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Rogue World Music Festival Exec. Director Ana Byers on Upcoming Festival
MEDFORD, Ore. — The 2024 Rogue World Music Festival is coming to Southern Oregon this weekend. Rogue World Music Festival Executive Director Ana Byers joined Sunrise this morning to talk about the festival and what it offers the people of the Rogue Valley and beyond. Formerly known as the...
Crowds throng downtown for Ashland’s Sidewalk Celebration
Formerly known as the Sidewalk Sale, this spring’s event added nonprofits and more artists and musicians, in addition to retailers. A revamped and revitalized downtown event with an expanded program including a broader range of participants brought a bit of buzz to local sidewalks starting Friday and through the weekend.
Feature Interview: Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s “Born with Teeth”
Your Place at 7’s Taylor Owen hears more from OSF actors Alex Purcell and Bradley James Tejeda about their play going on now. For tickets and more on “Born with Teeth” visit osfashland.org. © 2024 KOBI-TV NBC5. All rights reserved unless otherwise stated.
Oregon craft artists on the national stage
Within the world of American craft, the annual Smithsonian Craft Show is particularly valued by artists, not only for the level of its standards and its reputation, but also for the encouragement and support it offers for the field of contemporary craft. The show attracts the very best of artists in several mediums, but only 120 artists, chosen from more than 1,000 applications, are invited to participate. This year, three artists from Oregon made the cut.
Tues 9:40 AM |Stories from the hearth: A Rogue Valley teacher visits a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
In 2016, while on a sabbatical, longtime Ashland elementary school teacher, Molly McKissick traveled to Bangladesh to teach the small children of Rohingya refugees games to help them heal from the trauma in their lives. McKissick shares her experiences and the valuable lessons she learned along the way in JPR's, Stories from the Hearth. The Hearth Story archives feature recordings of true, personal stories from people in our region, all with the intention of connecting and enriching communities.
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