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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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Master of Horror

Just in time for Halloween, Eliza Master talks about the benefits of a really horrible imagination 

Books 5 years ago

The great thing about reading horror stories, Eliza Master says, is that they allow us to explore our darkest impulses without actually having to do … Continue reading →

Yin and Yang

Dale and Connie Mueller: Two artists, one marriage, one studio, one gallery

Visual Arts 5 years ago

A meeting of opposites is on exhibit through Nov. 14 at Eugene’s White Lotus Gallery. Connie Mueller creates painstakingly detailed linoleum block prints, employing a finicky … Continue reading →

Difficult Visions

In life, Tom Blodgett sabotaged his own career. Eight years after his death, his art gets a second look.

Arts 5 years ago

One night while they were both on the art faculty at Lane Community College, Tom Blodgett and Craig Spilman literally came to blows. The two … Continue reading →

Objectively Subjective

New paintings and assemblages by Robert Schlegel span a broad emotional range

Visual Arts 5 years ago

Robert Schlegel titles an exhibit of his recent work running at Eugene’s Karin Clarke Gallery Objective Shapes, suggesting the existence of an artistic and emotional … Continue reading →

Getting Back on Stage

After half a year on hiatus, Eugene’s performing arts groups seek a path back to live audiences

Performing Arts 5 years ago

Live performance all but died in and around Eugene more than six months ago. That’s when the COVID-19 pandemic began to take hold in Oregon, … Continue reading →

News We Missed While Obsessing Over The Pandemic

Just because you didn’t see it on Facebook doesn’t mean it’s not happening

News 5 years ago

Here at Eugene Weekly we freely confess we’ve been obsessing over the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests for the past few decades years … Continue reading →

Mike and Max

Even university presidents can dream of getting to know man’s best friend

Culture 5 years ago

When he was a boy growing up in New York, Mike Schill wanted a dog. His parents said, “No.” Flash forward a few decades, and … Continue reading →

Post-Pandemic Performance

Former OSF head Bill Rauch talks Zoom, making new arts world connections and what the new normal might mean for live theater 

Theater 5 years ago

In the theater world, timing is everything, as Bill Rauch certainly knows. The visionary who ran the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for a decade moved to … Continue reading →

Out of Soup

Jan Eliot’s popular cartoon strip Stone Soup comes to an end after a quarter-century run

Culture 5 years ago

A gently humorous era comes to an end later this month when Eugene cartoonist Jan Eliot retires her popular family cartoon strip Stone Soup after 25 … Continue reading →

The Art of the Documentary

Forget buying that expensive MFA in painting: Just sign up for Amazon Prime

Arts 5 years ago

One of my happiest if most-unexpected discoveries while sheltering at home this spring has been this: You can learn a lot about visual art — … 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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