Rhythm & Blues/ Pop. The Music of Frank Ellis/ Summer Colds - Mic - The Phoenix Clubhouse. 7 pm. Brickroom. 9 pm. Indie Rock/ Power Pop. GRANTS PASS Karaoke Night - The Wild Goose. 8:30 pm. GRANTS PASS Beatles vs. Stones - A Musical Showdown. MEDFORD Hip-Hop Fridays - The Copper Mug. 9 pm. Dean and Grace - The Rogue Grape. 6 pm. GRANTS PASS Rogue Theatre. 8 pm. Tribute bands face-off! Saturday, February 8 Labrys Society Presents Queen of Hearts Thursday, February 20 GRANTS PASS Drag Show! - Herb’s Restaurant & Event Center ASHLAND ASHLAND THE BROTHERS REED PERFORM IN JACKSONVILLE ON JANUARY 23 AND Philip Reed (of The Brothers Reed) - Wild River Karaoke Night - The Wild Goose. 8:30 pm. with Shenanigans Lounge. 7 pm. FEBRUARY 2O, AND IN MEDFORD ON FEBRUARY 19. Gayle Wilson Trio - The Wild Goose. 7 pm. Jazz. Pub. 6 pm. Folk/Bluegrass/Americana. Conflicts With Caribou - Brickroom. 9 pm. Irish Song Concert - The Headwaters Bldg. 7 Alternative folk/ rock/ swing. CANYONVILLE pm. Traditional Celtic music $15 - 25. Saturday, February 22 Sunday, February 23 PETTY THIEVERY PERFORM AT BRICKROOM IN ASHLAND ON JANUARY 24. Friday, January 31 Chris Isaak - Seven Feathers Casino Resort. 7 ASHLAND TALENT pm. $55 - $75. ASHLAND ASHLAND JACKSONVILLE Karaoke Night - The Wild Goose. 8:30 pm. Jim Quinby - The Wild Goose. 6 pm. Piano Jazz. Rick Millward - Belle Fiore Winery. 5:30 pm. Shybo Torres - Stone River Winery. 4 pm. Pop/ Thursday, January 23 Saturday, January 25 RVT 4th Annual Beer and Benevolence! - The Shine Swing Trio - Luna Cafe at Ashland Hills Classic and current rock/ pop and original Rock. Sunday, February 16 ASHLAND ASHLAND music. ASHLAND Schoolhaus Brewhaus. 6 pm. Hosted by Rogue TALENT Hotel. 5 pm. Valley Timbers Soccer Club and The Schoolhaus Sage Meadows - The Wild Goose. 7 pm. Classic Aaron Watson - Ashland Armory. 7 pm. $25. David Scoggin Duo - The Wild Goose. 5:30 pm. Jim Quinby - The Wild Goose. 6 pm. Piano Jazz. Jen Ambrose w/ Jon Galfano - StoneRiver MEDFORD Brewhaus. Country and Folk. Fortune’s Folly - Brickroom. 9:30 pm. Party Winery. 4 pm. Pop/ Rock. MEDFORD Saucy - Grape Street Bar & Grill. 8 pm. The Brothers Reed - Bella Union Restaurant Rock. Buddy Paprock - Walkabout Brewing Co. 4 pm. CDNA - O’Ryan’s Irish Pub. 10 pm. $3. Hip-hop, GRANTS PASS Bitter Bones/ desmo. & more - Johnny B’s. 8 MEDFORD and Saloon. 7 pm. JACKSONVILLE J.Lately - G Street Bar & Grill. 9 pm. Hip-Hop. 90’s Rock/ Pop. trap. pm. Wavy sad music & Emo hip-hop. Jen Ambrose w/ Jon Galfano - Walkabout JACKSONVILLE The Brothers Reed - Bella Union. 7 pm. Folk/ Hip-Hop Fridays - The Copper Mug. 9 pm. Brewing Co. 4 pm. Pop/ Rock. Saucy - Boomtown Saloon. 8:30 pm. Bluegrass/Americana. Karaoke Night - The Wild Goose. 8:30 pm. Friday, February 21 Sounds of Siberia - Jackson Wellsprings. 8 pm. GRANTS PASS ASHLAND Music from Sakha and Tuva. Saturday, February 1 Monday, February 17 MEDFORD MEDFORD Nathan Kalish - Barnstormers Theatre. 7:30 pm. Saucy - AQUA Restaurant and Bar. 9 pm. Silver Wheel - Levity Circus Collective. 8 ASHLAND $18. Country-Americana Folk Rock. ASHLAND David Scoggin Duo - The Wild Goose. 5:30 pm. Gypsy Gillis - Pier 21 Tavern. 9 pm. Rock & Grape Street Latin Night with Dance Class - Playing a show? pm. $20. Weaving together live music, aerial Hip-Hop Night w/ Abstract Flash - O’Ryan’s The Nightcrawlers - The Wild Goose. 7 pm. Old Shine Swing Trio - Platt Andersen Cellars/ Blues. Grape Street Bar & Grill. 7:30 pm. performance and mythic storytelling. Irish Pub. 10 pm. Sunday, February 9 School Blues. Ashland Art Center. 6 pm. Drunkin Spelin - Thursdays, 7 pm. Portal Karaoke Night - The Wild Goose. 8:30 pm. Let us know! ASHLAND DK Soul Project - Brickroom. 9 pm. Jazz and GRANTS PASS Brewing Co. Come pit your wit against King Roy Wing - Unitarian Church. 7 pm. $20. TALENT Reverend Horton Heat - Ashland Armory. Tuesday, February 18 retro soul. The Distilled-Spirit Rebellion - The Sound Medford’s best spellers! Bluegrass, Americana, & Folk. Email: Watson House - StoneRiver Vineyard. 4 pm. 7 pm. $25. ASHLAND Lounge. 8 pm. Honky Tonkin’ Cosmic Outlaw Pop/ Indie Rock. Jim Quinby - The Wild Goose. 6 pm. Piano Jazz. Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn - SOU Music Country Rock. [email protected] GRANTS PASS GRANTS PASS GRANTS PASS Recital Hall. 8 pm. $49 General Admission. Hip-Hop Fridays - The Copper Mug. 9 pm. Let That Sh*t Go - Explicit Guided MEDFORD Gary Margason Band - The Copper Mug. 10 MEDFORD Meditation. Just Be Bodyworks. 6 pm. $15. pm. January JUMP Off - The Sound Lounge. 9 pm. DJ Blahq Sage - Howiee’s on Front. 9 pm. Come Zak Knutson of Fogline - Walkabout Brewing Hosted by Lee L.A.B Spivey. out and dance! Sunday, February 2 Co. 4 pm. 90’s Rock/ Country/ Pop. WLD Live - Grape Street Bar & Grill. 8 pm. Feud Time! - Double Taps: Tap Room and Craft ASHLAND Spirits. 6 pm. A new twist on trivia nights. Covers of Muse, Cake, Weezer, and more. Monday, February 10 Jim Quinby - The Wild Goose. 6 pm. Piano Jazz. Thursday Night Trivia - Vice Brewing Co. 6:30 ASHLAND pm. APPLEGATE Monday, February 3 The Nightcrawlers - The Wild Goose. 7 pm. Old EVENTS High Step Society/ Free Creatures - Applegate School Blues. Friday, January 24 River Lodge & Restaurant. 8 pm. Electro Swing. ASHLAND ______FIRST FRIDAY RECEPTION: THE ASHLAND Highway RobBree - The Wild Goose. 7 pm. Tuesday, February 11 LANGUAGE OF TREES Rock, Blues, and Soul. Art Petty Thievery - Brickroom. 9 pm. GRANTS PASS ASHLAND Feb. 7, 5 - 8 pm. www.artandsoulgallery.com. Meet ART EVENT the artists and enjoy wine, refreshments, and David Scoggin Duo - The Wild Goose. 5:30 pm. Rock Candy - G Street Bar & Grill. 9 pm. Hard, Justin Gordon - The Wild Goose. 8 pm. New Tuesday, February 4 Jan. 10 - Jan. 29. 15 Rogue Valley Community live music. Art & Soul Gallery, 247 E. Main Street, Silver Wheel - Levity Circus Collective. 8 Sweet, and Sticky Rock. Classic Rock. Artists exhibit at SOU’s CVA Gallery. https://darte. pm. $20. Weaving together live music, aerial MEDFORD Ashland. gallery/. CVA Gallery, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. performance and mythic storytelling. Sunday, January 26 Southern Oregon Jazz Orchestra - Grape Street Bar & Grill. 7 pm. MEDFORD FIRST FRIDAY ART WALK ASHLAND Rogue Blues Society - Grape Street Bar & Grill. DRIVEN TO ABSTRACTION EXHIBIT Feb. 7, 5 - 8 pm. With musical guests Jennifer MEDFORD Jim Quinby - The Wild Goose. 6 pm. Piano Jazz. Wednesday, February 5 6 pm. Jan. 10 - Feb. 2. Paintings by Virginia Andrade & Davis & Jim Abdo. Ashland Art Center, 357 E. Main Dan Doshier - The Urban Cork. 5 pm. Classic ASHLAND Alx Fox. www.roguegallery.org Rogue Gallery & Art Street, Ashland. Country. Wednesday, February 12 Center, 40 South Bartlett Street, Medford. GOLD HILL Gene’s Themed Open Mike - The Wild Goose. Dance Party with DJ - Howiee’s on Front. 9 pm. THIRD FRIDAY EVENT AT ART DU Musician’s Jam with The Gypsy Gillis Band - 8 pm. ASHLAND True Reactions - Grape Street Bar & Grill. 8 pm. Lucky’s. 3 pm. Rock & Blues. Q&A Duo - The Wild Goose. 7 pm. Piano Jazz. TWO GENERATIONS: JOE FEDDERSEN JOUR GALLERY Jeff Kloetzel & Bob Evoniuk - RoxyAnn Winery. AND WENDY RED STAR Feb. 21, 5 - 8 pm. Featuring classical guitarist 6 pm. MEDFORD MEDFORD MEDFORD Jan. 16 - March 14. This winter exhibition presents Rod Petrone and artist Mary Ann Macey. www. Grape Jam with Gypsy Gillis - Grape Street Bar the work of two Northwest Indigenous artists who Taurie Michele - Walkabout Brewing Co. 4 pm. Problem With Dragons - Johnny B’s. 8 pm. facebook.com/ArtduJourGallery. Art du Jour & Grill. 6 pm. work across media and whose work responds, on GRANTS PASS Indie Rock/ Pop. Anarcho Stoner Metal. Gallery, 213 E. Main Street, Medford. their own terms, to historic and contemporary Fortune’s Folly - The Sound Lounge. 9:30 pm. Stumble with Greg Rekus & Friends - The Open Mic - RoxyAnn Winery. 5 pm. Winner gets Thursday, February 6 misrepresentations of Native Americans. Party Rock. Bamboo Room at King Wah’s. 6 pm. $7. the tip jar! ______Play! An e-sports experience - Vice Brewing ASHLAND www.sma.sou.edu. Schneider Museum of Art - Classes Co. 9 pm. A night of games & bass music! Monday, January 27 Jimmy Pinwheel Band - The Wild Goose. 8 pm. Southern Oregon University, 555 Indiana Street, Rock Candy - G Street Bar & Grill. 9 pm. Hard, Honky Tonk. GRANTS PASS Ashland. TUTORIAL TUESDAYS Sweet, and Sticky Rock. ASHLAND Dweezil Zappa: Hot Rats Live! - Rogue Join fellow genealogy researchers Tuesday Peggy Rose’s Singers’ Showcase - The Wild Theatre. 7 pm. Hip-Hop Fridays - The Copper Mug. 9 pm. MEDFORD NATURE’S TEXTURES: WATERMEDIA evenings at the Jackson County Genealogy Goose. 7 pm. Library. For more information call 541-512-2340 or The Giardinelli Hotclub Ensemble - The Haul. Pride Night - Howiee’s on Front. 6 - 11 pm. PAINTINGS BY EVE MARGO WITHRO Thursday, February 13 Jan. 17 - Mar. 26. www.roguegallery.org. Rogue email reception [email protected]. Jackson County 8 pm. Hot jazz. LGBTQ celebration. Gallery & Art Center, 40 S. Bartlett Street, Medford. Genealogy Library, 3405 S Pacific Hwy, Medford. MEDFORD Freezing My A** Off Tour - Johnny B’s. 7 pm. ASHLAND THE WINTER EXHIBITION TWO GENERATIONS: JOE FEDDERSEN AND Craig Martin & Friends - The Wild Goose. 7 pm. Dani & Dean - The Rogue Grape. 6 pm. Featuring Jack McCain Music. WENDY RED STAR RUNS THROUGH MARCH 14 AT Blues and Jazz. SCHNEIDER MUSEUM OF ART IN ASHLAND.
