Activist Alert
Warmth for the homeless, burritos for the poor
• Yes for Healthcare, the campaign to protect health care for vulnerable Oregonians such as seniors, people with disabilities and 400,000 children, is holding a Yes … Continue reading
Year: 2017
Letters to the Editor 2017-11-30
CORRECTING NEGLECT Last May, you brought our attention to the problem of a lack of accountability in our long-term residential centers, which has led to … Continue reading
Lane County Area Spray Information 2017-11-30
Giustina Land and Timber, 541-345-2301, plans to hire Western Helicopter Services, 503-538-9469, to spread urea fertilizer pellets on 439.5 acres in the Gate Creek area. … Continue reading
Pollution Update
A warning letter for the city of Albany
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently sent a warning letter to the city of Albany for failing to staff its wastewater treatment plant … Continue reading
Pernicious Prisons
End Toxic Prisons Campaign addresses iffy incarcerations at UO lecture
The United States locks up more people than any dictatorship in the world. A total of 2.3 million people are currently in local jails and … Continue reading
A Eugene musician takes her son to Tori Amos
A second-grader's take on a classic performer
I brought my second-grader, P, to the Tori Amos show at the Hult Center Nov. 25 (his first, my fifth) thinking that, as a budding … Continue reading
Ohio Man
Eugene Weekly presents ShiSho performing for #lincolnstreetsessions
Eugene Weekly presents ShiSho performing ‘Ohio Man’ live at the EW offices for #lincolnstreetsessions . While this folk punk duo’s residency in Eugene may have … Continue reading
Wooden Treasures
Back Forty turns reclaimed and local materials into art for the home
The guys at Back Forty Woods in Eugene handcraft Oregon wood into products that capture the beauty and grit of the Pacific Northwest’s countryside while … Continue reading
First Flight
Writer-director Greta Gerwig captures a confident but flawed young woman in Lady Bird
In Lady Bird, her directorial debut, Greta Gerwig looks at familiar moments of teen dramedy — parental spats, ill-chosen crushes, disagreements with friends, a chafing … Continue reading
Sharing Soccer with Society’s Stigmatized
Volunteer players share the field with inmates at Oregon State Penitentiary
Don’t get me wrong: I absolutely love my usual leisurely pick-up soccer on late Saturday mornings, just a five-minute bike ride from my house in … Continue reading