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The opera, Dolores Huerta and performance auditors
• Eugene Opera’s dramatic resurrection from near bankruptcy continued this week with the naming of Andrew Bizantz as artistic director and Erika Rauer as executive … Continue reading
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Charlottesville and Portland shock jock Dino Costa gets fired
• The Aug. 12 attack on counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, has us and others across the country reeling. One woman was killed, 19 people were … Continue reading
Slant – 2017-01-19
• Let the games begin! Pete Sorenson’s announcement that this is his last four-year term as Lane County commissioner opens the floodgates for candidates to step … Continue reading
Slant – 2017-01-12
• Monday, Jan. 16, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. If you haven’t already, take a moment to read MLK’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” or … Continue reading
Slant – 2016-12-29
• Resolution for 2017: Slant will not be “fair and balanced,” whatever Fox News means by that. • EW’s “Give Guide” issue was especially popular … Continue reading
Slant – 2016-12-15
• Listening to Mayor Kitty Piercy give her farewell to the City Club of Eugene on Dec. 9 made us grateful that we live in … Continue reading
Slant 2016-12-22
• “Community” and “neighborhood” have been the key words through the ice storm still bedeviling some of us. We were impressed by the Holiday Inn … Continue reading
Slant 12-10-2015
• Our little Kesey Square has garnered the attention of the Wall Street Journal. National writer and Eugene native (now based in New York) Mary Pilon conducted interviews at the square the evening of Tuesday, Dec. 8, with Zane Kesey and company, as well as Ken Darling, a direct descendant of our city’s founding father Eugene Skinner. Both Kesey and Darling are opposed to putting a building on the square and would like to see it preserved and improved instead. Continue reading