12 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM JANUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 19, 2020 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 13 EVENTS EVENTS Ranch. Peace House, 543 S. Mountain Avenue, SOUTHERN OREGON BIRTH OIL & ACRYLIC STUDIO SOCIAL FORESTRY ______Ashland. CONNECTIONS Wednesdays Jan. 8 - Feb. 26, 10 am - 12:30 pm. $74 Feb. 1 - 6. This is an advanced permaculture course Sports & Outdoor Presentations Jan. 28, 12 - 1:30 pm. Come help us set our goals for series of 4. Studio is open to most skill levels. in which we explore reconnecting with forests ARCHERY OPEN SESSION AUTHOR TALK AT BLOOMSBURY TOWN HALL WITH REPRESENTATIVE for the year! Family Massage Education Center, 77 Those never having painted are encouraged to through ecological knowledge, the use of hand Wednesdays from 6:30 – 8 pm. Hone your archery BOOKS PAM MARSH Manzanita Street, Ashland. take Linda’s introductory level class first. tools and woodcrafts. siskiyoupermaculture.com. skills and learn techniques from other archers, Jan. 23, 7 pm. Lily Myers Kaplan, author of Loss to Feb. 1, 10:30 am - 12 pm. Pam Marsh will share www.ashlandartcenter.org. Ashland Art Center, Wolf Gulch Farm, 7000 Little Applegate Road, both traditional and modern, while having fun Legacy, offers a method for honoring and growing updates about the issues that will be front and ______357 East. Main Street, Ashland. Jacksonville. popping balloons and loosing arrows at creative from your sorrow. Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main center in this year’s session, which begins on Film targets! Rental equipment available. Ashland Street, Ashland. February 3, including climate and wildfire. Rogue LAST CHANCE FOR EDEN INTRODUCTION TO WATERCOLOR FOR FOCUSED 6 WEEK LIFE STUDY CLASS Parks & Rec Center, 1195 E. Main St, Ashland. Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 87 Jan. 23, 6 - 9 pm. Free. A two-part documentary of ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS WITH THE FIGURE AND STILL-LIFE FREE NATURE PUB TALK: WINGS 4th Street, Ashland. a workshop, following a group of nine women and Mondays Jan. 13 - Mar. 2, 3:30 - 5:30 pm. Let the Mondays Feb. 3 - Mar. 9, 9 am - 12 pm. This TAI CHI WITH PETE Jan. 23, 6 - 7:30 pm. Experts will provide a glimpse men as they explore the intersection of racism water do the work in this exciting class! $195 for moderated, uninstructed study session will Wednesdays, 10:30 – 11:45 am. Everyone is of the natural history of the Rogue River region PUB TALK and sexism. Peace House - Large Room, 543 S. 8 sessions. www.biodiversityarts.com. Ashland Art concentrate on the nude human figure and welcome! If you need more info, call director with a focus on wings - critters that fly, pollinate Feb. 3, 7 - 8 pm. Join ScienceWorks for live Mountain, Ashland. Center, 357 East Main Street, Ashland. working with still life. www.roguegallery.org. Rick Patsche, 541-702-2585. $5. Jacksonville and twirl in the air. Grape Street Bar & Grill, 31 interactive science themed talks. Black Sheep Pub, Rogue Gallery & Art Center, 40 S. Bartlett Street, Community Center, 160 E Main St, Jacksonville. South Grape Street, Medford. 51 N. Main Street, Ashland. THE HUMAN ELEMENT - A MASSAGE CLASSES Medford. DOCUMENTARY MOVIE January - March. Classes for couples, singles, SISKIYOU MOUNTAIN WILDLIFE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE OREGON Jan. 28, 6 - 8 pm. Free. With rare compassion pregnant partners, and more! OSU MASTER FOOD PRESERVERS ______Jan. 25, 12 - 1 pm. Take a walk on the “wild side” and TRAIL and heart, THE HUMAN ELEMENT inspires us to www.familymassageEC.com. Family Massage Stage CLASS learn about the wildlife, geology, and rare plants Feb. 5, 3:30 - 4:30. Learn about the animals, plants, reevaluate our relationship with the natural world. Education Center, 77 Manzanita, Ashland. Feb. 8, 1 - 4 pm. $5. Take a class about entering SPOTLIGHT ON GLEN CAMPBELL of the Siskiyou Mountains. jcls.org. Jacksonville and geology of the Oregon and Applegate Trails. Medford Library, 205 S. Central Ave, Medford. preserved foods at the County Fair. OSU Jan. 9 - Feb. 2. $33 - 38. Camelot pays tribute to the Library, 340 West C Street, Jacksonville. jcls.org. Gold Hill Library, 202 Dardanelles Street, ZUMBA Extension/SOREC Auditorium, 569 Hanley Road, legendary singer and guitarist Glen Campbell who Gold Hill. LIVING/ DYING ALLIANCE WINTER Tuesdays Jan. 14 - Feb. 18, 5:30 - 6:30 pm. The Central Point. brought country music to the mainstream as the ONLY HOPE: A SURVIVOR’S STORIES FILM SERIES: THE DESCENDANTS class will provide participants with both a cardio genre’s first crossover star. www.CamelotTheatre. OF THE HOLOCAUST WINDOWS IN TIME LECTURE - SOU: Feb. 2, 3:30 - 6:30. Screening and discussion of the workout and strength training. WINE AND CHOCOLATE SERIES org. Camelot Theatre, 101 Talent Avenue, Talent. Jan. 26, 1 - 2 pm. jcls.org. Ashland Library, 410 ITS HISTORY & SIGNIFICANCE film. Explore death and dying as it relates to family www.jacksonvillecommunitycenter.org. Feb. 9, 1:30 - 3:30. $65. Chocolatier and owner Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland. Feb. 5, 12 - 1 pm. jcls.org. Medford Library, 205 S. dynamics, challenges, and opportunities. Ashland Jacksonville Community Center, 160 E. Main of Bransons Chocolate Deena Branson will lead SHERWOOD: THE ADVENTURES OF Central Avenue, Medford. Public Library, 410 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland. Street, Jacksonville. this hands on, fun class of chocolate making! By ROBIN HOOD BLOOMSBURY BOOKS AUTHOR Feb. 12, 12 - 1 pm. jcls.org. Ashland Library, 410 reservations only 541-535-7957. Paschal Winery, Jan. 16 - Feb. 16. $20 - 25. Ken Ludwig’s comic take READINGS Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland. GET WOKE FILM SERIES 1122 Suncrest Road, Talent. REALISTIC DRAWING FOR ADULTS on the medieval folk hero who robbed from the Jan. 27, 7 pm. T.K. Banner, author of Phoenix Feb. 6, 7 pm. Socially conscious documentary AND ADOLESCENTS rich and gave to the poor, is the first production Rising From the Ashes. It isn’t what happens to us THE HEARTH’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY films, followed by facilitated discussion. Awake Thursdays Jan. 16 - Mar. 5, 4 - 6 pm. $185 for SOCAN’S MASTER CLIMATE of CTP’s 2020 Season. www.CTPMedford.org. that causes distress; it is how we react to distress CELEBRATION: LOVE STORIES Cafe & Gallery, 1757 Ashland Street, Ashland. 8 sessions. Artist Deb Van Poolen delights in PROTECTOR - A PRIMER FOR ACTION Collaborative Theatre Project, 555 Medford that affects us. www.bloomsburyashland.com. Feb. 13, 7 - 9 pm. $5 - 15. Listen to love stories told teaching absolute beginners how to draw! Mondays Feb. 10 - Apr. 13, 6 - 9 pm. Master Center, Medford. Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main Street, Ashland. by locals. www.thehearthcommunity.com. Temple KS WILD’S 18TH ANNUAL SISKIYOU www.ashlandartcenter.org. Ashland Art Center, Climate Protectors complete a 10-week training Emek Shalom, 1800 E. Main Street, Ashland. FILMFEST 357 East Main Street, Ashland. course that covers climate change science and the BUILDING THE WALL QUILT & GENEALOGY TALK Feb. 9. General Admission $20. This annual impacts on key sectors of energy, transportation, SHERWOOD: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD - THIS SWASHBUCKLING Jan. 17 - 26. $18. An exploration into the soul of a Jan. 28, 1:30 - 2:30 pm. Native American and LOVE: EXPOSED community event features award winning films agriculture, water, and health. socanmcp.eco. CREATIVE VISIONS WITH ACRYLICS ADVENTURE OPENS COLLABORATIVE THEATRE PROJECT’S 2020 SEASON. man caught up in a new Administration’s response Historian Tom Smith will share his quilts’ stories Feb. 15, 7 pm. $8 - 10. Join us for an after hours focusing on environmental conservation and Jan. 18 & 25, 10 am - 3 pm. Unleash your creativity Higher Education Center, 101 S. Bartlett, Medford. to immigration in America. and their unique histories. Jackson County 21+ event exploring everyone’s favorite topic, activism. www.peacehouse.net. Grants Pass through color, texture and design enhancements BACON AND BARRELS THE APPLEGATE SISKIYOUS: www.ashlandcontemporarytheatre.org. The Black Genealogy Library, 3405 S. Pacific Hwy, Medford. LOVE. ScienceWorks, 1500 E. Main Street, Ashland. Performing Arts Center, 830 NE 9th St, Grants Pass. using acrylics. www.roguegallery.org. Rogue THE SACRED SIDE OF CREATIVITY Jan. 24 - 25. Enjoy heavenly tastes of bacon inspired WILDLANDS, WILDFLOWERS, & Swan Theatre, 15 South Pioneer Street, Ashland. Gallery & Art Center, 40 S. Bartlett Street, Medford. Feb. 15, Mar. 14, Apr. 11, 2 - 4 pm. $95 for 3 delicacies paired with top shelf spirits that will BIODIVERSITY BLOOMSBURY BOOKS AUTHOR DRAMATIC READING OF NEW TRAIL ______sessions. Nancy Ashmead, artist, writer and Wellness impress your taste buds! theexpo.com. Jackson Feb. 2, 4 - 6 pm. Come away with a deeper CHARLEY’S AUNT READINGS GUIDE, ASHLANDTRAILS.COM - THE THE JOY OF IPHONEOGRAPHY gregarious mystic will lead, support and coach County Expo, 1 Peninger Road, Central Point. ecological understanding of the Applegate Jan. 17 - Feb. 2. $18. Love and fortunes are lost and Jan. 30, 7 pm. Lisa Manyon, author of The Silver BOOK COMMUNITY COUNSELING CENTER Tuesdays Jan. 21 - Feb. 25, 1:30 - 3:30 pm. Hands- a small group of participants through various Watershed and its biodiversity! Dorothy Gales found in this timeless comedy. Lining of Cancer. Join us and hear how faith, Feb. 17, 7 - 8 pm. The local trail website is now in a The Community Counseling Center offers low on training and practice using late model iPhones processes to glean deeper value from their unique BRINE, BREW, AND BARREL Events Centre, 14458 Williams Hwy, Williams. www.barnstormersgp.org. Barnstormer’s Theater, a complete lifestyle reset, and questioning local book. Bloomsbury Books, 290 E. Main Street, cost, sliding-scale, professional counseling for and iPads for photography and mobile art making. creative path. www.ashlandartcenter.org. Ashland FERMENTATION FEST 112 NE Evelyn Avenue, Grants Pass. everything led Lisa to become cancer-free. Ashland. individuals, couples, adolescents, families and www.roguegallery.org. Rogue Gallery & Art Center, Art Center, 357 East Main Street, Ashland. Jan. 24 - 26. Hands-on workshops, exciting JEFFERSON BAROQUE ORCHESTRA www.bloomsburyashland.com. Bloomsbury Books, children. $40. Visit www.cccofashland.com or call 40 S. Bartlett Street, Medford. demonstrations, dozens of vendor tastings and WINTER SHOWCASE CONCERT CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE: QUEEN “A 290 E. Main Street, Ashland. ______541-708-5436 for more information. The Phoenix MEDITATION FOR THE HEALTH OF IT Meetings more! Inn at the Commons, 200 N Riverside Ave, Feb. 2, 3 pm. $15. UCC First Congregational NIGHT AT THE OPERA” Clubhouse, 310 N Main St, Phoenix. THE ART AND CRAFT OF PERSONAL Feb. 17, 6 - 8 pm. Free. Workshop: Releasing Stress, Medford. Church, 717 Siskiyou Boulevard, Ashland. Jan. 25, 7:30 pm. Relive Queen’s classic album BIRDS AND BIRD NESTS WOMEN’S FEMINIST STORYTELLING Anxiety and Embracing Our True Essence. Ashland in its purest form! www.craterian.org. Craterian Jan. 30, 3:30 - 4:30. Learn about local backyard CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT Jan. 25, 9 am - 4 pm. $85. In this one day workshop, Co-op Education Center, 300 Pioneer Street, CHINESE NEW YEARS WITH THE AIFF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY INFO Theater, 23 So. Central Avenue, Medford. birds. jcls.org. Talent Library, 101 Home St., Talent. GATHERING WEEKLY FELDENKRAIS CLASS earth founder and veteran storyteller Mark Ashland. PADDINGTON FAMILY OF STORES NIGHT Sundays from 3:30 – 5:30 pm. This group is for Tuesdays from 6:30 – 8 pm. Unwind Your Spine! Yaconelli will help you learn how to excavate, Jan. 24 & 25, 11 am - 2 pm. Free. http:// Feb. 3, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Now is your chance to learn BRAVA! OPERA EVENT CONSERVATION BURIAL GROUND women to gather and discuss feminist issues Mindful moves to regain lost mobility. We’ve craft, and share impactful stories from your own ______Community paddingtonstationashland.com/events/. about volunteer opportunities with Your Ashland Jan. 26, 2 pm. $25. The Resident Ensemble of San INFORMATION SESSION amongst one another. Boss Up Studio, 1 W 6th St, all been brainwashed to believe decrepitude in life. https://thehearthcommunity.com. Wesley Hall, Paddington Station, 125 East Main Street, Ashland. Independent Film Festival! www.ashlandfilm.org. Francisco Opera (2020 Adler Fellows) will perform Feb. 1, 2 - 4 pm. Join us to learn about Oregon’s Medford. inevitable after 50. Learn resilience for flexibility Ashland First United Methodist Church, 175 N BALLROOM DANCING The new AIFF Film Center, 839 E. Main St., Ashland. a staged concert of opera arias and ensembles. first dedicated conservation burial ground, The in mind and body. $15-50, free for veterans. Main Street, Ashland. Every Tuesday from 1:30 – 4 pm with lessons WINTER ECOLOGY FOR FAMILIES Southern Oregon University Music Recital Hall, Forest Conservation Burial Ground at Willow-Witt Learn more info at www.gabriellepullen.info. starting at 12:30 pm. $3. Live music by Dave Flick. Jan. 25, 1 - 2:30 pm. $10 for parent child pair. SECRETS AND MYSTERIES OF THE 450 South Mountain Avenue, Ashland. Feldenkrais Studio, 135 W. Main COOKING YOUR COLORS OF THE Square Dance Hall, 3377, Table Rock Rd, Medford. Hands-on ecology exploration for families with BEEKMAN BANK TOUR St., Jacksonville. RAINBOW school-aged children 8 & up. North Mountain Saturday Feb. 4, Tours beginning at 5, 6, and 7 THE CHOIR OF MAN Jan. 25, 10 - 11:30 am. $10. (Ages 4 - 7). This is PRESCHOOL PUPPET THEATRE Park, 620 N. Mountain Avenue, Ashland. pm. $5. Historic Jacksonville, Inc. opens the oldest Jan. 28, 7:30 pm. These lively and gifted performers EVENING YOGA a fun, hands-on parent/grandparent and me 2nd Friday each month Jan. 10 - April 10, 10:30 - financial institution in the Pacific Northwest for tumble, dance, play, and sing their way through Thursdays from 6 – 7 pm. class. www.jacksonvillecommunitycenter.org. 11:45 am. $6. Gather around and see what Brenda THE BLISTER SISTERS BENEFIT evening lantern light tours. 90 minutes of pure entertainment. www.craterian. Fostering Strength, Flexibility Jacksonville Community Center, 160 E. Main Bear and friends are up to. North Mountain Park CONCERT www.historicjacksonville.org. The Beekman Bank, org. Craterian Theater, 23 So. Central Avenue, and Tranquility through the Street, Jacksonville. Nature Center, 620 N. Mountain Avenue, Ashland. Jan. 25, 7 pm. On fire with a passion for social 110 W. California Street, Jacksonville. Medford. practice of Awareness in Breath, justice and a belief in the power of music. UCC Meditation and Asana. Sundance EAT YOUR COLORS TAKE FLIGHT EXHIBIT Congregational Church, 717 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. ANNUAL SEED SWAP STEEL MAGNOLIAS Healing & Arts Yoga Studio, 220 Jan. 25, 1:30 - 3:30. $15. (Ages 8 - 13). This class Jan. 11 - May 17. Visitors of all ages discover Feb. 6, 6 - 7 pm. North Mountain Park Nature Jan. 30 - Mar. 22. Robert Harling’s classic American SE H St, Grants Pass. will engage your student in a fun activity that will the fundamental principles of flight through ANNUAL HOMELESS COUNT Center, 620 N Mountain Avenue, Ashland. play features six powerhouse actors. turn even the pickiest eater into a fruit and veggie interactive exhibits. scienceworksmuseum.org. Jan. 27 - Jan. 31. Teams of volunteers will survey www.oregoncabaret.com. Oregon Cabaret Theatre, EMBODIED VOICE YOGA warrior. www.jacksonvillecommunitycenter.org. ScienceWorks, 1500 E. Main Street, Ashland. individuals on the street, in camps and in their A ROMANTIC VALENTINE’S AT THE 241 Hargadine Street, Ashland. Jan. 24, 6 - 8 pm. Ashland Yoga Jacksonville Community Center, 160 E. Main vehicles. Surveys will also be completed at various WOLF CREEK INN Center, 303 Fourth Street, Street, Jacksonville. FLASH MOB DANCE REHEARSALS! sites. For more info: www.accesshelps.org. ACCESS, Feb. 14, 5:30 & 7 pm seatings. Dinner service $30. WATER MADE TO RISE Ashland. Sundays Jan. 12 & 26, Feb. 2 & 16, 2 - 3 pm. 3630 Aviation Way, Medford. www.wolfcreekinn.com. The Wolf Creek Inn & Feb. 13 - 23, 7:30 pm. Sunday matinees at 2 pm. THROAT SINGING AND KHOMUS Locations vary. For information, contact Tavern, 100 Front Street, Wolf Creek. $20. The tale of three unlikely strangers trapped MOVEMENT WITH WORKSHOPS [email protected]. REACH SCHOOL CHILI COOK-OFF in an abandoned bar by the rising waters of a MUDRA Jan. 26, 1 & 3 pm. https://ashlandsoundsofsiberia. Jan. 27, 5:30 pm. $12 at the door. This year’s theme never-before-seen flood. artistscollective@live. Jan. 25, 2 - 4 pm. Ashland Yoga brownpapertickets.com. Jackson Wellsprings, 2253 RCC OFFERS FREE DENTAL X-RAYS is country western and the event will include a __ __ com. Wesley Hall, 175 N Main St, Ashland. Center, 303 Fourth Street, OR-99 N, Ashland. Jan. 24 - Mar. 22. A qualifying patient must have Kids & Family country swing dance lesson along with sampling Ashland. at least 24 fully erupted teeth (visible and present the best chili in Grants Pass. reach-school.org. FAMILY FUN ARCHERY MAKE YOUR OWN MEMORY in the mouth), be at least 18 years old, and be REACH School, 290 NE C Street, Grants Pass. Saturdays from 11 am – 12:30 pm. Learn archery CANDLELIGHT HOT NECKLACE WORKSHOP eligible for a full-mouth X-ray. dental@roguecc. while having fun popping balloons & loosing STONE YOGA Jan. 26, 12 - 4 pm. $40. Art & Soul Gallery, 247 E. edu. Rogue Community College, 3345 Redwood PROJECT FEEDERWATCH arrows at creative targets! Rental equipment Jan. 31, 6:30 - 8 pm. Ashland Main Street, Ashland. Highway, Grants Pass. Alternate Saturdays Feb. 1, 15 & 29, Mar. 14, 9 - 10 available. Children required to have an adult Yoga Center, 303 Fourth Street, am. Free. Learn to identify bird species with expert supervise and participate with them. More info at Ashland. birders. North Mountain Park, 620 N Mountain www.MoonbowArchery.com. Ashland Parks & Rec STEEL MAGNOLIAS OPENS JANUARY 30 AT OREGON CABARET THEATRE. Avenue, Ashland. Center, 1195 E Main St, Ashland. 14 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM JANUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 19, 2020 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 15 SOUND The Rogue Valley Messenger is free . . . Q: Are We Not Metal? A: We Are Death Plant! Reviewing Death Plant’s Live Show at Oberon’s in Ashland but it isn’t free to publish! BY ALAN ARMSTRONG There tends to be some confusion in-cheek humor, social commentary, about this band: People make observations on the difficulties in assumptions based on their name. One making it in the music business, Just like public radio depends on its members, female DJ had said they were not at all reverence for raw rock powerhouse what she expected. She thought she qualities, and sometimes through would basically hear
