Freedy’s Aim Is True
Freedy Johnston has been doing more intimate shows lately because he’s not promoting a new record or anything. “I’m much better off to play for … Continue reading
Year: 2018
Eat Roadkill
If Oregonians must eat animal carcasses, roadkill is a superior option to the neatly shrink-wrapped plastic packages of meat in the grocery store. Eating roadkill … Continue reading
A New Response
Margaret Coe: The City of Light closes soon at Karin Clarke Gallery
I’m guessing Margaret Coe has been asked before why she goes to Venice to paint. She began her talk at the opening of her show … Continue reading
DeFazio on Climate Change
The congressman responds to critiques of a quote in Politico
In response to Jim Neu’s letter to the editor “Get With It, Pete” (Nov. 21) on the issue of climate change and fossil fuel and … Continue reading
At Least Try
On Nov. 16, Politico quoted Congressman Peter DeFazio: “The idea that in five years or 10 years we’re not going to consume any more fossil fuels is … Continue reading
Ham Ad Speciesist
In most cases I find irony to be amusing or at least interesting. The irony in last week’s EW, not so much. In the article … Continue reading
Slant
• Eugene has lost an icon. Chez Ray Sewell, former chef to the Grateful Dead and the Merry Pranksters, proprietor of a number of restaurants … Continue reading
Sidewalk Rules
About bikes on sidewalks: In Eugene, only in the downtown “fire district one” area are bicycles prohibited on sidewalks (also, sandwich boards are only allowed … Continue reading
Sponsors Inc. Plans for New Tiny Home Project
The 10-unit project will be opening in spring 2019
Fifty percent of people who are released back into Lane County from the Lane County Jail or the state prison are homeless when they re-enter … Continue reading
How the West Was Lost
Fate and mortality do their work in the Coen brothers’ masterful Netflix anthology The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
For all their deceptive genre fluidity, technical finesse and narrative bankability, the Coen brothers remain among our finest filmmakers, capable of straddling that razor’s edge … Continue reading