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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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Eleanor Roosevelt: Across a Barrier of Fear

Jane VanBoskirk returns to Eugene to play the first lady in a benefit for Planned Parenthood one night only at the Wildish

Theater 8 years ago

“Eleanor Roosevelt is someone who has really infiltrated my life,” Jane VanBoskirk says. “It’s helping me deal with Trump, hearing what she went through and … Continue reading →

Our Stories: Immigrants Of America

Photographer Melissa Nolledo documents the lives of immigrants living in Eugene

Arts 8 years ago

Eugene photographer and digital artist Melissa “Mimi” Nolledo began work on this photographic essay shortly after the November election. Since then she has been reaching … Continue reading →

Who gets the baton?

We handicap the race among three musicians who want to lead the Eugene Symphony

Music 8 years ago

It’s all over now except for the hiring. Eugene Symphony’s yearlong music director search has all but ended, once more attracting national attention as the … Continue reading →

Northwest Ten

Eight New Plays — and Beatles' References — in a Single Evening

Theater 8 years ago

There’s nothing quite like very short plays to whet or renew your appetite for live theater. Don’t like what you’re watching? Wait a few minutes, … Continue reading →

Eugene Art Talk

What’s up with the city, the Hult and the former Jacobs Gallery?

Arts 8 years ago

It’s been more than a year since the Jacobs Gallery closed its doors in downtown Eugene, another victim of — of what, exactly? The sluggish … Continue reading →

Best Bartender in Lane County?

Crystal Gerig serves up whiskey and PBR at the Horsehead

Drink 9 years ago

Crystal Gerig has three rules for successful bartending: Fake it until you make it. Being able to multitask is huge. And be aware of everyone. … Continue reading →

In love with Shakespeare

Ashland’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival kicks off its season with four new shows

Theater 9 years ago

It’s Bill Rauch’s tenth season as artistic director at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, and on Saturday morning of opening weekend last month he … Continue reading →

Cullen Vance adds Melancholy to OCT’s Melancholy Play

Arts 9 years ago

Sarah Ruhl’s Melancholy Play, opening Friday night, Feb. 24, at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, posits an idea that seems utterly un-American: What if it’s OK not … Continue reading →

An Oregon painter who once rocked New York City

The Louis Bunce retrospective in Salem looks back to an era when painting mattered

ArtsVisual Arts 9 years ago

Walk into the luscious new Louis Bunce retrospective at Willamette University’s Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem, and you’re immediately confronted with a 1932 … Continue reading →

Photographer Rick Williams Takes a 50-year Look Back

From black-and-white film to iPhone images

Visual Arts 9 years ago

The affable Texan Rick Williams has best been known around Eugene over the past decade and a half as dean of the Division of the … Continue reading →

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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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