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SOTA 2020 Executive Producer David Nienow is From its rivers and forests to practices of Radical takes on a whole new meaning for four the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous hopeful that the rule change will encourage greater conservationism and environmental protection, outdoor sports athletes when they enter the world Grandmothers, Grandma Aggie passed away in community participation in RVTV, particularly from Oregon is well-noted as being green. In honoring this of protesting by filming those at the frontlines of November 2019, leaving her legacy of reigniting tribal Southern Oregon University’s growing film program. distinction, the 18th annual Siskiyou Film Festival preserving the natural resources they utilize. The traditions, speaking out for the Earth and advocating The awards themselves take place in the Digital will bring together filmmakers and the community film The Radicals by Beyond Boarding is an exposé of for Native American rights. Media Center’s studio on SOU’s campus – the same who “love where they live and protect what they love.” their journey through the Pacific Northwest filming Each year the festival hosts numerous groups and studio where a number of the nominated programs “It’s our slogan,” says festival organizer, Allee Native American tribes defending their rights and the businesses in their Community Showcase. Visitors are filmed. After going through the producer class Gustafson. “The festival brings in around 400 land, celebrating through their rituals and expressing can stroll through booths set up by organizations himself, Nienow is now the creator behind several attendees, and folks who don’t know what being an their lives through their art. like Pacific Power’s Blue Sky Program, Pollinator RVTV programs. His empowerment if infectious activist is really about can feel inspired once they “I especially like this film because it appeals to Project and the Land Conservancy to learn about their when he declares, “Ashland is one of the best places in see all of us together for a programs. the country for filmmaking.” common purpose.” Jefferson Farm Kitchen For those who want in, the nomination process Filmmakers using their will provide locally-sourced, for this year is now closed. But not too late to start medium to document nature organic foods by Chef planning for the future? For $150 this summer, RVTV or promote awareness about Kristen (Lyon) who says gives a producer training. The basics of cameras, environmental issues have she’s honored to be a part of lighting, sound, graphics, and video switching found an outlet through the program for a fifth year. equipment are all covered, but the alternative is to events like the Siskiyou “It’s been such a great way grab the nearest camera and start shooting! Heck, the FilmFest. Produced to reach into the community first movie ever shot entirely on an iPhone came out by Klamath-Siskiyou and get people engaged,” nearly five years ago now. Wildlands Center (KS shares Lyon. Speaking of next year, there may be big changes Wild), the collaboration Donations from local coming to the nature of the show itself. Van Hook says over the years of business businesses like Rogue SOTA may be hosted outside the production studio sponsors, eco-friendly Creamery and Rise Up! next year. organizations and attendees Artisan Breads take it up a SOTA 2019 “The hope is that we will have built up enough has grown into a family of notch on her menu of street CREDIT: DOROTHY NIENOW traction and enough people will know about it and passionate preservationists. foods and snacks like savory As Golden Globes are handed out and we creep This year there are 28 categories. Winners will be will be interested in it that next year we will be able “Activism really starts hand pies, grilled shish closer to the Oscars, the folks at Rogue Valley voted on by the nominees themselves. Past winners to have the event at the Ashland Hills Hotel, so we with the purchase of a kabobs and salad kabobs, Television, or RVTV, are all abuzz with awards season have included “The Southern Oregon News Network” can actually have an audience,” he says. The idea, he ticket and all the funds go cheese skewers, cookies and preparations. On February 8, the night before gold for Best Comedy, “Ramping Up Your English” for Best explains, is to open the show up to the public and sell directly into helping us keep house-made granola and statues will be handed out in Hollywood, local creators Educational Program, “The Dark Goddess” for Best in tickets, making it more of a vehicle for fund-raising. our conservation mission kombucha. Two food-serving from Ashland to Grants Pass will be honored with Entertainment, and on and on. Each nominee gets a Currently, funds are raised through sponsors (last going,” says Gustafson. “I stations are planned at both trophies of their own. The fourth annual Southern clip, and the winners give speeches full of gratitude year’s included Fred Meyer and Dairy Queen). Plus, would like to have each exits of the auditorium and Oregon Television Awards are a “celebration of public and encouragement. Some nominees who couldn’t if the idea is to celebrate the best in public access attendee walking away prices range from $8 - $13 for access television in the Rogue Valley,” according to attend the show in the past have even left video television, what better audience than the public feeling as though they’re a dinner meal. SOTA event mediator, Keegan Van Hook. recordings that played after they won. themselves? a part of something bigger A variety of short films, Van Hook says the show “follows the model Appropriately, every nominee must have aired at For now, though, those with television service than themselves.” including the Youth Video of the Oscars.” This is generally confirmed by some point on RVTV in 2019. In fact, many producers through Ashland Home Net or Charter Spectrum, find Two hour-long films Contest Winner, will past broadcasts, found easily enough on Youtube. will have multiple shows nominated. This year, however, the local public access channel on February 8 at 7 pm. are featured including the accompany the two features. THE BEAVER BELIEVER Significant differences include the fact that producers there should be some more diverse competition due award-winning The Beaver A silent raffle will offer an must self-nominate their programs, and previous to a tweak in the rules. In contrast to previous years, SOUTHERN OREGON TELEVISION AWARDS Believer, which takes viewers all-inclusive opportunity for 7 pm, Saturday, February 8 winners don’t present the awards. That duty is student work and projects not just developed by RVTV into the world of these water-whacking, bucktoothed younger generations,” explains Gustafson. “These ticket purchasers to win prizes. Pre-ordering tickets handled by a charismatic emcee. producers are now eligible to be nominated. master-builders to show why they are dire to helping snowboarders and surfers sort of drifted into the is strongly encouraged. Doors open at 2 pm, films the planet’s watersheds during global warming. The line of activism and filmed the efforts by indigenous start at 3 pm. playful and earnest documentary reveals the beaver’s communities to stand up to big companies that Over OnOn standsstands inherent ability to nourish and preserve its diverse threaten their livelihoods.” SISKIYOU FILMFEST Over water and land ecosystems and methods to help restore A special tribute to Agnes Baker Pilgrim 3 pm, Sunday, February 9 forfor F F Grants Pass High School Performing Arts Center them to North American waterways. It’s followed by a (Grandma Aggie) will accompany The Radicals. Eldest 830 NE 9th Street, Grants Pass readers!readers! O O freefree weeks!weeks! short Q&A with local biologists. of the Federated Tribe of Siletz and co-founder of $10 - $20
