The Destroyers
I ask Robi Gonzalez to finish this sentence for me: “If it doesn’t destroy you then…” “Don’t do it at all,” he responds. Gonzalez plays … Continue reading
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‘A Painting You Can Open’
Euzine comes to Eugene this weekend
Alida Bevirt doesn’t have much spare time to make her own zines. “I work all year for this one day,” she says. But when she … Continue reading
Cigarettes & Weed
The Shifts performing live for Lincoln street sessions
Eugene Weekly presents The Shifts performing ‘Cigarettes & Weed’ for #lincolnstreetsessions live at the EW offices. Eugene Weekly’s Back Beat: Lincoln Street Sessions are a … Continue reading
A Pacific Northwest Music Sampler
Annual arts conference hits Eugene with PNW regional artists looking for gigs
For the staff at the downtown Eugene Hilton, it’s just another event filled with people looking at each other’s chest to read names and professions. … Continue reading
Marathon Man
Eugene musician to find biggest audience when he makes New York City debut
Bob Clayton has led a relatively ordinary life. He went to college, works a daily job for Lane Council of Governments as a database administrator … Continue reading
Autumn Voices
A flurry of hot musical concerts will help keep the damp depression of the November chill at bay
Any contest for the greatest songwriter of all time has to rank Franz Schubert near the top. He wrote 600 of them, after all, despite … Continue reading
Evil Is As Evil Does
Dracula travels back to the source of Bram Stoker’s classic in Very Little Theatre’s excellent production
Steven Dietz’s 1996 adaptation of Dracula maintains a disorienting fidelity to Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel, hewing close to the spirit and characterization of the original. … Continue reading
Mother, May I?
Tracy Bonham didn’t write her first song until age 24. “I was late,” she tells me over the phone. The song was called “So.” Bonham … Continue reading
It’s All Happening at the Zoo
America’s alienation never sounded so articulate before Albee
As the lights come up on Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo, now making a short run at Oregon Contemporary Theatre, we find ourselves … Continue reading
Young Shakespeare
What’s in a word? Poet, author and hip-hop artist George Watsky has dived into the world of writing for more than a decade, and it … Continue reading