Layers: The Life and Work of Allan Kluber
Old Work/New Work at Karin Clarke Gallery
What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question asked of children, and they know to pick just one thing. Sometimes … Continue reading
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The Chaos of a Wedding Day Gone Wrong
Very Little Theatre’s Perfect Wedding
The title of Very Little Theatre’s latest mainstage show, Perfect Wedding, is a bit of an oxymoron: There’s no such thing. Karen Scheeland’s production of … Continue reading
‘Let Me Entertain You’
Shirley Andress plumbs new depths in a classic role in Gypsy
While not as well known as Jay Gatsby or Huckleberry Finn, Mama Rose is one of the defining characters of American literature. At once a … Continue reading
Automata
Bettreena (Betty) Jaeger performing live at the EW offices
Eugene Weekly presents Bettreena (Betty) Jaeger performing ‘Automata’ live at the EW offices for #lincolnstreetsessions Bettreena (Betty) Jaeger – ‘Automata’ Recorded: 07-27-2016 Audio Recording & Mixing: … Continue reading
Woman of Salt
A world premiere opera by a novice Eugene composer examines our capacity to heal
It was at Anice Thigpen’s lowest emotional point that the protagonist in her new opera The Woman of Salt came to her. “I was walking … Continue reading
The wages of fear
Horror is human in It Comes at Night
Too much has already been said about It Comes at Night, a completely insidious and utterly unsettling new horror film that continues to worm its … Continue reading
Pop Culture Nerd Orgy
Suicide Girls Blackheart Burlesque hits Eugene
According to Selena Mooney, aka Missy Suicide, in order to understand the impact of burlesque as an art form — to, as she puts it, … Continue reading
One Hell of a Road Trip
A high schooler’s life takes a serious detour in Eugene author J.C. Geiger’s Wildman
The premise is strictly film noir: Returning from a road trip to Seattle, a high school valedictorian from Oregon — an all-American kid, first-chair trumpet … Continue reading
A Rose with Thorns
The musical masterpiece Gypsy opens this weekend at The Shedd
The overture to Gypsy kicks off the show with one of those rousing, familiar tunes that practically bellows “classic American musical.” And a classic this is, the … Continue reading
A Clear Case of Bunburyism
Cottage Theatre plays it straight with Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest
Perhaps it’s just fate, a roll of the dice, but in all the several years I’ve been reviewing the work of community theaters, I’ve seen … Continue reading