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Guardians Valley Guardians Valley Volume 5, Issue 8 // April 26 - May 9, 2018 Guardians Comic Con Flexes of Its Muscles the Valley Pg Pg Pg Go Here 15 SOUND 17 Screen 20 Where To Get Your A Double Hit A Funny Film Comic Con Costumes! of Slow Corpse About Death? 2 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM rogue farm corps springfourth ANNUAL block Happy Mother’s Day party Make it a special day for the mom in your life by joining us for brunch! with live music by: Mother’s Day Brunch Adults – $30 | Child’s Menu – $15 .bathtub gin serenaders. Two seatings: 10:00am and 1:30pm | reservations required 541-476-3825 .king roy wing. Adult Menu Mascarpone and Berry Compote Crepe Childs Menu th Mascarpone and Berry Compote Crepe ‹‹ sunday may 6 4-10pm ›› Eggs Benedict Scrambled Eggs and Ham Prosciutto-Wrapped Asparagus Country-Style Potatoes raffle prizes t beer t cider t sammiches t KID ZONE Country-Style Potatoes Strawberry Shortcake Strawberry Shortcake Celebrate spring and support the next generation of farmers and ranchers! Also offering one mothers day dinner seating at 7:00 pm reservations required 541-476-3825 sammich 424 Bridge Street 7pm Dinner Service Adults – $40 | Child’s Menu – $18 Ashland Chicken Parmesan or Alaskan Halibut w/Peach and Blackberry Compote Caprese Appetizer .....$5-25 Sliding Scale donation..... Orange Rolls Garden Salad Strawberry Shortcake www.morrisonslodge.com rogue farm corps 8500 Galice Road – Merlin, OR www.roguefarmcorps.org CRATERIAN PERFORMANCES presents Coming This Summer From indigo girls Sat., July 7 & 14, 1 & 4:30pm With new songs and more thrills, this new adaptation will open up “a whole new world” for audiences of all ages! Adults $24, Youth/Stud. $12 Tickets on Thu.-Sat., May 10-12, 7:30pm sale now! Come early and enjoy a complimentary beer tasting beginning at 6:30pm Fri.-Sat., Aug. 3-4, 7:30pm, Tuesday, June 26, 7:30pm The Craterian Music Hall presents a Thu.-Fri., Aug. 9-10, 7:30pm “Along with Simon & Garfunkel and tribute to John Lennon, one of music’s & Sat., Aug. 11, 2pm The Everly Brothers, Amy Ray and Emily most lasting and influential icons. One of the most enduring shows of all time, this magical Saliers rank at the very top of all-time musical is full of catchy songs in a variety of styles. –The Boston Herald sponsored by S & B James & FOX 26 great duos.” All tickets $28 Adults $25, Youth/Stud. $15 $46, $52, $58 For more details or to 541-779-3000 • craterian.org purchase tickets: call, click BOX OFFICE: 16 S. Bartlett or stop by the Box Office. THEATER: 23 S. Central APRIL 26 - MAY 9, 2018 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 3 The Rogue Valley Messenger CONTENTS PO Box 8069 | Medford, OR 97501 541-708-5688 roguevalleymessenger.com SOUND page CULTURE page [email protected] Slow Corpse is only Our Theater Critic William THE BUSINESS END OF THINGS three years old, but it is MacBride checks out OSF’s what can be described Manahatta, by Mary Kathryn 19 WEB MASTER 17 Tammy Wilder Nagle, and reports back OUR FINANANCIAL WIZARD Sara Louton, as a meteoric rise. Last Advanced Books year they signed with that the play “deals with the DISTRIBUTION Coleman Antonucci Portland-based label history of the Lenape, the Tender Loving Empire, original Native American OUR WORDSMITHS and on Friday, May 4 will inhabitants of New York play their release party City, and more specifically PUBLISHER & EDITOR Phil Busse MANAGING EDITOR Sara Jane Wiltermood at Brickroom. Josh Gross Manhattan, in a most MUSIC EDITOR Josh Gross reviews their new innovative, multi-contextual, PRODUCTION MANAGER Katie Ball album, Fables. and moving way.” CALENDAR EDITOR Jordon Lindsey ART CRITIC Jordan Marie McCaw COLUMNISTS Rob Brezsny, Dan Smith and Tanya Reasor FREELANCERS Christopher Lucas, Josh Davis, Catherine FOOD SCREEN Kelley, Nolan Kenmonth, Caitlin Fowlkes, Julie Gillis, Hiro Ramen, which page pagepage Stephanie Raffelock and Nick Blakeslee Oregon’s Death With Dignity opened in Ashland in Act may not sound the subject the old Eleven space GET IN TOUCH 18 matter for a comedy, yet the 20 at 11 N. First St., has screenplay—and planned x EMAIL [email protected] turned around our production of—Emma Was Here MUSIC [email protected] writer Josh Gross to is sprinkling funny moments EVENTS [email protected] reconsider the virtues throughout an otherwise tough ADVERTISE [email protected] of ramen. topic. The production is being undertaken by some of the usual suspects—and up-and- SALES DEADLINE: 5 pm Thurs coming stars—in southern EDITORIAL DEADLINE: 5 pm Thurs Oregon film’s film community. CALENDAR DEADLINE: 12 pm Thurs CLASSIFIED DEADLINE: 4 pm Thurs Deadlines may shift for special/holiday issues. Public Profile 4 Food & Drink 18 Feature 5 Culture 19 ON THE COVER: Our Picks 9 Screen 20 Photo submitted by: Live