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[email protected] FREE 18 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM JANUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 19, 2020 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 19 FOOD & Drink FOOD & Drink Egging You On Setting the Table for Health Over Easy Keeps Eggs in Style Rogue Valley Farm to School is Feeding the Future BY VANESSA NEWMAN BY ERIN MCMENOMY
Over Easy? Named for their heavy reliance on eggs? crema (a specific type but he chose to eat Microwaved chicken nuggets, cold tater-tots, cardboard pizza. gardens on Partially. of Poblano Chile turned some of my dish, When it comes to common perceptions of school cafeteria lunches, these less- schoolgrounds Chef Bradyn (who is also the owner) claims it is into a slightly sweet and so he could “get than-appetizing provisions are likely among the list of what comes to mind for many where kids get an expression of their style—casual, non-pretentious, savory sauce) dripped some nutrients.” parents. (Along with the classic “mystery meat.”) their green- kid-friendly and welcoming. Though, they do use “a over the top. The pancakes For parents with children in Jackson or Josephine Counties, however, this thumbs planting lot of eggs,” says his wife Stephanie, who can be found The first thing I were delicious; school lunch stigma has begun to shift, as frozen French fries are replaced with fresh and sprouting waiting tables and ringing up customers. noticed (besides my the syrup, though, leafy greens, reheated pizzas step aside for homemade butternut squash soup, and living growing They started out as a pop-up restaurant about five taste buds singing was more peanuty packaged instant pudding makes room for freshly-baked apple pie. spaces; quarterly years ago and went to a more permanent structure when the initial morsel than buttery (not What’s behind this much-needed upgrade? Rogue Valley Farm to School professional when it became available in November of 2019. Situated left my fork and hit everyone’s taste). (RVF2S), the Ashland-based organization that has been dedicated to nourishing the development between N. Bartlett and the parking deck in Medford, my tongue) was the It had chopped next generation for more than a decade. Through their passionate work, RVF2S, a workshops they have a great walk-to location. It is best to park on absolute precision of the peanuts in a semi- non-profit 501c3 organization founded in 2008, partners with local schools to build for teachers Main Street, or one of the avenues and head on over. It ingredient proportions. viscous liquid that a culture of health that starts from the ground up, making sure that meals include to brainstorm must be “easy” to locate if I can find it, claims my 15- There Chorizo was tasted divine. locally-grown, nutritious and delicious food to help children develop a love for food budding lesson year old. not overly spicy, but A lt hough and healthy eating at an early age. plans; and The restaurant is simply decorated with white every bite contained a the restaurant is “We believe that by introducing high quality, nutrient dense and locally-sourced interactive walls, intimate tables distributed between two seating mingling of flavors and ingredients cooked to the right only open from 7:30 am to 1:30 pm and we arrived after foods into school meals we are greatly improving the health and diet of our children, cafeteria harvest areas, and a wide-open kitchen. Though I did see a pink texture and temperature. I did not end up with only noon, we did not feel rushed or pushed out the door. while at the same time supporting the growth of our dwindling local farms,” said contests that CENTRAL POINT STUDENTS ENJOY THE FARM-FRESH flamingo with a Santa hat and a few colorful pieces of spinach or poblano or any cold bits in my last bites. The Everyone that walked in, including those that got there Executive Director Sheila Foster. “Getting kids excited about their food, where it encourage FEAST THEY HARVESTED, PREPARED AND COOKED modern art on the walls. Once seated, the menu had combination of potato, poblano, garlic and chorizo was at 1:15 pm, were greeted with a smile and welcoming: comes from and how it’s made lays a foundation for healthiness that continues to excitement TOGETHER AS PART OF THEIR FARM FIELD TRIP. EACH YEAR ROGUE VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL BRINGS five choices for the weekend we arrived—four savory brilliant and Chef knows how to coax those eggs into “come on in.” I bet if you got there early the coffee empower them throughout their lives.” around trying MORE THAN 3,000 CHILDREN TO LOCAL FARMS FOR and one sweet option. And I overheard that there was perfection! would be steaming hot, which was my only suggestion One of the most significant ways they do this is through their Digging Deeper new foods by INTERACTIVE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT. a special for the day including two boiled eggs, Spanish My 15-year-old son who is becoming quite the for improvement. Before we left, Chef Bradyn and his program, which was launched in 2018 as a targeted effort to further reinforce a featuring a anchovies, prosciutto and arugula. brunch cuisine connoisseur (because he does not get wife explained that they were considering opening one culture of health in Southern Oregon school systems. They do this by providing fun different, locally When this particular dish came out from the up until around noon anyway) ordered the sweet entree or two nights a week depending upon demand. and engaging project-based nutrition and agriculture learning activities to educators, grown fruit or vegetable every month. (Add some Microgreens to the grocery list to open kitchen, I saw a beautifully-presented plate with of chocolate buttermilk pancakes with peanut butter Right now, they seemed to have the perfect hours ensuring that healthful living and eating is intertwined into core curriculum in a try out February’s featured harvest!) anchovies as a bottom layer, thinly sliced medium- cups, cocoa Chantilly and peanut butter syrup. Now he to meet their patrons’ needs. Feel free to taste test meaningful way. Thanks to a nearly $200,000 grant recently awarded by the Oregon Department boiled eggs arranged like one’s favorite books on a shelf likes chocolate but this was full-on cocoa-loco. It had yourself and provide your feedback on their changing Activities like twice-yearly field trips to one of four local farms, where students of Education, the Digging Deeper program will soon reach even further with the covered in a jaunty thinly-sliced prosciutto hat. I also chocolate pancakes with chocolate chunks covered in menu and hours. have the chance to awaken their inner-farmer with a hands-on harvest cultivation; expansion into the Phoenix/Talent School District this fall. overheard the dish devourer proclaim upon completion, dollops of chocolate-flavored whipped cream. If he did “The state of Oregon has continued to invest heavily into local Farm to School “That was really good and quite different.” not use the syrup, there really was not a high ratio of OVER EASY programs like RVF2S because they see the value of our efforts,” said Foster. “The For myself, I ordered the Chorizo and squash peanut butter to cocoa. 7:30 am – 1:30 pm, Wednesday – Friday Digging Deeper program does much more than just help grow school gardens – it 8:30 am – 1:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday Frittata with onion, fresh roasted garlic cloves, pepper He described it as, “more like dessert than 21 N. Bartlett St., Medford helps grow good lifestyle habits, citizenship skills and passion about the food we jack cheese, spinach, potatoes, cilantro with ancho breakfast.” Now, that would have been just fine for me, 458-226-2659 cultivate and consume.” Aside from state and government funding, RVF2S also relies heavily on the contributions and support of loyal community members. Passionate patrons and local business owners help bring the Digging Deeper program to schools, making it possible Art Watch for more than 2,500 elementary students to visit nearby farms and ensuring local, fresh fruit and vegetables are served to nearly 5,000 additional students. Community fundraisers play a role too, particularly their largest springtime initiative—the Annual Siskiyou Challenge relay-race. Now celebrating its tenth anniversary, this Put a Bird On It year’s “Race Towards a Stronger Food System” will be bigger and better than ever, The Natural Perspective by Judy Benson Lanier with more music throughout the six-leg course, an expanded Health & Wellness BY ANI TRAWLES Outdoor Adventure Expo, on-site food trucks and more!
