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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.
Somewhere in the late 20th century, art in America went through a cosmic shift: “Beauty” became a dirty word. In the 1950s, a middlebrow, slightly … Continue reading
Art lovers on Lane Arts Council’s First Friday ArtWalk Jan. 4 have a delicious palette to choose from. Among the offerings this month: Interdisciplinary artist … Continue reading
Eugene singer Siri Vik has regularly performed music by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht — pieces from The Three Penny Opera and The Rise And … Continue reading
Imagine going to a rock concert where the whole show was created by people who are now dead. Some listeners might enjoy it as a … Continue reading
A behind-the-scenes proposal to put a branch of the University of Oregon’s art museum on the riverfront in downtown Eugene has been shot down by … Continue reading
Very Little Theatre 2350 Hilyard Street. 541-344-7751. TheVLT.com. Actors Cabaret of Eugene 996 Willamette Street. 541-683-4368. Actorscabaret.org. The Shedd Institute 868 High Street. 541-434-7000. TheShedd.org. … Continue reading
Downtown Deb Trist Dead Air, KLCC 89.7 Billy Dyball No Pants Party, KWVA 88.1 Al Scott Afternoon Drive, KNRQ 103.7 You won’t find much that’s … Continue reading
Storm Kennedy Stormkennedy.com. Colin Gray Facebook.com/colintheroo. Evynne Hollens Evynnehollens.com. You might say that Lisa Wilken has taken Eugene theater by storm — by “Storm Kennedy,” that … Continue reading
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County Thrift store and organization headquarters at 2890 Chad Drive, 541-687-5820. Fifteen retail outlets in western Oregon include … Continue reading
Smith Family Bookstore 525 Willamette Street, 541-343-4717; 768 E. 13th Avenue, (541) 345-1651. Smithfamilybookstore.com. Tsunami Books 2585 Willamette Street, 541-345-8986. Tsunamibooks.org. Black Sun Books 2467 … Continue reading