Never on Gypsy Auto-Pilot
Gogol Bordello live at McDonald Theatre [3.12.16]
Year: 2016
LNG Project Denied
The Western Environmental Law Center reports that conservation groups that have been battling the Jordan Cove Energy Project, a liquefied natural gas pipeline and terminal had a major win on Friday, March 11. WELC says in its email blast that Continue reading
How NAFTA drives Mexicans north
Hot topic in the presidential debate is immigration, and Bernie Sanders is making the connection with failed U.S. trade policies. Manuel Pérez-Rocha of the Institute for Policy Studies wrote about the issues back in July and his analysis is timely following Wednesday night's Democrat debate on Univision. Continue reading
Letters to the Editor: 3-10-2016
STOLEN ATTRIBUTES I am an older woman now, not the little girl who played in the fountain on the Broadway Street pedestrian mall, but I still feel just as safe and happy when I go downtown. I am a member of two knitting clubs that meet in the evenings less than a block from Kesey Square, and as I walk to my destination, I see interesting people. I like to pet their dogs and ask them about their lives. Continue reading
Vibrant Voices
Opera, symphony and choral concerts bring vital vocals
We usually hear one dimension of Peter Tchaikovsky: his melody-drenched ballet scores, especially that one that cracks up every Christmas. Continue reading
Kate’s Kerfuffle
Warning: This column contains graphic depictions of political sausage-making and may cause an involuntary gag reflex. Continue reading
Mad-Hot MEDGE
The Middle Eastern Dance Guild of Eugene celebrates 25 years with a show at the Wildish
“Twenty-five years seems like a significant milestone,” Denise Gilbertson says. That’s perhaps the understatement of the new year for the silver anniversary of the Middle Eastern Dance Guild of Eugene (MEDGE), of which Gilberston is a member. For any nonprofit arts group to reach the decade milepost, let alone the quarter-century mark, is cause for celebration. Continue reading
Change the World
Your individual choices affect climate change — if you drive a car, or what car you buy, what products you consume and if you reuse and recycle. At the same time, major corporations have spent millions of dollars denying climate change. As Big Tobacco once denied cigarette smoke is unhealthy, corporations such as the Koch Industries and ExxonMobile have spent millions to sow doubt about climate change, despite knowing the science is real. Continue reading
Immigrant Punk
New York’s Gogol Bordello
Musical traditions, like cuisine, say a lot about a culture. Pay attention and learn of pinnacles, invasions, conquests and declines. The recipe for great music and food is often the contradiction of outsiders celebrating their own lousy situation, mixing in ingredients that in different contexts might not make sense. New York’s Gogol Bordello has long been one of rock’s tastiest stews — a culture unto themselves. Continue reading
Back Beat
Now that Eugene has recovered from our “was-he-or-wasn’t-he-really-here” Justin Bieber fever (Bieber-fieber, if you will), it’s time look ahead at the upcoming week in live music. But first some show announcements: Continue reading