In the midst of a difficult year, Southern Oregon was hit by a series of devastating wildfires. Over 2500 homes destroyed. Locals Jocksana Corona, Yahaira Padilla, and Isabella Vasara Roseruikis talk about their experience in the wake of the fires. Hosted by Mark Yaconelli with music by The Bengsons. Listen [...]
Our new episode of Home Bound Oregon, "Now is the Reckoning" focuses on race and racism in the predominantly white region of Southern Oregon. Story by Marjorie Trueblood. Conversation with actor and composer Cedric Lamar. Hosted by Mark Yaconelli with music by Cedric Lamar and Royer Bockus. You can listen [...]
The Hearth is offering a free online community Story Circle on Thursday June 18th from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. This is a great opportunity to connect with others in community by remembering and sharing experiences from your own life. Mark Yaconelli will facilitate the evening on Zoom with story prompts [...]
For the past ten years The Hearth has hosted public gatherings here in Ashland in which local folks have shared stories and songs to build community. We thought this is a great time to go through the archives and harvest the stories and songs we need to hear in order [...]
In the past 10 years, The Hearth has had the privilege to work with hundreds of storytellers and musicians to bring your stories and music forward to local audiences. We are so grateful for each and every one of you, and we would like to take an opportunity to bring [...]
