Ballet Fantastique celebrates a pair of premieres
Ringing in the new year, Ballet Fantastique (BFan) launches two exciting premieres, with stagings of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Aladdin. EW recently caught up … Continue reading
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Boys Will Be Boys
Gentlemen scientists gather in VLT’s comic romp The explorer’s Club
Legend has it that when a team of British archaeologists outfitted themselves to excavate the tomb of King Tutankhamen, their journey began with an errand … Continue reading
Radioman Diaries
Popular NPR host Ira Glass hits the stage in Eugene
Before binge-watching, there was binge-listening, and NPR’s This American Life damn near invented the practice. To some, the hugely popular show might seem ponderous and … Continue reading
Being and Becoming
Two new films, Elle and Twentieth Century Women, offer vastly different takes on what makes us who we are
Oddly enough, it was a misguided defense of Elle that made me come around — to some degree — to Paul Verhoeven’s latest Rorschach test … Continue reading
Travel back in time for a while
This Sunday afternoon, Jan. 15, at the Church of the Resurrection (3925 Hilyard St.), the Oregon Bach Collegium whisks us back to the 18th century … Continue reading
Fine Young Cannibal
Watching Jessica Boudreaux of Summer Cannibals on stage, you’re never sure if the spotlight shines on her or if she shines a spotlight on the … Continue reading
The Spin
Who’s who and what’s what in dance this month
It’s a new year, and you should be dancing: Ballet Fantastique Academy’s winter session has begun, and BFan offers a Free Dance Week, Jan. … Continue reading
History as Horror Story
Jackie turns the story of Camelot’s first lady into a nightmare from which we haven’t awakened
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy in a Dallas motorcade on Nov. 22, 1963 was a national tragedy, but it was also a nightmare, … Continue reading
Broadway Punk
Mack Gilcrest, primary songwriter with Missoula, Montana-based band Pale People, says his music celebrates the unpopular and disaffected among us. The trio is comprised of … Continue reading
Rapper’s Delight
Eugene is known for a lot of things — its local rap scene is not one of them. Those looking for live lyricism around town … Continue reading