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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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Oregon Cultural Trust license plate mural premieres at Eugene Airport

Local artist Liza Burns created the intricate image illustrating the state's cultural diversity

ArtsBlogCulture 4 years ago

At a media-only event on Oct. 28 at Eugene Airport, artist Liza Burns drew back the curtain on a mural-sized version of her design for … Continue reading →

Comics Journalism

An exhibit at the UO art museum explores a new way to present news stories

Visual Arts 4 years ago

Comics journalism, once a brash upstart in the stodgy newspaper business, is coming of age. It’s been two decades now since Joe Sacco’s graphic novel … Continue reading →

Best Artist

Best of Eugene 4 years ago

1. Chris Moody CargoCollective.com/ChrisMoody/CV-Contact. 2. Ila Rose IlaRoseArt.com. 3. Shanna Trumbly ShannaTrumbly.com. Chris Moody is clearly a man of many dimensions. He likes to draw … Continue reading →

It’s a Miracle!

Milagro tells the story of a Eugene girl’s miraculous bicultural life 

Theater 4 years ago

OK, show of hands: Who in the arts world hasn’t ever daydreamed of writing a musical and having it go to Broadway? Eugene singer Evynne … Continue reading →

Smoked Out

Wildfire smoke in Ashland canceled all but two August performances of the only play running this summer at Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Theater 4 years ago

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, which shut down most of this season and last due to COVID, has been slammed by wildfire smoke as it tries … Continue reading →

Oregon Culture Takes a Road Trip

Eugene’s Liza Burns wins design competition to create new Oregon Cultural Trust license plate

ArtsVisual Arts 4 years ago

You may not think of your Oregon license plate as a work of art. The Oregon Cultural Trust does, though, and on Sept. 15 the … Continue reading →

Surprise! Now say, ‘I Do’

An orchestra conductor springs a wedding on a former ballerina in Eugene

Culture 4 years ago

When Victoria Allen-Harvey walked into the Hult Center on July 8, she thought she was there just to watch a quick photo shoot on the … Continue reading →

A Very Earnest Fannie

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival rebounds from the pandemic with a rushed and borrowed show — and no Shakespeare

Theater 4 years ago

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has had a very rough couple of years. Already hurting from the late summer wildfires whose billowing smoke shut down performances … Continue reading →

Shakespeare Festival Seeks Comeback, Cuts Indoor Shows

OSF will stage a single one-woman show followed by a holiday special for the 2021 season

BlogNews 4 years ago

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland has been having a rough time in the pandemic. In March 2020, after shutting down all three of its … Continue reading →

Oregon’s Wildlife Savior

A new biography of William L. Finley honors a pioneer conservationist 

Visual Arts 4 years ago

Plenty of people, at least in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, have heard of the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge a little south of Corvallis. But … Continue reading →

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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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