Needles ‘n’ Pins
Eugene's own Leo London releases solo record mixed in Eugene
When Leo London is sad, he plays guitar — and it suits him well. The Eugene native and member of Portland indie pop traditionalists The … 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 Springfield Renaissance
Downtown Springfield has transformed itself even faster than downtown Eugene
It’s not Springtucky anymore. Downtown Springfield, until recently known as home to dank dive bars and seedy strip clubs, has practically blossomed overnight into a … Continue reading
Facebook Buys Eugene School District
‘It’s time to make education pay for itself,’ Zuckerberg says
The Eugene School District announced this week that it’s been acquired by tech giant Facebook, making the once-public district the first in the nation to … Continue reading
Eugene Symphony Music Director Takes on California Post
But Francesco Lecce-Chong won't be leaving Eugene
Francesco Lecce-Chong, Eugene Symphony’s still-new music director and conductor, has been named music director of the Santa Rosa Symphony, the California orchestra announced late on … Continue reading
Urban Delight
A New York architect sees Eugene with fresh eyes
Writing sometime around the year 30 B.C., the Roman architect Marcus Vitruvius Pollio — Vitruvius, to his friends — laid out, in his foundational work … Continue reading
Who’s Going or Gone at The Register-Guard?
Today is the newspaper's first day under GateHouse ownership
Eugene Weekly has put together a list of who’s departing from The Register-Guard following the sale of the locally owned newspaper to GateHouse Media. The sale … Continue reading
On the Boards
Tragedy, farce and a bit of Jane Austen take the stage at this year’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The buzz in Ashland last weekend at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s season openings should, by all rights, have been about Bill Rauch. The popular and … Continue reading
Report: RG sale was for $14.25 million
Figure in quarterly report may not reflect final price
The sale of The Register-Guard to GateHouse Media came in exchange for $14.25 million, according to a fourth-quarter financial report posted online Feb. 28 by … Continue reading
Register-Guard Will Lay Off Copy Editors
GateHouse transition means shrinking newsroom staff
Newsroom employees at The Register-Guard learned Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 21, that most or all of the newspaper’s copy editors will lose their jobs by May … Continue reading
Not in Kansas Anymore
We're running for governor
I love the United States, the only country in the entire world where any little boy or girl can grow up to be governor of … Continue reading