It’s About Time
July is full of sunlight and day hikes
July is a month of conflicting forces that give human activity direction. Vegetable gardens are well established by now, ready for the strong growing season. … Continue reading
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Hospitable ‘Hooligans’
Our man in Volgograd watches and plays soccer during the World Cup in Russia
Unlike American football, most soccer fans actually play (or used to play) the sport they watch so passionately, so soccer spectators frequently transform themselves into … Continue reading
Thirst for Knowledge
Oregon's science pub phenomenon
A robot walks into a bar. So do nearly 200 people. In fact, it’s a standing-room-only crowd for a talk about human-robot interactions on a … Continue reading
New Pizza Hits the Whit
The Wheel Apizza is ‘New Haven’ style
The Wheel Apizza Pub aims to fling a new kind of pie our way with their “New Haven” pizzas, and with crunchy, sourdough crust and … Continue reading
Morsels
Food news around Lane County
• UpStar Ice Cream, Oregon’s first high protein, low calorie, low sugar ice cream, started by University of Oregon graduates, is available in grocery stores … Continue reading
Chow: Lane County Summer Eats
This episode of What’s Happening accompanies our quarterly issue of Chow, a collection of stories about the best eats in the area. EW freelancer Will Kennedy and EW calendar editor and staff writer Henry Houston talk about a few of the spots they visited
The Search for Menudo
Finding family and home in the hunt for a Mexican dish
One of the fondest memories I have of my late aunt is when she taught me how to make menudo. I can still remember holding … Continue reading
Saucefly Spreads its Wings
Sara Willis, the owner and chef of Saucefly, has fans all around the world. The first restaurant she opened was in San Jose del Cabo, … Continue reading
Mama’s Place
Popular Mexican restaurant expands in the Whiteaker
Mayra Medina is from the Michoacán state of Mexico. Her father died when she was six, and to make ends meet, Medina’s mother took jobs … Continue reading
World Cup Update
Sleepless in Saransk
The capital city of the Republic of Mordovia (from where all Finno-Ugric peoples originate, purportedly), Saransk, is the smallest city to host World Cup matches … Continue reading