Best Bar to Watch Sports
Wetlands Brew Pub and Sports Bar
When Darci Lien started work at Wetlands more than five years ago, being a sports bar was more of a target than a reality. “I … 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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Bill Rauch to Leave Oregon Shakespeare Fest in 2019
It was only a matter of time. Bill Rauch, the Harvard educated wunderkind who over the past decade has elevated the Oregon Shakespeare Festival from … Continue reading
Bernstein, Adams, Bloch, Scriabin!
Eugene Symphony’s 2018-19 season will be Francesco Lecce-Chong’s first to program
Francesco Lecce-Chong, who started work last fall as music director at Eugene Symphony, has plunged into his new job with all the enthusiasm of a … Continue reading
Oregon Bach Festival loses Berwick Academy program director
Marc Destrubé quits as director after OBF dis-invites cellist over three-year-old incident
The Oregon Bach Festival has lost the newly appointed program director of its student academy in the complicated aftermath of last summer’s firing of artistic … Continue reading
Jaap ter Linden dis-invited for 2018 Oregon Bach Festival
And the summer festival’s schedule has also been announced
Cellist Jaap ter Linden has confirmed that his invitation to conduct a concert at this summer’s Oregon Bach Festival was rescinded after Eugene Weekly reported … Continue reading
Register-Guard Employees Face Uncertain Future in Sale
The news is chilling for our colleagues at The Register-Guard following the announced sale of the newspaper to GateHouse Media as of March 1. A … Continue reading
Dis-invited Oregon Bach Fest Musician Speaks
Dutch cellist Jaap ter Linden was thrilled to be invited to conduct a concert at this year’s Oregon Bach Festival, an event at which he … Continue reading
Rolling on the River
Eugene Symphony, McKenzie River Trust and Travel Lane County team up for music and photo extravaganza
When Eugene Symphony began planning this month’s orchestra concert some two years ago, Executive Director Scott Freck wondered to himself: What are the things we’re … Continue reading
What’s To See Around Town
Sleek cars, Peer Gynt watercolors and (maybe!) a revived Mayor’s Art Show are on Eugene’s arts calendar
Sleek cars, Peer Gynt watercolors and (maybe!) a revived Mayor’s Art Show are on Eugene’s arts calendar By Bob Keefer Visual arts fans have much … Continue reading
Letting Go
Known for jazz covers, Halie Loren will surprise listeners with an album of original songs
Halie Loren’s new album, due out this spring, doesn’t have a name yet. The tracks aren’t fully mixed. There’s no release party on the books. … Continue reading