Birding enthusiasts from the Rogue Valley of them are photos printed on canvas. The aesthetic To learn more about the race, the RVF2S programs and all the ways to get involved, and beyond, take note! “The Natural Perspective: consistency ends up having a somewhat humorous visit rvfarm2school.org and check out the calendar of offerings. Photographs by Judy Benson Lanier,” a collection of effect—a pristine parade of gorgeous birds, whose strikingly vivid portraits of birds, fluttered through puffy chests and shrewdly discerning eyes sometimes the Rogue Gallery and Art Center this past month. struck me as disarmingly pompous, proud, self- The exhibit contains images taken exclusively from aware. Ms. Lanier’s photo safaris in Africa. There’s an augur My favorite piece, however, stood out from the buzzard, a leppet-faced vulture, an Abyssinian roller, rest in nearly every way. A black and white print of a lilac-breasted roller, lovebirds, spur fowl, three storks in flight, these subjects had little-to-no detail— kinds of eagles, a village weaver, crowned cranes, a just little black wisps against a wide view. It almost white-throated bee-eater, and more—all with a level seemed painted. Instead of reveling in the splendid of focus and detail we’ve come to expect in a post- color and proud posture of the birds, the storks’ odd Planet Earth media environment. forms express freedom, a splendor of motion. For non-birders, like myself, the exhibit might be The most common price tag for a piece is $200. lacking in variety, and not just of content, but of style The storks piece I like so much would have set me as well. Many of the portraits are taken from level back $350. Lanier says that despite getting many couldn’t handle a $400 emergency, on the other hand, or low-angle perspectives, they invariably feature a compliments, nothing has sold. While on the one these birds are really vivid, absurdly colorful, and wildly colorful bird in sharp focus, usually perched hand, information released by the Federal Reserve hypnotically endearing. Check out more of Lanier’s in front of an out-of-focus background, and nearly all earlier this year showed that 40 percent of Americans work at s2naturalimages.com. 20 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM JANUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 19, 2020 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 21 SPORTS & Outdoor WELLNESS Snow Job! 2020 Integration Q&A With Mt Ashland Director Co-creating a New Year and Decade with the Wisdom of Hiram Towle Chinese Medicine INTERVIEW BY PHIL BUSSE BY ELEYAH KNIGHT, L.AC.
RVM: Does being a nonprofit naturally make assist us with this wealthy Chinese astrology feeling lost and confused with how to effort and we’re Mt Ashland more community based? animal, the first of the 12 do this when the oppressive system HT: We’re not sure that the nonprofit status dictates excited about what’s in fact. I see this year’s seems so pervasively permanent? that the organization be more community-based, but to come. Stay tuned metal rat as the leader The good news is that since all we certainly embrace the idea. We have an outstanding for the details, but it of a decade of expansive systems of oppression were created list of partners that includes the U.S. Forest Service, comes down to our spiritual wealth. Not out of fear and illusory programming, La Clinica, Kids Unlimited, Oregon Adaptive Sports, a need to be ready for only is this necessary for we have all the resources we need to whole host of gear shops, media companies and hotels the next drought. reviving our health and build a new, authentic way of living. in the area, and more. We help our partners and they RVM: Mt Social constructs of time and societal harmony, but also We must be tenacious like the rat, as help us—it’s a very symbiotic relationship. Those who Ashland has taken support us through ticket sales or donations do get several measures change have been governing human our entire human evolution. sharp as metal, and focus our energy a unique sense of ownership. We always say to them towards with a rope tow and triple chairlift that serves a activity and beliefs in all cultures. 2020 It’s time we set our boundaries on bringing our community together to “this is YOUR mountain” and we mean it. sustainability. Can you highlight one or two of separate area that is a mountain unto itself. Beginners has a major impact on our collective with the programs and divisive devices build a structured foundation for all of ELEYAH KNIGHT, L.AC. RVM: Obviously, climate change directly those? and intermediates can progress in comfort without consciousness because of the way it is that are separating us from our natural our resources we have right here. We affects operations—and snow fall. You can’t change RT: We love talking about our sustainability the fear of being surrounded by fast moving experts. seen as a powerful time of redefining health, truths, and each other. The don’t need anything that distracts us the location of the ski area, or its elevation. How efforts! There are three stool legs of sustainability: From the parking and lift attendants to the ski school where we are at in however we’ve been metal rat of 2020 reveals how we can from our natural connections. Once we Eleyah Knight is a mother of two, licensed do you “respond” to weather and snow changes? environment, community, and economy. On the instructors and ski patrol, we are all here because we taught about human history. be genuinely fulfilled when we direct shut off the artificial entertainment, acupuncturist, and regional director of HT: That’s a great question and one we wrestle with environment side, we installed a solar grid that love this place and hope every one of our guests does Our thoughts about ourselves and our thoughts towards what we are quit intoxicating our bodies with nonprofit Legacy Earthkeepers Academy frequently. We have spent the past five years preparing gives us about 12 percent of our power. We offer too. We think of ourselves as the alternative to places society determine all the outcomes we creating for the world around us. As temporary highs, and realize how of Permculure (L.E.A.P.). She is working the mountain to operate on less snow. We have stepped free hourly bus service on weekends and holidays, like Lake Tahoe, because the slopes are not crowded, see around us. In a Chinese medicine the most powerfully creative species, limitless we are in our capabilities, we diligently to build nature-immersion and up our trail trimming efforts to allow skiing with less and we just installed an electric vehicle charging the people are friendly, and the prices are reasonable. perspective, all aspects of the body, we’ve seen that every movement, every see how powerful we truly are. We are connective opportunities for families and snow than ever before. We have built loading ramps station. For community, we offer free use of our RVM: When did you start skiing? How did you the elements in nature, and living tool, and every creation began as a so much more than we’ve been told we needs your involvement for our Golden learn? at the lifts so we no longer have to sacrifice precious ski lodge for community groups and we have more beings are interconnected. We must thought. Are we using our thoughts can achieve. age to unfold. You can contact her at Let’s just say I don’t remember learning how to ski! I base area snow to build up the snow under the lifts for than a dozen live music performances planned for see the whole picture in order to truly to their full potential or are we too Welcome to our new year, new [email protected]. have been skiing for 48 years and still learn something safe loading. There is about four feet of snow needed 2020. For economy, we do our best to keep our folks be in a state of harmony. 2020 marks busy indulging in and consuming the decade, and renewed Golden age. Are Her clinic’s website is SiskiyouClinic.com. She new every year from our incredible ski school under the lifts to get to the proper loading height. We gainfully employed and work with partners to keep a time where our integration with all thoughts of others, and if so, are they you ready to co-create the changes that accepts insurance that covers acupuncture, instructors and skiing with folks who are way better can now spread just an inch of snow on the deck and them working year-round—in addition to building around us is necessary to co-create this really encouraging our unique abilities are meant to be? including OHP. than me. I started at two years old and was taught by effectively load guests. In low snow years, we have the rainy-day fund we mentioned above. harmony we all desire. or distracting us from them? “farmed” snow from the parking lot and areas where my parents initially and then on my own exploring the RVM: What do you think most surprises people What does this mean? Integration I love working with families with we can take it without affecting the skiing surface and when they first come to Mt Ashland—or, asked mountain day after day. I did take lessons, but those contains the word integrity. This children in my practice. Chinese move that snow to where we need it. We even modified differently, what sets you apart? only bored me. I just wanted to ski fast and make reveals exactly how we will build strong medicine helps reconnect families to one of our snow grooming machines to allow it to act HT: We have an awesome and friendly staff. We have jumps and I still do to this day. I grew up at a small foundations of societal harmony; are we revive our planet. When families are as a dump truck to deliver snow out on the mountain. a wide variety of terrain that includes challenging ski area in New Hampshire called Crotched Mountain living in our natural truths or following aligning with their natural healing Now that our Lodge renovations are complete, we are areas like steep chute skiing in the famous “Bowl” and where my father was a ski patroller. My family has programmed agendas that aren’t capabilities, the effect ripples out to in a planning phase now for the future of Mt. Ashland. world class back country that are both accessible by skiing deeply ingrained in our DNA. When the snow allowing a state of true health? The their community. They are more aware We received a planning grant from Travel Oregon to lift. We also have a beginner friendly learning center is on the ground. We ski. answer is easy if you are anyone who of how to address the needs of the world knows we live in an unbalanced world. and build a structure of regenerative Each Chinese New Year recognizes love for next generations. Children are Go Here a symbolic animal and element. 