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Haines & Friends Fund & “Where’s William?”

This Friday in Downtown Ashland is bound to be a happening event! Not only is it 1st Friday Art Walk, but the Haines & Friends Fund show at the Ashland Springs Hotel

Hello friends and art appreciators, This Friday in Downtown Ashland is bound to be a happening event! Not only is it 1st Friday Art Walk, but the Haines & Friends Fund show at the Ashland Springs Hotel will be a unique and insightful exhibit. You will get to see the results of the funds in physical form. So many great artists who were awarded for their artistic visions ! Here is the brochure: ***That’s my painting on the lower left… ‘Suddenly Blue” (40″x30″ oil, with lots of impasto work) After you view the Haines & Friends Fund show, head over across the street to the Art & Soul Gallery and play ‘Where’s William” for a chance to win art gifts and more! details here:

ART & SOUL GALLERY CELEBRATES THE OPENING OF OSF’S OUTDOOR SEASON WITH “WHERE’S WILLIAM?” AN ART DISCOVERY GAME!

 

All of the 27 artists at

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Contemporary Translation of Edward III by Ashland New Plays Festival

Understanding Shakespeare through a Modern Verse Translation:

A contemporary playwright translates Edward III for today’s audiences, to be performed as a dramatic reading March 27 in Ashland, Oregon

By Kara Q Lewis

Afternoon light filters over the laptop of playwright Octavio Solis, who focuses on the screen, puzzling out ways to decipher a difficult verse from William Shakespeare’s play Edward III. After getting sick two weeks earlier, Solis began working from bed. His wife teases him about not using his brand new writing studio. He works intensely and relentlessly: “I get obsessive about it,” he says, “I work on it ‘til 1 or 2 in the morning and then it’s the first thing I do when I wake up.” He continues:

“I’ve enjoyed every second of it. It taps into the part of my brain that likes puzzles. I’m decoding something really intricate and

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Rosalind/Ganymede (Erica Sullivan) begs Orlando (Wayne T. Carr) to stay in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It. Photo by T. Charles Erickson/Oregon Shakespeare Festival Rosalind/Ganymed…

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Charles the Wrestler (Kimberly Scott), with his clowns (Daisuke Tsuji, Jason Rojas) prepares to fight Orlando in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It. Photo by T. Charles Erickson/Oregon Shakespeare Fe…

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Celia (Christine Albright) and Rosalind (Erica Sullivan) fear for Orlando's life on hearing the news that he fought with a lion in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It. Photo by T. Charles Erickso…

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Touchstone (Peter Frechette) entertains Rosalind (Erica Sullivan) and Celia (Christine Albright) in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It. Photo by T. Charles Erickson/Oregon Shakespeare Festival …

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Cousins and friends, Rosalind (Erica Sullivan) and Celia (Christine Albright) make merry in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It. Photo by T. Charles Erickson/Oregon Shakespeare Festival …

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Fed up with his brother Oliver's (Kenajuan Bentley) treatment, Orlando (Wayne T. Carr) finally says his peace in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It. Photo by T. Charles Erickson/Oregon Shakespea…

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Rosalind as Ganymede (Erica Sullivan) plays the knave with Orlando (Wayne T. Carr) in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It. Photo by Jenny Graham/Oregon Shakespeare Festival Rosalind as …

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The four Graces: Spring (Mandie Jenson) Summer (Liisa Ivary), Autumn (Catherine E. Coulson), Winter (Kimberly Scott) in Oregon Shakespeare Festival's production of As You Like It. Photo by T. Charles Erickson/Oregon Shakesp…

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