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UPDATE – THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT!
LAST SUMMER, I joined some friends headed to a concert on the Oregon Coast. It was called IN A LANDSCAPE: Classical Music in the Wild. I didn’t know much about it […]
The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce proudly presents the second-annual Parade of Inns on Sunday, May 19, from 1:00-5:00pm. Six beautiful historic Jacksonville inns have graciously agreed to participate: Jacksonville Inn, Kubli Haus, Magnolia Hotel, McCully House Inn, Orth House Inn and TouVelle House Bed and Breakfast.
This event invites ticket holders to […]
THE CREATIVE TALENTS of Jacksonville Garden Club members are already at work to produce some new and charming craft offerings at the Club’s annual Spring Sale. The Sale will be held in downtown Jacksonville on Saturday, May 11, 10am-2pm, in the alcove next to the Post Office.
As always, club members will use fresh spring flowers […]
WILDFIRE COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS DAY is a national Firewise campaign to raise awareness and reduce risks from wildfires. Jacksonville is vulnerable to wildfires due to many homes being in close proximity to woodlands and forests. Because of drought and upcoming extremely hot weather, this summer and early fall promise to be a […]
JOIN US for an unforgettable afternoon of elegance, excitement, and community support at the Junior League’s 5th Annual Kentucky Derby Event on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the Rogue Valley Country Club. Immerse yourself in the lively atmosphere as you witness the iconic race on large screens while enjoying the company […]
The Jacksonville Garden Club’s annual Spring Sale will be held in downtown Jacksonville on Saturday, May 11, 2024, from 10am-2pm, in the alcove next to the Post Office. Enjoy beautiful arrangements made by Club members from fresh-cut spring flowers in a range of prices—for Mother’s Day or a nice gift to […]
The Soroptimist International of Medford is offering its 21st Annual “Gardens for Good” Tour on Saturday, May 18, 2024, from 10 am to 4 pm. This garden tour is an opportunity to see four (4) unique gardens around the Valley, which are both beautiful in their own right but also either promote wildlife or use […]
The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce is proud to present the Second Annual Parade of Inns on Sunday, May 19. This very unique event invites ticket holders to take a lovely stroll through our historic landmark town and visit charming properties along the way.
From 1-5pm on the Sunday after Mother’s Day, the inn keepers of a […]
Landscaping with Dwarf Conifers, Saturday, March 2, 11am—We have a beautiful new selection of regionally appropriate (heat-tolerant) dwarf and compact conifers and are excited to show you how to put them to work! They’re ideal for creating spotlights in small gardens, standing in for taller trees in rock gardens […]
April welcomes back the much-anticipated arrival of spring and delivers vibrancy of color and possibility. Artist and Gardener, on the corner of Main and 3rd Street similarly welcomes all seasons and visitors with a delightful display of colorful local art, a wide range of tastefully-curated gifts and an absolutely lovely hidden […]
JACKSONVILLE, OR—Historic Jacksonville, Inc. is pleased to announce that Northwest Troubadour, David Gordon, will be back in Jacksonville after a four-year absence to perform two special concerts as benefits for the town’s new “Citywide Museum!”
On Sunday, April 14, David will be reprising the “Greatest Hits” from his sold out 36 concert “Pioneer History in Story […]
Monday, April 8, 2024, JACKSONVILLE, OR — Britt Music & Arts Festival is excited to announce the next slate of 12 Britt Presents shows for the 2024 summer season. With more announcements to come, this group of shows features a wide array […]
JACKSONVILLE, OR — Britt Music & Arts Festival is excited to announce the next slate of six Britt Presents shows for the 2024 summer season. While there are more announcements to come, this group of shows features a wide array of musical artists, including first-time-to-Britt country artists Chris Young and Randy Houser, Jamaican reggae […]
Jacksonville could easily celebrate Women’s History Month all year long and still need more days to honor all the inspiring and influential women in our community. The Review is shining a spotlight on some of these amazing women—the leaders in our government and non-profit organizations who are making history today.
In […]
Jacksonville has so much to celebrate and so many wonderful individuals to honor during Women’s History Month.
