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Eugene Weekly’s Pet Contest Winners
Cutest Ruby Best Dressed Winston Churchill and Bartholomew all dressed for the Sabbath Ugliest No name submitted Honorable Mention Amy the Angry Reindeer Continue reading
Through the Looking Glass
Eyeing this weekend’s Oregon Country Fair
Nothing in this life is certain but death, taxes and the Oregon Country Fair. Here in Eugene, the Fair is part of our very atmosphere; it is the air we breathe. You can feel it coming weeks before it opens, wafting in the breeze like some hippie hurricane about to unleash its (not quite free) love on our stomping grounds. You can see it on the streets, with the increase of young seekers sporting ragged backpacks and dreadlocks and bare feet padding on broiling pavement. Continue reading
Summer Guide 2012
Clouds made the eclipse and Venus’ transit across the sun a little hard to see, but we still know summer is under way. While the rest of the seasons morph through the different shadows of sopping wetness, the knowledge that here comes the sun, it’s all right, chills Eugene right out in the sunshine. Whether your summer is festivaling, floating or vineyarding, the fast and free or lazy and peaceful pace — you pick — of the Eugene’s other season says you have a cornucopia in front of you, so please partake. Continue reading
Summer Guide 2012 – Event Guide
close-in Events in and around Eugene. june Thursday, 6/7 Walk with Us, weekly self-led neighborhood walking group, ages 50 & up, 9:30-10:30am every Thursday, meet at Petersen Barn Community Center, 870 Berntzen Rd. FREE. Drop-in Kayaking, bring equipment, no instruction provided, ages 12 & up, 8-10pm every Thursday, Echo Hollow Pool, 1655 Echo Hollow Rd. $5. Friday, 6/8 Continue reading
Election Endorsements
Here are our selected picks for the May 15 primary. We have not included uncontested races. See our endorsement write-ups and stories last week for more information. Ballots can be mailed in by May 10 or dropped off at white ballot boxes around town up until 8 pm Tuesday, May 15. U.S. House of Representatives Peter DeFazio (D) Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown (D) Oregon Attorney General Dwight Holton (D) Continue reading
Endorsements
Here are our selected picks for the May 15 primary. We have not included uncontested races. See our news stories, briefs and letters this week for more information, and most candidates have websites. Ballots can be mailed in by May 10 or dropped off at white ballot boxes around town up until 8 pm May 15. U.S. House of Representatives Peter DeFazio (D) Continue reading
Variations of a Dream
Repurposed art enlivens local artist
EW staffers try cleansing
Vegetable broth, Heavy Metal Cleanse, Juice and Master Cleanse
To prepare for Valentine’s day EW staffers decided to cleanse getting it all out Vegetable broth colon cleansing What you need: 2 liters of water, 2 large potatoes (peeled), 1 onion, 3 carrots, 4 garlic cloves. Chop all vegetables, add them to the water. Cover pot and simmer for 30 minutes, then drain the vegetables. Duration: three days Continue reading
The Body is the Art
Figure drawing at ESAP
People glance at themselves in windows, take pictures of themselves, and ask each other, “How do I look?” They scrutinize their bodies through a network of literal and figurative mirrors. In a culture that elevates a narrow vision of physical beauty, it can be hard to love the different realities that are reflected — there is pressure from society to mentally paint bodies over with imperfections, and to sketch in innumerable critiques. Continue reading