Music and Nightlife 10 Wellness 21 Tanya Reasor and her team Events 13 Talent Health Club Budtender 22 Sports & Outdoor 15 Yuki & Free Will Astrology 22 Design by Katie Ball Sound 16 Rec Room 23 Youssoupha Sidibe Deya Dova $5 off daily spa pass (on day of event) with purchase of event ticket Calendar of Upcoming Events 4/28: "Experience the Wim Hof Method" Workshop 4/28 - 5/2: Beltane: A 5 day Community Celebration 5/6: "Spring Into Healing: Healing Past & Present Wounds" Workshop 5/13: Uger--Khan; Traditional Tuvan Throat Singing 5/17: Deya Dova: future bass, mystic temple tribal beats 5/18: Circle Singing: call and response, no mistake zone 5/19: Hannah Mayree banjo and vocal harmonies 5/22: Youssoupha Sidibe kora & devotional lyrics from Senegal 5/25: Fractals of Infinity - Alcyon Massive & Fractal Love Jam 5/26: Psychedelic Documentary Mini-Film Fest w w w . j a c k s o n w e l l s p r i n g s . c o m 2253 Hwy 99 N. Ashland, OR 97520 • 541-482-3776 4 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM Dan Wahpepah Construction CCB# 079941 | Since 1990 Contractor ~ Artisan ~ Handyman • Woodwork • Finish • Design • Carpentry • Custom • Framing • Furniture • Siding • Floor Install • Remodeling Rogue Valley Rogue Valley • Decking • Stairs Bird Day Bird Day Saturday, May 12, 8 am–Noon Saturday,FREE May for the whole12, 8 family! am–Noon FREE for the whole family! Learn more at: • Guided bird walks RogueValleyBirdDay.netLearn more at: • GuidedWildlife bird Images walks live bird exhibit RogueValleyBirdDay.netor contact • WildlifeBird banding Images with live the bird Klamath exhibit Northor Moutain contact Park, • Bird bandingObservatory with the Klamath 620 NNorth Mountain Moutain Ave, Park, Ashland • Bird Observatorycalling contest and prizes! 620 N Mountain541.488.6606 Ave, Ashland • Bird calling contest and prizes! 541.488.6606 541-890-3529 facebook.com/danwahpepahconstruction APRIL 26 - MAY 9, 2018 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 5 PUBLIC PROFILE Simone Stewart, Medford Arts Commission Chair INTERVIEW BY CAITLIN FOWLKES lected the bands that will perform during the free I have been a professional actor for over 30 years. and family friendly Summer Concerts in the Park My Bachelor’s Degree is in Art History and Archi- series which will take place Thursday nights in tectural Design from U.C. Berkeley. I work full time July at Bear Creek Park Amphitheatre and Thurs- for the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Or- day nights in August at the Pear Blossom Park stage egon University as the Marketing Manager/Box Of- in the Medford Commons downtown. We are also fice Manager. I became an Arts Commissioners for diligently working to bring Buskers (street per- the City of Medford because I wanted to see really formers) to downtown Medford for the 3rd Fri- good public art in the City of Medford and not just day Artwalk and for Art in Bloom on Mother’s paintings or sculptures. I have served on the board Day Weekend. We have plans to bring more music, of the Collaborative Theatre Project and Southern dance, performance art and fine art to the city of Oregon Film & Media. I have been serving on the Medford in the coming years. We would also like Women’s Leadership Conference committees since to expand the public art mural that is painted on 2012, and I currently serve as the Institutional the pillars near the skate park at Hawthorne Park. Representative (representing SOU) with Oregon PHOTO COURTESY OF SIMONE STEWART …I’d like to add that the Medford Arts Commission Women in Higher Education. I also work with an Rogue Valley Messenger: What do you do as released a RFP last year for a public art installation Improv Comedy Troupe in the Rogue Valley. chair of the arts commission? at the Medford Police Station. That art, a mosaic RVM: What is your favorite piece of art (in Simone Stewart: I am the leader of the commis- sculpture, was installed in October at the entrance any category), and what is your favorite local sion. I set the agenda for our meetings and conduct to the station on Ivy Street. I encourage the public piece of art? our meetings. I am the point of contact between to see it, touch it, take photos with it, talk about it, SS: My favorite movement in painting is the the city of Medford and the Arts Commission. We interact with it, connect with it -- public art is for Fauve movement which happened as an opposite have nine commissioners, which is a full commis- the public. response to the popular Impressionist movement. sion. I am fortunate to have a diverse commission RVM: How long have you been in this line of Henri Matisse is my favorite painter. I love looking with 3 of our commissioners being under 20 years work, and what else have you done in the art at all of the different Architecture in Rogue Valley.
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