2020’s raised by how we raise ourselves; they metal rat represents tenacity and are raised by the societal infrastructure structure. The metal element provides around them. Are we contributing to a Hot Coffee and inspiration, spiritual truth, solid structure that includes, nourishes, and organization, firm boundaries, and is safe for a child’s spiritual abundance? Sledding Spots sharp, focused thinking. The rat is the Are we building a world that lives in BY CATHERINE KELLEY most tenacious, productive, abundantly harmony with nature, or all we all Call it a snow day and head for the hills! Southern Oregon has plenty of sledding hotspots if you know where to look. We’ve collected a few that are close enough to hot coffee to keep your Thermos filled or to kick back and reminisce about your day of fun in the fluffy white stuff. Page Mountain: This snow park is nestled in the mountains less than an hour from Cave Junction and entices snow lovers with its long sledding hill and warming lodge with fireplace. After a day of play you can head to the town of Cave Junction and relax in the cozy atmosphere of CJ Coffee shop. Farewell Bend: A mile past Union Creek on Hwy 62, this popular snow park keeps everybody busy on its two large sledding hills. For those not too hip about zipping down the hill, there’s a warming lodge and a fireplace with free firewood (it sometimes runs out, so take your own). One mile south, in Union Creek is Beckie’s Café, an Oregon go-to for its homemade pies and hot beverages. Crater Lake National Park: Though there are no designated hills, the park allows visitors to select their own for some fun in the snow. Steer clear of trees and winter enthusiasts with a large warming lodge and wood stove. The large bowl- go far away from roads, traffic and parking lots, where it’s prohibited. South of the shaped hill invites sledders and tubers to plow the powder and just 10 minutes lodge is a popular open meadow as well. With the park entry fee of $20 you can also south, in the quaint community of Fort Klamath, is Jo’s Motel & Organic Deli visit the Rim Village Café, open daily from 10 am-5 pm, for some hot beverages. which serves a selection of hot javas every weekend. Annie Creek: Located on Hwy 62 in Klamath County, this snow park spoils Sno Park permits available at DMV and some retailers, $4 - $25 22 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM JANUARY 23 - FEBRUARY 19, 2020 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 23 FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of January 2
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 2020, I Leo-born Raymond Chandler worked as a fruit- believe you will be able to summon the insight picker, tennis racquet-stringer, and bookkeeper. REC ROOM At age 34, he began a clerical job at the Dabney and kismet necessary to resolve at least one —RINGING IT IN! long-running problem, and probably more. Oil Syndicate, and eventually rose in the ranks to become a well-paid executive. The cushy role FREE FOR THE DECADE -MATT JONES BY @ROOGROSTEIN - HOST & PRODUCER OF @LOCALSMOKERADIO You’ll have an enhanced ability to kick bad NO. 239 - EASY habits and escape dead-ends and uncover lasted until he was 44, when he was fired. He SUDOKU liberating truths about mysteries that have mourned for a while, then decided to become flustered you. Frustrations and irritations an author of detective fiction. It took a while, Looking Ahead you’ve grudgingly tolerated for far too much but at age 50, he published his first novel. A New Decade of Cannabis time will finally begin to wane. Congratulations During the next 20 years, he wrote six additional in advance, Aquarius! The hard work you novels as well as numerous short stories and It’s a new year—and a new decade—and I hereby declare this to be the “decade do to score these triumphs won’t always be screenplays—and in the process became of cannabis.” The legalization of hemp in the U.S. at the end of 2018 opened the delightful, but it could provide you with a popular and influential. I present this synopsis as floodgates of access the cannabis plant for the country. Now, the 50,000 rumored curiously robust and muscular kind of fun. an inspirational story to fuel your destiny in 2020. uses for one of the world’s most important sustainability tools are becoming a reality before our very eyes. Some we couldn’t have known were possible. But who doesn’t PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Let’s say you VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The fame of want to guess at some of those possibilities, right? So here are my four predictions wanted to dress completely in silk: shirt, pants, Virgo-born Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto (1474– about cannabis for the upcoming year—and decade. vest, scarf, socks, shoes, hat, underwear all made 1533) has persisted through the ages because of silk. And let’s say your dream was to grow of Orlando Furioso, an epic poem he authored. Banking. Now. Please. and process and weave the silk from scratch. It tells the story of the Christian knight Orlando and his adoration for a pagan princess. This Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) tweeted, “...The #SAFEBankingAct passed the You’d start with half an ounce of silkworm eggs. They’d hatch into 10,000 silkworms. great work did not come easily to Ariosto. It House in September & I urge the Senate to do the same so we can protect businesses, Eventually those hard-working insects would wasn’t until he had written 56 versions of it that employees & communities.” generate five pounds of silk—enough to create he was finally satisfied. I suspect you may harbor Access to banks for cannabis businesses—especially LEGAL hemp businesses, is your entire outfit. So in other words, you’d be an equally perfectionist streak about the good something nearly everyone can get behind. Consumers can support it because they able to generate an array of functional beauty works and labors of love you’ll craft in 2020. May love an easier way to spend money. Business owners should support it because they from a small but concentrated amount of raw I suggest you confine your experiments to no more than ten versions? need a place to put money. Bankers—whether they can publicly admit it or not—do material. By the way, that last sentence is a good description of what I think your general support it because they really want to hold on to your money. And politicians can approach should be in 2020. And also by the support it because their constituents support it . . . and because, well, ya know— way, dressing in silk wouldn’t be too crazy an LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Leonardo da money. With that said, I predict access to banks this year. idea in the coming months. I hope you’ll have Vinci worked on his painting The Last Supper fun cultivating your allure, style, and flair. from 1495 to 1498. It’s a big piece—about 15 by Research and Medical Uses—That Blow Our Minds 29 feet. That’s one reason why he took so long to finish. But there was another explanation, The thought that the medicinal properties in cannabis could hold an even more potent ARIES (March 21-April 19): “We are too. He told his patron, the Duke of Milan, that promise is just one possibility. But this new research brings to light an important all hostages of the joy of which we deprive he sometimes positioned himself in front of his fact: there is new research on cannabis! It has become common knowledge that the ourselves,’ wrote poet Odysseus Elytis. Isn’t painting-in-progress and simply gazed at and cannabis “research” that has been done at the University of Mississippi has been a that an astounding idea? That thought about it, not lifting a bit—limited, to say the least. Recognizing that more legitimate studies need to be we refuse to allow ourselves to brush. Those were times he did done on the examples of cannabis Americans are actually consuming, even the DEA experience some of the bliss some of his hardest work, he said. I trust you will have