Siskiyou de Mayo… Is the artist in you ready for a challenge? If you answered yes, APRC has an opportunity for you! We are looking for an artist to design a logo for our new annual event: Siskiyou de Mayo, A World Music Festival.
The festival, scheduled for May 14, 2016, will take place in Lithia Park and celebrate multiculturalism with international music and dance! Our first annual line-up will feature: Salsa Brava with Jennifer Berry’s Rueda Dancers, Dawn KC: Middle Eastern Belly Dance, Tom Berich: Caribbean Steel Pan Band, Tony Stern’s Cuban Rumba Troupe, and more. The event will be MC’d by local storyteller and poet, T. Poe.
If your artwork is selected you will win free passes to our seasonal pool and ice rink, free t-shirts featuring your design, and the pride of seeing your work in multiple mediums! Complete details here. Deadline to apply is Monday, February 1, 2016. The winning artist will be notified by February 15, 2016.
Registration for our Winter/Spring programs is underway! View all of our Winter/Spring programs in the digital Rec Guide at www.parks.ashland.or.us/RecGuideWinterSpring! Our easy-to-use digital guide has direct registration links for ALL classes that require registration.
Ashland Rotary Centennial Ice Rink… It’s that time of year again… so lace up your skates and hit the ice! The Ashland Rotary Centennial Ice Rink will be open through February 2016.
The 2015-16 Season will feature something for everyone! The outdoor rink is located at 95 Winburn Way, across from the Lithia Park playground, around the corner from the Plaza, and at the corner of Nutley Street and Winburn Way. Bring the whole family! Our skate rentals accommodate toddler size-9 up to men’s size-15. Please come prepared to skate, as changing rooms are not available. Hot chocolate, coffee and a variety of snacks will be available for purchase. The rink offers skate trainers for select sessions… available at no charge. For more information on prices, schedules (including the holiday schedule), lessons, programming, hockey, scholarships and all we have to offer you, visit our website here, call the ice rink directly at 541.488.9189, or call the APRC office at 541.488.5340. We hope you can experience one of the most magical places in Ashland… that little outdoor rink in beautiful Lithia Park, where the air is fresh, the white lights are twinkling and the music blends with the sounds of nature and blades on the ice… “Let’s skate!”
To learn more about APRC and register for one of our programs, visit our website here, call 541.488.5340 or visit our office in upper Lithia Park, 340 S Pioneer Street. Don’t forget to “LIKE” us on Facebook. “We’ll see you in the Park and on Facebook!”
Ashland Parks and Recreation
340 S Pioneer St.
Ashland, OR 97520
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