Historically, small towns are defined by the culture of their Main Street. Jacksonville’s California Street is so much more than the center of our historic landmark town. It is so much more than our visual […]
Besides serving as the state animal, and the OSU emblem, Beavers are incredibly valuable components of our natural and managed ecosystems. This is becoming especially evident as climate change compromises water supplies across the landscape. Unfortunately, beavers can also become a menace for some forest and agricultural operations. As a result, they have become the […]
JACKSONVILLE, OR — The Britt Festival Orchestra (BFO) announces its 2024 season, with three weeks of exciting outdoor programming in historic Jacksonville, Oregon, June 13 – 29, 2024. Under the leadership of Artistic Advisor Peter Bay and Guest Conductor Alexandra Arrieche, the Orchestra’s 62nd season highlights film music alongside beloved classical favorites. The season features […]
The topic of the hour this month has been the wild turkeys in Jacksonville. A number of residents have complained bitterly about the turkeys on social media; specifically, that Jacksonville has too many of them; residents feed the turkeys, and they are becoming nuisances and more aggressive. Of course, there are many people, like myself, […]
For more than 30 years, the High School Youth Group from Jacksonville Presbyterian Church has traveled to Mexico to build homes and provide safety, security, and hope for families. In June, a team of 65 high schoolers and adult volunteers will give up a week of their summers to travel down to Mexico to build […]
One thing that does not change with the seasons in our historic landmark town is access to truly great live music. The Rogue Valley is blessed with an abundant natural resource of exceptionally-talented musicians.
The charm of seeing these artists here in Jacksonville is the intimacy of the shows and the range […]
WINTER IS THE TIME TO ENJOY skiing on snow-covered mountains, ice fishing on frozen alpine lakes, fly fishing on rushing rivers, storm watching on the wild coastline or sipping wine by a warm fireplace. Southern Oregon provides winter activities for everyone and here are some of our favorites.
Skiing—With majestic views […]
Climate catastrophe is approaching faster than many realize; across the planet 2024 must be the year for meaningful climate action.
Join us to find out what’s happening in Oregon’s Legislature. In 2024, the Oregon legislative session lasts just five weeks so the timeline for engagement is short and intense. However, by the end of February it […]
ONE EXPERIENCE THAT CAN INSPIRE HOPE FOR HUMANITY is hearing truly fine classical chamber music played, without amplification, by some of the world’s best musicians, in a beautiful venue with excellent acoustics. The presenters of the new winter concert series at Jacksonville City Hall endeavor to provide just that experience.
Jacksonville OR […]
UPDATED WITH SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 02/15/24—please see link below.
THE SOUTHERN OREGON CHINESE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (SOCCA), with openhanded support from sponsors, is once again blowing a refreshing breath of early spring our way. The Chinese New Year celebration in February has been conspicuously absent for the past few years. Now, the event […]
JACKSONVILLE, OR—Explore the “Secrets & Mysteries of the Beekman Bank” on Saturday, February 10, and Saturday, March 9, when Historic Jacksonville, Inc. again opens the oldest financial institution in the Pacific Northwest […]
What’s going on? The data tell us that in 2023 we exceeded the recommended limit! For the first time since records began, the global temperature exceeded the upper limit of safety for temperature established by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This was set at an increase of 1.5⁰C above preindustrial annual temperatures. We are […]
MEDFORD, OR — Britt Music & Arts Festival announces that its 2024 Britt Festival Orchestra season will be led by a pair of guest conductors: Peter Bay and Alexandra Arrieche.
Following the departure of Teddy Abrams, and prior to launching its search for the Britt Festival Orchestra’s next conductor, the Britt Festival Orchestra will […]
Biologist and policy expert Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson has developed a valuable visual tool for helping us each figure out how we can individually contribute to addressing the daunting climate crisis. During SOCAN’s January meeting, we will discuss a short TED talk by Dr. Johnson during which she presents her vision. Rather than asking folks […]
Classical music lovers are looking forward with excitement to when the Assembly Room at Jacksonville City Hall will become a concert hall on Sunday, January 14, at 3pm. At that time Quartet ES, an internationally known string quartet, takes the stage. (See ad next page.) The concert will launch a […]
Elevated. Exceptional. Breathtaking. Delicious . . . These are just a few of the many adjectives that defined the zeitgeist of Parkhurst Wine Cellars’ opening week last month.
Residents and visitors delighted as Jacksonville’s rich wine scene marked a new milestone—the opening of Parkhurst Wine Cellars’ tasting room at 845 East California Street. Prominently located as […]
When CrossFit became an aggravation for Jerry Greer, at age 83, he jumped back in the pool for his fitness routine. He’d been an active swimmer in high school and during his time in the Marine Corps. Today, he’s in the pool five days a week, and swims 1500 yards.
Around the pool deck at Superior […]
Chris Kranenburg, who pens our youth column, “Christopher’s Angle,” was recently honored for his soccer skills as the Oregon Special District Five Co-Player of the Year. As a member of the St. Mary’s Boys Varsity Soccer Team, Chris had a stellar high school career in the classroom and on the pitch. This year alone, he […]
As we enter the Holiday season, our committee wants to share where our work has led us this year.
