Local Stories, Painted Pink
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Year: 2012
Reality Kitchen Appeal for Help
Jim Evangelista is organizing an ambitious event in the Whiteaker Tuesday, July 10, and needs some help. Continue reading
Lane County Town Hall on Taxes
Lane County Commissioner Pete Sorenson is holding a town hall meeting this week to discuss Lane County’s future and the tough issue of taxes. The meeting will run from 6:30 to 8 pm Tuesday, July 10, at Harris Hall, 125 E. 8th Ave. in Eugene. Sorenson has asked a panel of speakers to address issues related to Lane County and taxation: Anette Spickard, Lane County tax assessor; Jason Gettel, policy analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy; and Dave Rosenfeld, executive director of the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG). Continue reading
Faux-Healthy Kids Meals
PCRM reports that new, reportedly healthy kids meals that fast food joints are rolling out are just … not so healthy. Click through to see the other worst offenders. Continue reading
Exclusion Zone, Part 2
And we've got another one. Exclusion case summary requests that EPD released before this are here and here. Continue reading
Cannabis Tax Act Submits Signatures
Supporters and organizers of Initiative 9, the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act (OCTA), submitted 165,000 signatures to the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office this morning, and more signatures are expected to be turned in later today, the deadline for initiatives to qualify for Oregon’s November ballot. Continue reading
Exclusion Zone
The EPD has started to release its exclusion zone requests to the media as they occur, and we're compiling them on the blog for those interested. This is the second we've received. Continue reading
Commish Faye Stewart Gets Snarky
Lane County Commissioner Faye Stewart was interviewed this morning by conservative radio talk show host Bill Lundun on KPNW. He got a little snarky about fellow commissioner Rob Handy. http://m.soundcloud.com/bill-lundun-kpnw-news/fstewart Continue reading
Lord Leebrick at 20
Two young men, one wild dream, two decades of good drama
Randy Lord and Chris Leebrick rolled into town in 1992, their old Buick Park Avenue packed with the worn clothing and stratospheric expectations of young artists. They were fresh out of college and bubbling with an ambitious plan: to create a first-class theater that features only the best actors, produces timeless plays and keeps ticket prices well within the range of us mortals. Continue reading
July of Gems
It’s July, and DIVA is showcasing two vibrant and unusual artists possessing a style and ingenuity well-worth checking out. Painter and theater designer Jerry Williams will showcase his large-scale paintings, which will be moved eventually to the Bijou’s newly remodeled theater in August. “It will be a challenge to see how many of these big paintings I can fit into DIVA,” Williams says. Williams says he was inspired to take on these giant paintings after years of set design for theaters such as the Hult Center, UO Theatre, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and more. Continue reading