The Creative Way

The Ashland Independent Film Festival marks 25 years with films, panels and events across four venues in the Rogue Valley.

Ashland honors Lorraine Hansberry with an OSF revival of A Raisin in the Sun and a new plaque recognizing her legacy as a playwright and activist.

Grammy-winning singer Cecilia Duarte will perform “For Love of Nature” in Ashland, featuring global works inspired by nature at SOU’s Music Recital Hall.

Vanessa Finney visits with the Sundial Film Festival director Tyler Faires and film director, Autie Carlisle.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival opens “Come From Away,” the true story of a town that welcomed thousands of stranded travelers after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Southern Oregon Repertory Singers Music Director Paul French and Geoffrey Riley (retired host of the Jefferson Exchange) describe the upcoming performance at SOU.

Vanessa Finney discusses the Art Authority Museum with founder Alan Oppenheimer.

Vanessa Finney talks with Vance Beach of BASE and artist Crystal Profitt about a new project exploring Black history, identity and creative expression in Southern Oregon.

Norman Huynh, the new Music Director at the Britt Festival, talks with Vanessa Finney.

Vanessa Finney, talks with cellist Camden Shaw.

Vanessa Finney visits with Jackie Apodaca, Artistic Director with the Ashland New Plays Festival, and Victor Lesniewski, ANPF co-host.

Dalia Ashurina and Sami Horneff join host Vanessa Finney on The Creative Way.

Kate Flannery and Jane Lynch are on tour together with a new show called "The Trouble With Angels." They join host Vanessa Finney on The Creative Way.

Vanessa Finney interviews the band's manager, Steven Machat.

Mark Melton and Matt Case of On the Fly Comics join Vanessa Finney on The Creative Way to discuss the Comic Expo.

Vanessa Finney visits with organizers who are bringing new music to the Britt Festival

Emily Hartlerode, Director of the Oregon Folklife Network, joins The Creative Way host, Vanessa Finney.

Director Blake Robison and playwright Karen Zacarías join to discuss OSF's upcoming production of "Shane".

Vanessa Finney visits with Martin Majkut, Director of the Rogue Valley Symphony, in the JPR studio.

Vanessa Finney talks with Hunter Noack about his current tour across Oregon and California.

Vanessa Finney speaks with the film's producer, Jack Lucido.

Vanessa Finney visits with the organizers of AIFF and a filmmaker.

Vanessa Finney talks with KS Wild. which is hosting the WSFF along with Rogue Riverkeeper.

Director Lauren Blair joins host Vanessa Finney on The Creative Way.

Megan Isser of Ashland's Bloomsbury Books highlights new memoir, YA fiction, and romantic thrillers.

"Jitney" is the eighth August Wilson play to be staged at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

The Redding Trail Alliance hosts the festival at the Cascade Theatre on February 22.

The documentary "Outliers and Outlaws" documents the history of a large and vibrant lesbian community in Eugene, Oregon.

Ashland's Book Exchange and Bloomsbury Books share their recommendations for new and classic memoirs, mysteries, and nature writing.

In her new memoir, “Reach Up: My Beautiful Journey with James DePreist,” Ginette DePreist describes the renowned conductor's work with the Oregon Symphony.

Holocaust survivor, Felicia Lubliner felt driven to remind us that the millions who perished were not defined by their deaths but by their lives-their joys, dreams, loves.

Crescent City resident practices traditional weaving techniques to create works of art that are as useful as they are beautiful.

Vanessa Finney interviews two contributors to the book, "How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History."

Four local booksellers give their recommendations for some chill-filled Halloween reading.

The Ashland Beckett Shorts Festival runs Oct 24-27 at 7pm each night.

Novid Parsi and Keiko Green join host Vanessa Finney.

Filmmaker Jeffrey Friedman talks with Vanessa Finney about two films showing this weekend at the Ashland Independent Film Festival.

Oregon's new Poet Laureate, Ellen Waterston, recently spoke to JPR's Vanessa Finney about the state's literary landscape.

The Creative Way talks to comedian Mark Yaffee

Stage fighting at OSF is an art unto itself

Oregon Cabaret Theatre's production of Legally Blonde.

Corey Murphy sings songs of the Irish diaspora, with a special focus on the pipeline of people from the Old Country to Lake County, Oregon

Science Illustrator Serena Richelle at Hyatt Lake. Richelle is camping as part of a two-week Artist Residency program organized annually by the BLM.

The SOU Choir's Spring Concert aims to highlight accessibility and center the voices of people who navigate the world differently.

Ashland Independent Film Festival is presenting, " T-Rex," a 2015 documentary film about Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields, a 17-year old from Flint, Michigan who dreamed of being the first woman in history to win a gold medal in Olympic boxing.

Artist Beca Blake is the subject of new arts program.

Lisa Wolpe performs Shakespeare's male roles, and has done many of them.