Millions of Women Marched, Now What?
What are the next steps?
On Jan. 21, a sea of pink pussyhats and vibrant signs promoting women’s rights and denouncing President Donald Trump swelled across the nation. Cries of … Continue reading
Year: 2017
Romeo & Juliet
Downtown Springfield is in the midst of a renaissance and, as Judith “Sparky” Roberts of Fools Haven Acting Company notes, “nothing fits better with the … Continue reading
Dial M for Mayhem
OCT’s The 39 Steps plays fast and loose with Alfred Hitchcock
What makes Hitchcock Hitchcock? Or, put more fancifully, what do we mean when we call something Hitchcockian? Certainly the British director of such classics of … Continue reading
The Lonely Road Songbird
Now and then, in order to make ends meet, a musician picks up an odd job. For some, that means waiting tables. And for others, … Continue reading
Ballet Fantastique celebrates a pair of premieres
Ringing in the new year, Ballet Fantastique (BFan) launches two exciting premieres, with stagings of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Aladdin. EW recently caught up … Continue reading
Oregon Bach Festival comes home to UO’s new Berwick Hall
If you’ve sidled by the University of Oregon campus just west of the Pioneer Cemetery recently, you’ve undoubtedly seen a huge construction project underway. The … Continue reading
Don’t Call It Retirement
Pete Sorenson Announced Jan. 9 that we'll have a new county commissioner in four years
Harriet Beecher Stowe said, “Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.” I’ve always lived by that view. … Continue reading
Boys Will Be Boys
Gentlemen scientists gather in VLT’s comic romp The explorer’s Club
Legend has it that when a team of British archaeologists outfitted themselves to excavate the tomb of King Tutankhamen, their journey began with an errand … Continue reading
Letters to the Editor – 2017-01-19
INCONVENIENT TRUTHS I appreciated Shawn Boles’ clear-eyed viewpoint on the Nancy Shurtz Halloween party flap [12/29]. The professor was, perhaps unwisely, injecting her professorial role … Continue reading
Kicking the Trump Funk
Tips from a local therapist for staying sane while staying informed
Look around and see signs of political burnout, in more than just eyes red and raw from excessive newsfeed scrolling. Listen and hear it in … Continue reading