Tennessee Hip Hop
Isaiah Rashad Puts A Spin On The Classics
Isaiah Rashad has honed the flows across hip hop’s many eras and has put a contemporary twist on his craft. The established yet fresh face … Continue reading
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Actors Cabaret Dons a New Habit
Sisters doin’ for themselves
In Philadelphia, the city of Brotherly Love, some sisters could use a little prayer. The convent’s out of cash — no one’s tithing anymore! — … Continue reading
‘Don’t draw a tree. Draw a particular tree.’
David McCosh at Karin Clarke Gallery
Standing in front of Fall Creek, a watercolor painting by David McCosh (1902–1981), I was aware there was someone else looking, too. Viewing the same … Continue reading
Apocalypse Kong
Big monkey exposes the naked ape in Kong: Skull Island
I am so utterly sick to death of human beings and their selfish, greedy, murderous ways that — when the latest incarnation of everyone’s favorite … Continue reading
The Movement and the Music
LCC dance concert highlights artistic connections
The Lane Community College Dance Department’s annual Collaborations concert earlier this month offered three performances by LCC students and faculty as well as Eugene Ballet … Continue reading
California Social
Old school California punk band Social Distortion, together since the late-`70s, has, over time, and not unlike The Clash, adopted the patina of classic rock … Continue reading
Eugene Art Talk
What’s up with the city, the Hult and the former Jacobs Gallery?
It’s been more than a year since the Jacobs Gallery closed its doors in downtown Eugene, another victim of — of what, exactly? The sluggish … Continue reading
Unspoken and Beyond Language
Two shows at Maude Kerns Art Center
Most of us collect objects of some kind: a shell, a concert ticket, a dried flower kept in a book as a keepsake. But what … Continue reading
Looking Backward
Oldies dominate this month’s musical calendar
My, my, the country seems to be in a conservative mood. Our con-mander-in-thief wants to take us “back” to an imagined time, somewhere after we … Continue reading
Porn by the People
Dan Savage’s annual HUMP! film fest brings a smattering of amateur erotica to Eugene
As is now somewhat of a tradition, this year’s annual HUMP! homemade porn festival — conceived and carried out by “Seattle’s only newspaper” The Stranger … Continue reading