Activist Alert
Know your rights, yoga and a forestry tour
• On Saturday, Oct. 14, you can attend a four hour intensive training from the Civil Liberties Defense Center. The training will impart knowledge and … Continue reading
Year: 2017
Herbicide Ban Signatures Filed
Lane County ordinance would ban aerial herbicide spraying
Community Rights Lane County and the Freedom From Aerial Herbicide Alliance handed over about 15,000 signatures calling for the ban of aerial herbicide spraying by … Continue reading
It’s About Time
Fires are raging due to an extended drought
The fires are being enhanced by the effect of years of extended drought. Even on Spencer Butte, Eugene’s prime city park day hike, one can … Continue reading
Taking a Knee
Even “rich white girls” get to express political opinions
By Amy Samson Sheldon High School is a world away from the streets of Ferguson, Cleveland, Baltimore or Tulsa. But when soccer players from South … Continue reading
Defecting — Temporarily — to Vancouver Island
Our neighbor to the north provides urban and rural delights
Chances are, in the past year you’ve probably thought it, maybe even said it: Let’s defect to Canada. For many, our neighbor to the north … Continue reading
Rosie Hernandez
Immigrant turned citizen
On the weekend of Sept. 22 through 24, Eugene’s Very Little Theatre Stage Left hosted three staged readings of a brand-new play — Now I … Continue reading
Collaborative Storytelling
Video games are an art form
I am not a gamer, but I am an artist. “What is art?” is an important question to me. The fine-art world’s answer has been … Continue reading
The House That Tronson Built
Southern California architect and his wife run downtown Springfield art gallery
Half a century ago in Los Angeles, Jim Tronson was a young architect fresh out of the University of Arizona and seeking his fortune. He … Continue reading
Go Fly a Kite
Local indie game brings back retro style in science-focused way
In an attempt to perfectly fuse the retro-dynamics of classic arcade games with the mechanical and functional detail of modern games, one local indie game-maker … Continue reading
The GGOOLLDD Standard
Margaret Butler, singer with Milwaukee-based electropop act GGOOLLDD, calls her band’s music “dungeon disco glam.” (Pronounced “gold,” the unusual spelling of the band name comes … Continue reading