As many of you know, we formed our Committee in February 2023 to address the serious speeding problem in our town. We began collecting petition signatures in the spring and quickly found over 350 residents who shared […]
In 2015, Jacksonville resident Linda Otto founded a nonprofit to support new mothers who had no extended family members living nearby. Since then, the Grandmas2Go Family Coaches program has served hundreds of families in Southern Oregon with loving care from a volunteer grandma! By connecting the generations, this program has […]
A lot has been happening in the past year in regard to hazardous fuels management in the Jacksonville Woodlands, Forest Park, and within and surrounding the City of Jacksonville. The Jacksonville Woodlands Association (JWA), the City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville Fire Department, Southern Oregon Land Conservancy, Rogue Forest Partners, Grayback Forestry, […]
The Jacksonville Friends of the Library will provide gift wrapping for local holiday shoppers on Friday & Saturday, December 22 & 23, noon to 4pm, in the Naversen Community Room, at the library located at 340 West C Street in Jacksonville. The service is free but all donations will gladly be accepted. Refreshments will be […]
The Southern Oregon Historical Society is celebrating the holidays in style at SOHS Hanley Farm, and you’re invited to join us.
Walking in a Winter Wonderland, December 14-16, 5-9pm—The farm, located just two miles north of Jacksonville at 1053 Hanley Road, becomes a magical place for three nights on December 14, 15, and 16 when over […]
Did you know that the Christmas celebration we know today was “reinvented” during the Victorian Era?
In England, under Oliver Cromwell, the Puritans had rejected all “frippery,” and during the early stages of the Industrial Revolution, workers were allowed little time for celebrations of any kind. December 25th had become just another workday.
Clement Moore’s poem, “Twas […]
It’s time to embrace the joy of the season and celebrate Christmas the old-fashioned way as only historic Jacksonville can—with Jacksonville’s Victorian Christmas Celebration!
This annual, highly-anticipated event is thanks to much hard work by dedicated individuals who make Victorian Christmas not only possible, but enjoyable for all! Volunteers and chamber members work like elves […]
The McKee Bridge Historical Society is ready for a festive holiday season and will decorate McKee Bridge, the rustic shelter in the picnic grounds, and Star Ranger Station in early December. These sites will be illuminated 24/7 into the New Year. The 5th-Annual Christmas on a Covered Bridge is set for Saturday, December 16, noon […]
12/03/23 UPDATE TO VENUE—We had to change our venue for our Friday night concert due to construction at the Historic Presbyterian Church.
One of our community’s wonderful traditions in this season is the Jacksonville Garden Club’s Holiday Greens Sale. Using fresh holly, pine, and cedar boughs, Club members use their creativity and artistic skills to make lovely table arrangements, baskets, wreaths, and swags decorated with cones, bows and candles. The arrangements bring fragrance and color to decorate […]
The Giving Tree program is designed to assure that each child is remembered over the holidays. Tags, representing the wishes and interests of an anonymous child currently in care, are placed on a tree at local businesses. Customer or employees choose a tag, then purchase a gift or gifts for the children. Gifts are left […]
“Christmas! Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.”~Washington Irving
Nowhere is that genial flame more joyfully felt than in Jacksonville during our festive Victorian Christmas. Once more, this merry old town will resonate with all things bright and captivating.
We begin the annual tradition […]
To help keep up-to-date on the recent changes in the business community, this month we explore what’s “New in Town,” with a fun feature on page 4 by Associate Editor Belita Palu-ay. Thanks for supporting LOCAL and Happy Thanksgiving from your friends at the Review!
Every year, dozens of caring businesses participate in the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Toy Drive program to brighten the lives of families here in the Rogue Valley. Last year, the Salvation Army provided gifts for almost 1800 local children. This year, participating businesses will be collecting toys for Jackson County kids aged 18 and under!
Thanks […]
The beautiful meeting room at New City Hall will become a concert hall on Sunday, January 14, 2024, at 3pm, when Quartet ES, a remarkably talented, internationally known string quartet takes the stage. A little more than a month later, on February 25, The Canellakis-Brown Duo, veteran […]
December 6, 2023—Greyback crews are continuing with cutting, handpiling, and burning in Forest Park. We are currently able to open Rail, Siskiyou, Pipsissewa, and Eastern Halls of Manzanita Trails. The Siskiyou View Loop and Upper Rattlesnake Gulch Trails along with Knobcone Pine Trail will remain closed at this time because of […]
Climate organizations are constantly urging us to reduce our footprint, but SOCAN (Southern Oregon Climate Action Now) is hoping to increase its footprint. The footprint that climate activists seek to reduce is that resulting in our direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases. The footprint that SOCAN seeks to increase is that of its influence.
For […]