Charging Up the Canon
Eighth Blackbird joins Eugene Symphony for a contemporary concerto
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
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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The Elusive Downtown Art Museum
UO museum board endorses — and then rejects — plan to put Schnitzer Museum branch at EWEB headquarters
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
Best Local Theater Company
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
Best DJ (Radio)
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
Best Actor/Actress
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
Best Secondhand Shop
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
Best Indie Bookstore
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
Nightmare in Pittsburgh
A retired Eugene rabbi overslept — and missed the synagogue service attacked by a gunman
Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin, the retired leader of Eugene’s Temple Beth Israel, may be alive today because he overslept on Saturday. Husbands-Hankin was visiting the Squirrel … Continue reading
It’s All Happening at the Zoo
America’s alienation never sounded so articulate before Albee
As the lights come up on Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo, now making a short run at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, we find ourselves … Continue reading
Nightmares in Pittsburgh
A retired Eugene rabbi overslept — and missed the synagogue service attacked by a gunman
Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin, the retired leader of Eugene’s Temple Beth Israel, may be alive today because he overslept on Saturday. Husbands-Hankin was visiting the Squirrel … Continue reading