regular has put out a call for “research growers” to produce some dank for a more accurate and pleasure we could easily ANSWERS AT ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM have; and that we are immured experiences like that in 2020, look into what all the buzz is about. inside that suppressed bliss and Libra. Some of your best efforts Down Beyond the medicinal side and the CBD craze, there has been a quiet explosion pleasure? I call on you, Aries, will arise out of your willingness Across of industrial hemp products worth noting for their regenerative and sustainability to rebel against this human and ability to incubate your 1 Spill it 1 Prepares (for impact) potentials, as well as the rewarding quality of products that come from manufacturing tendency. As I see it, one of good ideas with concentrated 5 Catchphrase from Barbara Walters 2 French city known for its porcelain your main tasks in 2020 is to silence and patience. To complete Sudoku, fill the board by entering numbers with one of nature’s strongest and most resilient renewable resources. There heard a lot recently 3 Feeling all excited is nowhere this is more clearly needed than in the world of construction. The permit yourself to welcome more bliss, to aggressively seize 15 Ceremonial observance 4 Occasion for storytelling 1 to 9 such that each row, column and 3x3 box contains construction industry is one of the most harmful industries on the planet in terms of more pleasure, and thereby SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 16 RZA’s group 5 Nashville sound environmental damage (Ever heard of sand wars?!) and hemp is making a worldwide free yourself from the rot of its 21): By 1895, Henry James had every number uniquely. 17 During 6 “Pen15” streaming service comeback none too soon. Enjoy this cannabis renaissance as it blossoms over the nullification. already published 94 books. next decade. He was renowned in the U.S. 18 Nearly done with the return trip 7 “Possibly” and England, and had written 19 Uninterrupted sequences 8 ___ Tome and Principe (African the works that would later lead to him being For many strategies, No Politikin Without Pot-Lickin’ TAURUS (April 20-May 20): At age 22, island nation) Taurus-born Dutch citizen Willem de Kooning considered for a Nobel Prize. Then, at age 52, 21 Russian ruler of the 1800s In a stark reversal from the War on Drugs waged for decades under Republican sneaked into the United States. He was a although he was not physically fit, he decided 22 Messy Halloween prank 9 Available for purchase hints and tips, visit and Democratic administrations, presidential candidates are now embracing full stowaway on an Argentina-bound freighter, to learn how to ride a bicycle. He paid for 23 Former Rocket Ming 10 Some P.D. officers legalization. and stealthily disembarked when the ship made lessons at a bicycle academy, and cheerfully SudokuWiki.org 25 Paper promises 11 Rapper with the Grammy- I look at cannabis news every week. Which means I get a sense of the trends that a stop in Virginia. As he lived in America during tolerated bruises and cuts from his frequent nominated album “Based on a happen in our media surrounding my favorite plant. And this year, a trend in politics subsequent decades, he became a renowned falls as an acceptable price to pay for his new 28 2014 drama with David Oyelowo painter who helped pioneer the movement ability. I admire James’ determination to keep and Common T.R.U. Story” started to emerge: You better be pro-cannabis or the elections don’t look good. A transforming. Let’s make him a role model for If you like Sudoku known as abstract expressionism. His status 12 Medium-dry Spanish sherry recent Gallup poll said that two-thirds of the country supports legalization. So by as an illegal immigrant rarely presented any you in 2020. May he inspire you to keep adding 29 Company whose founder recently proxy, two-thirds of elected officialsshould be sporting cannabis buttons at town obstacles to his growing success and stature. Not new aptitudes as you outgrow your previous left its board 13 Bad hour for a car alarm to go off you’ll really like halls. In my (very biased) news feed, they are generally pro-weed. I predict the next until age 57 did he finally became an American successes. 30 “Watch somewhere else” letters 14 “We Are Number ___” (song meme ‘Str8ts’ and other president will also be pro-cannabis and so will your next local elected official! citizen. I propose we make him one of your role from “LazyTown”) models in 2020. May he inspire you to capitalize 31 “I feel ___” SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When 32 Like mortals? 20 Far from meaningful puzzles, Apps and National Adult-Use Legalization on being a maverick, outsider, or stranger. May he encourage you to find opportunities beyond Sagittarian composer Ludwig van Beethoven 33 Go fast 24 Use a SodaStream on, say With bipartisan support, it’s just a matter of time. The M.O.R.E. (Marijuana your safety zone. created the Eroica symphony in the early 1800s, books. Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act) represents the first real chance many observers panned it. They said its rhythms 34 Protein for some sushi rolls 26 Area 51 sighting a federal cannabis legalization law could become a reality. While there are still many were eccentric, that it was too long. One critic 36 Communication where K and V differ 27 Letters in some personal ads hoops to jump through, bipartisanship on this bill reflects a generational shift in GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When British said it was “glaring and bizarre,” while another only by a thumb 29 Mark often used for metal? Visit Str8ts.com sentiment towards cannabis. It’s just a matter of time. But I’ll put a small gamble on 2021 novelist E. M. Forster was in his late 30s, he had condemned its “undesirable originality.” This same critic concluded, “Genius proclaims itself 38 “Silent All These Years” singer Tori 35 Concluding with being the year we become The United States of Cannabis. sex with another person for the first time. Before that he had published five novels. After that, he not in the unusual and fantastic but in the 42 Thomas who drew Santa Claus 37 2019 Max Porter novel about a produced just one more novel, though he lived beautiful and sublime.” Today, of course, Eroica 44 Knock down ___ whimsical boy has a different reputation. It’s regarded as a till age 91. Why? Was he having too much fun? 38 Part of AMA Looking back from his old, age, he remarked breakthrough event in musical history. I’ll go 48 Unvaried that he would “have been a more famous writer on record here, Sagittarius, to say that I suspect 49 Sucker 39 Johnson’s predecesso if I had published more, but sex prevented you created your own personal version of 50 Kind of base or reserve 40 Menacing Eroica in 2019. 2020 is the year it will get the full the latter.” I suspect that sensual pleasure and 41 Important interval in jazz music intimacy will have the exact opposite effect on appreciation it deserves, although it may take a 52 Ukraine capital, locally you in 2020, Gemini. In sometimes mysterious while. Be patient. 53 He presided over the O.J. trial 43 Old Faithful, e.g. ways, they will make you more productive in 54 At the location 45 Easter-related your chosen sphere. 46 Glare CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): I’m 55 “Open 24 hours” sign material going to speculate that sometime in the next 57 Turns used materials into somethin 47 Sentries at entries CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Every part six months, you will experience events that better 51 Not as much years from now you’ll look back on as having of our personality that we do not love will 54 Pack of hot dog buns, often regress and become hostile to us,” wrote poet been the beginning of a fresh universe for you. 59 Missing comment? Robert Bly. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t What should you call this launch? I suggest you 62 Garment edges 56 Oaxacan “other” suffer from this problem at least a little. That’s consider elegant terms like “Destiny Rebirth” or 63 Skincare company with a Hydro 58 Cone dropper “Fate Renewal” rather than a cliché like the “Big the bad news. The good news for us Cancerians 59 AFC South team, on scoreboards (yes, I’m a Crab!) is that 2020 will be a favorable Bang.” And how should you celebrate it? As if Boost line time to engage in a holy crusade to fix this it were the Grand Opening of the rest of your 64 Affirmative votes 60 Opus ___ (“The Da Vinci Code” glitch: to feel and express more love for parts long life. 65 First-person action-adventure game group) of our personality that we have dismissed or 61 I, to Claudius marginalized. The result? Any self-sabotage with a “Death of the Outsider” sequel we have suffered from in the past could 66 He worked with Branford Marslis [Editor: Here’s this week’s homework:] dramatically diminish. I declare you champion, unvanquishable hero, ©2020 Jonesin’ Crosswords and title-holder of triumphant glory. 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