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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.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has chosen Nataki Garrett as its next artistic director, succeeding Bill Rauch when he leaves in August after 12 years in … Continue reading
When the Oregon Shakespeare Festival opens its new season with four plays the weekend of March 8, the real drama may be behind the scenes. … Continue reading
We don’t gamble. We’re not opposed, but my wife and I are both truly bored by even the idea. The lure of jackpots simply doesn’t … Continue reading
The Oregon Bach Festival is getting a reboot. In the wake of the sudden and controversial firing of popular Artistic Director Matthew Halls in 2017, … Continue reading
Four decades ago, Toni Pimble came to Eugene with her then-husband, Riley Grannan, to start a ballet company. It was the 1970s, a time when … Continue reading
When Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s Seven Deadly Sins opens for a two-night run on Friday, Feb. 22, it will assemble one of the largest … Continue reading
Nellie McKay is such a regular performer in Eugene it’s hard to keep track of her appearances. The New York singer-songwriter, known for everything from … Continue reading
Martin Cohen’s intense new drama Checkpoint, which opened Feb. 1 at the Wildish Community Theater in Springfield, meticulously dissects both sides of the conflict that … Continue reading
Theresa Rebeck’s one-act play The Understudy, which opened Jan. 18 for a three-week run at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, appears on the surface to offer a … Continue reading
Think classical music and most people visualize a full-size orchestra, with 50 or more musicians, all led by a conductor on a podium front and … Continue reading