The Creative Way

Mariachi comes to the Britt Festival 01.08.2025 14:53 ↓

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

'Oregon Culture Nights' demonstrates the value of traditional arts 25.07.2025 14:46 ↓

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

OSF's Shane reinterprets the traditional "Western" 11.07.2025 14:33 ↓

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

Rogue Valley Symphony Director leads 'Tanglewood of the West Coast' 27.06.2025 14:33 ↓

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

'IN A LANDSCAPE' is a traveling classical concert performed in outdoor natural spaces 30.05.2025 14:28 ↓

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

Documentary tells story of young artists breaking barriers 09.05.2025 14:29 ↓

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

Ashland Independent Film Festival features 'I Know Catherine, The Log Lady' 11.04.2025 28:53 ↓

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

Wild and Scenic Film Fest on tour in southern Oregon 04.04.2025 14:47 ↓

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

Oregon's first-ever 'Waitress' arrives at the Cabaret 29.03.2025 14:26 ↓

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

Bloomsbury Books shares March releases 25.03.2025 14:45 ↓

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

Tim Bond to direct "Jitney" at OSF 28.02.2025 15:28 ↓

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

Banff Mountain Film Festival - this weekend and beyond 21.02.2025 14:29 ↓

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

Outliers and Outlaws 24.01.2025 14:28 ↓

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

Local Booksellers Suggest Winter Reads 03.01.2025 14:29 ↓

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

The Making of a National Orchestra 20.12.2024 14:25 ↓

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

"Follow me into Auschwitz...." 06.12.2024 14:30 ↓

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.

Weavers of Indigenous Culture Still Very Present in Oregon 22.11.2024 12:49 ↓

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

NPR, women, and the music they make 08.11.2024 14:29 ↓

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

Hello, Halloween! A curated list of Spooky Reads 01.11.2024 14:41 ↓

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

Octavio Solis, Artistic Director of the Ashland Beckett Shorts Festival 18.10.2024 14:47 ↓

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

Life, Death, and Ethnic Representation: New Plays Dive Deep 11.10.2024 14:42 ↓

Novid Parsi and Keiko Green join host Vanessa Finney.

He's won an Oscar, a Grammy, and now a Rogue Award 04.10.2024 14:50 ↓

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

For this poet laureate, the land is her muse 13.09.2024 14:41 ↓

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

Native American Comedian Mark Yaffee 23.08.2024 14:40 ↓

The Creative Way talks to comedian Mark Yaffee

Fight! Fight! Fight! (But safely!) 16.08.2024 14:39 ↓

Stage fighting at OSF is an art unto itself