Anti-Social Media
SOB X RBE coming to McDonald Theatre
Previously big on the underground mixed-tape scene, Bay Area rap quartet SOB X RBE (the X is silent) earned heat-seeking status when they scored a … Continue reading
Year: 2018
Riverfront Revisions
UO’s proposed plans for its North Campus cause contention
University of Oregon faculty members are asserting that administrators did not adequately consult them on plans to develop the university’s riverfront. Certain members of the … Continue reading
Liza Feels Fine
Nashville songwriter Liza Anne lights up Hi-Fi with her pop fireworks
Nashville songwriter Liza Anne remembers the date of her first concert better than she remembers some of her loved ones’ birthdays. The concert was Hilary … Continue reading
Slant
New police chief, March Madness and the city auditor race
• Eugene has chosen a new police chief. Chris Skinner, currently chief in Richland, Wash., will take over Eugene Police Department on April 30, replacing … Continue reading
NW10 ‘Squared’
Festival of new plays at OCT celebrates its 10-year anniversary
Northwest Ten galloped onto the stage of Oregon Contemporary Theatre last weekend, featuring new works from Oregon, Washington and British Columbia playwrights. Dale Light’s These, … Continue reading
Over a Barrel
A marriage falls to shit in VLT’s production of David Lindsay-Abaire dark comedy Wonder of the World
Not that anybody’s clamoring for my approval, but let me begin by congratulating Very Little Theatre for daring to step afoul of the staid, risk-averse … Continue reading
RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY
EW appropriately celebrated the Wayne Lyman Morse federal courthouse in EW’s Design Issue (3/8). Troubling to me was Bob Keefer’s stating that District Judge Michael … Continue reading
STUDENT WALKOUT
This morning, at the same time students all over our community were demonstrating symbolic collective common sense by walking out of school for 17 minutes, … Continue reading
BEE DANCING
On Saturday evening, March 10, I had the pleasure of attending Flex Studio’s “Flex-tan-i-cal” dance concert with my 5-year-old son. The proceeds from the performance … Continue reading
GET WILDE
It is a scary time to be a kid in the world, and the stress is only increasing. They are trapped in the more-more-more, bigger-better expectations … Continue reading