Politically Incorrect
These days, some people complain we’ve become too politically correct, or that we’ve become afraid to say what we really mean. Murray Acton, better known … Continue reading
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County Strike
As negotiations stall, labor unions ramp up pressure on county
“You wouldn’t layoff a teacher and make them reapply every year,” says Emily Miller, an expanded practice dental hygienist for Lane County Public Health. Miller … Continue reading
People not Posing
The figure paintings of Melissa Sikes at Maude Kerns Art Center
An entire room at the Maude Kerns Art Center is dedicated to Melissa Sikes’ series of artworks titled The Back Dock. Other paintings from the … Continue reading
‘Marginalized Voices’
Eugene Human Rights Commission involves community to battle discrimination
Funding a summit for Eugene’s marginalized communities is among the many goals for the city in the recently published “Marginalized Voices in Eugene” report by … Continue reading
A Walk In The Woods
A wanderer of the woods always needs a compass and a map. Singer-songwriter Ayla Nereo sings with imagery thick as an old-growth forest and provides … Continue reading
For Those About to Rock
Revisit some of your favorite bands from the ’80s at Harefest music festival in Canby
If the dream of the ’90s is alive in Portland, the dream of the ’80s lives happily in Canby — at least for two days … Continue reading
Janet Calvert
Award-winning community member
In November of 2016, the League of Women Voters of Lane County named Janet Calvert as recipient of its Annabel Kitzhaber Education and Advocacy Award, … Continue reading
The Taming of the Shrewd
Do rich gifts wax poor in the elite bubble of Ashland’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival?
If, like me, you happen find yourself on some clear summer night seated just about dead center of the orchestra level at Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s … Continue reading
Bach for Beginners
The leaner Oregon Bach Festival kicks off June 29
What, you’ve never been to the Oregon Bach Festival? That’s like living in Eugene and never once watching a track meet at Hayward Field, never … Continue reading
Magnolia Rainbow
Daughter of hippies, maker of jewelry
“People who need stuff seem to fall in my path,” says Magnolia Rainbow, known to her friends as a champion of the underdog, who takes … Continue reading