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An Extra Reason to Go to the Bijou: ‘City of Lost Children’ returns
You could — and should — go see Winter’s Bone at the Bijou. But this weekend there’s an extra-special reason to get over to the theater: Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro’s incredible, whimsical, strange, dark and lovely The City of Lost Children is playing. Why? “Just a wild hair,” says the Bijou’s Louise Thomas. Works for me. Continue reading
Catch Up on Food Carts: Ninkasi’s Cart Cookoff
Hot on the heels of last weekend’s Bite of Eugene — at which we hear Rabbit Bistro chef Gabriel Gil won the Iron Chef competition — comes a smaller but still charming way to try a variety of Eugene eats: Ninkasi’s Carts & Cold One Cookoff. Continue reading
The Good, the Bad, the Weird: Movie trailers
The really, really, good (via everyone and their mother on Twitter): Continue reading
Sam Bond’s is Esquire Best Bar Again
Sam Bond’s has made Esquire’s list of best bars in America again. Here’s the magazine’s write up: Continue reading
Juneuary
Why does the weather suck? Eugene is at the nozzle end of a 6,000-mile long plume of wetness jetting all the way across the Pacific. We’re hosed. Continue reading
I Do Not Drink Your Milkshake. I DO NOT DRINK IT UP.
Via Portland Mercury via Towleroad via Buzzfeed via OH PLEASE MAKE IT STOP. Continue reading
AMERICANS! Would You Like to Speak Out?
Have you got a few ideas about how this country ought to be run? Maybe a notion as to what “American values” really means, or how the government can work toward American prosperity? The Republicans would like to hear from you. Just as soon as they can get their website sorted out. At the moment, it tells me that many Americans are speaking out. Can I wait a moment, then try again? You bet I can. Because America is speaking out, and it has a sense of humor. Continue reading
Eugene Cops Test ‘Man’s Last Stand’
The department that brought you “officer blow job” is now testing a new police “muscle car” made famous by a Superbowl ad criticized as misogynist: Here’s the ad: Continue reading
Blatantly Self-Congratulatory Blog Post Alert!
At the Oregon and Washington Society of Professional Journalists’ annual awards banquet on Saturday, EW picked up a handful of nifty certificates. While SPJ has the year’s award recipients listed on a nifty PDF, we thought it might be helpful — or at least potentially interesting to one or two people — to give a quick rundown with handy-dandy links. Second place, special section The State of Suds Continue reading