Standing Room Only
An EW writer tries stand-up comedy in Eugene
Those were the funniest five minutes of my life, I thought, following my first attempt at stand-up comedy. I was stepping from the stage amidst … Continue reading
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Bee Jazzy With Beyond Toxics
Beyond Toxics, 20 years young, cuts loose with Halie Loren to save Oregon’s bees
Bees, those wonderful pollinators who play an integral role in the larger picture of global health and nutrition, take a bow Thursday, Oct. 21, with … Continue reading
The Balancing Act
Ascendant Seattle rock group The Black Tones perform in Eugene
Twin sibling Seattle musicians Eva and Cedric Walker balance each other out. The pair play together in The Black Tones, performing Oct. 16 at the … Continue reading
Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Exhibit
Don’t mourn the dead. Celebrate the departed on Día de los Muertos. It is a joyful celebration, primarily among people of Mexican heritage on the … Continue reading
Listening and Waiting
Maxine Scates explores change and constancy in nature in her new book My Wilderness
“When I first moved here, ferns grew six feet high,” Eugene poet Maxine Scates says in a phone interview. “The ferns are all gone now. … Continue reading
Wilco
Live at McDonald Theatre [10.8.21]
Shakey Graves
Live at McDonald Theatre [10.6.21]
We’re All in This Together
A grant-inspired art exhibit opening at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art addresses Black Lives Matter
Speaking with Jordan Schnitzer over the phone, I hear an urgency about putting a grant together for a Black Lives Matter art exhibit. Every group, … Continue reading
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Campaigning to End Misrepresentation
56 Black Men and I Am More Than Who You See have been extended through Nov. 21 at the Schnitzer Museum
On June 27, Cephas Williams went shopping for luggage. He bought some and left the store, but while still at the shopping center in Dartford, … Continue reading
A Classical Comeback Story
Upcoming Oregon Mozart Players and Delgani String Quartet seasons bring together old and new compositions
For 18 months, most of Eugene’s classical music ensembles stayed away from indoor performance. As venues re-open — some of which require vaccinations or a … Continue reading
Isaiah Rashad, Childish Major and Ray Vaughn
Live at McDonald Theatre [10.2.21]
Who’s Your Daddies?
The Daddies return to the stage on Oct. 2 after time away due to COVID
By Chandlor Henderson and Henry Houston About 90 years after the 1920s swing craze that followed an influenza pandemic and World War I, Eugene-based band … Continue reading
Remember Film?
In the digital age, analog is alive and well in Eugene
It’s been a minute since Eugene Weekly last checked in on the Eugene Darkroom Group. When we profiled the group in the spring of 2017, … Continue reading
“I HEART Maude” Art & Wine Fundraiser
This was the year where Maude Kerns Art Center did everything right in the face of the COVID pandemic and still has had to scramble … Continue reading