New Voices For The 4J School Board
Kudos to Eugene Weekly for having two stories in the March 18 edition on the 4J school board races. As we recover from the pandemic … Continue reading
Year: 2021
We Are Massage Therapists Because…
An LMT of Asian descent in Eugene responds to the Georgia murders related to possible massage business
By Sara Miura Zolbrod After the face-down part of this imaginary massage, my young client — let’s call him Robert Aaron Long — turns face-up. … Continue reading
Fighting to Vote
Dorothy Velasco’s new short play She Flies With Her Own Wings tells the story of women’s suffrage in Oregon
The story of women’s suffrage in Oregon was made for drama. The leading suffragist here, Portland’s Abigail Scott Duniway, spent decades in the late 19th … Continue reading
Slant
Former Eugene Weekly intern and Catalyst Journalism Project reporter Kenny Jacoby, who works at USA Today, was one of the reporters on a story that … Continue reading
Killian Bryan O. Doherty
He fought for the environment, loved soccer and wrote for Eugene Weekly
By the family of Killian Doherty Killian Doherty passed away surrounded by family at a place he especially loved, his family cabin at Lake Crescent. … Continue reading
Diverting Homelessness
ShelterCare’s new program seeks a different approach in helping the unhoused
When it comes to homelessness, keeping even a few people off the streets and getting them out of emergency shelters helps both individual people and … Continue reading
2021 Jell-O Art Show: At Least We Still Have Jell-O
Jell-O cooks — and you know who you are — get ready! It’s the 2021 Jell-O Art Show: At Least We Still Have Jell-O, brought … Continue reading
Bottle Redemption Bottleneck
When the Bottle Redemption Center opened in Eugene, I was glad to see a place I could get to easily by bike and deposit cans … Continue reading
Is It Art or Is It Science?
The art in Uncanny Sensing, Remote Valleys could just as well be referred to as data, which in fact is what the artist Steve Rowell … Continue reading
Douglas James Hanson: 1960-2021
A ‘good and gentle soul,’ he died Jan. 3 in the Glenwood area
Douglas James Hanson lived in solitude for at least the last 17 years, on the streets and off the grid. He is remembered with fondness … Continue reading