Smoke, Politics and Supporting Local News in Slant
As we write this, Eugene and Springfield are covered in choking smoke from nearby fires in the Willamette National Forest. The Bedrock Fire continues to … Continue reading
Year: 2023
From Neon To The Beach To Bling
The YMCA’s ‘Walk It Off With The Y’ season has two more events, August 23 and August 30
When a layer of wildfire smoke erased any safe outdoor activity, the YMCA took note and postponed its August 16 Walk It Off With The … Continue reading
Impressions And Interpretations Of Summer
Margaret Plumb’s plein air exhibit runs through Sept. 1 at Emerald Art Center
If August’s wildfire smoke got you down, Eugene artist Margaret Plumb will remind you of Oregon’s gorgeous landscape. Plumb, a Northwest native who has called … Continue reading
Young Climate Activists Sue Montana and Win
Sixteen Montana youths sued the state of Montana for using a fossil-fuel based energy system and won. The August 14 ruling determined that not considering … Continue reading
Facing the Inferno, Twice
The McKenzie Valley once again faces destruction from wildfires
On August 7 lightning struck within the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest near Lookout Cliff. In a little over a week, the Lookout Fire has grown … Continue reading
Fire and Smoke Info
Some useful links for fire and smoke news in Lane County
Breaking Fire News Watch Duty , an app run by a nonprofit that “alerts you of nearby wildfires and firefighting efforts in real-time.” Lane County’s … Continue reading
Dame D.O.L.L.A.
Don D.O.L.L.A. album listening party and performance at the Roseland PDX [8.13.23]
Art Born of Industry
Eugene’s new Museum of Techno Art will fully open in October but is open for previews now by appointment
A new museum where art combines with industry and delivers audiences a slice of everything from fashion to history is just months away from opening … Continue reading
It’s Barcade®
An editor's note on 'arcade bars'
In our recent story about where queer folks go to meet and to party in Eugene, we wrote about Blairally, a vintage arcade bar, and … Continue reading
Recalls and Rhetoric
UFCW 555 president Dan Clay lays out why his union seeks to recall Rep. Paul Holvey
By Dan Clay Whenever Donald Trump spews his documentable falsehoods, or awkwardly edits a weather map, or tells his supporters that up is down, more … Continue reading