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Hamlet @ OSF
Danforth Comins (Hamlet) and Scott Kelly (Gravedigger) in Ashland’s Elizabethan Theatre (Photo by Jenny Graham)
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You are down to just a dozen or so chances to catch Hamlet at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this year.
First off, I must admit that I’m not a fan of play going myself. I’ve been to 20 or so plays over the 16 years I’ve lived in Ashland. I typically go only because my arm has been twisted and the tickets are free. That’s not to say the quality of OSF isn’t excellent. It is. I’m just too ADD for sitting through long-winded plays that I usually don’t understand. I normally enjoy the first few minutes, taking in the set and hard work that went into the creation of such works, and then wish I were anywhere else doing anything else for most of the duration.
Such was not the case with Hamlet, which I saw this past Thursday evening and thoroughly enjoyed. A few things made Hamlet an exception to my general play-going experience. First, six or so guitars were the only thing visible on the stage before the show began. I think I have seen some of those guitars before. Second, Hamlet is more interesting to me than most of Shakespeare. (If you aren’t familiar with Hamlet, be sure become acquainted with it BEFORE seeing the live performance.) Third, Comins was excellent as Hamlet. Finally, Scott Kelly.
My only complaint is I wish there was a bit more of Scott Kelly in the performance. Sure he was visible 95% of the time, but I wish he was doing his thing most of the time. During the standing ovation, I thought it was pretty cool that Neurosis’s “Zero” was playing. Was I the only one there that realized this fact? Probably.
A few tickets remain to the final performances, including some for as little as $30.
P.S. To the powers that be at OSF,
I would love to shoot one of these final performances. I can do it without flash like a fly on the wall. No one in the audience will even know I am there. I think I can come up with some amazing photos (especially without a moon like this past Thursday night). Imagine something like this or this with a sky full of stars like this. Hit me up.
Massey goes 3-0 in important first week NAIA matchups
Preseason NAIA #2 2016 SOU Raiders football team
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The Raiders didn’t play today, although the NAIA opened the season a week before the NCAA. There were a few key games in the NAIA today though. #6 Grand View (Iowa) got crushed by #5 Baker (Kansas) 36-13. The NAIA coaches had them about even. Massey Ratings (which I’ve talked about many times before) had Baker winning. Baker doesn’t play any decent opponents for the rest of the season. Expect them to go undefeated in the regular season and then get beat in the playoffs (like SOU did last year) when they finally face a good team. Massey has Baker at #14, but the coaches will soon have them in the top three with home games throughout the postseason thanks to their weak schedule.
In the only Frontier Conference contest, Rocky Mountain beat Montana State-Northern 31-21. Either Montana State-Northern has gotten better (let’s hope–they were awful last year) or Rocky Mountain isn’t going to win many games in the Frontier Conference. Time will tell.
#1 Marian had their way with #10 Saint Xavier 56-10. Massey predicted a similar score. Finally, #25 Montana Western defeated #21 Dickinson State 29-13. Based on the coaches’ rankings, Dickinson State was supposed to win. Once again, Massey predicted better than the coaches. Massey predicted a 34-13 score in favor of Montana Western. Pretty damn close to the actual. Massey has Montana Western at #6 in the country. SOU will face Montana Western in September in Ashland and in late October in Montana.
Women’s soccer tonight
2015 SOU women’s soccer team
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The Southern Oregon University Women’s Soccer team will be hosting a scrimmage tonight against Humboldt State @ 6 p.m. @ Raider Stadium.
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Ashland Springs Hotel
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8 more days…
Matt Retzlaff interfered with as he tries to catch a pass against Eastern Oregon University (September 2015)
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The Raiders open their season next Saturday (9/3/16) at Eastern. Massey Ratings has the Raiders winning by 4. Massey has EOU at #10 in the country. The (more biased and less accurate) NAIA Football Coaches’ Poll has EOU at #26.
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Ashland sunrise (November 2010)