Look on the Bright Side
Portland comedian Jaren George performs in Eugene
Stand up comedian Jaren George had been challenged in his life to get where he is today. Raised in Brooklyn, but now based in Portland … Continue reading
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Inexplicable Power
The Karin Clarke Gallery mounts its largest exhibition to date of work by Rick Bartow
The late Rick Bartow might be Oregon’s most powerful artistic visionary. His strange, compelling paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures, with their animal and human faces, … Continue reading
Life In 10-Minute Slices
OCT’s NW10 Festival starts its two-week run March 31
A flurry of changing sets and quick, concise storylines is set to begin at Oregon Contemporary Theatre. NW10 Festival: Buckle Up!, the annual festival of … Continue reading
Follow the Waterways
Indie musician Black Belt Eagle Scout performs in Eugene
Who are the contemporary indie musicians truly making music of the Pacific Northwest? For stormy melancholy, an independent sensibility and a deep reverence for place, … Continue reading
Comedian Sellout
Nikki Glaser leaves behind a night to remember as she opens her Good Girl Tour at McDonald Theatre
Nothing was truly off-limits. Nikki Glaser threw zinger after zinger and spoke about controversial topics on McDonald Theatre’s stage the night of Saturday, March 25. … Continue reading
Nothing’s Off Limits
The comedian sells out Eugene’s McDonald Theatre
Eugene, get ready for a night full of laughs — the good girl is on tour. Nikki Glaser takes her comedy act to McDonald Theatre … Continue reading
This Is Not My Beautiful Wife
A body swap leads to love’s reckoning in VLT’s Prelude to a Kiss
I believe it was the great Irish playwright and staunch socialist George Bernard Shaw who, late in the game and long in the tooth, suggested that … Continue reading
Dan Savage’s 2023 HUMP! Film Festival
To boldly explore kinks and fetishes, to cross into unknown space and revel in orgasmic fantasies, Dan Savage’s 2023 HUMP! Film Festival comes to Eugene … Continue reading
Into the Unknown
Unknown Mortal Orchestra plays Eugene to promote new double album, ‘V’
Unknown Mortal Orchestra started out, well, unknown. New Zealand artist Ruban Nielson had just quit his band The Mint Chicks and moved to Portland to … Continue reading
Literature and Music — A Good Combination
Tsunami Books hosts authors Pedro Hoffmeister and Willy Vlautin
Writing novels is such a solitary undertaking that it stands to reason that authors would like to release pent-up energy somewhere. For Pedro Hoffmeister, that … Continue reading