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Dan Buckwalter

Dan Buckwalter is Eugene Weekly's calendar editor, copy editor and staff writer. He was a longtime copy editor for The Register-Guard.

Author: Dan Buckwalter

Nature and Remembrance

Nine authors share their poetry Sept. 4 at Lovely All Day Café

Whats-Happening 5 days ago

Nature can trigger memories and foster enlightenment, if only we can step out of the grinding day-to-day routine and settle for a spell in nature’s … Continue reading →

Honoring Ancestors With Dance

The annual Obon and Taiko Japanese Festival is August 23 at Lane Events Center

Whats-Happening 2 weeks ago

Typically, the tradition of Obon — the Japanese Festival of the Dead — is a three-day affair featuring a variety of traditional dancing styles to … Continue reading →

From ‘Shy’ to Hilarious

The Non-Stop Players hit all the right notes in the musical ‘Once Upon a Mattress’

EW-ExtraTheater 3 weeks ago

Perfect casting all around produced fine-tuned dancing, exquisite singing and spot-on acting. It was enough to bring a smile to everyone’s face and forget for … Continue reading →

A ’90s Mixtape Meets The Bard

‘Midsummer, A Musical,’ an original production, begins August 15 at Pegasus Playhouse in Springfield

Theater 3 weeks ago

The Bard has enjoyed center stage this summer with several community theater groups, and now it’s Pegasus Playhouse’s turn. On August 15, Pegasus in downtown … Continue reading →

Love, Betrayal and Dogs

Free Shakespeare in the Park’s ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ runs through August 24 at Amazon Community Center

Theater 4 weeks ago

The stars of the show might well be the dogs — Maisie and Brodie, sister-brother golden retrievers. These two cuties take turns playing the canine … Continue reading →

A Full Day of Hitting the Trails

The Waldo 100K Ultramarathon is August 2 at Willamette Pass Ski Area

EW-ExtraOutdoors 1 month ago

The 4 am alarm is not for everybody, and neither is the run itself, but for the 193 hearty souls who have registered, that is … Continue reading →

Productions in the Works

Salem-based Theatre 33 hosts the Regional New Play Summer Festival starting July 29

EW-ExtraTheater 1 month ago

The festival is 12 years old, and Thomas Nabhan, executive director of the nonprofit Theatre 33, notes that he and his staff at the Regional … Continue reading →

To Engage With Opal Whiteley

Opal Reads Opal is July 18 and 19 at the Opal Center for Arts & Education in Cottage Grove

Whats-Happening 2 months ago

She captivated readers of The Atlantic in 1920 with the journal of her early life. Opal Whiteley, a child from the logging town of Walden, … Continue reading →

Some Things Have Changed

Eugene author Lee Boutell talks about his 1970s personal journey July 12 at OCF

Books 2 months ago

Fifty-plus years, and it may seem that nothing much has changed in the US of A. Substitute Richard Nixon for Donald Trump, throw in an … Continue reading →

A Feast of Photos for the Eyes

The annual PhotoZone Juried Show and other photographic work is at Emerald Art Center

EW-ExtraVisual Arts 2 months ago

The stack of photos were high — 88 entries all together for nine jurors to sift through. In the end, 60 pieces were selected, and … Continue reading →

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Dan Buckwalter

Dan Buckwalter is Eugene Weekly's calendar editor, copy editor and staff writer. He was a longtime copy editor for The Register-Guard.

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