Cuba in Transition
Snapshot of a moving target
Dancers and drummers perform outside an Afro-Cuban cultural center in Havana Continue reading
Year: 2016
Imagination Needed
Solution to Kesey Square is making it better
I am sorry to hear that the small square at Broadway and Willamette will possibly be replaced by a commercial building. Since this square is, I believe, the only hard-surfaced square in Eugene’s downtown, it would seem a very unfortunate decision. Most cities value and preserve their public places. Continue reading
Walk Like A Man
Jersey Boys tells the Frankie Valli and Four Seasons story
The earworm train is coming to Eugene: “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You”— the list goes on. Song after song, hook after hook, all from Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons from their glory days in the ’60s and ’70s. Yep, Jersey Boys, the Broadway smash hit, makes its way to the Hult Center March 1-6 with a fairytale about four friends from Newark and their meteoric rise to fame. Continue reading
Ninkasi Looks to Use Fine for Water Work
Ninkasi brewery's fine for a stormwater violation made the news in the RG and on KVAL this week, but Nikos Ridge, the popular beer maker's CEO is looking to turn that fine into a way to support clean water work in the community. Continue reading
Oregon’s crumbling infrastructure
Oregon is spending less on transportation maintenance and other infrastructure as a percent of GDP than it has in past, despite the threat of earthquakes, tsunamis and other hazards, says the Oregon Center for Public Policy in a study released today. Continue reading
DeFazio, Enviros Slam Oregon Wolf Bill
The Oregon State Legislature is considering a bill this week that, according to Congressman Peter DeFazio, would "would ratify the flawed decision by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission to remove the gray wolf from Oregon’s endangered species list and block judicial review of their decision." Continue reading
DPLC endorses Kesey Square and a visual arts center
Democratic Party of Lane County Chair Chris Wig (who is also running for City Council) has informed EW that on Thursday evening, Feb. 18, the DPLC voted to pass two resolutions: 1) The city should support a downtown visual arts center 2)Kesey Square should remain public, but improved Read the full resolution language at the bottome of this blog post. Continue reading
Coping Skills
The old adage that “laughter is the best medicine” has been put to the test by a pair of Eugene filmmakers. Produced and directed by James Blame and Ryan Shoop of Magbas Entertainment, Coping with Comedy is a 30-minute documentary that takes a look at the way local comedians use stand-up as a way of dealing with the trauma of various mental health issues. Continue reading
Letters to the Editor: 2-18-2016
FINICUM’S REFUGE Snowy plover, greater sage grouse, short-eared owl and bobolink, white-faced ibis, heron, killdeer, sandhill crane and Siskin finch. The birds all pass through Malheur, even the cuckoo and the loon. And like all migratory species, they’ll be leaving pretty soon. The stillness of the winter morn gave way to a sound of men. And just like that the Malheur was stolen away again. White men; again, with god and guns, found the door unlocked and then, they seized that dinky building, proclaiming: Continue reading
Raft of Loons Assemble in Salem
Just when you thought that the only strange birdwatching this time of year occurred at the Malheur Refuge — two strange red and blue flocks were spotted last week at the state Capitol. Continue reading