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Southern Oregon Performing Arts Take Countermeasures For Wildfire Smoke

<p>The Oregon Shakespeare Festival. 2019. Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Directed by Jos&eacute; Luis Valenzuela, featuring, from left, Robin Goodrin Nordli (First Witch), Miriam A. Laube (Second Witch), Danforth Comins (Macbeth), Al Espinosa (Banquo), Erica Sullivan (Third Witch).&nbsp;</p>

Jenny Graham

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival. 2019. Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Directed by José Luis Valenzuela, featuring, from left, Robin Goodrin Nordli (First Witch), Miriam A. Laube (Second Witch), Danforth Comins (Macbeth), Al Espinosa (Banquo), Erica Sullivan (Third Witch). 

So far, this year feels like a merciful break for the southern, central and eastern Oregon venues wracked by poor air quality in recent seasons. But arts presenters in Klamath and Jackson counties have taken countermeasures as the first big blaze of the year, the Milepost 97 fire near Canyonville, obliged them to modify operations.

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April Baer