Finding Her Medium
Cai Emmons went from success to success on her way to becoming a novelist
Since she came to Oregon two decades ago, Eugene writer Cai Emmons has mostly been known as a novelist. So how did it happen that … 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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Cat Man on the Air
KLCC reporter Brian Bull explains his obsession with felines
In the newsroom at Eugene’s KLCC radio (89.7 FM), reporter Brian Bull is known as the go-to guy for cat tales. The 50-year-old Lewiston, Idaho, … Continue reading
Cat Issue
Covid-19? Catvid-19! In this time of intense social distancing, working from home and enduring voluntary isolation, the least social animals may be the ones that … Continue reading
Jazzman Bucky Pizzarelli, Frequent Performer in Eugene, Died of COVID-19
The jazzman was a regular at the Oregon Festival of American Music
New York jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, who for more than a decade was a regular performer at The Shedd Institute in Eugene, died in New … Continue reading
Baritone on Aisle Three
Calvin Orlando Smith sings his way through life
One night nearly three decades ago, following a performance of Evita in which he had sung several ensemble roles, Calvin Orlando Smith stepped out on … Continue reading
The End of the Tour
The time may be coming for us to stop going places for fun
Last summer, for the first time in four decades, I visited Yellowstone National Park. A 3,500-square-mile rectangle in the northwest corner of Wyoming, Yellowstone is … Continue reading
Richard Quigley
In another life, Richard Quigley was almost certainly a mellow surfer dude. The affably high-energy Eugene artist has been making art — and teaching art, … Continue reading
Bach Fest Names New Candidate for Artistic Director Post
Eric Jacobsen replaces Craig Hella Johnson, who withdrew from consideration
Conductor and cellist Eric Jacobsen, head of the popular New York chamber group The Knights, is the new third finalist for the artistic director position … Continue reading
The Year of the iPorn
Former pornographer living in Eugene says dirty films are going mobile
In pornography, size really does matter — though not the way you might think. Think small size, like an iPhone instead of a film studio. … Continue reading
Making Architecture Great Again
Our golf-resort president calls for a federal design code and disses the designer of Eugene’s courthouse
It’s nice to discover, at long last, that Eugene’s Wayne L. Morse Federal Courthouse is officially un-American. Who hasn’t suspected this all along? When the … Continue reading