A Christmas Carol
Never say journalism doesn’t change the world. When John Breen read in Eugene Weekly last month that this holiday season would pass without a single … 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.
Author: Bob Keefer
The Art of Giving
Buying original works of art can be easy and fun this time of year
Buying art can be intimidating, especially for beginners. Those high prices! Those inscrutable artist statements! But during the holiday season, studio sales abound, opening up … Continue reading
Scrooge You
The ghost of A Christmas Carol past is hiding out this season in Eugene
Four years ago, Eugene holiday lovers had a choice of seeing — count them — five different versions of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas … Continue reading
Keeping Score
OrchestraNext’s Brian McWhorter has re-orchestrated Eugene Ballet’s Swan Lake from a mystery recording
When Eugene Ballet performs Swan Lake Nov. 9 and 10, live music will come from OrchestraNext, a student-professional orchestra conducted by Eugene musician Brian McWhorter. … Continue reading
Best Actor/Actress
1. Storm Kennedy StormKennedy.com. 2. Inga Wilson Linkedin.com/in/IngaRWilson. 3. Teia Thompson Storm Kennedy has once again stormed right through the Best Actor/Actress category in Best … Continue reading
Best Local Theater Company
1. The Shedd Institute 868 High Street. TheShedd.org. 2. Very Little Theatre 2350 Hilyard Street. TheVLT.com. 3. Actors Cabaret of Eugene 996 Willamette Street. ActorsCabaret.org. … Continue reading
Best Artist
1. Shanna Trumbly ShannaTrumbly.com. 2. ila rose ilaroseart.com. 3. Wayde Love Facebook.com/wayde.art. Eugene, by actual count, has more artists per square mile than any other … Continue reading
The Bard at Mach II
How fast can you read 154 sonnets on a 3x5 card?
Ah, Shakespeare. The Bard of Avon. The writer whose work forms one of the twin foundations of the entire modern English language. (The other is … Continue reading
Layers of Reality
Tallmadge Doyle’s latest prints continue her colorful artistic quest
Tallmadge Doyle creates a colorful world of magical science in “Underwater Garden,” her show of recent work at Karin Clarke Gallery, taking us not just … Continue reading
More UO Title IX Trouble?
UO hires an influential LA law firm to investigate past actions by one of its own
Why did the University of Oregon pay a top Los Angeles law firm $60,000 earlier this year to investigate behavior by a faculty member occurring … Continue reading