Eugene Weekly’s Gift Guide
Buy local at markets around the area
Expensive gifts are nice, but it’s the thoughtful gifts that you keep forever. My parents never could afford to buy me the pony I asked … Continue reading
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The Best of Local Holiday Shopping
The Whiteaker Community Winter Market is now underway
If you’re looking to buy small and local this holiday season, the Whiteaker Community Winter Market could be just the place. The market, which opened … Continue reading
Old Nick’s Eugene Weihnachtsmarkt
Bringing the magic of European holiday markets to Eugene
Hosted by the Victorian Gothic Old Nick’s Pub, Eugene’s Weihnachtsmarkt is back in action for a second year in a row for all your artisanally-crafted … Continue reading
Main Street Artisans
Washburne Cafe in Springfield hosts Women Makers Market, offering goods from eight local artisans
Finding local artisan goods for holiday gifts on Springfield’s Main Street has been tough ever since Haven Home and Gifts closed a few years ago. … Continue reading
Gifts with a Local Story
Holiday Market returns home to Lane Events Center
Saturday Market’s Holiday Market will be back in its home at the Lane Events Center this season, where local makers have been gathering since 1993 … Continue reading
Holiday Markets and Places to Shop
Nov. 22 to Dec. 17 — Art for All Seasons Annual Membership Show & Club Mud Ceramics Holiday Sale at Maude Kerns Art Center, 1901 … Continue reading
Rock Local
vug&chisel collects, sets and sells Oregon gemstones
It was a couple months into this pandemic, and I was feeling low and slowly walking through my horse’s pasture, kicking clods of dirt as … Continue reading
Dirty Dirt
JH Baxter in west Eugene is ceasing operations while residents wait for cleanup after soil samples show contamination in six west Eugene properties
By Cole Sinanian and Clayton Franke As the JH Baxter wood treatment plant prepares to cease operations on Jan. 31, west Eugene residents are waiting … Continue reading
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Pick a Card, any Card
The win-win of buying a gift card this season
Gift cards are an underrated present. Think about it — what other gift is specific yet generic at the same time? And with a global … Continue reading
Gifts for the Great Outdoors
From winter sports to bouldering, here are local gifts to keep you active
Berg’s Ski Shop As we approach Eugene’s season-long stretch of drizzle, combined with a second COVID lockdown imposing stricter indoor social-distancing, there’s no better time … Continue reading
Happy House Plant Holidays
As the winter months creep up, house plants and other home improvement items make for great gifts
The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to become more creative: creative with how we take care of ourselves, how we spend our time and who we … Continue reading
Poppin’ Tags
Your guide to thrift gifting this holiday season
Malls are a terrifying place during the holidays. Okay, maybe my opinion is biased, as I am by no means a mall rat. I would … Continue reading
The Art of Giving
Buying original works of art can be easy and fun this time of year
Buying art can be intimidating, especially for beginners. Those high prices! Those inscrutable artist statements! But during the holiday season, studio sales abound, opening up … Continue reading
Wise up for the Holidays
Picc-A-Dilly Flea Market brings together an eclectic group of vendors, offering unique gifts
Three women sit at a table, poking diamond-shaped beads on canvas. It’s sort of like Paint by Numbers but an even more minute process that … Continue reading