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Broadway Options Now Up to $19 Million

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The city of Eugene withheld the purchase options list for property downtown until after Eugene Weekly went to press with its last issue before the election on Measure 20-134. The list now shows that the city’s land purchase costs have increased from earlier estimates of about $16 million to about $19 million now. The purchase prices average about double the real market value the Lane County Tax assessor has set for the properties. The city has offered some owners up to four times the real market value. Continue reading →

Divinity

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A few weeks ago — or maybe it was more like a month, but it’s unimportant — I went to one of these lovely Music Industry of Eugene events, where writers, booking folks, venue owners, radio people, studio owners, PR folks and more (I’m sure I forgot something pretty key) get to meet face to face to chat and mingle and simply find out who we all are. I kind of love this; it just always helps to actually know who someone is. Continue reading →

Heroes 2.2: “Lizards”

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Bad Molly: I couldn’t, for some reason, stop talking during this episode. What’s that? Who’s he talking about? Isn’t that related to X, Y and/or Z? What did Mr. Bennett mean by that? Etc., etc., etc. No wonder my boyfriend started doing laundry instead of watching with me. Sorry, yo. Continue reading →

OH EM GEE: Garth Nix Edition

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That sound you hear is me squealing with joy at this bit of news, from Publishers Weekly: Fantasy author Garth Nix has sold North American rights to three new YA books to Ruth Katcher at HarperCollins Children’s via agent Jill Grinberg, who made the seven-figure deal. The three books include a prequel and a sequel to Nix’s Abhorsen YA fantasy trilogy Continue reading →

Heroes 2.1: “Four Months Later”

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Realistically, I’m not sure why I was so damn excited for the return of Heroes, even though it was last year’s best new show despite having (apparently unknowingly) borrowed rather heavily from X-Men mythos. You’ve got your Rogue, your Wolverine, your Shadowcat — and, amusingly, all the genders are reversed! Continue reading →