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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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Janelle McCoy Out at Oregon Bach Festival

She was behind the controversial firing of Matthew Halls

BlogNews 6 years ago

Janelle McCoy, the controversial executive director of the Oregon Bach Festival at the University of Oregon, is to be laid off and her job eliminated … Continue reading →

The Comedy’s Afoot

VLT stages a cozy whodunnit about a mystery writer

Theater 6 years ago

We all love a good classic mystery, the kind of cozy whodunnit in which one of the biggest challenges of life — solving a murder … Continue reading →

Music to Heal a Dying Planet

Contemporary composers contemplate the apocalypse

Music 6 years ago

On a warm, sunny Sunday afternoon in May, hundreds of people crammed into the gymnasium at Burns High School in eastern Oregon for a concert. … Continue reading →

Chilling in Nebraska

South Eugene drama students will perform new musical at international theater fest

Theater 6 years ago

South Eugene High School’s drama department is taking its show on the road this summer — all the way to Lincoln, Nebraska. About 40 cast … Continue reading →

Bach to Summer

The Oregon Bach Festival is back — as are Eugene Symphony’s outdoor concerts

Music 6 years ago

For classical music lovers, summer in Eugene means Bach. The two-week Oregon Bach Festival, a fixture here for more than four decades, opens June 28 … Continue reading →

RG loses more employees as GateHouse slashes jobs

News 6 years ago

At least three more employees of The Register-Guard have lost jobs, apparently as part of a new round of layoffs by its new corporate owners, … Continue reading →

A Trip to Southie

OCT’s Good People offers serious entertainment

Theater 6 years ago

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People, at Oregon Contemporary Theatre in a run that’s been extended through June 8, is a classically constructed play … Continue reading →

Water, Water Everywhere

White Lotus celebrates spring with a wet and wild exhibition

Visual Arts 6 years ago

Bread may be the crunchy staff of life, but water is its quiet foundation. Our bodies are made of water. We drink water. We love … Continue reading →

Future Fair

At 50, the fair is looking to grow up — but wants to do it right

Culture 6 years ago

Imagine the Oregon Country Fair’s 100th anniversary in 2069. Fairgoers will arrive at the grounds near Veneta by solar-powered drones that depart every 20 minutes … Continue reading →

Arts on the Chopping Block

The UO wants to cut money to arts, culture and labor programs

News 6 years ago

The University of Oregon plans to solve its budget crisis by cutting money for the arts and culture. That’s the message conveyed by a series … 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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