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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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Lessons From Bull Street

Half a century ago I worked at a state mental hospital. It wasn’t as bad a place as 'Cuckoo’s Nest' would have you believe. 

News 2 years ago

When I was 17 years old, I lied about my age to get my first full-time job — as an orderly making $1.30 an hour … Continue reading →

Hormone-Free Bodybuilding

The annual Cecil E. Phillips Classic competition is open only to contestants who haven’t bulked up with steroids

Culture 2 years ago

Bodybuilding is an art form in which the human body is the artistic medium. Men and, increasingly, women and folks of all gender identities, train … Continue reading →

Road Trip

Painter Jon Jay Cruson shapes the world east of the Cascades into exquisite and detailed abstraction

Visual Arts 2 years ago

The way Jon Jay Cruson tells it, his best work grows out of regular fast-paced solo road trips. He gets in his nearly 10-year-old Toyota … Continue reading →

COVID Shuts Down ‘Cat Lady’

Several cast members said to have come down sick after VLT show

ArtsPerforming ArtsTheater 2 years ago

Performances of the Jen Ferro comedy Cat Lady have been canceled at Very Little Theatre after several cast members tested positive for COVID, the theater … Continue reading →

Symphony Head Resigns

Scott Freck is leaving Eugene Symphony amid financial woes

ArtsBlogMusic 2 years ago

In a surprise move, the long-time administrative leader of the Eugene Symphony is resigning from his job effective June 9. Scott Freck is in his … Continue reading →

It’s First Friday!

Here are a few picks for your Friday night ArtWalk viewing

ArtsBlogVisual Arts 2 years ago

Downtown Eugene is full of art tonight as First Friday ArtWalk has galleries open and showing their wares from 5:30 to 8 pm Friday, April … Continue reading →

Inexplicable Power

The Karin Clarke Gallery mounts its largest exhibition to date of work by Rick Bartow

Visual Arts 2 years ago

The late Rick Bartow might be Oregon’s most powerful artistic visionary. His strange, compelling paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures, with their animal and human faces, … Continue reading →

Book Launch at Tsunami

Valerie Ihsan unveils her new memoir with a reading and discussion

ArtsBooksEW-Extra 2 years ago

Springfield author, life coach and podcaster Valerie Ishan will read from, discuss and sign copies of her latest book, You Can’t Dance a Lie: A … Continue reading →

Death Wish Tourism

Nothing livens up Oregon’s winter like the sunshine and culture of Death Valley

Travel 3 years ago

I can’t walk very far across wide open desert flats anywhere without humming to myself “Cool Water,” Bob Nolan’s 1930s singing-cowboy classic about a thirsty miner … Continue reading →

Life Lessons from Shakespeare

Dorothy Velasco’s new work was inspired by the real-life Eugene Shakespeare Club

ArtsBlogEW-ExtraTheater 3 years ago

Springfield playwright Dorothy Velasco’s latest play, Ladies Shakespeare Club, premieres Friday, Feb. 17, for a two-weekend run at Very Little Theatre’s intimate Stage Left. 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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