Year: 2016

Kesey Square Decision: What’s the Big Rush?

Slow down

News
A rendering of Kesey Square with apartments added above Voodoo Doughnut and Northwest Persian Rugs from ‘Option A’ of Ali Emami’s RFEI proposal. Emami says the square would remain public and the design of the apartments is flexible.

[Update: This story has been edited Jan. 22 to include a response from the city of Eugene] Slow down. That’s the message citizens of Eugene are emailing to City Manager Jon Ruiz, Mayor Kitty Piercy and the Eugene City Council about Kesey Square and its potential development into an apartment building by a local group, which could happen as soon as this spring. Jan. 15 was the deadline for submission of RFEIs (requests for expression of interest) for Kesey Square. Continue reading →

Slant 1-21-2016

Slant

• “Red Barn” is one well-known piece from the great legacy of Oregon artist Mark Clarke, who died suddenly Jan. 11 at age 80. His memorial was Jan. 17 in The Shedd. Remembered both for how he captured his surroundings in oil and acrylic, and for how he and his family lived in this world, Mark Clarke fortunately had been planning a retrospective in the Schnitzer museum on the UO campus next year. We have that to look forward to. Continue reading →

Red All Over

Local comics illustrator Mike Allred talks Silver Surfer, killing the Comics Code and the dearth of superhero penises

Visual Arts
Hey kids! Look, no penises

Eugene-based comics artist Mike Allred smiles wide. “I’m a professional child,” he says. Allred’s understated style turned heads when his Madman hit stores in 1992, paving the way for him to work with many of the best writers in the business as he drew the shiny, spandexed heroes he grew up loving. A couple years back, when Marvel Comics green-lit a new, light-hearted series based on the classic brooding hero Silver Surfer, editor Tom Brevoort knew instantly this project had Allred’s name written all over it. Continue reading →

Time in a Bottle

Drink

Check the circa-1965 YouTube video of Mick Jagger and Stones crooning “Ti-i-i-ime is on my side, yes it is.” Mick looks like a kid; they all do, the whole band. Well, time is not on your side, or mine, or Mick’s or wine’s. Continue reading →

Celebrating the Sabbath

Temple Beth Israel’s new rabbi

Culture
Rabbi Ruhi Sophia Motzkin Rubenstein

The chairs were organized in circles in the library of Eugene’s Temple Beth Israel, and the congregation was chatting, swelling the sound of their collective conversation. But as the rabbi entered, singing, the talking quickly faded and everyone began to take their seats.  It was the beginning of the havdalah, meaning distinction, a ritual that marks the end of holy time and transition back into ordinary life at the end of Shabbat or Sabbath, Judaism’s day of rest. Continue reading →

Cafe Soriah to expand into adjacent building

Chow

Good news for Cafe Soriah fans: The famously tiny Mediterranean restaurant on 13th Avenue will expand into its neighboring space, allowing owner Ibrahim Hamide to accomodate more customers. Hamide says that his neighboring business for 22 years, a dress shop, shut down last summer, and Hamide's brother-in-law purchased the building in late August. "So now I have an extremely friendly landlord," Hamide jokes. Continue reading →

Malheur Protesters: GOHOME

News

As Martin Luther King Jr., Day dawns, a couple of brothers from Eugene, Jake and Zach Klonoski remind Oregonians that it's not just a day off, but a day of action. The action they seek is against the occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.  Continue reading →

Lyme disease activism in Eugene and beyond

News

Deb Elder, aka DiveGirl Deb, of Eugene is active on both the local and national level to advocate for lyme disease education and better medical acknoledgment and treatment. She formed the Flippin Lyme Foundation after returning to Eugene from a protest in Washington, D.C. last May. Contact her at  lymediseaseeugeneor@gmail.com Continue reading →