Music Listings: January 24 – January 30
THURSDAY 1/24 5TH STREET PUBLIC MARKET Jeremy Pruitt—5pm; n/c AXE & FIDDLE The Hawthorne Roots—8:30pm; n/c BEERGARDEN Dave Wentz—7:30pm; n/c Cowfish Baila!—9pm; $3-5 Dexter Lake … Continue reading
Culture: Page 145
Revolution on a Food Truck
The Peaceful Palate promotes a plant-based diet
It’s a crisp winter day when I pull up to The Peaceful Palate food truck off Shelton-McMurphey Boulevard. I’m feeling like comfort food, so I … Continue reading
A Different Kind of Baller
Could Oregon’s next pinball champ come from Eugene?
Anyone who’s ever played pinball knows what I’m talking about: those damn chutes at the side of every pinball machine that seem to magnetically attract … Continue reading
It’s About Time – January 2019
Global warming tends to manifest its effects in the form of droughts that dry our forest trees, especially Douglas fir, and cause bigger forest fires … Continue reading
Heavenly Hellebores
Hellebores help early-rising bees
If there are healthy honeybee hives in your neighborhood, you may spot the occasional intrepid worker bee venturing out on any sun-warmed afternoon as early … Continue reading
Smash the Patriarchy! And Get Ready for the Womxn’s March
Print house to host annual prep party with T-shirts and free tattoos
Eugene’s Threadbare Print House is hosting its third annual Womxn’s March prep party on Jan. 12 to “to help the community gear up for the third annual … Continue reading
LCC Will Offer Yoga Instructor Certification
Those who start their morning with a sunrise salutation can learn to teach it to others
Lane Community College will offer its first yoga instructor certification program in January. The 200-hour training emphasizes injury prevention and therapeutic approaches to give instructors … Continue reading
E-Cigarettes Hook a New Generation of Teens
Public health and tobacco-control advocates scramble to catch up
Candy flavors. Feels cool. Seems harmless. Kills it on Instagram. Easily concealed from parents and teachers. For these reasons and more, electronic cigarettes have exploded … Continue reading
Prepping for Baby
A new mom reflects on the items and local services she most cherishes
It was Oct. 29, the night we came home from the hospital with our baby girl, and the scene was utterly ridiculous. Approaching bedtime we … Continue reading
Sick As In Sick
How college students deal with chronic illness
I got sick the summer between my freshman and sophomore years at the University of Oregon. This wasn’t a one-and-done sickness. It was the slow-burning … Continue reading