Heavy Metal Wise Man
Mike Scheidt is adjusting to a new normal.
Mike Scheidt is adjusting to a new normal. Last year the singer and guitarist with Eugene-based doom metal band YOB was diagnosed with acute diverticulitis, … Continue reading
Year: 2018
Best Bar to Watch Sports
Wetlands Brew Pub and Sports Bar
When Darci Lien started work at Wetlands more than five years ago, being a sports bar was more of a target than a reality. “I … Continue reading
Replacing Phil Barnhart
Two Dems and a far-right GOP candidate file for Oregon House seat
Democratic candidates seeking to fill Rep. Phil Barnhart’s House seat in the Oregon Legislature kicked off their campaigns this month. So far two Democrats and … Continue reading
Non-Alcoholic Drinks Are Cool
Sodas, mocktails and teas in Eugene
Alcohol is expensive, and putting its detrimental health effects aside, sometimes you just need a refreshing drink — one that won’t impair your driving abilities. … Continue reading
Lane County Commission Needs Estrogen Therapy
Trump and #MeToo in the Year of the Woman
March 6 is the candidate filing deadline for the May 15 primary election, so let’s review what’s at stake and who should be politically burned at the … Continue reading
Just Being Dan
Local legend stars in a play about himself with My Happy Hour with Pegoda
When I heard that Paul Calandrino had written a new play called My Happy Hour with Pegoda — as in the Dan Pegoda, as in … Continue reading
A Place at the Table
I want to express my deep gratitude to the anonymous woman who had the courage to write about how her husband turned into a white … Continue reading
Best Bar
The Pint Pot
I used to live right across the street from The Pint Pot Public House, and although I don’t miss the crappy student housing I had, … Continue reading
EW Hiring a Calendar Editor
Applications accepted through March 8
Eugene Weekly — an award-winning alternative newspaper in the beautiful Pacific Northwest — seeks a calendar editor with a writer’s sensibility to edit EW’s “What’s Happening” calendar. Our calendar … Continue reading
Other People’s Tragedies
Director Michael Haneke skewers our modern malaise in Happy End
Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke takes grotesque glee in poking itty-bitty holes through the thin, delusional veneer of OK-ness that barely protects us from the submerged … Continue reading