Modesto
Egotones performing live in the EW office
Eugene Weekly presents Egotones performing ‘Modesto’ for #lincolnstreetsessions live at the EW offices. Eugene Weekly’s Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a series of live … Continue reading
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Oh, Hell: Another Hellboy
Sometimes it’s best to leave well enough alone
If there’s a single lesson to be taken from Neil Marshall’s Hellboy reboot, it’s that it’s ungodly hard to follow in the footsteps of Guillermo … Continue reading
Weeding Out Reefer Madness
EW talks with the author of Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America about the racist history of marijuana laws
In his graphic novel Cannabis: The Illegalization of Weed in America, the New York Times-bestselling author Box Brown tells the unfamiliar, violent and racist history … Continue reading
The Song Builder
Portland singer-songwriter returns to Eugene
Portland songwriter Jeffrey Martin likes to be alone, whether he’s working construction, tinkering with the home he shares with his girlfriend, singer-songwriter Anna Tivel, or … Continue reading
A Futuristic Dance With The Past
Eugene Ballet’s Firebird is A haunting blend of Russian folklore
I love life’s little synchronicities, like how a man named Igor created one of the most recognizably creepy compositions in music history. In a dystopian … Continue reading
A Musical Children’s Crusade
Youth and access are center of Eugene’s music universe
Most of the non-pop music we cover at Eugene Weekly is for grownups. Not because of naughty, (Tipper) Gore-y lyrics — young ones hear plenty … Continue reading
Remembering Kiahsuang Shen Lo
A late-life artist is memorialized in an exhibition wrapping up at the UO
An exhibit of Kiahsuang Shen Lo’s brush painting now up at the University of Oregon’s Mills International Center was initially intended to celebrate the artist’s … Continue reading
Making Art Relatable
A year into his job, the new director at Maude Kerns Art Center strives for community connection
Talk about working your way to the top. Michael Fisher, who took over last year as executive director at Eugene’s Maude Kerns Art Center, started … Continue reading
A Defining Moment in Ashland
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival launches its final season under Bill Rauch
Beleaguered by financial woes from last season’s wildfires, whose smoke caused cancellations of a couple dozen outdoor performances, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival kicked off its … Continue reading
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Let There Be Light
Eugene Symphony’s upcoming concert brings together light and sound to realize a composer’s dream
New Zealand-born pop star Lorde, who has written Billboard-topping songs like “Royals” and “Green Light,” has synesthesia, a condition that makes her see specific colors … Continue reading
Equine Redemption
A wild horse and an angry prisoner make a story that doesn’t grow old in The Mustang
It’s the plot of half the horse books I read and loved as a child: A troubled girl who doesn’t fit in comes across a … Continue reading
Orchestral Maneuvers
Unknown Mortal Orchestra returns to Eugene with unfulfilled potential
Eugene gets to experience a tiny little slice of Coachella when New Zealand-via-Portland indie rockers Unknown Mortal Orchestra kick off a string of West Coast … Continue reading
Split Personality
Eugene Ballet’s new Firebird sets traditional Slavic myth in dark, dystopian future
When Suzanne Haag was asked to choreograph a new production of Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird for Eugene Ballet Company this season, she was given … Continue reading
Up in the Alps
Cottage Theatre closes its current season with an epic production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic The Sound of Music
Cottage Theatre is bidding auf Wiedersehen to its home of 20 years with a mountainous send off via The Sound of Music. Once the legendary … Continue reading
The Distance Between Us
Bringing creativity to everyday practice with local arts collaborations
Imagine the entire planet as one large artwork. Sound like a fantastic piece of conceptual art? It is. It’s also an actual goal for arts … Continue reading