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April 7–11 marks the 15th anniversary of the Ashland Independent Film Festival. The festival has grown from 73 films in four days at the beautiful art…
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Some people—like my five-year-old—adore the holidays. Since we celebrate both Hanukah and Christmas in our house, Leone gets a winter…
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Imagine the milk is running low—or, if you live in a home similar to mine, one of your kids drank the last of it and put the empty container back in the…
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Next month we celebrate Veteran’s Day. We honor those men and women who have served the United States and remember their sacrifice and service. So much…
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When I first saw the image, it was like a sucker punch to the gut. It knocked the wind out of me.I could almost hear my heart break, and I sat at my desk…
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In 2014, it became the Southern Oregon Music Festival. Before that it was the Medford Jazz Festival. When it began in 1989 it was called the Medford Jazz…
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The final two plays of this OSF season explore gritty corners of contemporary American life. In The Happiest Song Plays Last (Thomas Theatre) Quiara…
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This past summer has been an active time here at JPR as we’ve been addressing both long and short term issues that impact our service to the region. I…
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When exactly does Jeff Whitty’s musical, Head over Heels, start? When the Fool’s song threatens violence to those who neglect to turn off cell phones?…
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I’m writing this on the day of the first debates between candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination. When I walked into our studio this…
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Recently, a listener asked: “What’s with all the country music all of a sudden on the Rhythm & News Service?” Is there? In many ways, it’s a difficult…
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For the most part, we go about our daily lives unaware that we are information storage devices. We store all sorts of information in our brains. Some of…
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Maybe you learned about it in high school, saw it in newspapers or maybe you have a subscription to The New Yorker. Or maybe all this earthquake talk is…
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This story is part of Unprepared: Will We Be Ready For The Megaquake? a series Oregon Public Broadcasting is doing on how well the Northwest is prepared…