WE WONDER ABOUT the LITERARY ARTS OUR SMART, NOT SCARY HALLOWEEN ISSUE Paging Through the Ashland Literary Arts Festival
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Volume 4, Issue 22 // October 26 - November 8, 2017 WE WONDER ABOUT THE LITERARY ARTS OUR SMART, NOT SCARY HALLOWEEN ISSUE Paging Through The Ashland Literary Arts Festival NEWS SCREEN Sports A Paranormal Alex Cox Soccer and Lots Pg. 7 Pg. 26 Library Pg. 25 Talks About of Balls Walker 2 / WWW.ROGUEVALLEYMESSENGER.COM HENRY ROLLINS Keynote Speaker + VIP Reception SPONSORED BY November 19, 2017 The Oregon Marijuana Business Conference returns to Southern Oregon for another important one-day cannabis event. We are the biggest and most established conference in the state with fierce networking! With cannabis laws receiving overwhelming support from lawmakers across the country, both medical and recreational, this is not the event to miss. 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For Tickets and More Info Visit OregonMBC.com or call 541.864.0090 OCTOBER 26 - NOVEMBER 8, 2017 / THE ROGUE VALLEY MESSENGER / 3 The Rogue Valley Messenger CONTENTS PO Box 8069 | Medford, OR 97501 541-708-5688 page page roguevalleymessenger.com FEATURE FOOD [email protected] The Ashland Literary Arts As much as Ashland THE BUSINESS END OF THINGS Festival on October 28 at may be known for 22 9 BUSINESS MANAGER Blake Helmken the Hannon Library at SOU its chumminess and SALES REPS Coleman Antonucci and Reece Bredl gathers an odd group of collaborative nature—and WEB MASTER Tammy Wilder storytellers together, from that includes the culinary OUR FINANANCIAL WIZARD Sara Louton, Advanced Books book authors to filmmakers scene—the chefs still like to DISTRIBUTION Olivia Doty, Coleman Antonucci and Blake to poets to journalists. compete with each other, Helmken Managing Editor Sara at least once each year. The OUR WORDSMITHS Jane Wiltermood asked a annual event takes place PUBLISHER & EDITOR Phil Busse few participants to share November 2 – 5, and 12 of MANAGING EDITOR Sara Jane Wiltermood their insights and book Ashland’s chefs will battle MUSIC EDITOR Josh Gross recommendations. for the Top Chef Title. PRODUCTION MANAGER Katie Ball CALENDAR EDITOR Jordon Lindsey ART CRITIC page pagepage Jordan Marie Martinez SOUND CULTURE COLUMNISTS Rob Brezsny, Shannon Wheeler, Momix Dance is one Deborah Gordon, Dan Smith Seattle may be better known of the most recognized FREELANCERS Julie Gillis, Charles Fischman, Christopher for gritty and grunge, but 20 24x Lucas, Josh Davis, Catherine Kelley, Nolan Kenmonth and that is also sometimes how contemporary dance Leighton Tuttle to describe soul music that companies in the world, GET IN TOUCH is true to the heart and the appearing in Hanes Underwear ads and EMAIL [email protected] harder parts of life. 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Like a family gathering for Thanksgiving PIPELINE pipeline. What we didn’t mess up is our op- dinner, coming together can either mean soothing over the differences in person- (re.: Messenger’s publisher note position—and the Messenger’s conviction ality and politics to become one loving community, or it can mean a moment to opposing the Jordan Cove Energy that this proposed pipeline isn’t good for the accentuate the differences to become an embittered room. Project) local environment or economy. At the national level, with barbed tweets and singling out differences, America This is a decent summary of a complex One mistake we made is the proposal has been the later. Broadly, Donald Trump has redefined what community means topic and elaborate history. Of necessity is for a compressed Natural Gas Pipeline in America, from drawing sharp lines in economic differences to spelling out who much could not be said, such as the many (methane) to run from Malin to Coos Bay, he believes is an American and who isn’t. Whole communities, like transgender other environmental concerns, the issue not a liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline, persons who had been enjoying a dawning of acceptance in mainstream America, of jobs (to dismiss them as merely tempo- as it has commonly been explained. The pro- were once again derided, and environmentalists, who had believed that the arc of rary is unfair to the union people, the only posed pipeline is actually named the Pacific history was beginning to bend towards sustainability, are being cast aside. Choose ones I heard speak in favor of the pipeline Connector Pipeline. (By the by, how safe is your community or identity, and the jigsaw puzzle that is America has been bro- in the numerous hearings I attended), and a methane pipeline running through zones ken back to its individual pieces. the seeming difference between the Obama high-risk for forest fires? Just asking!) It doesn’t need to be this way, and it has been heartening to watch counter- and Trump administrations (is it genuine?). Two, the whole ball-and-wax is called the trends in Southern Oregon. (Take, for example, this weekend’s Ashland Liter- Gary Cohn as top economic advisor is Jordan Cove Energy Project, which includes ary Arts Festival; see page 9.) For us at the Messenger, it also has been a call to mentioned as promoting the pipeline, but a terminal at Coos Bay that would be the lo- action—and, this final weekend of October, our Board of Directors is hosting a no mention that he is a core member of the cation for a liquefaction plant and export fa- retreat to re-draft the mission statement and intent for the Messenger. What won’t small but powerful cabal of extreme funda- cility for the natural gas produced. change is our commitment to profiling local civic leaders (see “Public Profile,” mentalist Talmudic Zionists who really run Three, the request to assess the Port of page 8) and local arts, food and events (see our entire newspaper!). But what will the country. Obviously they are directing Coos Bay came from a governmental entity, change is our commitment to building community in southern Oregon: That is, the US military against Israel’s perceived not the company proposing the pipeline. we are redoubling our efforts. ‘enemies’ in the Middle East. Iran is next. And, finally, oops, Veresen does not exist How exactly are we making that statement and commitment to community This article accept as gospel the truth of anymore. On October 2, Veresen, the com- more than rhetoric? Primarily, we are looking to host more community events, to human caused severe global warming, but pany that had proposed the pipeline, was gather residents, our readers, in all of their diversity and differences and celebrate what of the recent studies by two profes- acquired by another Canadian fossil fuels shared goals and values. sors at U of Alabama, crunching data from energy company, Pembina. Even so, the fact Example A: On Tuesday, November 28, the Messenger is hosting its second an- NASA’s satellites over the previous decade, remains that the Trump administration’s nual Giving Tuesday event. Part of an emerging national event, we are encourag- showing that much more heat is escaping support for the pipeline as a means to “make ing residents to support and to give (time, money, etc.) to local nonprofits. This the atmosphere than ground-based IPCC America great again” is a bit misguided as the year, the event is hosted at the newly remodeled Collaborative Theatre Project models allow? The legal case between Dr. bulk of revenue will flow north to Canada. in Medford. Much like speed dating, we will set up a dozen tables where you can Timothy Ball and Michael Mann in Canada visit a dozen organizations to learn more about their programs, and how you can bears watching too.