Slant 2016-12-22
• “Community” and “neighborhood” have been the key words through the ice storm still bedeviling some of us. We were impressed by the Holiday Inn … Continue reading
Year: 2016
Paper Cuts
A novelist takes revenge in director Tom Ford’s pretty but vacant new film Nocturnal Animals
Tom Ford’s second feature, , is a movie within a movie, and while both are lushly attractive, full of precise light and deep reds, neither … Continue reading
Shine On
Moonlight proves that good art speaks for itself
As a critic expected to say something moderately interesting and revealing about the film at hand, I find myself in a difficult position here. I … Continue reading
You Have to Serve Somebody
Rename Kesey Square
You have to ask yourself: Why such extreme prudence by our Eugene City Council when it comes to the official renaming of what everyone now … Continue reading
Gentleman Blag
It’s often said punks and hippies don’t get along. Nevertheless, Blag Dahlia, vocalist and founding member of legendary and, in some circles, notorious San Francisco … Continue reading
We’ve Got Mail
EW presents the best Letters to the Editor of 2016
We hear it all the time: People pick up Eugene Weekly for the letters. That’s great news. A local paper with readers who are engaged enough to … Continue reading
Fear and Loathing in Santaland
David Sedaris is a masterfully droll storyteller, and his one-man play The Santaland Diaries, playing now at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, is the perfect pairing for … Continue reading
Folk Queen
Portland singer-songwriter Tara Velarde fuses a wide range of vocals and Latin rhythms to create a concoction I can only describe as diva folk. In … Continue reading
Proposed UO Policy May Help Sexual Assault Victims
A new motion by the University of Oregon Senate may change the mandatory reporting policy on sexual assault to favor the Continue reading
Berlin to Baroque
December music features everything from feminist capers to Fantasia
Ah, the holidays! Time for families and friends to get together and celebrate love and friendship and all those other virtues. So what’s the big … Continue reading