All the World’s Her Stage
Rachael Carnes delights in the journey of playwriting
When Eugene writer Rachael Carnes decided to take a local playwriting class three years ago, she had no idea she might one day win a … Continue reading
Alexis Reid
Author: Alexis Reid
Puzzling Around Eugene
A mother of five finds adventure at Groupon
If you’re like me and you have the attention span of a puppy in a tennis ball factory, conventional board games may not be your … Continue reading
A Touch of Wicked Going On
A high-flying, thrillifying experience from one Emerald City to another
Few things elicit goose bumps like Margaret Hamilton’s puppy-threatening cackle in the original Wizard of Oz. Radioactive skin, a menacing manicure and legions of flying … Continue reading
Green, Good and Evil
Broadway hit musical Wicked returns to the Hult Center
Grab your sparkly wands and broomsticks, Eugene. Wicked, the hit musical that riffs on The Wizard of Oz, is flying into the Hult Center for … Continue reading
Running Rough
Meet the Oregon Ruff Runners, your dog’s best friends
Everyone’s looking for a way to take the edge off these days, even our dogs. Boredom, depression, loneliness — emotional distress is not limited to … Continue reading
BarkCon
Dog people unite as Eugene gears up for the first Willamette Valley Canine Convention
If I could imagine a heavenly afterlife, it would include no billowy clouds or haloed ancestors in white robes. It would have dogs — and … Continue reading
Batter Up
The Shedd swings for the fences with Broadway classic Damn Yankees
Modeled after the 1955 original, and directed and choreographed by Richard Jessup, The Shedd’s current production of the American classic Damn Yankees feels like a … Continue reading
That’s Not Lemonade!
Actors Cabaret revels in sarcasm and potty humor with Urinetown: The Musical
Autzen Stadium wasn’t the only place in town serving up a river of public urination this past weekend. Thankfully, Actors Cabaret of Eugene opened its … Continue reading
All’s Well in Ashland
A reviewer takes in this season’s summer openings on her first visit to OSF
If you haven’t experienced the flag being raised high above the hammerbeam roof of the Allen Elizabethan Theatre just before the show begins at the … Continue reading
Six Husbands, No Estrogen
A comedy show for the aging, and everyone in between
Life is serious business, a lesson learned through hard-fought experience. However, failed marriages and clumsy aging are not to be taken in earnest, according to … Continue reading