Author: Alex V. Cipolle

Oregon Chic

Homegrown designer Korina Emmerich may take the win on Project Runway

Fashion
Emmerich in the workroom with co-host Tim Gunn. Emmerich’s winning design for Sept. 4 episode of Project Runway.

With Eugene Fashion Week in full swing, EW thought it high time to catch up with one other Eugenean making a name in the world of fashion: Eugene native Korina Emmerich. The now Brooklyn-based designer is currently a finalist on season 13 of the popular design competition reality show Project Runway, where she has been spinning out a distinctly Pacific Northwest style. With the show’s finale airing Oct. Continue reading →

Mercury Rising

Music
Melissa Ruth

When a sleek, curvy, dark figure entered her life, Melissa Ruth knew her future would look different. She was writing songs for her second album, 2011’s Aint No Whiskey, when it came to her.  “I accidentally bought a guitar that blew my mind and changed my songwriting forever,” Ruth tells me over whiskey at The Barn Light. The guitar is a small-bodied black and brown 1958 Guild electric with a whole lotta mojo, Ruth says. “That guitar changed my life.”  Continue reading →

Fashion Brews in the Whit

Eugene Fashion Week takes over the new Ninkasi administration building

Fashion

Hot on the trail of Portland Fashion Week, the 5th annual Eugene Fashion Week (EFW) is upon us and much has changed since its humble beginnings. New venues, new faces, new lines and new ideas will pop up Oct. 6-13 across downtown and the Whit. The week kicks off with a meet-and-greet where the public can rub shoulders with local designers, stylists, makeup artists, photographers and shop owners 6 pm Monday, Oct. 6, at Belly, 30 E. Broadway. Here’s a runway rundown of what’s new and what you shouldn’t miss at EFW 2014. The Turquoise City Continue reading →

Ninkasi to quench thirst in Arizona

Drink

In their quest for "Total Domination," Ninkasi added a 7th state, Arizona, to their distribution list via Golden Eagle Distributors, who also handle clients such as Stella Artois, Budweiser, Goose Island, Widmer Brothers and Dogfish Head. Ninkasi brews will floweth from Arizona taps in late October, begining in the Tuscon and Phoenix.  Ninkasi expanded to Nevada this spring and the current distribution roster in addition to Arizona, Nevada and Oregon includes Alaska, Colorado, California, Idaho, Montana, Washington and British Columbia. Continue reading →

Arts Hound

Visual Arts

Come one, come all: Due to the absence of the Eugene Celebration this year, The New Zone Gallery has rescheduled its popular non-juried Salon du Peuple exhibit to kick off during First Friday ArtWalk Oct. 3. Artists can submit 2D and 3D works noon to 6 pm Saturday, Sept. 27, at the gallery (164 W. Broadway).    Continue reading →

State of the Arts

Arts

In 2013, EW debuted ArtsHound, our first-ever special issue devoted solely to the visual arts. In my letter last year, I outlined an ongoing problem I’d seen in Eugene and Springfield — artphobia. Oh how far we’ve come: Art walks are bustling and sprouting up all over the city, local arts orgs and schools have received hundreds of thousands in grant funds and new murals seem to pop up every week. Continue reading →

Arts Hound

Visual Arts

All aboard the EmX art line! LTD, while currently in the budget process, is looking at proposals for art to be installed along the new EmX line to West Eugene. “The delightful news is that these are all artists local to the Eugene-Springfield area,” says Lisa VanWinkle, communication coordinator for West Eugene EmX. “The art will be functional to the station platforms.” Each station on the new EmX strip will have at least one art feature. Continue reading →