Oh the Humanity
The first-ever Brian Lanker photography retrospective at the Schnitzer will knock your heart out
Muhammad Ali, 1984, by Brian Lanker Continue reading
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Red All Over
Local comics illustrator Mike Allred talks Silver Surfer, killing the Comics Code and the dearth of superhero penises
Eugene-based comics artist Mike Allred smiles wide. “I’m a professional child,” he says. Allred’s understated style turned heads when his Madman hit stores in 1992, paving the way for him to work with many of the best writers in the business as he drew the shiny, spandexed heroes he grew up loving. A couple years back, when Marvel Comics green-lit a new, light-hearted series based on the classic brooding hero Silver Surfer, editor Tom Brevoort knew instantly this project had Allred’s name written all over it. Continue reading
Shanghaied in the Eug
The Shanghais
San Francisco band The Shanghais have never been to Eugene. Lead vocalist Natalie Sweet is wondering if we have any good vegan food here. “I’m always on the hunt,” Sweet tells EW via email. Based on that question alone, the quartet should feel right at home in our fair city with its verdant veggie foodie scene. The Shanghais will release their latest EP, Fall in Love with the Shanghais, this spring on Philadelphia-based label Endless Daze Records. Continue reading
Looking for Liberman
Vanessa Carlton
Songwriter Vanessa Carlton’s 2015 release Liberman is partially inspired by her grandfather. “He was a painter,” Carlton tells EW. Carlton’s family changed its surname from Liberman to Lee after World War II “because of anti-Semitism,” she says. Carlton hangs her grandfather’s work near the piano where she writes her music. “The swirling, beautiful, crazy colors ended up being the inspiration for the type of music I was writing. I wanted to honor his work as a painter,” she recalls. Continue reading
A Massive Month of Music
From a UO megarecital to a free MLK concert and Portland’s top singers
Most people think of the University of Oregon’s contribution to our community’s creativity as primarily educational. But many of its faculty members perform, and this Thursday, Jan. 14, at 7:30 pm, a passel of them will be strutting their onstage skills at the school’s Beall Concert Hall for MASSIVE: A UO Megarecital. Continue reading
The Unbearable Lightness of Iñárritu
Mexico-born director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu is custom-built for Hollywood. Like Hollywood, Iñárritu is neither as deep nor as heavy as he believes himself to be, and he regularly mistakes size and scale for epic seriousness. Continue reading
Goodbye David Bowie
David Bowie; Memorial I don’t like this one bit, not one bit Mr Bowie. I don’t like this one bit, Mr Bowie, one bit. A father a teacher a sister A brother a lover But death like life like art aren’t about me Unless the me is a you and the you were a we If I had a cathedral I’d carve your face in it. I don’t like this one bit, Mr Bowie, one bit. Continue reading
Tech+Art=Magic at the Hult
Art and tech communities together under one roof
Last night Eugene's art and tech communities came together under one roof at the Hult Center to discuss collaborations. The turnout was great and seemed pretty evenly distributed between tech and art. Public Art Manager Isaac Marquez gave a presentation with slides of past collaborative art projects, done by both Eugene and out-of-state artists. He discussed the "projection bombs" the city has instigated in the past with projection art around the city. Continue reading
DanceAbility International will offer a free screening and discussion of Afternoon of a Faun
On Jan. 8, DanceAbility International will offer a free screening and discussion of Afternoon of a Faun, a critically acclaimed film that tells the story of Tanaquil Le Clercq, muse to choreographers George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. At 27, “Tanny” contracted polio, her legs were paralyzed and she never performed again. “She was a strong woman,” writes DanceAbility’s Kathryn Gaines, “emboldened by inner strength and love of life.” Catch the film at 7 pm Friday, Jan. Continue reading
Everything is Ugly, and Everything Hurts
Although the party line these days is that one must have a stridently absolute, carefully outlined position about being pro or con Quentin Tarantino, it is in fact possible to have thought Inglourious Basterds was brilliant and also to find The Hateful Eight a tiresome, incoherent, overlong slog. Continue reading