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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.
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
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