Comfort for the Holidays
Cozy up with music, dance and theater during these cold, dark nights
No, you’re not making it up: The days really are short, the nights really are long, and both tend to be chilly and damp here … Continue reading
Bob Keefer
Bob Keefer is Eugene Weekly's arts editor. He was a news and arts writer for The Register-Guard for 30 years before coming to EW.
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Holiday on the South Coast
Head to North Bend for a lively Opry show and see holiday lights at Shore Acres
Just a two-hour drive from Eugene, Oregon’s south coast offers two excellent holiday diversions. In North Bend, the tiny town tucked up against the north … Continue reading
Best Customer service worker
1. Calvin Orlando Smith, Albertsons, 3075 Hilyard St., 541-687-1742, Local.albertsons.com. 2. Tom, Safeway on 18th, 145 E. 18th Ave., 541-485-5051. 3. Dogface, The Crypt, 226 … Continue reading
Hit the Road
Check out some out-of-town music and theater
For a cultural change of pace, head to the coast and see the high-spirited Little Ole Opry at the Liberty Theatre, a well restored vaudeville … Continue reading
Small Can Be Beautiful
In a twist, this fall’s Bravo issue looks at performances by smaller and lesser-known groups
For the past two decades, Eugene Weekly has greeted the fall performance season with our “Bravo” issue. In it, we traditionally look at what’s on … Continue reading
The Long Haul
Three long-distance wilderness hikes in or near Oregon will stretch your legs as well as your sense of adventure
Three long-distance wilderness hikes in or near Oregon will stretch your legs as well as your sense of adventure By Bob Keefer You’ve run the … Continue reading
What’s in a Nickname?
Local leaders make Donald Trump’s honor roll
Late-night comedians got an unexpected gift this week when the U.S. Department of Justice’s latest release of documents from the Epstein files inadvertently included a … Continue reading
Not Just a Freak Show
A surprise donation results in the JSMA mounting an exhibition of seldom seen work by the sometimes divisive photographer Diane Arbus
For many of us, the late New York photographer Diane Arbus is an acquired taste — or even something of a guilty pleasure. Within the … Continue reading
‘Land of Origin’
James Lavadour’s engaging art grows out of his deep relationship with the land where he lives in the Oregon desert
Walk into the spacious Barker Gallery upstairs at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art this month and you might think you’ve entered a ’60s light … Continue reading
Celebrating the Winter Solstice
EW’s suggestions for marking December’s end of darkness and the sun’s return with music, dance and plenty of lights
Let’s start — where else? — with The Nutcracker. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s family-friendly, festive and frequently performed ballet has kept dance companies around the country … Continue reading