Dating Quickies
Crowdsourcing EW's Love and Sex Issue
I stopped dating, and that happened long before the pandemic. The only thing I miss about it are the funny stories about bad dates I used … Continue reading
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Eugene Caldera Songwriting Tribe
The show does go on, for the sake of Egan Warming Center. For nine years, the Eugene Caldera Songwriting Tribe, nearly two dozen strong, has … Continue reading
Me, Myself and My COVID Bubble
Safe sex during the pandemic leaves the public with three options – stay inside, get creative or take a chance
Even by public health standards, expecting people to abstain from sex during a global pandemic is a big ask. Two weeks after Gov. Kate Brown … Continue reading
Love on the Front Lines
A protest photographer shares their story of finding love in a time of conflict
It was shortly after midnight on July 5, 2020, when I came to a realization that would change the course of my life. Earlier that … Continue reading
It’s Not Me, It’s You
It’s Not Me, It’s You: Stories from the Dark Side of Dating 2021 — an annual fundraiser for Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon — will … Continue reading
Feelin’ Gravy
Diving into the world of Eugene-Springfield’s biscuits and gravy
My great-grandparents were sharecroppers in Oklahoma until one day, like many before them, they packed what little belongings they had and moved to California. Growing … Continue reading
My Home is at Chiefs
Chiefs Brew House of Coburg remains a popular destination despite making a big move amid a global pandemic
Driving into the town of Coburg is like setting the clock back over a century. Its quaint, historic buildings and reputation for antiquing play on … Continue reading
Dinner on the Run
The Glenwood’s ‘Takeaway Family Dinner’ keeps business alive and families’ bellies full
When owner Jacqui Willey introduced the idea of a take-home dinner special for her restaurant, the Glenwood, some 15 years ago, it stemmed from her … Continue reading
Dismantling Fake Democracy. Creating Real Democracy
Camila Vergara, Chilean legal theorist, journalist, and author of Systemic Corruption: Constitutional Ideas for an Anti-Oligarchic Republic, will be speaking on Dismantling Fake Democracy. Creating … Continue reading
It’s About Time – January 2021
Along the trail to Trestle Creek Falls, above Brice Creek in southern Lane County, I found a solitary, ancient rock sword fern (Polystichum imbricans). It … Continue reading