Bloomin’ Lawnsigns in 2016?
Records Matter!
Two things happen in Oregon in even-numbered years. We hold a general election, and invasive alien biennial weed species (Lawnsignicus obnoxicus) appear in the Willamette … Continue reading
Year: 2016
Instrumental October
A great jazz keyboard-and-drum duo arrives at Sam Bond’s Garage Oct. 13: Matt Chamberlain is well known for drumming with jazz stars like Bill Frisell, … Continue reading
A Language Revived
LCC examines commitment to Chinuk wawa language courses
Unless you solely rely on your dusty elementary school education to shape your worldview, or you live beneath a social-media rock, you ought to have … Continue reading
Why isn’t the City Talking about the EWEB Building for City Hall?
Over three times the space for half the money of what we’re currently considering
With EWEB talking about selling off its riverfront headquarters and City Hall in flux, many wonder why Eugene City Council continues to steer the conversation … Continue reading
XCape Dance Company at the Hult Center: October 7, 2016
Xcape Dance Company presented X last night, at the Hult Center’s Soreng Theatre. Artistic director and choreographer Vanessa Fuller offered a high-energy evening, with her own company, and visiting guests. Continue reading
Anatomy of a Painting
A closer look at Kehinde Wiley's 'La Source'
“La Source” is part of a series of paintings Wiley did called The World Stage: Haiti — the New York-based artist has also done World … Continue reading
Groovy, Jazzy October
Best known for his Cherry Blossom Musical Arts productions with partner and singer Nancy Wood, Eugene composer Paul Safar was named 2013 Oregon Composer of the Year by the Oregon Music Teachers Association (OMTA) and this summer completed a prestigious composition residency in Alaska. Several of Safar’s recent classically inspired works draw on themes and imagery from nature, including the title track of his alluring new CD, The Warbler Sings, which he releases in concert Saturday, Oct. 8, at The Jazz Station. Continue reading
More Like an Animal
Dee Dee Cheriel brilliantly captures the human condition in her phantasmagoric paintings
Artist DeeDee Cheriel tells me a story about giving up cigarettes. “I was incredibly grumpy, just more like an animal than a human,” Cheriel says. … Continue reading
Gallery Interrupted
Catching up with artist and curator Aunia Kahn on the contemporary plight of the art gallery
Eugene has an artistic reputation. At least, that’s what Aunia Kahn found when she was researching where to relocate her St. Louis gallery. Kahn had always wanted to live on the West Coast, she says, and after months of research she decided Eugene would be the rightful home of the Alexi Era Gallery. Continue reading
All That Glitters is not Gold
UO professor and 2016 Hallie Ford fellow Anya Kivarkis crafts jewelry sculptures that flip capitalism on its head
In the United States we are taught at a young age to desire impractical shiny things under the premise that more luxury equals a life lived successfully. But if our desire for an upper-class aesthetic is a social construct, what part of the goods we consume is real? A sculpture in progress Continue reading