Electric Feel
The science is clear. Emissions from burning fossil fuels are causing the earth to heat up rapidly and have led to the increasingly severe weather … Continue reading
Year: 2023
Confronting the Racism of the Past
The Lane County History Museum, working with the Oregon Black Pioneers, hopes to put Eugene’s history of racism and resistance to the forefront
In the past few years, the conversation surrounding Oregon’s history with racism and discrimination has moved further into the cultural consciousness. Exhibits such as Racing … Continue reading
Privileged Ignorance
White people need to stop pretending they aren’t the problem
Language is heavily symbolic. It is not only words, but facial and bodily expressions, energy, boundaries and silences. The meanings are contextual, cultural and latent … Continue reading
255 Madison Pop-Up Runway, Showcasing Black Fashion Designers in Eugene
To start a business or grow a brand is daunting, all-consuming work. It takes a community. Treylon Day knows this, and he’s been on the … Continue reading
Roundabout Doubts
I am reading about the proposed changes to Franklin Boulevard that will impact access to Market of Choice and Hirons (“Going Roundabout,” Feb. 9). Wow. … Continue reading
Slant: Empty Red Boxes, Dana’s Cheesecake, and City Club
Our printer in Klamath Falls delivers 30,000 copies of Eugene Weekly early every Thursday morning to our location on Lincoln Street. Then our circulation crew … Continue reading
Joey Valence & (Brae)kbeats
Boom-bap rap returns with Philly rap duo Joey Valence & Brae
In 2021, at the height of the pandemic, Pennsylvania rap duo Joey Bertolino and Braedan Lugue, who perform as Joey Valence & Brae, scored a … Continue reading
Zip It
Beltline underwent initial construction, expansion and maintenance in the ’60s and ’70s before control was transferred to the state in 1978. The length of several … Continue reading
Union Pacific’s Trash Problem
Debris from homeless camps on Union Pacific property litters the Willamette. After years of delay, the city hits the company with big fines.
By Bentley Freeman, Evan Weston and Hannah Seibold The city of Eugene has hit Union Pacific Railroad with more than $216,000 in fines for failing … Continue reading
Married to Shakespeare
Women take a break from the world around them to obsess over Shakespeare in a timeless new play by Dorothy Velasco
Who knew Shakespeare had so many wives? Dorothy Velasco’s new play Ladies Shakespeare Club, which opened Friday, Feb. 17, at Very Little Theatre, dramatizes love … Continue reading