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William Kennedy

Will Kennedy is a freelance writer and a senior music writer with Eugene Weekly. He lives in Eugene with his wife, daughter and two cats. All of whom politely accommodate his obsessions with Doctor Who and The Smiths.

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Tracing Bloodlines

Eugene artist Yvonne Stubbs explores her Black and Indigenous American heritage with Bloodlines: A Personal Journey Through Art, Memory and Heritage at City Hall Gallery

Arts 3 days ago

Eugene artist Yvonne Stubbs chronicles discovering Indigenous heritage along with her Black family line with Bloodlines: A Personal Journey Through Art, Memory and Heritage. The … Continue reading →

Comedy Central

Eugene’s second full-time comedy club, Lexy’s, opens in early 2026

Comedy 3 days ago

Lexis Shardé has a lot going on: She hosts several pop-up stand-up comedy shows at different venues in Eugene each month, performs with her Eugene-based … Continue reading →

Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Fall on Pegasus Playhouse

The youth theater company loses its Springfield location. The company’s artistic director hopes the show will go on in a different space.

News 1 week ago

Pegasus Playhouse, a youth theater company in operation since 2018, loses its venue in downtown Springfield at the conclusion of its Sunday in the Park … Continue reading →

Learn your Cursive

Get your Y2K on with classic aughties indie band Cursive at WOW Hall

Music 1 week ago

Omaha, Nebraska-based indie rock band Cursive performs Sunday, Sept. 7, at WOW Hall. They are supporting last year’s Devourer, the group’s eighth full-length studio album, … Continue reading →

Hand Shoes, Horse Grenades and Hilarity

Portland comic Kyle Adams performs with Eugene band Sex Pizza at “Eugene’s favorite late-night talk show — “or close enough”

Comedy 2 weeks ago

Experience a live panel-style comedy show every Sunday with a YouTube simulcast of Hand Shoes & Horse Grenades at Luckey’s Club in downtown Eugene. Eugene-based … Continue reading →

A Wife’s Place is Behind a Mic

Eugene indie rock quartet ExWife plays Market Fest in Eugene

Music 3 weeks ago

Eugene indie rock quartet ExWife will play their most high-profile local concert Saturday, August 23, at Market Fest, the Eugene Market District’s annual street fair … Continue reading →

A Place for People

Domek restaurant in downtown Eugene hangs work from internationally known Serbian-American artist Vesna Pavlović

Visual Arts 3 weeks ago

One day, not long ago, Vesna Pavlović, a photographer and Vanderbilt University associate professor of art, got a notification that someone she didn’t know from … Continue reading →

Great Gen X-Pectations

Laugh like MTV still plays music videos with Kevin Nealon and Janeane Garafolo in Eugene

Comedy 1 month ago

’90s icons and Saturday Night Live alumni Kevin Nealon and Janeane Garofalo perform standup comedy in two separate runs of shows at Olsen Run Comedy … Continue reading →

Block Rockin’ Beats

The (Unofficial) return of the Whiteaker Block Party

Music 1 month ago

Before the pandemic, the Whiteaker Block Party, a large street festival held the first Saturday in August, celebrated perhaps Eugene’s most “Eugene” of all neighborhoods, … Continue reading →

The Mezcalero

Virginia restaurateur shares his knowledge of mezcal in Eugene

Drink 1 month ago

Sample rare mezcal at Party Bar in downtown Eugene August 10, in a Rare Mezcal Tasting Class. It is taught by Charlottesville, Virginia, restaurateur River … Continue reading →

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William Kennedy

Will Kennedy is a freelance writer and a senior music writer with Eugene Weekly. He lives in Eugene with his wife, daughter and two cats. All of whom politely accommodate his obsessions with Doctor Who and The Smiths.

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